WINTER HAS ARRIVED, et al

 

My version of a Jan Patek pattern from last year...

this is hanging on my dining room wall to

herald the coming of Christmas

and

with this really cold North wind and

actual (be still my 💓) snow flurries

yesterday!!!:))))

I had a lot of fun making this one--

especially that little flying Angel..

**********************

We lit our little Maple Sugar scented

candle and placed it on my

little Christmas Ojos mat

and watched the sun go down at 

4:20 yesterday with early

darkening skies and wind lashed

trees...

***********************

I spy some little bits of greenery on the base--

just maybe (fingers crossed) my amaryllis

will bloom?????

*************************

I call this "Christmas Strawberries"

I began making these a while back

after seeing Melisa's  quilt

(click)

So....

I drafted my own pattern 

(shamelessly copying hers--

she ok'ed it hahaha).

**Note the skewed strawberry cap on

the topmost one--should I undo it??

Or just let it go its own way???

Her full sized quilt is such a beauty,

I couldn't resist trying a few blocks...

**************************

A sure sign of winter is my 

December Daily Journal [above]

making its debut

that I

work in every year....

Here are a few pages to be 

journaled on....

They are all made from magazine images, my own

stamped images, and various scrappy leftovers

which include any junk mail and scraps--

Only my "Rudebecka" Reindeer is made

from fabric and one of my dies...

I add lots of sparkley stuff for fun....

(you can click on images to enlarge)

********************

Both Tom and I are under the

weather with head colds..

so we are mostly napping and

taking it easy...

Until next time..

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sniffling-and-sneezing-euse!!)

 

 

CAN I SAVE IT?, et al--{a catch up post}

 

I totally forgot (👽) that I had stored my

last Christmas' Amaryllis in my

dark front hall closet over the Summer....

👀👹💀👀

While scrolling through my photos, which

I transferred onto my new phone. 

(Tom and I got each other new

phones for Christmas this year)

I saw this picture:

Y I K E S ~~

I even forgot to water it.....👹

Will it come back to life for me

this year????

Stay tuned--

And....is this even the same

plant????

Because  I have had various 

amaryllises through the 

years....?????

[this picture is dated 2018]

Had I kept it this long???

S  I  G  H...

*******************

And.....

A few of you asked to see pictures of

where we walk by  the CT River --

Here is the view from the parking lot:

Such a lovely spot....can you make out

the benches provided for seating??

[the bridge on the right is I-95 passing

over the river.....]

(click)

&

Here is the start of our stroll:

Right by the riverside....

Looking ahead we can see the old (1907)

railroad bridge which they are in the 

process of replacing:

Next we walk by the CT DEEP installation

on our right...

That day we saw our Coast guard boat

sailing by....;))))

↓↓↓↓

Tom was very excited to see it this close up...

Here you can see the State's 

informational sign,,,,

detailing all the wildlife in this

protected spot....

[and the ecological barrier the

construction people have 

erected behind it].

And now....

the bridge is opening to let

boats through to the open waters

of Long Island Sound and beyond...

[you can just about make out a couple

of workers standing right there]

(click)

and we say "farewell" to the 

Coastguard as it sails under

the opened bridge....

while those workers watch....

↧↧↧↧

We continue our stroll here on our

way under the bridge....

the boardwalk

continues way out to a bird watching

platform here.....it was way

too windy to venture all the way

out that day...

It is a lovely spot ==

the sunlight on the marsh

grasses is always a lovely site

💚💚💚💚

We don't know

how long this area will remain open while 

they are working on the building of a 

totally new RR bridge and 

walking area...

.But 

they are slated to finish by 2031.

So who knows when this area will become

closed to the public....????

Maybe this January????

sooooo,

We are walking there as much as 

possible --weather permitting...

The area is about 10 minutes 

down the road from us--so very

convenient...

*******************************

Here are my cacti for those of you

who asked to see them 

in situ:

They sit in our north facing window in 

our tv room.....

Above is the latest one I purchased

 that has

already lost a couple of 

bi-color peach/rose

blooms....

My little pot cherub is waiting 

patiently for this one to 

set bud.....

And in the corner sits my

"old faithful"

spider plant ....

***************************

Yesterday I sewed 4 little 

blue & white 9-patch

blocks and set up 

4 more....

Using up some mini charms 

Ready to be sewn.....
*****************************

I hope you are having  wonderful 

pre-holiday weekend...

We are pretty much prepared 

for the T-day crowd except

for a bit of last minute

shopping this coming Monday....

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(puttering-around-euse)