The "witching hour"...

I'm not a big "get into halloween"

person but I love my witch

Bev made last year, it's her time to shine!

I also put a "sort of" halloween
wreath out on the front gate, just because.

Sunflowers...

...with a Shabby twist...

New little loveseat...

More upholstered pieces

coming soon.

May I have your ATTENTION please...

Kathy Withey is moving soon

:(

and she has a few things she needs to

give away. I believe a twin bed, file

cabinet, possibly a small dresser,

some little tables??? and not sure what

all else. If you're interested please

call her, she needs them gone by Saturday.

Yo-Yo's...

Hoke collects many things...

one of these things are his yo-yo's

I sew many things...
some of these things are my yo-yo's...
fabric ones, that is.
For many years now I have had
a bag of scraps go with me on airplanes,
road trips, camping trips, watching the news, etc.
and have been making yo-yos.
Many years ago, for a boutique I made
vests, pillows, and a variety of other things
out of these little fun circles.

In May 2007 "Country Home" magazine,

there was an article about a shop keeper

in New Mexico that happened upon a

collection of these yo-yo's, only they

were rugs. It turns out that a lady

named Mary Richardson lived

in Chicago during the depression,

and she couldn't afford flowers, so she

took any fabric she could get and made

yo-yo's and sewed them on a backing

so they would be sturdier, and then sold

them, for 25-50 cents! to help support her

family. Well, back to Rose, she bought

a whole trunk full of these rugs at

an estate sale and took them to her

shop in Santa Fe.

A few years ago, on one of our Wyoming trips,

we stayed in Santa Fe and I got to

meet the shop keeper, Rose, and see

some of these great yo-yo rugs. She was

delightful and so much enjoyed these rugs,

and I must say sold them for a FORTUNE!

Anyway, back to my yo-yo's, I started

sewing some together awhile back,

and have a coverlet large enough

now to fit the day bed in the Sunday House.

I will keep sewing until I have one to fit

our bed and then who knows...maybe onto rugs!!

Life...

Sometimes things get complicated,

this is my new motto...

Call me crazy...

I went up north yesterday with Hoke

for Stake Youth Conference, and

you could feel fall in the air.

I am soooo ready, so I thought

maybe a big old pot of

potato soup would help...

Add some of Jolene's

delicious wheat bread and

you almost forget it's

100-ish degrees out!

and this is only for

Chef Tess...

frozen cookie dough!

Part Two...

Well...all that lovely rain we woke up to

quickly turned to this! It decided

to come on in, right thru our bedroom door.

We called our insurance, and they said

oh you again, (they're on a first name

basis with us over the gate incident)

As it turns out, "good luck with that,

you don't have flood insurance, unless your roof

blows off or a pipe breaks".

So we rolled up our sleeves,

and the carpet, and started

stomping up the water

and trying to dry out.

The fans doing a great job,

hope you all sleep well,

good-night.

Holy buckets of rain...

Today is Hoke's birthday

and this is what we woke up too!

(Well really we woke up to thunder)

I'm sure most of you did too,

but when it rains at our house

we get all the run-off right

thru our dead end...

Kind of nice though for a change.

It's also Emily and Brady's anniversary

today, so happy day to all of you!