Success with the Coleus

I am definitely getting the seeds from this batch of coleus. I am absolutely thrilled with the mix of colours and foliage. I do so wish they would germinate and sprout to this level much much sooner but happily they will last well into the fall.

Hmmmm, not fittin' like it used to.

They are definitely making the baskets smaller. "A" for effort Snickers!

Dreaming

The quilt frames I have used all my life are on their last legs. I have been drooling over this fine looking setup. mmmhmmm I find it hard to justify spending such a large amount of $$ on a hobby but they do look so lovely.

Peace, Love and Happiness

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you. God our Father walk through my house and take away all my worries and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family in Jesus name, Amen."

Cats in the Window

There you go. These silly little kitties just make me smile :) And how about the paw prints running around the border?

New Computer Centre

Here is the newly assemble computer centre. This has a lot more storage spaces but Snickers has to watch out for the ceiling fan. Yikes!

Cats in the Window

This popular print is so adorable with it's whimsical cats. I love the attic window pattern here and the colours are brilliant, bright and cheery. Check out the border quilt motif. Snickers denies any part of it, they are not her paw prints.

Flooded

There is always someone out there that has got it worse. For those people my heart goes out to them. We are assessing the damages here from the recent flooding. We got 6" of water in our basement, most of which has gone down. It's kind of ironic that the thing that alerted us to the flooding to begin with was my sewing machine. The weight of the water had pushed the petal down and the sewing machine started running. Bob must have wondered why I was sewing at 2:00am and went to check. He was startled when he stepped into ankle deep water. Not knowing how to shut the machine off, he unplugged it. I went to bring it upstairs tonight thinking it would be fine and I could probably still use it. Nope. I plugged it in and it just runs and runs like a maniac. It won't stop unless it's unplugged. Freaky.
The smell is nauseating as we try to remove undamaged stuff to higher ground so that the clean up crew has less to worry about when they get in to do their thing. I can't wait to get that saturated carpet out. Hopefully we will get the water heater operational tomorrow. It is going to be a nightmare going through everything in the crawl space. There is 10 years of accumulated storage going on in there. Fun and games. Time to get back to it. Signing off for now.

Patio Swing

Years ago we purchased this patio swing with a jack and jill. The cushions lasted awhile and there is nothing wrong with the set itself. So when it came time to replace the cushions, do you think we could find anything to fit? No sireeeee. New designs had since come out, the company that made the outfit we had no longer had replacements for that model, and the new stuff just didn't fit. So we found some lovely cushions that fit great on the jack and jill and then crossed our fingers that if we bought 3 for the swing they may magically fit. No magic. So we squished them together last summer and just made due. This year I got brave. Took me long enough to get the nerve up, but finally I took the plunge and cut up one of the cushions, sewed it back together and stuck it in the middle. Viola, it fits now!

Next I need to tackle that sad weather beaten canopy. Wish me luck!

From drab to fab. The old canopy disintigrated in my hands when I took it off, with the exception of the areas that were duct taped.

Sparrow Family

Every year the sparrows return and have at least 3 sets of babies that we have noticed. Here is the first batch we have seen this year. Mom and dad do tag team feedings. They are absolutely run ragged feeding these little munchkins. It is amazing to watch and listen to them chirping away now that the baby robins have flown the coop.