Entries Tagged as ‘memories’

3 September, 2009

Wisconsin Reflections

Red Wing Black Birds in the back yard.

Chocolate Kopp’s Custard, YUMMY YUM YUM!

Goofing off with my cousin’s wife at the Sow’s Ear, always fun!

A good brew at the Great Dane, WOOF! This is the Stone of Scone Scott’s Ale.

Antique hunting in Cedarburg, always fun.

Wild flowers and open fields.

A wonderfully sweet wedding.

And of course a smiling [...]

18 August, 2009

Captain Tie Dye!

Do you remember Captain Kangaroo? Even he got into Shibori/tie-dye.

14 April, 2009

The Lighthouse

Sorry not much has been going on here at the blog, my folks came to visit as well as old friends so things have been a little crazy and all my down time has been spent re-coping in between invasions. But there is good news, we are getting internet at home again so posting will [...]

7 January, 2009

National Hot Tea Month

It is cold outside, but that is ok because I have a big cup of hot tea. January has been dubed Hot Tea Month by the Tea Association of the United States of America.
The gals over at Knit One, Tea Too have purposed some topics to blog about over this month and I couldn’t pass [...]

23 December, 2008

Happy Holidays!!!

1. Between The Shadows… Your Singing Light…!!! )), 2. Feliz Natal! *, 3. pomander, 4. Snowcouple cupcakes, 5. latkes, 6. Santa And Rudolph’s Midnight Snack, 7. Christmas ornaments, 8. Deer Maria Christmas Magnet, 9. USB-Powered LEGO Christmas Tree and Festivus Pole, 10. A dedication to a lost bird friend, 11. xmaspuds1, 12. HBW – [...]

15 December, 2008

Upcycled Sweater X-mas Stocking: A Tutorial

Well it is that time of year again, time to hang up those stocking in hopes that someone will come along in the middle of the night and fill them with goodies.
Last year I threw away the ratty acrylic $0.99 cent stockings my BF had promising that I would make new ones worthy of actually [...]

1 December, 2008

When Life Gives You Lemons

Make pie! And lemonade. And fish. And salad dressing. And cake. And custard. And tea. And well you get the idea. My parents lemon tree is covered in ripe fruit and with just as many waiting to ripen they where more then happy to have me cart three big bags up north with me.
When I [...]

3 November, 2008

A Recipe for Fall

This is a bit of a cross post with my other blog but I just made this yummy pumpkin cake for our Berkeley Stitch and Bitch potluck Halloween weekend so I felt I should share it here where fellow potluck goers might find it. I make this countless times every fall for birthdays, Thanksgiving, X-mas, [...]

13 October, 2008

Passing On, Letting Go

The weekend I did not get much done on any of my projects, my main achievement was getting the dishes done. I was not in a very productive mood.
On Saturday morning, my maternal Grandmother passed away.
We have known it was coming for a while now. She had been dealing with lung cancer over the last [...]

9 October, 2008

Down at the Pond

These photos are of a piece of raw silk noil that I printed for a screen printing class back in college. As a square envelop bag it is not that great but I have plans to rip out the sewing and re-work the fabric either as a separate work or into something else, not sure [...]