tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65137068222655118182024-03-13T06:47:10.922-07:00Polkadotted RainbowsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-15178761009403972412015-02-27T09:04:00.000-08:002015-02-27T09:04:12.032-08:00Five on Friday<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Joining in to celebrate </span><span style="font-size: large;">five things</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that are currently making me happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had snow!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a little less than an inch...but enough to run and play in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just enough to close work for the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To enjoy pj-lounging and crochet and hot chocolate.</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="478" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r31gwB_qM9Q/VPCbSQXXVDI/AAAAAAAAFb8/eJZEbxg0nfo/w478-h359-no/P2252226.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three blankets. So close to finishing them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have I ever told you how much I love granny square blankets?</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="640" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G2taLliufhc/VPCbhwDKBdI/AAAAAAAAFcE/N1n5WPIjohY/w312-h416-no/P2252229.JPG" width="480" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Art Journaling... something I have done since High School. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have spent many hours this week just doodling and thinking</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and remembering and dreaming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a great way for me to pass a few hours!</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dFmt1cYfyvk/VPCbopPkaaI/AAAAAAAAFcM/73BathBmBHg/w478-h359-no/P2252230.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saw this idea on Pinterest... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2 copies of a few favorite blanket, 2 pillar candles,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">some Modge Podge and voila...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting to spend an afternoon with this one...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just me and him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No distractions, except for the ducks!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with </span></div>
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<a href="http://planetpenny.co.uk/2015/02/26/happy-friday-number-8/"><span style="font-size: large;">Planet Penny</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://lovemademyhome.blogspot.com/2015/02/five-on-friday_27.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Amy</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click to see what others are up to today!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-53364178390888931222015-02-04T09:23:00.000-08:002015-02-04T09:42:20.812-08:00Nanny McPhee Ta-Dah!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Well here it is in all its glory! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My <a href="http://polkadottedrainbows.blogspot.com/2014/09/nanny-mcphee.html">Nanny McPhee</a> blanket is finished at last!</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ptOpy_V4ezs/VNJGUfqPbTI/AAAAAAAAFbk/3JXygxUdad8/w478-h359-no/P2032191.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love it. And I love that it is going off to live in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Alex's dorm room. It makes me so happy to know </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that for the next few months (until Spring) it will be </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">keeping my baby boy warm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I was going to do a fancy-smanchy stripey border, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">but after two rows, I decided it was all too much</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So just round and round until I was almost completely out of yarn.</span></div>
<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wdqpT4l2XU8/VNJF1eTYaaI/AAAAAAAAFbE/RoPnzvRCHRI/w478-h359-no/P2032171.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Someone was feeling a bit left out...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moss Green, Gold, Pumpkin, Plum, Pistachio, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forest Heather, Autumn Red, Wheat, Peacock</span> . <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I used 20 different colors, but some only made an appearance a couple of times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This turned out to be a great stash-busting blanket</span>.</div>
<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WyWWrznzo6I/VNJFuFtSOcI/AAAAAAAAFa8/DfO5ewgvUKs/w478-h359-no/P2032169.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">150 - 4 round granny squares</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what I found as I was getting ready to leave for work. I kept calling her name but she wouldn't come...Apparently this blanket has magical sleep powers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with:</span><br />
<a href="http://philwife.blogspot.com/2015/02/yarn-fanatic-party-22-heartspun-by.html"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Rachel</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2015/02/yarn-along-213.html"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Yarn Along</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2015/02/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on.html"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Keep Calm, Craft On</span></a><br />
<a href="http://lindacraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Stash%20Link%20UP"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Linda</span></a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-51176353995993243152015-02-02T09:33:00.001-08:002015-02-06T06:02:47.817-08:00Sunlit Sunday #2 (a little late!)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this a beautiful sight? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not sure why this is happening at the beginning of February...daffodils and hyacinths!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but it inspired this</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">which will soon be filled with dirt and seeds and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> hopefully new beginnings of spring flowers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love my sunny front door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I try to always have something happy hanging up to greet friends...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0XrZVcGbF2s/VMFTcunFRuI/AAAAAAAAFUU/OmQlBolXZDM/w462-h347-no/P1172178.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not Sunlit...fairy-lit.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">It looks like the fairy lights </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">will be hanging around for a little longer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am still enjoying their soft light in the early morning!</span></div>
