Yes I'm back with some exciting news!

Good Day..

What a beautiful sunset inspite of all this snow we're experiencing. 

WELCOME.

I hope you will be as thrilled as I was with the creativity of my friends.

 

The challenge pieces have returned.

Take a look at Cathy's better known as (acorn Hollow blog)

I do believe she's thinking of spring. 

The bird and the flower and butterfly and the bea! 

I love the whole piece and how she added the geometric fabric to make the birds body...then to add the lace. Wow! She never gives herself enough credit as she claims she's not creative.  Wrong! So much thought went into her piece. 

The next piece belongs to my Vermont peep.

Looks like she also was thinking of spring and mating season.

How cute is this bird in the nest with her new downy feathers!

The musical notes in the fabric and the embroidered notes.

It all comes together well. And those leaves..how sweet.

Again I must say this is so creative.

Now this next one is mine...and I must say I had no pre-planning.

I sort of layed out my pieces and started cutting them.

I think subconsciously I too was thinking of spring with flowers  popping up.

The white represents the snow...the bottom the ground partially covered with signs of our fall peaking through. The musical notes of happiness that spring is around the corner.

The next is my NY peep.

I have to say she went a bit further. She made this needle book and sent it to me with a note that said "Do not  open till Wednesday"! What!!! I can not have an unopened package around! Yup...I opened it.

Starting with the cover...

What a creative friend....and what great use of ALL the pieces.

A place for my scisors, different size needles.,

How clever to add a ledge for the needles to rest on.

A place for pins. She also added flowers and even a few beads.

The back page of the book with a pocket and a heart.

This is music to my ears.

You can see that I am surrounded by creativeness.

I hope you enjoyed this post...

Please drop me your comment. Would love to hear from you.

If any of you are interested in joining our stitch challenge give me a shout. 

A BIENTOT. 

another great week!

Hi there friends thanks for stopping by.

I just love this quote ...so very true.

And I do have a few...i am blessed to have them in my life.

Here is my post card size hooking and we still have decorations up at our hooking group.

We had a group of students come to visit and give us all a long stem carnation.

How sweet and thoughtful.

In my last post I spoke of my fellow hooker who had a Valentine Tree.

Well I recently found another friend who adds seasonal decorations to a tree that stays up year round.

Yes she is a friend (right Corinne?) and a former classmate.

I think she'll be adding new bobbles for the next holiday...and i am quite anxious to see what she does next....stay tuned.

Very pretty.

Here are a few pics captured at our hooking group.

We are now known as "The Wells Ruggers"

A catchy name don't you think?

Here are a few  WIP's our hookers are working on.

Mim is doing a fabulous job on this lilly pad. The colours are gorgeous.

 

this next WIP is nearly complete only needs a couple more rows in the corners.

I am in awe of this hooker's works with #3 cut..ans so beautifully executed.

Just wonderful. Great job Brenda.

 A STITC CHALENGE

Yes, along with my 4 multi talented friends I have chalenged them to a mindless stitching project.

We all have the same fabric pieces that we are to use.

No Theme...just decide our own.

Fabric; Use all or just a few in any shape or form.

Embellishments are accepted .

They are to be completed the end of February.

I can't wait to see what they create.

Stay tuned so you can see their projects.

Here is a pic of the fabric pack I sent.

Mr M and I have been busy. Over the weekend we got to see our grandson play in a tournament basketball game. They won the game on Saturday but lost on Sunday. Those poor kids played their hearts out. Farmington ....haven't been there in years but has not changed.

This is what we drove through on our way back.

I also got to attend a cheering competition our grandaughter was in.

Great job ladies. 3rd place.

Well gotta run...getting ready for another snow day coming tomorrow.

Stay warm, stay safe..till the next time.

yarn knitting

A continuation......

Good Morning! How could I possibly forget what I had intended to blog about!

Perhaps it was due to the martini!

Nonetheless Valentines Day is right around the corner and I want to give you a peek into a friend's festive decorations.

Yes, my friend Jeni has this lovely Valentine tree. How creative is she. I would never have thought of it but now my head is spinning with ideas....aren't you?

Would you take a piece of chocolate from this butler? Not the friendliest fellow...but heck ya! After all it is chocolate. He has his boots on, he must have just come in from the snow. Hope he does not get that beautiful rug wet. ♡♡

This rug is an example of her creations. As an avid "hooker" Jeni designed and hooked this rug herself. The writing with the background color is gorgeous. Well, what else can I say? I think everything about this picture great.

 That's it for now....hope you enjoyed this. If so...I may try to feature other rugs and designers in my next post.

Let me know what you think.

Till the next time.......

What?! A Valentine tree?!

Welcome my blog reading friends. Grab a drink and get comfy,

coffee, tea or martini! Huh! See how I did that!

So I've recently returned from a rug hooking retreat in Freeport, Maine.

It was held at the Hilton Garden. What a wonderful venue. We worked together in this great banquet room. I got to re-unite with some old friends and meet new ones. Our Fearless Leader..."Queen Nancy" did a fantastic job of organizing it and all aspects of this gathering was perfect. Gifts were exchanged as well as door prizes given daily. 

(Gift Certificates to LL. Bean) and complimentary drinks. 

Below is the rug that Nancy is working on.

It includes "Waldoboro style" techniques. I is coming along beautifully.

