Deer in the Meadow

Three deer in a neighbor's meadow - on the way to work Friday morning.

Sam made a "skirt" for Shirley Anne. :D How about an extension table for my Singer Featherweight...  I need to make a carry case for the table so that I can carry it to quilting retreats.

The reverse side.

Wedding Bells

Best wishes to Sam's baby brother and his new wife - Terry and Sherri.

Cain ready for the wedding.

A good family photo.

Erin holding Cain...John holding Colt.

The men of the family.

Granny and Colt having a good time.

Actually, Granny was just about wore out before the evening was over.  The wedding was in Sam's sister's dance hall near Bay City.  Big space.  Colt had the 400 mile trip the night before and then was penned up in a hotel suite.  He had gone with his dad to eat lunch with Uncle Terry, but that just wasn't enough of a break.  Prior to our stopping by their hotel to lead them to the hall, we found that Colt had ripped all the diaper wipes out of the box and had strewn them all over the suite.  He had also managed to get to the microwave, open the door, and drop the glass turntable on the floor - and it broke.  

That little boy ran all over the hall! I tried my best to keep up with him.  Over to the pool tables to show him how the cue ball gets dropped in a pocket...run to the end to see it magically appear.  Grab it, drop it in another pocket.  WOW!  HOW COOL IS THAT?!  Repeat...over and over and over again.


Run over and disappear behind the six feet tall speakers where all the speakers, amps, and only the sound man knows what else are plugged in.  And guess what?!  BLUE LIGHTS!  Colts little fingers were just itching to push the blue lighted buttons.  I would have to remind him that those weren't Colt's lights and he couldn't touch them.  Whew...


Round and round and round he ran. 


I had a blast!

More Than Father's Day

My crepe myrtles in full bloom!

Rains bring beautiful clouds.

A ladle?  You give me a crummy ladle?

AHA! Revenge of the tourists on safari! Self-basting pygmies!  bwahahaha

I just bought that swim suit!  I can't get it wet!!

Taking a quick spin to dry off. :D

Isabel riding with Pawpaw.

Aw.  Isabel with Granny's little rocking chair.

Cain's quilt which I quilted on Shirley Anne, my "new Featherweight."  We delivered it today.

Great Aunt Carol holding Cain for the first time.

A field of sunflowers on Highway 82 between Paris and Sherman.

We saw them on the way to Sherman.

Sam was nice and stopped on the way home.

Okay folks. I've seen others complain about photos turning the wrong way.  This is the first time it has happened to me.  I had them in the correct orientation on my computer.  Now you know that I never turn my camera the same way twice., ;-)

New Cutting Table

Isn't it gorgeous?!  

I saw a similar cutting table online 3 or so years ago.  But it was larger than I needed and would not fit my space. 

Since Sam was building a woodworking shop at the time...I printed the photo for him. 

He drafted the pattern, bought some red oak lumber and red oak faced plywood (said he wouldn't work with the plywood again!) 

And started it.

It took awhile. 

I LOVE IT!

Quilting on My Featherweight

I had a hard time deciding what to buy me from my mother.  Thought about jewelry - a ring specifically because that's what my mother liked the best.  But she gave me her wedding set a few years back and there's no way I can top that beauty.  All of a sudden it hit like a bolt of lightning...A SINGER FEATHERWEIGHT!!!  I've never wanted one before.  Didn't need yet another machine and passed up on a rather inexpensive machine a couple of years back when I called Carol's attention to a pair of them at an antique/junk store.  She picked the best and was so surprised that I didn't get it.

This is the perfect gift for me.  Mama made just about all of my clothes while I was growing up.  She made hers too. When I married in 1971, she gave me her old 1954 electric Singer machine since she was sewing on a Singer Touch 'n' Sew.  I made most of my own clothing, including jeans that FIT.  I learned the love of sewing from her.  Drum roll.......
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Carol and I had a naming ceremony and the photos are still stuck on my phone, I haven't figured out how to get them to my computer yet.  eyeroll....

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Meet Shirley Anne...
and her first quilting job...
a quilt for grandson Cain.

Stitches are just gorgeous!

Splish Splash!

 They didn't seem the least bit concerned that we big people are going to have to wait another several weeks to take a dunk in the swimming pool!  

Isabel enjoyed her exposure to country music so much that she started dancing in the pool!  

A little Boot Scooting Boogie anyone?

 

 Colt dipped as much water out of the pool as he could.  LOL  

Then he tried out his Texas Two Step on the back porch.

The Tortoise and the Hare

LOL Got this on Facebook today.  Wait'll the hare cranks up his hawg.  He'll leave the tortoise in the dust.

47

Forty-seven...that's the number of junk e-mails I've received in the last 24 hour period.  FORTY-SEVEN!!!  Sheesh.  I think that's the most ever received.  Thinking about changing my e-mail address, but really REALLY hate to.

I set filters on my e-mail account which sends the majority of them to Trash.  I still look because on occasion, a real e-mail gets nailed.  

E-mails hitting the Trash folder?  Vulgar.  Pure absolute filth for the most part.  Why-oh-why do I want my "member" to grow so that I can please my "woman in bed"???!!!  

A few are in the ED category - eyeroll - like I have a problem with THAT!

Disgusting...

Boots and Tractors

 Colt wearing Uncle Jonathan's 25 year old Kenny Roger's boots by Justin.  I have been corrected - I originally typed "35."  However dear son has informed me that I must be getting senile.  He's only 28 years old.  He's such a smartie! ;-)

 They are a bit big, but he will definitely grow into them.

 Riding with Pawpaw on his tractor.