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<img class="addthis_shareable thumbnail" src="http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/e15/10954033_690720731046010_297244838_n.jpg" id="main-photo" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her Winter Solstice stick and snowflakes still hanging up...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">always make me happy to see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Sunlit Sunday! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_998862567">Linking up with </span><span id="goog_998862568"><a href="http://planetpenny.co.uk/2015/02/05/happy-friday-number-5/">Planet Penny</a> . </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Go on over and see what is making other's happy this week!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-47892915604156689622015-01-31T13:19:00.001-08:002015-01-31T13:19:12.498-08:00Celebrating January<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">January started out hard... For the first time in 26 years, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wasn't a Mom...well I was..but not as I had always been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There were no more children to get up and off to school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No more lunches to pack and no more practices, pick-ups, teenagers in and out, or laundry....oh my gosh the laundry...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it was just us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a lot harder to adjust to than I had ever thought it would be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But as always, life goes on and you do adjust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And sometimes you find out that different is just as good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a sunset picnic one afternoon</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bAbOZ_ZCXcI/VM0o5Q7LLQI/AAAAAAAAFYo/1xw10pwAwtg/w462-h347-no/P1272204.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grandkids </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4Aq7cQa4s7g/VM0pMQHttUI/AAAAAAAAFZA/-f48DufhiTg/w462-h347-no/P1302268.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A day trip to the mountains...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">close to home but far enough to feel like a get-away...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VAqxH_gCxCg/VM0pX6kjpII/AAAAAAAAFZQ/Us6utCLHzFQ/w462-h347-no/P1272180.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A special birthday for our sweet girl...7! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="640" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h3WDmTvyrNE/VM04h4Kdg7I/AAAAAAAAFZ4/3AgWzd-EtlA/w299-h398-no/P1092146.JPG" width="479" /></span></div>
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and an Elf that wouldn't leave until he could give her present to her...</div>
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She was beyond thrilled!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qxkOyHTXtK4/VM04ci5lSoI/AAAAAAAAFZw/xMuCYCY0kpU/w462-h347-no/P1092142.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frozen mornings...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QGg1WSL2dzo/VM04merXelI/AAAAAAAAFaA/loYk0vuf7XI/w462-h347-no/P1072137.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">followed by warm afternoons spent outside...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t3niKAwf0b0/VM0pd0i8fEI/AAAAAAAAFZY/k0UuTMKQmAs/w462-h347-no/P1262169.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Celebrating Snow" at a local museum</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pGe6uAxbjGM/VM04w4PSmKI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/EAs-ytDz8Vo/w462-h347-no/P1022156.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all, another wonderful month of spending time with those </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love most and enjoying a new chapter of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And when he came home, he brought plenty of laundry to make me feel special!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-46459932892823523452015-01-25T10:50:00.000-08:002015-01-28T07:31:57.967-08:00Sunlit Sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I took the Sunlit Sunday theme very literal this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Especially after 6 straight day of cold wet gray skies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was nice </span><span style="font-size: large;">welcome blue skies and sunshine back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">long shadows on early morning walks...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A day off and new places to explore...I loved this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I will definitely be back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunrise...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such bright clear blue skies...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two are pure sunshine...everyday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many bright, happy sunshiney moments throughout the week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mylittlehomeandgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sunlit-sunday-week-4.html">Karen</a> for Sunlit Sunday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been wanting to make this blanket for such a long, long time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cDZ6fwwg6FM/UXV3VxL8GFI/AAAAAAAAIh4/qSpisYtGvfY/s1600-h/teppe2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="teppe2" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ddVCru0e0pY/UXV3W-vxriI/AAAAAAAAIiA/bJS12qndbpo/teppe2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="512" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="teppe2" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://solgrim.blogspot.com/2013/04/flowers-in-snow-pattern-in-english.html"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Flowers in the Snow!</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"> by Solstrikke.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love everything about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the gorgeous colors, the total randomness, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the simple border, everything!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N92AEv955OI/VLUmK8MErkI/AAAAAAAAQzU/YyHTafXa3Zg/s1600/IMG_2144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.talesfromahappyhouse.com/2015/01/finally-blanket.html"><span style="color: #4c1130;">This one by Gillian</span></a> is so beautiful. </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N92AEv955OI/VLUmK8MErkI/AAAAAAAAQzU/YyHTafXa3Zg/s1600/IMG_2144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N92AEv955OI/VLUmK8MErkI/AAAAAAAAQzU/YyHTafXa3Zg/s400/IMG_2144.JPG" height="420" width="640" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I love what she calls her "ordered and systematic randomness"!! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So funny how we all work in such different ways to create.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one </span><a href="http://bouncingbonbon.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunburst-granny-blanket-crochet-its.html"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://nittybits.blogspot.com/2013/01/sunburst-granny-square-blanket-tutorial.html"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="https://hattingmadlycrochet.wordpress.com/tag/granny-square-baby-blanket-sunburst-snow-flower-afghan/"><span style="font-size: large;">here!</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love them all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many colors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such happy blankets...