 This cute witch is quite sparkly.

Lovely cabin in the woods..

Did you notice those 2 are the same pattern but hooked very differently.

This lovely piece is also done in waldoboro style also.

 

So as you can see I was among some extremely talented rug-hookers.

This is what i was facing when ready to head home....oh how beautiful was the ride home. 14* with very heavy snow blanketing the trees.

It was a wonderful few days.  Looking forward to our next year's retreat but

Now back to reality!

I was scheduled for a root-canal that I was dreading...got myself all worked up.

Wow! I was wrong...it all went rather smooth. I was the problem.

Over the weekend we were able to have happy hour with our friendly neighbors.

Great time and lots of laughs.

Well I hope you enjoyed this little showing of these beautiful rugs.

Let me know if you were here....I appreciate your comments.

A Bientot.

Finally some of that white stuff.

Hi! Welcome again. On this chilly afternoon I did decide to kick back...feet up with a cup of hot tea.  My tea of joice today is Yogi Honey Chai Tumeric Vitality.

It's yummy.

I woke up this morning a bit disappointed as I expected to see a blanket of white. On Instagram I was reading a friend's post and she had a beautiful view out her window of a wonderful field of snow. "Luloumakes" just lives over a couple towns so I was hopeful we would get some soon.

Yeah! We did! It started out slow but in no time there were very large snowflakes. Not sure that's what we'd call them! Lol

And right before my eyes and in record time.....voila

And then

About 4" were dropped. Just beautiful.

SUNDAY, Jan. 8th

I wish the grands were still here with me to enjoy rolling around and make snow angels! What?! I'm kidding....I'd have a hard time getting up!

Speaking of the little ones the youngest was so thrilled to try out my guitar. She did great...I think she may have her own in no time.

Now look at the finger position on the frets.

My family were here to spend New Year's Day with us

in shifts. That's ok.

When they all left we called our neighbor friends to join us for some apps and  cocktails.

So so many laughs and such a great way to start the new year!

Thanks so much TK,  Mk, DT and GT.

 One last note before I say goodbye. I've been in constant contact with a relative who lives out of state, she fell and has been in the hospital for about 12 days. She broke her femur and and had surgery on her right wrist. Limited movement right now. She will be starting therapy soon and then on to rehab.

As much as we tease each other I do want to say Love You CC

And pray for a speedy recovery.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hope to see some comments!♡♡♡♡

The Start of something new!

Hello!

For those of you faithful followers, friends and family I would like to say how proud and honored I am to have you in my life.

A very Happy New Year!

 This saying below is so true and comforting.

How wonderful to sit among you and just be me!

Sweatpants & Coffee

(Or tea)

I look forward to sitting with some of you in the next few weeks.

Happy times.

Some of you know that every Tuesday from 12 to 4 we have a group that gathers to hook.

Share our time...share laughs and share ideas and tips for our rug hooking.

If there is anyone nearby that would like to join our little group...

Please come along. If you are not familiar to rug hooking we would be happy to show you.

Contact me for more info.

Are you thrilled to have 2022 behind you?

I sure am.

Now admit it...some of you were feeling this same way. Yes, that is in the past and was swept out

with 2022!

Plans are being made for another Day of Hooking..that may become more than one day. We had such a good time at the first one why not.

Lots of ideas.. A rug show with the introduction of the Artist

"Hooked Rugs and so much More"

Well I don't want to give away all my secrets. 

Stay tuned and check back soon and I will give you updates.

Again Thank you so much for stopping by. 

I enjoy your comments so be sure to let me know you were here.

A Bien tot.

What a nice surprise!

Hello...and welcome. 

Did you get your tea? I'm starting off with coffee so sit and enjoy with me.

 

I just love this little owl picture. I think it's a card but not sure. Do you think it would make a nice hooked piece. Will definitely give it more thought.

 TUESDAYS LADIES!

Yes, we've gathered a wonderful group of ladies that get together to hook, share ideas, help in color planning, offer tips that we found helpful.

We have about 6 to 10 of us that come on a weekly basis and a welcome anyone who is interested. Tuesdays from 12 to 4 and a $5 donation.

If anyone is interested please feel free to contact me for more info.

Icy cold water and snow in our future I noticed as I sat watching, this yellow tailed hawk sitting on our rail. He sat for the longest time. He would turn his head and look toward me as though he could see me. As I looked through my scope our eyes met. It makes me wonder what made him turn around to look at me from I side..

Happy to say that Mr M is recovering very well. He is loyal to his physical therapy and exercises and walks daily.

Yes he even got me to join him!

I enjoy getting lost in pictures like this!

So peaceful!

So here's the story. Mr M likes cornbread I on the other hand do not. Probably because I have never made it where it came out good. He found a box of Krusty's and decided to try it. I told him that he should make it. It turned out delicious. He may have just earned the title of Cornbread chef.

 

About this nice surprise that came in the mail on Saturday.

A wonderful gift from our neice. So thoughtful! 

2 bars of homemade soaps and candle. So pretty and beautifully wrapped with fresh flowers and eucalyptus leaves, oranges and cinnamon. Just fabulous. 

I decided to stage it and placed it all on knit cotton face cloth. I will hold on to the greens and try some echo dying.

Ok so thanks for sitting here for this lengthy blog post. 

Love your comments...so let me know you were here.

A Bien tot!