Spring and Sunshine!!

The birds are singing and the sun is bright!!  I was awake from 2:30 to 5:00 am thinking of all the things that had to be done today.  Once I made a list of things, I was able to forget them, relax and get to sleep.

My Yesterday!!  Uffda!!!


I did have a crazy Monday,  I wrote a complete blog, pushed the wrong buttons and lost it all.  I tried and

tried, had 5 copies, then somehow last everything.  Oh, well.  The rest of the day wasn't too productive because, as always, work hard one day and rest the next.   I did get yard work done over the weekend , since my hubby isn't able to do it yet.  When I cut, I cut!   I cut down, with my little power saw most of the lilacs on the edge of our yard.  I tied up those extra branches that didn't fit in the barrel and the wonderful brush guy took them.  I'm sure the neighbors were surprised and delighted to see them gone!

I have more frames now than I have felting.  Neither will fit with each other.  There are so many ways to finish a felting that I haven't decided yet.  This one especially is a challenge.  We go on vacation to see family tomorrow.  The doctor finally gave hubby permission to travel.  Hopefully, I'll have an answer for
this one when we get back.

So today is get ready............ and check it off my list.   I am going to do some serious shopping for new projects.  They have wonderful shopping in Anchorage.   I am looking for Polar fleece and felt and of course, a bit more fabric and yarn.  I am working with the Cha Cha yarn now and  it is easy once you know that you knit every loop.  I should get faster on it as I go.  It does leave some nice soft ruffles.

I'll try to blog while away but can't promise.  Here is the perfect spring photo.  I love it, hope you do too.

 Remember to Live,  Love  and Laugh.

Happy Friday!

The day started off cloudy but I am feeling fit as a fiddle.  It is my day to shop for frames and backings for my felt hangings.  I realize now that my creative efforts don't match the ready made frames.  I am waiting for my hubby to be able to work in the shop.  I could do it but I don't want to seem too sure and take over his hobby.  I found one at Office Depot and then Chris at Home Depot helped me again with finding the right wood. So I am slowly finishing the projects that are on the tables, couch and fireplace hearth.  I can't wait to start another felted project.

I did notice while out shopping at many stores, that if one smiles and greets people, do they ever respond.
I visited with a couple from B. C. who were taking a break from Canada and shopping.  The ladies had a wonderful  sense of humor and told me " everything " they knew.   I haven't been to Canada yet but it is on my list for the near future.  Then I met a 4 month baby and was sad that I don't have more tiny ones to rock and sing to.  One lady, from Canada again, on the run to the restroom, said she was looking for a dress to wear to a wedding and she found two!!  She was  on to the casino for the rest of the day since her shopping went so quickly.  On and on it went so give it a try someday.  It will amuse you!!

I called my 13 year old grandson in Anchorage for help in shopping for a camera.  Wow! Have cameras ever come a long way.  So fast that the ones they have on line are sold out and you must go on to the next layer. At least, Alex helped me with the lingo, so I didn't act too stupid. He will be impressed with my purchase.

Now that I can take more pictures of the art I  have  on Etsy........under Kiblysshoppe.  Take a look of my wide variety of items.  I love to do them all.  Right now it is the felting and knitting that are winning.

Since my hubby is under the weather for strong work, I cut down and packed up a row of lilacs.  The men in the neighborhood were surprised I was using a small power saw and hauling them to the brush barrel for pickup on Monday.  It is so fun to show off to "big, strong men".

All things accounted for  I am having a productive day.   I need to put my new wood through the joiner and planer, glue them together and they will be ready to hang tomorrow.  Then I will dye some more roving for a new project.  The knitting of the Cha Cha yarn is going well, though slowly.  I save it for the evening hours when I can sit and relax.

So I will leave  you for now with......Live, Love and Laugh.

The Middle of the Night Spin

It is 3:29am, Pacific time and I am wide awake.  The full moon must have something to do with it.  It has for years, where I wake in the middle of the and wide awake for hours.  I must admit I like the quiet darkness and I can see the lights of the city across the Bay.  Almost like being in New York.

Yesterday, after a trip to the doctor for my husband and a terrific report, I was ready to settle down and get some work done on my felting.  I changed from my wonderfully fit Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and white  blouse to work clothes.  I dyed a huge hunk of roving a nice soft blue and another hunk yellow.  I used Rit Dye this time. Today, I will use the yellow to brighten up the last wall hanging and the blue will wait awhile.

We had a brief time of sunshine after a downpour of rain and I like that the sun spurs me on.  If you haven't checked out a newish yarn, call Cha Cha, please do.  Great Yarns in Everett, Wa., for one has it and  oh so much more.  They had some glass beads that were so tiny and posh, I need to try them too.  The new yarns, patterns and such are absolutely great and I have trouble getting to them all.  It is like "
 there are so many things to do and not enough people to do them."

My housekeeping duties are on standby and they have always waited for me.  Besides some laundry today, so I can felt a scarf I knit and even dyed my own yarn in four colors.  Right now, I don't know what it will become.  I'll think about it after I see it felted.

I love to decoupage and found an ad in a magazine where it looked like cars had been decoupaged.  What an idea!.  Maybe one would have to use rolls of wall paper, but it would get the job done.  My son is happy I have put aside the decoupage now and into felting.  I'm not sure he understands how it is done, since I have the machine.

This is a picture a friend sent me and it fits my time of night now.  I think it is beautiful and very clever photography.

Before the sun comes up, I'll say Good Night.  One does need beauty sleep.
Remember to Live, Laugh and Love today and always.

Today's Spin

Today it's windy, stormy day, with sunshine but that won't stop me from having fun with my first blog post.

Today, I woke rearing to go and finish my felted wall hanging before my friend came to visit.  That plus having to vacuum and clean the bathroom.  I have been working on a large abstract hanging for a lot of hours.  I turned it every which way but up!!  I did get it done and just have to put it under the felting machine now to stamp it all in place.  Once my hubby is better ( fractured spine) he can build me some frames, shadow boxes and I can get on to the next project.

 Then I am on my 236th  baby cap for new borns. I found out "they" like the square ones with a pom pom on each corner.  Sooooo I'm hand knitting a few of those too.

I have to tell everyone in the world that I  lost 11 pounds this past 10 days.  Wow!!  What an accomplishment.  My siblings, many, are so proud of me and I always tell too soon, so I need to be careful and keep it off.  Any ideas???  I have been too heavy, I think, to wear high heels with my Gloria Vanderbilt  jeans.  So that is my goal.  I am 5 feet 11 inches and since I wasn't able too grow 6 inches, It came to me that I need to lose a few pounds.

My retirement days have been the best of my life.  Get up when I feel like it.  (Tell friends not to call before 9 am) eat, when I am hungry and read and sleep whenever I like.  I am one of those special people that wakes at 2:30am and especially during a full moon, and read or work till 5am.  Then my doc gave me some help and wow, does that ever make a difference.  Now I have enough energy to paint a barn, plus
knit, sew, felt and paint.  I love  to do it all.  Being a Gemini, I do like variety and my hands always busy!

My first, not last, blog was fun and exciting. You will definitely hear more from me soon.
Live, Love and Laugh!