NEW old dolls and flowers in the frost

Well you probably wonder what that title is about . Well to begin with we bought all these flowers to plant on Saturday and I am so glad they are not in the ground. Tonight and last night were frosty. I placed them all in the garage and they are sitting there just waiting for spring to arrive. Today we went to Walmart for groceries and we also bought dirt for my flower pots. So here it all sits.

Now about the new old dolls. About 5 years ago these are the dolls I made and sold all the time. I had people collect them but then I started making raggedy dolls and the pudgie girls got pushed aside. The people on the Internet did not seem interested in them so I moved on. However we are doing our show this fall in PIGEON FORGE TENNESSEE IN THE TENT BEHIND THE OLD MILL THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER. So we stopped in at Countryside crafts http://www.countrysidepatterns.com/ when we were out shopping on Saturday and they were having a craft class and making the kite flying doll. Just fell in love with her sooooo to make a long story short I have started making my pudgies again. I have angels, Bitsy Ross, Uncle Sam, Trick or treat little girls dressed in pumpkin outfit and a cute little witch. I will post pictures as I finish them. I also bought the watermelon doll pattern. So I have posted the pictures of the doll parts I worked on today and painted and glued together. Keep checking back for updates on the dolls pictures.

My desktop computer is not taking my camera card anymore so getting pictures in here is a real pain. First i have to put them on my lap top then transfer them to a photo image place then come in here and retrieve them sooooo until I get it fixed there will probably be fewer pictures :( so sad.

Well gonna go "try" to figure out My space so I can check out my daughters and granddaughters lives. If I am not back soon come looking for me BAw Haw Haw

toodles

Pat

Busy Weekend

Well Barb and Jane, Brandon and Kaila arrived here on Thursday night around midnight. On Friday they decided we needed to go to the nursery and buy flowers. Off we went. I love going there but it is a little early in the season to plant all of them. Barb bought me a flat of yellow petunias and a flat of red and white impatience for mothers day. We brought all our flowers home and I potted my mother a pot for mothers day. This year I made all the flowers pink in it. I will keep it for a few weeks to get it growing before I take it to her. I bought the same to pot for my mother in law for mothers day but ran out of potting soil so I will get some this week at the store. Then Kaila and I planted some yellow petunias in a flower box and sat it back in place. I still have 3 huge geraniums to plant, some white flowers(?) for the hanging pots on the front porch, and some pretty pink flowers(?) for some pots. Still need to buy a flat of marigolds and a flat of red petunias and a flat of white petunias.
Then they went and got mom and dad while I got supper ready. We grilled hamburgers, baked french fries, and baked beans. Then we all sat on the front porch and just talked.
On Saturday my feet and legs hurt me very bad. They thought we needed to go shopping so I left with them and we went to Wertz's a local five and ten cent store we all love. They have the best fabrics for low prices. So I bought a whole bunch of fabrics and we left to go to a little craft store up the road. We found it boring and they had the same merchandise as when we were there 3 years ago. They wanted to go to Joann fabrics but my legs hurt too bad and I just wanted to get home and into bed with my feet and legs up. We passed by countryside crafts and decided to stop there. That was alright because I knew I could sit there and talk to Suzie and Linda(the owners) they were finishing up with their morning craft class so I bought a kit to make the project. A darling little pudgie flying a kite I can't wait to start her.
We came home then and they went over to mom and dads to see how dad was. He fell out of bed on Friday night so they just wanted to stay home. I went to bed and put my feet and legs up while they went there. They told me he was alright just scraped up. So relieved to hear that don't know if I could handle another crisis at the moment.
They left to go home after we got home from church this morning. It is now 9:20pm and they are still on the road. They got into HEAVY rain all the way home and could not see the highway in some places. So Barb had to drive Jane home that is another two hours from her house then pick David up and drive back home. I hope the girls never ever drive this way again. Or else leave early in the morning for home.
Don is doing a whole lot better and his leg is hurting less and less but he is still not allowed to lift for another week
We are getting cold weather this week and possible frost so it is good we didn't plant the flowers out yet.
toodles

Finally another post

Well here it is almost a week since I have posted anything. What a week it has been. We were sitting in church on Sunday morning when Don said lets go I don't feel good. So that really surprised and scared me since he never ever does anything like that. After we got outside then he told me he was real light headed and dizzy, his hands were real sweaty and clamy, and his chest hurt. Well since he has a history of stroke and open heart I told him we were going to ER. Of coarse he said no I'll just go home and lay down a little while. Wellllll let me tell you I was driving so we went to ER. What a lonely feeling that is. Sitting in waiting room all alone while he is in there. However enough feeling sorry for myself. We were in the ER for about 4 hours and they took him to a room overnight they said. Well on Monday they decided to do a heart Cath on him just to make sure. Thank goodness Donna, our daughter took off work and came and got me and drove me there. Don't know what I would have done without her there. To make a long story short he is fine Whew and back home sitting on the couch watching tv. He cannot lift anything for 2 weeks and could not drive for two days.

I did get a doll finished today. She is a raggedy angel I have been working on for a few weeks now. I just wasn't sure how to make her wings. I made her about three sets before I liked the last one. Then I had to figure out how to attach them. She is now listed on ebay.

