Thursday’s Treasure – From My Garden

I picked these flowers from my gardens Tuesday, before a spring storm barreled through the area.  The bouquet has yellow snapdragons, two varieties of dianthus, a geranium blossom and a painted daisy (I think!). It’s this Thursday’s Treasure because little bouquets of garden flowers like this one remind me of my grandmother, Mabel Austin Gibson.  … Read more

Granddaughter Snowflakes 2012 Edition

Last Christmas I started a new tradition of crocheting snowflakes for my granddaughters. Here are the 2012 snowflakes, which I will be giving the granddaughters next Christmas along with their 2014 snowflakes. I hope to continue making these throughout the coming year and get Fiona caught up (or back) to her birth year. That means … Read more

Pink Leg Warmers

Miss Munchkin has a birthday coming up next month – can you believe she will be eight? No way! I showed her a Pinterest pin of Girly Leg Warmers and asked if those were something she would wear. Her response? “Oh yes! So cute!” And here they are, completed with time to spare before I … Read more