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday night, I gathered all my odds and ends and </span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">started making my circles... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took Solstrikke's pattern and added a fourth row </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">then the border...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">then joined my first four...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TFTBC3hcKx0/VMFTAqh0OgI/AAAAAAAAFTs/QvOV2CDikp4/w462-h347-no/P1212237.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">they are flying off my hook... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a long weekend of nothing at all coming up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Nothing but circles turning into squares!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.lucyblossomcrafts.co.uk/blog"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Lucy Blossom Crafts</span></a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-91740392606297550942015-01-19T08:09:00.002-08:002015-01-23T07:26:12.581-08:00A Carnival Blanket<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">This blanket started last year. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was working on a
couple of projects for friends and family </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">that involved a lot of grays and
browns and muted colors</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> that are just not my personal preference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SfdNoVk3Wvs/VLgKyjHwdaI/AAAAAAAAFRA/qWk3ui91zKw/w462-h347-no/P1122179.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even with projects that were deadline projects
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">(birthdays and Christmas) I had to start a colorful blanket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seriously, I mean, I really HAD to!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kWH8UORaDFc/VLgMpgrE2gI/AAAAAAAAFSI/Qva1QAuOLNY/w462-h347-no/P1122177.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the Sunshine yellow edging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">It really brightens up these dark gray
days<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GtG9J0u1adM/VLgMiYMPUzI/AAAAAAAAFSA/rlcYFvv_lf8/w462-h347-no/P1122175.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no rhyme or reason to this blanket…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">just a
bunch of my favorite colors grabbed out of my </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">odds and ends basket and hooked
using </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lucy’s granny stripe pattern, an oldy but goody!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know have three Queen Sized Bed covers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">I have 2 more that I am working on and hope
to finish sometime this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
being able to change them up…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">a very cheap makeover</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really changes the whole feel of the room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f7aXWtKXJiw/VLgMEEcN8HI/AAAAAAAAFRw/qLyYUF1d7PQ/w462-h347-no/P1122167.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">So after a good washing and blocking, it is now at
home on our bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was downloading
these pictures I noticed there was a lump under the owl pillow...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went back to the bedroom and in my haste to
get the blanket on the bed, I made it up over the TV remote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started to re-take the pictures without the
lump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this is real life and
sometimes you make your bed up with the remote still tucked in…or at least I
do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As soon as I had woven in the last of the ends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">this happened...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was urgently needed in the tent<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I protested, but I am so thrilled when
something I make</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> gets used and loved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(And with
these three, it was seriously used!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-43005289468699374762015-01-15T09:30:00.000-08:002015-01-15T09:30:03.386-08:00A January Walk<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">these January days have been short, foggy, cold
and wet and grey!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(We have not seen the sunshine in 5 days.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">More of the same is forecast for the next couple
of days, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">even a small (which means not at all here)
chance of snow</span></div>
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<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S4gm_pqYVS0/VLabC6A4lmI/AAAAAAAAFPk/bEUtFr_WIfI/w462-h347-no/P1132188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S4gm_pqYVS0/VLabC6A4lmI/AAAAAAAAFPk/bEUtFr_WIfI/w462-h347-no/P1132188.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But dull, gray January days have a beauty all
their own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided that today was the day to go for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> (I didn't have to be at work until 10) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> To get off the couch and to get back in the habit </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of walking and running everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I almost let the weather stop me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The temperature was in the mid 30's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It was windy and foggy and misty and just
plain miserable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I would have much
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">snuggled up on my couch and crocheted!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I got dressed, put on my raincoat, grabbed my
ipod and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">my headphones and headed out the door before</span></div>
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could talk myself out of it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> One of my favorite places to walk is the local
cemetery...is that weird?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is never
anyone else there of course, who else would ever think it a good idea?</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love the quiet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
distractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A great place to come and
think and clear out my mind<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To enjoy the
peace and solitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a little
