My May Day Baby is 41 – OH MY

| April 30, 2009

People in VA don’t really celebrate MAY DAY…..but growing up in Missouri, May 1st was MAY DAY – and people celebrated.   We used to make paper baskets (we cut paper and wove them into baskets) and then we picked flowers, filled our baskets with flowers and left them on the doorsteps of our neighbors’ homes.  […]

Play Dough by Leanna

| April 30, 2009

I was thinking that it would be fun to play with PLAY DOUGH……guess being in school and doing some projects with some kindergarten folks today and being elbow deep in  Elmer’s white glue just gave me to urge to do something creative – on my own! And my 13 year old grandangel Leanna’s teacher just entered her FREE VERSE […]

30’s Club at Quilter’s Corner – April 09

| April 26, 2009

Despite a great deal of socializing and contemplation, I think that the folks at 30’s Club at Quilter’s Corner today got a lot of sewing done!  We also shared ideas, laughed, and arranged our blocks that we had made thus far  – we got our “therapy” for our quilting souls today! Here is our assignment for […]

Chesterfield County Festival of the Arts and Sciences at Monacan HS – April 26, 2009

| April 26, 2009

Grandangel, Leanna, had a “SHADED LEAF” in the Chesterfield County Festival of the Arts and Sciences at Monacan HS this weekend!  It is always amazing to me as I look at what our county students have produced.  We have some talent around here.  I only took a few pictures.  The entire school was laden with […]

Powhatan Power Antique Show – April 25, 2009

| April 25, 2009

When I left home this morning I was expecting to enjoy being with my Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild quilting friends at the Powhatan Power Antique Show.  What I wasn’t expecting was HOW MUCH FUN I would have.  AND…..this might be some kind of a record for me to have GREAT FUN when it is 91 […]