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| Using up some of my fabric and lace "Stash". |
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| Getting ready to plant violas! |
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| The next day we had 1 1/2" size hail! |
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| Didn't hurt anything! We were lucky! |
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| Found 3 old quilt pieces that I'm going to make some more birds out of. Like this blue bird on top! |
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| I'm collecting old dollies to use as decoration on a wearable piece of art! A jacket, tunic, shawl or something! |
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| A different "Pitcher Potholder" for my collection. |
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| My newest Tomie dePaola book. Next will be one on Anthony! Happy Spring Friends! |
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| Such Fun! I purchased this handmade creation "Reckless Necklace" from a fantastic 3-Dim Artist/Teacher Extraordinaire last summer at The Grassroots Art Center in Lucas, Kansas. My neighbor and I were fortunate to be able to take a workshop with her in Mosaics. Some of my art is also on display there. |
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| Just wearing the Necklace makes for a party! |
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| I've had so much fun creating these "Funny Fowl" quilt blocks! |
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| These are the last ones! now I'm ready to pick the fabric strips to go between the blocks and the backing/binding. I'm thinking Black with white polka dots and solid black. We'll see! |
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| We were encouraged to paint an historical building for an art contest at our Art League this next meeting. I decided on painting my two childhood homes. This was my first one in the late 30's and early 40's in K.C., Mo. I can still remember a bright sunny front room with doilies on the back of all the chairs (which I still do) and a big Snowball Bush on one side of the house and a Lilac on the other! |
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| My second childhood is no longer standing. I lived here from the early 1940's to 1955 when I graduated from High School and married my husband of 60 years this Aug. 26th. I have many memories of this home! Racking up leaves in the side yard and making forts. Where I lost my Amethyst birthstone ring never to find again! When I was about 15 Daddy and Mother purchased the vacant lot next to our side yard. It was covered in small trees and underbrush. That summer I decided I wanted to turn it into a park. So with my Daddy's hand saw, gloves and strong determination, I accomplished it. An added benefit was slimmed down body! |
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| Finally purchased the frames for these 3 Spring paintings. They are now on display at different location in the area. |
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| This is a "throw back Thursday" photo of our grandson Davey and his fort in about 2008. |
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| This is an old photo of our "Go Go Girls + 1" Around 2008 also. Hope you are enjoying the soon arrival of Spring also! Blessings! |
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| At our last Art League Meeting we all painted a 2 1/2"X3 1/2" Artist Trading cards. They were then gathered, given a number and then each Artist drew out a number and took the card with the number they drew home with them. Ir was great fun! The one I painted is the "Proud Lady #1 I drew "Barn & Silo" #8. |
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| Fellow Artists busy painting! |
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| We had a time limit! |
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| Sorority Sisters attended the Dinner Theater production of "Clue". Our sorority sister Linda in the red dress was super as usual! |
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| Sister Judy stayed over to attend also! |
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| Cast posing for pictures. |
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| The "Go Go Girls + 1" celebrating February birthdays at Jack Stack Barbecue. I was one of those February Birthdays! |
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| "Friends are a gift you give yourself" Mary Ruth and I celebrating our February Birthdays. |
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| Have made a few more new "Out of the Box" Birds/Chickens. |
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| It's so much fun! |
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| I actually have 10 done now with 6 more to go! |
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| Have the undercoat on ready to sketch on my childhood home painting. |
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| Spring and Winter Bumped heads this year! |
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| all our snow came very late this year! |
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| Well the snow didn't come in on the back porch, but more firewood did! |
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| Back door Spring Wreath. |
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| Black Callie needs more attention since her Momma died. But she still has one Kitty friend though! Hope everything is going well in your world! |
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