HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY, AMERICA!

I truely wish you all a safe and happy holiday.

Hope you have some fun!

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As for me, my life is still on hold.

We have given our "way worn out your welcome" people

in our house, an ultimatum, and a deadline for moving out.

I really need my life back.  I don't feel I can do anything outside of my bedroom until they are gone.

I have been knitting, but at night, when I'm too tired to concentrate.

I have been sleeping too much, for all the stress.

It's a wonder no ulcers have shown up, but headaches are bad all by themselves.

We did not want things this way, and our hearts are good, but there is a time when your heart can't take it anymore, and you know for your own health and safety that you must take action.

It has gotten to that point.

11 more days.

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Cheerio, then, and Hello to the New

Stars and Stripes patch from Joanna Fiqueroa, Fig Tree & Co. Nantucket Mystery Block of the Month

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After saying an anniversary prayer for the passing of mum, and unfortunately adding two passings around the same date, I bid farewell to them that passed.  Still feeling sad, I have been able to put my hands to the test and make a production of things.  One being namely the Stars and Stripes patchwork above.  How lovely is that??  I am so thankful Joanna Figueroa is in this world right now, to cheer me up!! 

A gift for a friend

I laid my hand onto paints and canvas, after so many years, and made the above gift for a friend, from a photo she sent of her front door.  I think it has made a pleasing picture, no?

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And this is for you, my friend:  a pot of flowers to cheer you on this hottest day of days.

Remember this day in your coldest this winter. 

Think of those whom you love, and let it warm you.

The end.

XXOO

Ordinary Days

 I missed posting this on Flag Day, so here it is.

I mostly like the ordinary days of the year, no holidays.

So much less stress and emotion.

 This is why I wear boots.  This is a small corn snake.  It's nonpoisonous.  They do kill rodents.  This is a baby one.  I still don't like snakes.  EWwwwww.

 A mini Flower Garden in a bucket!

 The "escapee".  When I got home one day last week, she was no where to be found.  I looked high and low and even looked with the car in the neighborhood.  After dark, I decided to go back to her kennel, and found her underneath these boards on her deck.  She got under it but couldn't manage to get back out!   I was so happy to see her, and she me.  We made friends again.

 Showing you this deer right outside my pantry window, because she has a belly.  You can't always tell when a female deer is pregnant, because they are so slim, but this is what they look like.  She's next to the cages where my blueberry bushes are.  This area is inundated with deer, and they are not afraid to get in your yard and eat what ya got!

 Here's a mockingbird, chiding me.  I must be close to it's nest.

 Look at this pretty chartreuse green!  The bird nest is probably somewhere in this shrub.

 Peek- a- boo!

 Tangerine Gerbera Daisy

Blooming cactus

 Yes, that's a mole.  Mama Kitty left him on the porch for me.  yay...ewwww.

 A walk in the woods

 The perfect sunset after a rain.  Am I sure I'm not in the great American West somewhere?

This is but a dream, maybe.

Never Forget You

In our own Little Way,

we will never forget you:

the victims of 9-11 attacks,

and their surviving family members.

We say a prayer today,

for ALL of you,

 for our country,

and for our world.

We pray for comfort and peace to fill your hearts.

Amen.

May the Lord Bless You and Keep You Today and Always.

XXOO,  BB



Salute to Our Veterans and Their Families

Thank You!

Thank you to all our Veteran's, past and present.

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts

for the sacrifices you have made,

you- the Veteran- and

you-the families,

who have endured so much,

lost so much,

gave so much.

We thank you.

God Bless you Today and Always.

Sincerely,  BB

XXOO

It was on a day like this......

I had lunch with Mary Jane today, on the front porch.......

....and I couldn't help thinking about what happened on a day like this, ten years ago.......

I'd just finished the two blocks below in my "Women's Voices" quilt (a civil war era quilt).  This block is called the "tombstone" block.  Women used this block to commemorate their loved ones in quilts.

I used my blocks to commemorate those who died that day.

It's my permanent reminder of marking that day, for me, in my quilting history and world event.  It is my very best quilt.  It's been looked at by judges and I was told the hand quilting is "exquisite."

So, I'm marking this day- September 9th, 2011 (two days early for the actual anniversary), with my lunch with Mary Jane, on the porch, with the flag flying, in the beautiful air and light.  And saying a prayer of blessing for those left behind, and a prayer for those who've passed from this world.

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Dottie Rose always told me "Roses are for Rememberance."

Here are roses for you and in rememberance of those we have loved and lost.