And here we are!!

Creekside is a very tiny village just at the edge of the meadow.

Never give up, Never give up, Never give up

So , I think this is a little better... still crooked,,, cause I didnt rescan it.. opps

ok,,,it needs a little tweaking

Sorry,,, You can hardly see it... but I WILL figure out how to do this!!

lst time for everything!!!

This is just a tiny bit crooked,,,, but I managed to figure out how to scan it and get it posted !!! I am so excited!!! This is a tiny place that as soon as the Christmas is in the past I will be sharing with you..... It is called Creekside.

it is almost here

Another Christmas is on it's way. My packages are all wrapped. My upstairs is clean. My kitchen is still kind of a mess with a lot more food needing preparing on Friday. My world is good. Lots to be thankful for and excited about. Sometimes it's just nice to enjoy the good in life. I even got some toffee made tonight... that was a total surprise. Didn't think I was going to get to it.. but that even happened!!

Morning Sky

Is this not a fantastic morning picture? .. This was my view on the way to Duluth yesterday... Today has been gray , gray, and a little more gray... and snow... which is beautiful. But - THIS - made my heart sing!!!

and the lack of pictures continue

however,,, not for the lack of trying. I have taken pictures but the camera is downstairs, I am upstairs and the two are not going to meet in the middle for a little while.

I would if I could

I would put a picture on today if I could... but I haven't taken a pictures... I could have but I haven't so you won't be getting a picture of any kind..... sometimes the only word that works for certain days is uffda...................uffda

Learning curve

In the following post you will find miss spelled words,,, a few letters that are in the wrong place and should not be there....... and a few other things that don't quite look right... I am learning how to post more then one picture!!! Lilke I said before I find this computer thing kind of a challenge...

The Task Is Done

It was still dark our but I was ready. The tree lights were on the Christmas music was playing and the fire was glowing..... My first task was to back some refrigerator cookies while the new pastry cloth was washing. These cookies do not look very pretty but they are one of my favorite Christmas cookies!!

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here they are done,,, I had 5 of them for breakfast! And now I am ready for the hard tack.

The new pastry cloth in place.


Sorry forgot to change the setting for this picture.. but here is what you start out with... then you roll and roll till you have something like the next picture!!

And the finished product. This too doesn't look very exciting,,, but put a little butter on these crackers and they are heaven....... at least to my family they are!!!

Making Hard Tack

My Family loves a treat for Christmas called Hard Tack. My mom made it every year and we all ate and ate and ate and loved it. I think it is a swedish treat . Mom learned to make it from an older lady when my sister and I were very young. Today is the day that I must make it .. It is an all day project and it isn't exactly my favorite thing to do . But since no one else in the family has taken on the task it is left to me... so I begin.
First you sew a new pastry cloth ( I threw out my old one 4 months ago)...the next step is to wash it.. meanwhile baking a batch of cookies.... and we shall see how the day progresses!!!

Blue and White

Is'nt it amazing how God puts together colors even when the world is all 'white' with snow?

A Gift

My sister -in-law and I seems to love the same things. I had a birthday not long ago and this weekend she gave me a present. It was these red and white dipper. I got it home and had it all 'dolled' up and one the wall in 10 minutes!!

Beautiful Simplicity

My oldest grand daughter was visiting at Thanksgiving time and she drew these fairy houses.. I love them. One of every color marker she had!!

Determination

This is the second piece of artwork I have done for this frame.. Found the frame- matched two other frames I had of Christmas pictures - determined to add to this to the other two on the wall..... so did first artwork.... failed totally .. ( it has been a while since I have done ANY true artwork) so tried a different approach... I like it ..simple but kind of the look I wanted.......... at least it is on the wall.

Using Stuff

ok,, this is an awful picture.. but it kind of shows what I did with some fencing I got this weekend. The mitten is a tiny baby mitten and it doesn't have a mate... the camels , star and trees are cookie cutters. The part of a stocking you can see is one I made my husband when we were dating!!! and the wonderful snowman picture came from my sister-in-law.

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and so the day slowly drifts away hours of artwork thrown in the wastebasket but feels good to start over tonight or tomorrow

Christmas Red and Snow White

This is part of my Christmas decorating this year... I am into candy canes. All because I found the most wonderful elegant candy canes earlier this year . Most of you know that I love little houses.. so the first thing I had to do is make a house that matched my decor.

Much to my amazement I managed to figure out how to download from my camera and get it on my blog... I feel so proud of myself this morning. As my sister and husband and son in law know full well I am SO not computer savy!!!So I feel very smart today . Course it helps that the sun is shining, I finally feel better( I had a month long cold) and I am ready to start doing one of my favorite things to do... bake Christmas cookies!!! hope your day is full of sunsine and snow and Christmas smells !!!

time to get back to this thing again.... I have a whole bunch of new stuff happening and I guess its time to share.. I just have to remember how this thing works again... like how to put on pictures,, etc.........since I am SOOOO computer challenged!!!... so hang in there I will return!!!

found something out

sometimes it is amazing how life works... I found out there are a few people that actually read my blog..!!! .. It makes me feel like I am really 'here'!!!.. No pictures yet of the different place.. only cause I haven't made work of it.. or I really want to wait till I am a bit more 'done' with things.. Last night I came up with at least 3 more art pieces I want to do!! I love having my 'brain' back!!! only now I have to wait till I can get a couple places to get a couple of things to do the ideas. So today I am doing the exciting mundane things of life.. like laundry, and cleaning up my art table. and that is ok too..

ok,, it has been a long time

Much has happened ... I have a different place to decorate.... however that is not the purpose of this post... I am in a fix... I have a milk allergy..nothing big, doesn't bother me most of the time, in fact I don't think about it... HOWEvEr .. these days I am thinking about it. I didn't know that you can get a itchy reaction.. like little bug bites. Oh boy can you ever. I have then everywhere and I itch, itch, itch! So far not much has helped the itch. todays idea is baking soda paste.. which is helping a little.. I was going to go to our local natural foods store to see what I could find to help, but I am without a car, or suv or pickup ... so maybe I will find myself bundling up and going for a walk later today!!! This stuff is wicked!!!! Oh,, yea.. and I will NOT be eating any dairy for quite a while!!!!