spooky at times, not being able to see very far ahead</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not a graceful runner...</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have the cute outfits, with the perfect ponytail </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and the perfect form. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am more of an arms flailing, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hair sticking out because it is too short to go into a rubber band </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and not a cute running outfit to be found!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">But THIS IS THE YEAR that I will get back on track</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">maybe I'll even buy one of those cute outfits.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-80851766821560632522015-01-14T07:45:00.000-08:002015-01-15T13:22:03.808-08:00A New Year Project...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My new year-long project...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One hexagon, every day, all year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are on Instagram, #babyhexagons </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are so cute and so simple. It is easy to commit to just one a day! Just reach into your stash and use whatever comes out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the pattern and the details </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><a href="mailto:details...@crochet_ali"><span style="font-size: large;">@crochet_ali</span></a> <span style="font-size: large;">!</span> </a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(<em>I altered mine slightly from the original pattern...</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>my work is so loose, that I added a third round of hdc</em>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reading...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The Ocean at the End of the Lane"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">by Neil Gaiman</span></div>
<img class="addthis_shareable thumbnail" src="http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10903410_1397776463852563_570520407_n.jpg" id="main-photo" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(me... reading in the park one sunny, cold lunch break! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love having this park only 2 blocks away from the office.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I only completely read 4 books last year! 4!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My goal this year is at least 12...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with:</span><br />
<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2015/01/yarn-along-210.html"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Small Things</span></a><br />
<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2015/01/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on_13.html"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Frontier Dreams</span></a><br />
<a href="http://philwife.blogspot.com/2015/01/yarn-fanatic-party-19.html"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Rachel</span></a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-57693203567946002592015-01-06T14:24:00.003-08:002015-01-06T14:26:35.067-08:00Hello There, 2015!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The last sunset of 2014...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">New Year's morning!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">January has found me in a little bit of a post-Christmas funk. Usually the New Year is one of my favorite times... This year the weather has been wet and grey for days! Waking up way too early Sunday morning knowing that he was going back and we hadn't even begun packing. Decorations were scattered everywhere. Toys were right where the grandkids had left them. Empty boxes once stacked up neatly, now a big pile...chaos everywhere!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> I decided I needed to get out for a while. I walked in the dark morning, with a cold wind blowing on my face. The
sun rose pink and purple behind thick, puffy clouds. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Breathe in, breathe out. Relax... back home, I got a few chores done. It didn't take as long to pack him up as I thought. We even had time to go out and eat and talk before he had to go. We said our goodbyes and had a quiet hour drive back. He told me to go take a long bubble bath, read a book, relax. The mess will still be here tomorrow (and it was). He brought me my PJ's straight from the dryer. We drank coffee and talked and went to bed early. Monday morning, the funk had (mostly) cleared.... The house has been cleaned, the laundry is caught up and tonight we are going out to eat...just the two of us. Still getting used to that. Our new normal...</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-56926603724026830732014-11-14T10:13:00.001-08:002014-11-14T12:21:10.078-08:00Happy Gratitudes (25 - 40)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A list of awesome things...</span></div>
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(inspired by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/14-000-Things-Happy-About/dp/0894803700">Barbara Ann Kipfer's</a></div>
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14,000 Things To Be Happy About)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clover...</span></div>
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A portion of the field behind our house...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">love quietly walking back there and seeing rabbits</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomatoes</span></div>
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Huge tomato crop this year. After learning how to properly freeze and bag, we are enjoying homemade tomato sauce in the middle of November. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How to live</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perspective:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Succulents:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Afternoon walks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Determination</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pansies</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting a new project</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friendship:</span></div>
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Up and on the road by 5:30 to be able to spend an hour with her before her surgery...</div>
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all is well.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Him</span></div>
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doesn't everyone drink a beer at 9:30 in the morning?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Date Night:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cold November skies</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Red popsicles</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-47763112573432014692014-11-12T12:03:00.000-08:002014-11-14T12:20:48.061-08:00A Little Bit of Everything<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Mother Nature is behaving a little strangely this year...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had our first frost in October and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mid-November we are having warm fall breezes </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that feel more like spring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am not complaining. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am totally enjoying her crazy ways...