Possibility...

in my most humble opinion...
I am most nearly always
open to
possibility.
Am I?
Hmmmm....
I'm thinking that it's possible that I
have time to make one of the many 

Halloween patterns we carry
before Halloween.
Will I make it in the manner of the original intent
Or
Put a spin on in?

hmmmmm.

Love these
Many faces of Jack - Pots and Pins

Possibility 1

Individual needle felted pumpkins on wool or
sculpted pumpkins

Possibility 2

 Jacks - made in wool felt
and made into a pillow or two
well, while I'm at it...
go for the third one, everything
is better in 3's.

Possibility 3

(see 3's)
Cut backgrounds pumpkins and face shapes
from fabric with fusible web on the back.
Let the kids, card group, study group,
charitable group  (you get the picture)
Put their favorite Jack face together and iron it.
I'd be half way done and have

memories

already tied to the quilt.

I just love this fellow.
Happy Hollowbones - Su-Sun Designs
he appears to have a pleasant nature.
I'd like to make him just the way he is...
different fabric - of course.
Or maybe, have the pattern enlarged and make him
Really, really, really

Big

Like to fit on my King size bed.
Oh, yeah - sleeping with a skeleton.
Bet my spousal unit would frown on that.

Happy Owl-o-ween - Su-Sun Designs
Silly, silly owls...
Dressed up like the trick-or-treaters they see each year.
Hmmmm.....
Ok!
This may be the ONE

Cats n Jacks - Pots and Pins
Enough with the possibilities -
It's time to pick one and
do it!
Happy creating!

Meet cher tea cher...

Well, that's how the 

"littles"

say it...!

Today is Meet your Teacher day.

That means summer is officially over in this neck of the woods.

We've been very busy and now we're all ready

to get in the routine of school days.

Yes!

Really.

We played school this summer to practice some skills.

Pretended we were in this little school house in the forest...

Around the schoolhouse - Nancy Olsen Spornitz

learning our

ABC's

ABC's for Max - Pots and Pins

Oh, summer days...

It was nice to have you for a visit.

 Summer Brights

Now, we're ready to rock and roll into Fall 

and all the 

glorious

Fall colors!!!!

9 for Fall

Forest

Happy creating! 

What ever it is that you are working on 

or have completed...

let us know - send a picture

we'll post it on our blog - or not.

Depending on your wishes....

and the livin' is busy....

How many sports camps can a child go to in a summer?

We're about to find out!

We've had 

volleyball

soccer 

and

baseball...

The "Littles" are enjoying 

Meeting new friends

Seeing old friends

Learning new skills

Polishing old skills

Playing outside

Packing lunch in the morning

being exhausted in the afternoon

just for a few minutes

and then....

hopping on a bike 

or 

going for a hike

or 

a swim in the lake.

Add in my activities:

helping a friend prepare for an estate sale

soldering everything I can get my hands on

keeping up with packaging

and 

shipping 

wool roving and patterns

Wow! 

And...

We're all having fun!

Lots of it!~

Pictures when I have time to breathe!

Learning something new!

Perhaps, from the title you are expecting

something profound....?
Like learning a new language
or
patience
or
calculus.

Well, maybe.
Someday...
but not today...
Today!
I'm learning how to solder.
Yep.
It's so darned fun -
maybe addictive!
Go ahead -
act surprised -

I'm not the best solder-er
but I'm certainly having the most fun
since
I learned to needle felt...

Wonder what I'm going to
do with all my little creations?

Me too!

Right now, I'm wearing them.
One at a time, of course.

And sometimes...
Sharing them...
but it has to be true love.
Oh! Happy Day!

Celebration!

I'm developing a habit.

Yep!

I think it's a good one...

is there such a thing as a good habit?

Well, this one is...

I'm finding something to 

Celebrate

every

day!

Little 

Big

Simple 

Complex

It doesn't matter.

Last weekend, we celebrated

being together.

We walked on a beach near Seattle.

Squeezed thru the crowds at Pikes Market

 BB'Qued fresh veggies and the last of 

this season's Sockeye.

Yum...

Finished Adventurgurl's pre-travel errands...

Then off to Tolt River for a hike and some seriously

cold swimming.

 Sunday evening was fun...
A gathering of
Adventurgurl's friends -
laughing,

playing,

eating,
hugging,

no crying!
We all know this is where this child needs to go -
on a
 trip around the world!

Trip around a Star - Nancy Olsen Spornitz

She's leaving,,,

on a jet plane...

Don't know when she'll be back again...

Adventuregurl is on her way...

Touring the world with her travel buddy.

If you should see them out there

in the big wide world...

please be nice

and please be gentle.

I'll return the favor.

<3 <3 <3

Going home...

Home is where my momma lives.

It wasn't really my home
I slept there but never really
lived there...

home is where my momma lives.

On the prairie
where Momma grew up
on land Grandpa bought in 1928
 

Momma lives
in a red brick house

with windows on all sides

 when the curtains are open

you can see straight through

the wind blows

and it's hot in the summer

 and really cold in the winter...

there are always interesting critters
and
bugs

Skunks,

racoons, 

possums,

armadillo,
scorpions,

spiders and tarantulas

snakes and lizards 

and turtles

blue jays and cardinals 

mocking birds

donkeys in the field next door
where the hollyhocks
reach for the sky...
 

Neighbors who knew me before I was born
 

neighbors I know only through my momma's stories
 

neighbors who mow her prairie grass

and bring her mail

and lunch and dinner

 

and clean her house
 and take her to the store

or to town

just for the neighborly friendliness of

time together.

Yep! I'm going there -

Home.

Where my momma lives.