It was definitely one of those "Oh Drat!" moments,  I had lost an earring and I wasn't even wearing earrings!    Those ...

Cabin+cub is having a summery June giveaway . . . one of her pretty, handcrafted laser cut cameo brooches. A lovely, sweet little br...

Yesterday they came and took him away.   His was the last egg to hatch and therefore he was the smallest of the 4 little goslings. A...

Welcome to sunny southwest Florida where the snowbirds flock to flee the icy winds of northern winters and bask on our sugar white, s...

Newly planted oak tree - Photo taken about 2 years ago This past winter has been a mild one, fortunately, and our yard didn't suffered ...

Most of us jewelry makers and designers are familiar with Pearl's blog : A Beading Gem's Journal. In today"s post Pearl is hos...

photo above ... close to 30 years ago, me on the left in the blue; my taller cousin Annamaria on the right ... I don't think I need to m...

Photo above ... Lunch in Lugano Switzerland.  Me with the long hair and sunglasses, my baby daughter beside me in the gray skirt and my midd...

Magnolia's aren't supposed to bloom in February but obviously no one told my little magnolia tree this small fact.  With warm w...

Little Rylee Jade - photo taken a couple of weeks ago on her first day home . Have you ever sat down to write a letter to someone; you...

My great-granddaughter, Rylee Jade, came into the world early Tuesday morning.  Weighing in at 5 lb 11 oz she is neither too big nor too ...

Wishes to All for a most Happy New Year ! May your new year be blessed with good health and sprinkled generously with happiness.  May 2012 ...

I made this appliqued and embroidered felt door decoration back in the early 80's.  My little "Welcome Bear" had been boxed up...

For awhile now I've been a follower and reader of KJ's marvelous blog; KJs Beadacious Beads   at http://kjsbeadaciousbeads.blogspo...

Back when we lived in a small rental house John and I purchased a tabletop tree.  The box claimed it to be 4 feet tall but I'm not sure ...

This year, for the first time in many years,  I actually sprinkled some Christmas decorations around my house instead of just slapping up ...

Another "draft" from years gone by - never published -  think I decided it was too down, too depressing ... perhaps too close to r...

Finding hidden treasures in my old posts that were never posted.  Here is another piece I wrote back when my blog was just in its infancy an...