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for I know very soon winter will be here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Coats and scarves and hats are already hanging up </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ready to be used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is anyone participating in the CAL over at <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2014/11/cosy-blanket-cal-part1.html">Lucy's</a>? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I saw her first post and remembered that I had a whole stash of "fall" yarn left over from my Nanny McPhee blanket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I pulled out every half used skein I had. Decided which ones would stay and which ones would have to wait for another project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shortened the starting chain to 150 and got started. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such an easy pattern and so far I am loving the results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few of my favorite shades: Woodland Heather, Sage, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pumpkin, Persimmon, Maize, Chocolate</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I was pulling out my stash I found this </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">garland I had made last year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ends all sewn in and everything. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The only thing left to do was block and string them up. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I think they were made using the </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://6ichthusfish.typepad.com/6ichthusfish/2010/05/maybelle-crochet-flower-free-pattern.html">Maybelle</a> pattern. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> On the last row, I did a sc, hdc, 2dc, hdc, sc to get more of a pointed edge instead of the rounded edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hanging up looking very fallish!</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LynvJIfgLF8/VGOmqVXL_NI/AAAAAAAAFHI/YaJxf1_OrF0/w462-h347-no/PB101968.JPG" width="640" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">also found a Mandala from last year. I think I actually made a few more, but I have no idea where they are. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe wadded up in a bag isn't the best way to store my crochet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have got to do a better job keeping my seasonal things together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was off yesterday and took the opportunity to go and visit Alex. He is only 48 minutes away but it feels so much longer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0LUMd4qouFk/VGOnmUSvYlI/AAAAAAAAFIs/Evw-A6xg6ac/w462-h347-no/PB071945.JPG" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is adjusting well and has already made new friends .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is experiencing so many new things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything we wanted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I still miss him so, so much!</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="479" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v1xx-992SKY/VGOm8afsZwI/AAAAAAAAFHo/ZR2UBUV_x94/w462-h347-no/PB091957.JPG" width="640" />(this tree is right outside of his dorm...he hadn't even noticed it!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We walked around the campus, had lunch and chatted for a while. Too soon it was time for me to leave. He was going to the movies with some friends and I needed to get home before it got too late.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The drive home was gorgeous! Such an amazing sunset!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Maybe the truth is, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder - if not impossible - to lose.</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2987.Sarah_Dessen">Sarah Dessen</a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/5836517"><span style="font-size: small;">Along for the Ride</span></a> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/11/yarn-along-202.html"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-size: large;">Ginny</span></a><br />
<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2014/11/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on_11.html"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-size: large;">Nicole</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2014/11/creative-friday-108.html"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Linda</span></a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-520234577904773252014-11-06T09:46:00.000-08:002014-11-07T10:18:24.457-08:00Summer Garden Throw Ta-Dah!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've noticed quite a bit of criticism floating around one of my very favorite blogs recently. Isn't your choice to read or not read a particular blogger. Isn't the blogger's choice what they choose to post? I personally get a huge amount of joy from every single blog that I CHOOSE to visit and am always so grateful they continue to share what they want to share. Whether it is pretty pictures, what they are currently baking or their deepest thoughts. We all have our crafty heroes here in blogland, don't we? People who inspire us to create, to throw color together and trust that it will all work out in the end. A lot of mine are listed right over there on the sidebar. I am always so amazed to see what others have come up with...sewing, knitting, crocheting, re-purposing, simple living. You are all such an inspiration!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://polkadottedrainbows.blogspot.com/2014/07/summer-garden.html">beginning</a> of my throw...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0l1_XDx-4T4/U8atpGrA9ZI/AAAAAAAAE3k/c8ScP0U01po/w462-h347-no/P7151298.JPG" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Summer Garden Throw is done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have already enjoyed this blanket so very much!</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-85Bw0kNYguY/VFuO61dtxsI/AAAAAAAAFEY/ijtHmZegHEo/w462-h347-no/PB051909.JPG" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4LHDNq6H-94/VFuPAxh5fPI/AAAAAAAAFEg/tKjxDKwc_EI/w462-h347-no/PB051910.JPG" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colors like berry blue, pistachio, plum, sunshine, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">lemonade, raspberry, robins egg blue, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">strawberry makes this truly feel summery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has come in handy on some very cold mornings as the season is slowly starting to turn to Fall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Early Saturday mornings cuddled up with my favorite little boy. </span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HZXgC1q4-2M/VFuuLBlDnxI/AAAAAAAAFF8/GIqBZ_C5E7E/w462-h347-no/PB051913.JPG" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a little gazebo where I go and have lunch sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Doesn't it just look right at home?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">all using the join-as-you-go method</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pure happiness!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking up with:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2014/11/creative-friday-107.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Linda</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/11/yarn-along-201.