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Dollies…..

I’ve recently in the last year or so found a passion for creating various little cloth dolls .I use all kinds of scraps and bits including fabric scraps, yarn, ribbon, lace, and embroidery floss.  It’s getting a bit crowded here so I’m always pleased to find a new loving home…

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Idlewylde cottage….

One of my great joys these past couple years (and especially since corona virus craziness) is enjoying my little dolly house I’ve christened “Idlewyld Cottage” ; an obscure reference to “Anne of Green Gables” of which I am an avid fan. I got brave and built the little house from…

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Summer in the garden….

One of the things that brings me the most joy now adays is my garden. Since quarantine and the following craziness, gardening has really become a solace for me. In the chaos, I find calm. In the insanity, I find peace and order. The friendly tweets, chirps, hoots, and clicks…

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useless made useful…

Himself and I bought this television armoire about 20 years ago.  It is part of a bedroom suite though we haven’t used it in the bedroom in years.  It’s really just much too large to fit in our small bedroom. For several years we kept a very poorly fitting television…

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winter bouquet…

Flowers in January

Yesterday, I was feeling pretty blue.  Christmas over, back to work, just generally moody and discontent. Then himself rousted me out of my funk by forcing me out out of the house, making me walk thousands of steps all over our outdoor mall, and treating me to a lovely fresh…

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Little Women…

Little Women

Yesterday, Himself  treated us as well as my favorite 13 year old to the latest movie version of one of my all time favorite novels,” Little Women”.  Complete with comfy reclining movie chairs. I have been a fan of all things “Louisa May Alcott”, since I was about 10 crying…

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Winter blues…

Stone Porch Cottage in December

Winters here in Colorado Springs can be quite dreary. Cold, dark, dry, blowy, and unless it is currently snowing or has just snowed, very, very brown. There are precious few evergreens to break up the monotonous grey and brown landscape. The deciduous trees have long since lost their greenness and…

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Apple the dog…

Apple the dog

This dynamo of canine energy is our dog. She is called , “Apple” in homage to my home state of Washington. She is getting up there in years now; somewhere between 14 and 15. Her hearing is questionable. Her eyesight in doubt. She mostly sleeps except for when she is…

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