Just want to show you a few pictures of my neighbors side garden that I look out my bedroom window to each morning. It is just so beautiful right now. Such a great way to wake up in the morning. Our red bud tree is really pretty this year too. The first year it has bloomed. I bought it from one of those magazines where they are 1cent. Well that was about 8 years ago. When it was planted it was about as big around as my little finger. Its brother or sister don't know which was eaten by a rabbit, so sad. But this one is beautiful this year.

Well time to go soak in a hot tub of water. Barb and Jane (my two daughters from Tennessee) are on the interstate driving here right now and I need to go pray awhile that they have a safe trip. This is the first time they have come alone without husbands driving. Kaila(granddaughter) and Brandon(grandson) are with them and also Maggie(granddog)

The weather is supposed to turn rainy and cold this week end that is sad to me because I love this warm sunny weather

toodles

Earthquake sunny summerlike Friday

Well they said we had an earthquake today but we didn't feel anything. Whew I am glad of that. It was simply perfect weather here today. We started early this morning and dug all the hostas out from the front of the house. I really wanted to redo the front flower beds in front of our front porch this year. Welllll after they were dug up and thrown into the front yard don started to "edge" the flower beds all around the house. I started the roto tiller and went to town. OH MY GOSH I thought my arms and hands were gonna fall off. I did get it done. went next door and Judi let me borrow her new tool to split flowers. OH MY GOSH my body protested the whole time. Well the hostas got split into four pieces so we had hosta everywhere. Judi took an entire wheelbarrow full of them to plant in her woodland garden. I planted the front of the flower bed and we still have an entire wheel barrow full of them. Dons mom and sisters are coming tomorrow and they want them.
whew
then I split some mums and planted them all around the edge of the front beds. Mums are one of my favorite flowers. After that we came in and took showers and plopped on the couch and chair. then I had to finish doing laundry and grilling chicken on the grill for dinner.
See my bradford pear tree in the front yard? This is the first year it has flowered. All the other years the flowers always froze before they bloomed. It is so pretty.
Well gonna go work on a raggedy doll.
toodles

Scarecrows on the front porch

Today was a beautiful day at our house. I cleaned house in the morning then I hauled all my "equipment" out to the front porch. I am working on 2 scarecrow wreaths. They are coming right along as you can see by the pictures.
this is my fav time of year just right temps, sunny, and I love to craft out on the front porch and it is so relaxing.

Tonight my neighbor brought over a hosta I have wanted for three years. She had Chuck, her husband dig me a start. It is sum and substance and it is beautiful. Well one thing led to another and I wound up digging up a big clump of hosta from the front flower bed, weeded all the unwanted weeds out and dug a hole for the "new" hosta. Needless to say I am sore now.
Oh well always tomorrow
toodles

grocery day yuck

Well it was a beautiful day. I thought it was chilly because the wind . Well we ate lunch and then went to the grocery store.
Came home I cooked hamburgers on the grill, baked some french fries, and opened a can of baked beans. wallla dinner.
After dinner I went to my studio and I cleaned it. Ran the vacuum and dusted and put patterns and fabric away. Now I am ready to get out there and work.
well I was going to print my Sadie and Jinx pattern out tonight that Debbie from simple country blessings gave me and lol and behold I couldn't find it anyplace on my computer. So being the dear she is I was going to buy one but she is in my fav ebay group, Country&Primitive ladies group, and she resent me the pattern THANK YOU DEBBIE.
Well it is printed out now and tomorrow I hope to cut it out and sew it. Think they would be good to sell at my show the third week of October in the rotary tent behind the OLD Mill in Pidgeon Forge Tennessee
Ok tomorrow is another day toodles

Sunny Tuesday at our house

So today was really a beautiful day. Just a tad chilly. I looked out the window and Don had the tractor out mowing the yard. So after I cleaned the lunch dishes up and started the dishwasher I headed out the door. He was picking sticks up all back there by the woods, must have been a thousand on the ground. So I jumped(well maybe not jumped) onto the tractor and took off. I mowed the back yard. Loved it even though I had to empty the bags full of debris two times and unclog a bunch of wet grass out of the tube leading from the mower to the bags. The certainly got me dirty. Loved every minute of it except my body sure did hurt when I finished

so then I went around front and set the barrel up with the pump and started it after Don showed me how to put it together. We eventually got it to work but the pump sure looks bad. Guess we will be trying to paint it or get a new one.

It sounds wonderful sitting on the porch though with the running water. I have the cushions on the chairs and the porch swing pad cleaned all ready for us to sit out there now.

My birthday flowers are now two weeks old today and still look really pretty. I have them sitting on the old farm table on our front porch. I think the "cool" evenings are why they are staying so nice so long.

I was looking around my shop tonight and my goodness look at all the projects laying around for me to finish. And those doll legs just keep multiplying for me to paint. Guess I need to work on some ufp before I start something else new.

I finished a doll and listed her on ebay tonight. She is an Americana raggedy with a flag. I really almost kept her. I really like her alot

well biggest loser is on so I have to cut this off and go watch

toddles