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Ginny</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2014/11/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Nicole</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.create-with-joy.com/2014/11/friendship-friday-145-anything-goes.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Create With Joy</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A gray rainy day today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I look out of my window it is literally raining leaves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My favorite trees are yellow and brown and half naked!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had a busy few weeks around here...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unexpected changes at work mean that I have gone </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">from part time to full time <strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">+</span></strong> ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Great for the checking account...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sad for the creative "me" time that I need and am missing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took our last trip of the summer to the Falls:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He turned 20!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A girls trip to the beach...always a good idea!</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000;">(what happens in Panama City...stays in Panama City! :) )</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visiting the street fair for the last time this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sad that another summer has come to end, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but glad I don't have to buy the $6.00 Snow Cones until next year!</span></div>
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<em><strong>(I promise she has more clothes...but this shirt has a pug with a pink glittery mustache...</strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>she wears it every time she comes over to the house.)</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Noticing the first signs of Fall...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I turned 45!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A week away with my family at Universal Studios...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a trip that was planned for and anticipated for over a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Should a 45 year old get so excited about "Harry Potter"? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think I smiled every minute we were there</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting to spend time with these two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We only have one rake...so he decided that the broom </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">was just as good.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am sure you know what happens next...his face says it all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was not amused!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Foggy mornings heading out to work</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gorgeous sunsets coming home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this time of year...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the morning light fills the whole room</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Butterflies on red berried bushes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maple trees against bright blue skies...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking out of my window as I finish this post and seeing this...</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-6754550281067469582014-09-18T12:34:00.001-07:002015-02-04T09:24:08.328-08:00Nanny McPhee<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">One of the many, many, many joys of being a Nene </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> is being able to watch them discover something new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Seeing everything again from the eyes of a child...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there is really nothing like it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday afternoon, I got out "Nanny McPhee" and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> She loved it! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">All we heard for the rest of weekend was </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"they've eaten the baby!" in her best British accent</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and laughing hysterically every time!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I discovered something that I really </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">had never paid attention to...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">How could I not have noticed this?</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KgQBgtpHtNg/UkK7sy0waBI/AAAAAAAAHqI/ZnJEq0bPrRY/s1600/Capturenmb.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KgQBgtpHtNg/UkK7sy0waBI/AAAAAAAAHqI/ZnJEq0bPrRY/s320/Capturenmb.PNG" height="395" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So of course, I have now started another(!) project!!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-75553860544377170032014-09-16T09:47:00.000-07:002014-09-16T09:47:12.869-07:00for Pam...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This has been the summer of the baby blanket. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have enjoyed being able to hold and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">enjoy so many sweet little ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a wrap blanket...lightweight and long enough</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> to be wrapped around her shoulders while she is nursing...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up next, Baby Parker's blanket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He should be here any day.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-32625726271877624912014-09-10T09:25:00.000-07:002014-09-10T10:50:59.840-07:00ProgressI started a few of my Christmas makes back in <a href="http://polkadottedrainbows.blogspot.com/2014/08/bloom.html"><span style="color: red;"><strong>July</strong></span></a>. I had originally thought I could make 5 blankets in 5 months. Silly right? I soon realized that was not gonna happen so I had to cut it down to 3 friends, 3 blankets, 5 months. Hopefully, all ready, wrapped and delivered by December 20. (or February 14 if December doesn't work out)<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>288</strong></span> squares needed</div>
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<em>(8 rows across, 12 rows in length for a total of 96 squares per blanket)</em></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>130</strong></span> squares complete</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>96</strong></span> days to go!</div>
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Blanket one...76 squares complete</div>
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Blanket 2...16 squares complete...</div>
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Blanket 3...21 squares complete...</div>
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Linking up with</div>
