I LIKE THURSDAY #23

 I’m joining LeeAnna and friends over at Not Afraid of Color to share lots of positives this season! 

Last Saturday we drove about 30 miles and cut a “Real” Christmas tree.  It’s a white fir and it is beautiful! But it doesn’t have that fresh tree smell. Kinda strange!

Our son bought 3 new sets of lights, 200 each, so 600 led lights. You can program them to be all white, just multi colored or a combination of the two.  And they can be shut off with the touch of a remote button! So pretty! 

Some of his ornaments! A stocking cap, I made last year with yarn and a cardboard ring. 

Simon was a favorite games when he was a teen.

A blown glass octopus! Non traditional ornament! But he is so cute!

A glass camera. A favorite hobby!

More winter-like weather this week! My Shasta is hidden by fog and cloud cover! 

 That’s all for me this week! Check the others at LeeAnna’s blog!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

To-Do Tuesday and link up #19

Linking with To Do Tuesday. I do like seeing what others are doing, and Roseanne and Sue at Home Sewn By Us, give us this great place to do that! 

Last weeks list! 

1.  Cut hexies and decide on layout. ✅

I do not think this will be the final layout. I think the light one to the left of the heart and directly beneath the heart need to be green! I’m going to cur 2 more green and see how it looks, 

2. Work on Santa cross stitch.    Not done, but here is how it looked when I put it away last year.

From Cross Stitcher magazine dated 2011!  It is definitely a UFO. I stopped stitching a while back because my eyesight was not good. New glasses and magnifier clip-ons help! 

Next week. December 15 - December 21

1. Work on Hexagon Table Topper. 

2.  Assemble the cross stitch ornament I brought to add to our son's Christmas package. 

Finished or Not Finished Friday 12-11-20

 

I have been starting and starting this last week, but not finishing much. There was this little itty bitty finish!

It's a dishcloth. Sugar and Cream yarn in Coral Sea Ombre!  I had intended to send it to our son and his new significant other. But life happens and she is gone and we are visiting with him for the holidays. He is uncertain if the colors are his choice at the moment, so I'll probably take it home. 

I have been working on the hexagon table topper and I hope to have it done by New Year's Eve. But it will need to be backed and quilted to be a complete finish. My machine is at home in Wyoming, so that will be a finish for January or February! 

I do have a Christmas Cross Stitch project that is a WIP!!!  But we will see if any stitches are taken!  

I'm linking up with Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday!    (for the second try, the first one disappeared!)

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

I Like Thursday #22

  I’m joining LeeAnna and friends over at Not Afraid of Color to share “likes”! What a great place to share some positive vibes in this year! 

Mr Busy and our son, flying a R/C drone in his driveway!  You cannot see the drone, but it is there. But you get to see our current surroundings! 

I was walking around with my phone and spotted this holly bush!  It’s so Cool. I don't think I have ever seen holly growing 

too close....sort of blurry!   Part of it has a reddish look! 

These bushes are growing around our sons house. I do not know what they are and neither does he. It's a new to him house, he moved in the end of July. 

And there are always deer. Families and families of deer. 

And of course we giggle and giggle at “Phoenix”! 

Of course, the fireplace was cold! He’s not sure about the current house guests!  US! 

We watched “True Grit” on Monday night! It’s the version with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. We liked it a lot! 

And we have watched all three motorcycle adventures! Long Way Up is actually #3. Long Way Round is #1 and Long Way Down is #2. We all learned a great deal. 

And we are in the middle of Star Trek, Discovery! And we’ve started Homeland. We are late coming to the party on that one. But we all are liking it! Intense!!

Not much on the creative front! I did finish a small crocheted cotton dish cloth. It’s Coral Sea Sugar and Cream. 

And I’ll leave you with another picture of Mt Shasta, we don’t get tired of this view! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! 

To-Do List And Link Up #18

I'm linking with To Do Tuesday. I do like seeing what others are doing, and Roseanne and Sue at Home Sewn By Us, give us this great place to do that! 

 To-Do list from last week! 

1.  1. Start crocheting with dishcloth yarn, Sugar and Cream.

Nearly done, 2 more rows to go!   Sugar and Cream yarn, Coral Seas Ombre! I have enough to do another one!  "smile"

2. Start writing Christmas cards. I don't send many, but some to special friends who have moved away!

Six are in the mail on Monday! More today!

Next week! 

1. Hexies for table topper. Cut and decide on layout. 

2. Work a little on the Santa cross stitch. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

December 2020 One Monthly Goal

Because I am away from my machine for the whole of December, my OMG must be handwork.. I have finished the embroidery for the Christmas designs for a table topper.  

I need to make the coordinating hexies.  I need 16 fabric hexies.  My goal is to get 10 done.  That is one more than half. There are 19 hexies in total. 

I have started marking the 1/4" seam allowance. 

I'm linking up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts. 

 Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal December Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

I Like Thursday! #21

 I’m joining LeeAnna and friends over at Not Afraid of Color to share “likes”! 

This week there have been  lots of things to be grateful for and to like.

We left Susanville CA  Saturday morning, the 21st of November, on the last leg of our trip to see our son. The trees were frosted, the snow was on the side of the road but the road itself was dry and not the least bit icy!

There have been fires in the fireplace! AAAH! 

Our son's kitty, Phoenix, plays catch! It's the funniest thing, to watch him run and slide down the hall and then bring the mouse toy back to whomever threw it!

One morning, it look as if Mt Shasta was above the clouds. At  least that particular cloud. 

The sky is a brilliant pink/orange this morning, but my iPad camera, doesn't do it justice. I'll just have to enjoy it. 

We’ve watched:

Almost the whole first season of The Unicorn on Netflix.  Oh my goodness, we have laughed and laughed! 

Also a documentary on Apple+ TV.....Long Way Up!  About 2 guys, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman,  on motorcycles who rode from the tip of Argentina all the way up to LA. 100 days!  Mr Busy is a  car/motorcycle nut, so it held his interest. I liked it too. 

If you are a Star Wars fan, Ewan McGregor was Obi-Wan Kenobi, on several of the Star Wars.

We have binged watched :  The The Morning  Show with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon on Apple TV+. Really Good!

 And Star Trek Picard on CBS All Access....well done too!

I finished my Christmas designs for the Hexie Table Topper. 

And started cutting hexagons of the other fabric. 

So lots of likes!  

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy