Custom Order

This is a custom order in my shop for an interior designer.

I have painted 6 watercolor pansies, they are to measure 7x7".  I think these framed in square frames will look charming.

I have listed them in the shop.  They approved the first 4 that were ordered and then asked for the blue pansies in addition.  I am planning on them being purchased on Monday.

We'll see how it goes.  At present I do not know where (which state) the order is coming from.

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Yummy Treat

Russ made yummy scones this evening.  Could there be a better treat?!!!

Scones & Honey!!!!

Memory Items from the Past

I visited my parents in St. George on Monday.

I took some photos of items in their home that I have many years of memories of.

This inlaid wood poet picture has hung in my parents home for years.

Vase from Gr. Knecht.

English, Wedgwood.

 A soup terrain, door stop(Gr. Knecht), Hurricane lamp(this lamp always was on our coffee table.

A tray that was painted for my parents from a dear friend.

My parents are moving and they have so many many things in their house.  These are some of the few things I have interest because I have many memories of them.

Thanks

Thanks Heidi for your help with our sewing group yesterday!!!

Sewing Shop

Two colors of fabric.

Measuring...

A lot of decisions to be made before cutting.

The cutting begins...

Anna supervises....

And look at that, a new skirt!

 Cute Abby in her new skirt!!!

How Cute is Elsie

How cute is this girl!

She is off to the rodeo...

A&H and I went today and bought fabric for my sewing students, Kate, Abby & Mabel.

Heidi hurried and made a sample of our skirts(one for Elsie) to show Kate & Abby & Mabel before we make them.

Look how cute.  The skirts are all going to be so cute.   We will have four darling Grand daughters all decked out in new skirts tomorrow, after they make them.

A Venture Out in the Heat

I wondered over to my neighbors to photograph some volunteer sunflowers.

The Ence's are not home to plant their ususal mix of sunflowers this year.  These couple of sunflowers were just dispersed through the area that usually has tall sunflowers in variety in rows.

These are beautiful.  Their petals look ablaze.... some of the heads dripping, or dropping in the heat...

I continued in the heat to check on my vines.  They are climbing... The one has reached the top of the obelisk.   I am now waiting for them to bloom all the way up the structure and fill in the structures.

There is progress though.

Garden tools just outside the back door...

It is a scorcher outside today. 

Pure Happy

This is one of the Lily trees that H&C gave me.

It screams, Happy, happy, happy!!!!!

I have cut off the stamens with their pollen, I think it deters from their beauty.

Dog Poop

Ask Kate about the dog poop at the park yesterday.

She will give you the scoop!!!!!

A Day With Cute Kids

We went to the park.  Yes me, with 6 kids under 9 years old.  What was I thinking, that means I had 5 car seats to insure that the kids were in and buckled.  If I were a young mother those car seats would be the death of me.  I am a young Grandma and they are the death of me.

Thomas in a car seat weighs what?  15, 20, maybe 30 pounds?!

Two 3 year olds who have strong ideas on who and how they get buckled or even how they get into their car seats.

Thomas' seat sat in between those 3 year old seats, to reach in or over the 3 year olds is quite a trick, a what did I decide a thirty pound trick?!

My vitamin Aleve will do the trick for me tonight!!!!

Look at these two, if we don't put them together they do it themselves.  Thomas was completely entertained and I do believe at wonder with Will crawling all over.  Thomas' legs would just move a million miles an hour when he would see Will's action.

The girls went off to a little dance class.  These cute boys play together regardless of age differences.  I love that all my grandkids can play together well.

Thanks for a fun day for Grandma!!!

SS United States

I have recently thought of some experiences I had when about 9-10 years old aboard the SS United States.  My family was returning from living in Nuremberg Germany.  I believe this would have been in the year 1965 or 1966.  We traveled home to America aboard this large ship.

I am just now finding out all kinds of details about this ocean liner.  I am going to have to keep thinking and write the memories in another blog.

The ship passing NYC skyline.

I have fond memories of the pool during rough seas.  The water would tilt from side to side.  There were bars all around the inside of the pool that you could hold onto.  

I found a blog today that had old family footage of their trip on this ship it brought back a flood of memories.

This ship is now in harbor in Philadelphia with an ongoing crusade to save a piece of American History, the SS United States.

This ship I believe still holds the record for transatlantic speed for such a vessel.  Her top speed being 44 mph.

It is larger in length than the Titanic. I believe it was 10 stories high.

It was built of metal so that it was completely fireproof.  

It is narrow enough to fit through the Panama Canal.

It cost 79.4 million dollars in 1950.  That equals 702 million dollars in today's dollars.

It had a life of 17 years.  1952-1969

It had the passenger capacity of 1,928 passengers, with a 900 person crew.

This info is taken from the crusade to save this ship.  When I sailed on it, I was young and clueless to any of this, it was just a huge adventure.

Writers Retreat

The beautiful Homestead in Midway was the conference setting.  This proved to be a charming and gracious place to have the conference.  I personally love the at home manor feeling of the homestead. As well as the beautiful groomed gardens & setting.

The Five Fabulous Authors who gave us so much at this conference. Ann Edwards-Cannon, John Bennion, John Bytheway, Dean Hughes, & Louise Plummer.

The conference was small about 40+ people.  They came from all over, local and distant. I had one person from Canada, and Phoenix in my breakout session of 7 people.

A little writers boogie going on here! There was a little light hearted playing after the conference concluded!!

Jen ( thanks to Jen I literally feel into this wonderful conference) & Cindy and Laurel

After spending this enlightening weekend in Midway, look at this beautiful wonder in the clouds as I drove away from Midway!

R&L made available to us Liz's parents second home in Midway.  That certainly added to the enjoyment of the weekend.  Russ joined me on Friday night, he went fishing while I attended Saturday, my last day at the conference.

Lovely view out the window of the living room.

This weekend will be a motivator to move on with my blog and other projects.

I believe I will form a writing group with the wonderful people in my session.  I am really looking forward to that continued association and continued benefit of this retreat.