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<a href="http://mymerrymessylife.com/2014/09/hookin-on-hump-day-78-link-party-for-the-fiber-arts.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>Sara</strong></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2014/09/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on_9.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>Nicole</strong></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/09/yarn-along-193.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><strong>Ginny</strong></span></a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-66966935912299074732014-09-02T12:32:00.000-07:002014-09-03T11:58:50.681-07:00for Cynthia...<div style="text-align: center;">
(totally inspired by <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-crochet-a-granny-square-67968"><span style="color: blue;">this</span></a>!)</div>
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A quick couple of photos. I had less than 24 hours to wash, block/dry, wrap and deliver.</div>
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I will miss seeing her everyday...</div>
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I hope that every time she wraps up in this she will know I am thinking about her. </div>
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Linking up: <br />
<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2014/09/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on.html"><span style="color: blue;">Nicole</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/09/yarn-along-192.html"><span style="color: blue;">Ginny</span></a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-86126581368898039902014-08-13T07:37:00.000-07:002014-09-10T09:16:38.363-07:00Bloom<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;"><em>“There are far, far better things
ahead…</em></span></span></div>
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</span></em></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><em><span style="font-size: large;">better than anything we have left behind.”</span></em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">C.S. Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I wish I was popping back into blogland
with something profound to explain </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">a month’s absence…but all I can say in my
defense is July was like a long, deep exhale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Free days spent by the water <s>napping</s> reading, eating fresh
blueberries and every day being amazed at growth…the garden, him, her, them and
myself!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">We had some of the most amazing, full of
sunshine, gorgeous days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took more
days off than I worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing this is
his last summer, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I wanted to enjoy him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were coffees, books, walks, movies,
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">pancake dinners and ice cream breakfasts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I don’t typically do well with change…in
fact, I usually fight it. It is never easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to hold on to now. It makes me ache inside to know it is time to
let go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">T</span>his time though, I tried to slow down and
instead of fighting and missing out…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I enjoyed every day that I had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned, again, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">that we need change to
survive, to grow, to bloom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I started some new projects:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">5 in 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Bama blanket</span></div>
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for Cynthia</div>
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<a href="http://lanasdeana.blogspot.com/2013/07/fantasy-blanket-reveal.html">Lanasdeana</a> Fantasy Blanket:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Completed more…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Kaleidoscope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now it's August and back to reality... but how I enjoyed my month of not too much <br />
but so very much all at the same time.! Doing simple things was a really lovely way to be for a while,<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465489209933862660noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513706822265511818.post-55628055490897997172014-07-16T11:17:00.000-07:002014-07-16T11:54:23.585-07:00Summer Garden <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't really mean to start another blanket. I promise! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One warm and breezy afternoon, I was piddling around the yard</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">pulling weeds, watering, fertilizing, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">minding my own business, </span><span style="font-size: large;">surrounded by this...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="297" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Qp3We5APAD0/U8auvvpEwfI/AAAAAAAAE4c/Tu6rWXGXrZo/w462-h347-no/P7151330.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2o1OpfBPUns/UlR-MC3NsRI/AAAAAAAADFA/DxiPj3Lc-Rs/w462-h347-no/P7270322.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E_3inF13Hb0/U8VjHwClNtI/AAAAAAAAE0c/-H_UTUNNd0c/w462-h347-no/P6131076.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FNC9fIBFssI/U8aulsdlOtI/AAAAAAAAE4M/f0NqrnERa94/w462-h347-no/P7151316.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and all of this...</span><br />
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V56Xknsv888/U8VjT8D6crI/AAAAAAAAE0s/QHh5PrD7nEM/w462-h347-no/P5151088.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9NIrmFffTiM/U8VjenyYTXI/AAAAAAAAE00/DjRk1JkWNa8/w462-h347-no/P7071250.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qtf2ExO4ov8/U8VjtoPiNSI/AAAAAAAAE1E/-wTEaspzO8s/w462-h347-no/P7071249.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J4OhdDH_pHI/U8VkAl_SQXI/AAAAAAAAE1U/iN3dDFJmVR0/w462-h347-no/P7131289.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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(I love my little cracked pots.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and this...</span><br />
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<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ydGLcgRngsE/U8asrl5aYrI/AAAAAAAAE3I/1XfHYh9XxjQ/w295-h393-no/P7151293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="HAa Eha" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ydGLcgRngsE/U8asrl5aYrI/AAAAAAAAE3I/1XfHYh9XxjQ/w295-h393-no/P7151293.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ur-xPzy2VsU/U8asTkayxwI/AAAAAAAAE2w/eNg_8hlKXT8/w462-h347-no/P7151289.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yXHW15YKdkU/U8auqAZWviI/AAAAAAAAE4U/C_BsgcjRxuo/w462-h347-no/P7151317.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9WDTKWLxoBc/UlR8eZhH1yI/AAAAAAAADEc/V_RG86NVKn4/w462-h347-no/P7270317.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oE0hM_5vPoM/U8askSWuL3I/AAAAAAAAE3A/pjtQX7wlQXE/w462-h347-no/P7151292.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="298" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q9uWp5_S4Ro/U8asdv12fSI/AAAAAAAAE24/tWYAW_iYQWw/w462-h347-no/P7151290.JPG" width="400" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">And all of the sudden, I have my hook and yarn </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and three-round granny squares are flying off my hook</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> into a little basket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must say I am enjoying myself tremendously...</span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="476" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ozcAR5CvR28/U8atOX5TFGI/AAAAAAAAE3Y/eM_oW9e0RuI/w462-h347-no/P7151296.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my progress after only a week...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is a surprisingly quick make,</span></span></div>
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<img class="HAa Eha" height="476" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TXzlEiPl5ME/U8aszpjMUnI/AAAAAAAAE3Q/461-bNOt8oU/w462-h347-no/P7151294.JPG" width="640" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is why I don't try to take pictures when he is around!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/07/yarn-along-186.html"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: purple;">Ginny</span></a><br />
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I am helping (along with lots and lots of other people) </div>
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<em>Joining in with <a href="http://woolymossroots.blogspot.com/2014/06/g-r-t-i-t-u-d-e-s-u-n-d-y_29.html"><span style="color: blue;">Taryn</span></a> for Gratitude Sunday...</em></div>
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<em>“Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, </em></div>
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Another sweet little baby blanket for Anna Raine</div>
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who is scheduled to arrive Monday, June 30.</div>
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I had originally planned to do a <a href="http://polkadottedrainbows.blogspot.com/2014/03/crochet-challenge-week-4-and-few-wsip.html">Granny Square</a> blanket. </div>
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The more I worked on it, the more unhappy I became with it.</div>
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I ripped it out and waited for inspiration. It finally came in the mail last Friday.</div>
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This pattern was from Simply Crochet, Issue 19. </div>
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This is the first time I have attempted something other than a </div>
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The border was really fun to work up. I changed up the heart border that the pattern called for with just a simple scalloped border. I will definitely try the heart border on my next one.<br />
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Ta-Dah...one sweet little blanket. Perfect size for a crib or a stroller. </div>
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Also perfect size to wrap up a beautiful little girl to hold and give lots of kisses to.</div>
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I love the waffle looking border!</div>
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All wrapped up and ready to go!</div>
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(pattern for roses and leaves <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/may-roses.html">HERE</a>)</div>
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<a href="http://www.create-with-joy.com/2014/06/friendship-friday-126-anything-goes.html">Friendship Friday</a><br />
<a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/fiber-arts-friday-week-26-2014.html#comment-form">Fiber Arts Friday</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Joining in with <a href="http://woolymossroots.blogspot.com/2014/06/g-r-t-i-t-u-d-e-s-u-n-d-y-on-monday.html">Taryn</a> for Gratitude Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">"<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. </span></em></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;"><em>It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. </em></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend</span></em>.<span class="bqend">”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This time, making a baby blanket was simple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started this one back in </span><a href="http://polkadottedrainbows.blogspot.com/2014/03/crochet-challenge-week-4-and-few-wsip.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">March</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I know this momma very well. She is always happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She is energetic and always ready to go and do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She is an artist with a love of bright colors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She has wanted to be a mother for the last 15 years and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">her dream is finally coming true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And her favorite flowers are daisies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Put that all together and TA DAH...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She wanted it bigger than a standard baby blanket.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Something they could grow into.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">She said she pictures them under a tree reading books </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and taking naps and having tea parties.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am so happy for her!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This blanket is made for fun times, for parks and the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman;">I'm really really happy with how it turned out. Actually, I am hugely, enormously happy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="color: #007f7f;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Working on this blanket has been a total pleasure from start to finish, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #007f7f;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I don't think I will ever tire of granny squares. I love their simplicity. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(It. Will. Not. Lie. Flat!!)</span> Maybe a few too many loops on the edging!</div>
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It is a very colorful, cheerful and happy blanket</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #007f7f;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Putting so much love and happy thoughts into this blanket</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #007f7f;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> has given me a great deal of pleasure.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #007f7f;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> So easy and relaxing. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One last shot!</span> </div>
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Linking up with</div>
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2014/06/keep-calm-craft-on-crafting-on_17.html">Nicole</a><br />
<a href="http://www.daisycottagedesigns.net/2014/06/off-thee-hook-monday-link-party-week-6.html">Lauren</a><br />
<a href="http://www.gsheller.com/2014/06/yarn-along-182.html">Ginny</a><br />
<a href="http://memoriesbythemile.com/2014/06/16/treasure-box-tuesday-24/">Wanda Ann</a><br />
<a href="http://www.create-with-joy.com/2014/06/friendship-friday-125-anything-goes.html">Create With Joy</a><br />
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