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My fingers are a little tender after the marathon binding sew-in this weekend, but I did manage to get my new quilt finished and on my bed!  This quilt was a top I finished several years ago, but did not get around to having quilted until now.  Since all the labor on it is a […]

It was a fantastic vacation.  We enjoyed the sights, the accommodations, the food, and especially the wine.  My only improvements would have been that the weather could have been warmer and my husband could have remembered to bring his jacket.  After a week in southern Spain on the Costa del Sol, my husband and I […]

This my friends, is the all time most amazing greatest charm bracelet ever (except for my mom’s).  It is an antique for one thing, and made of gold for another.  This bracelet was also purchased by my husband as a gift for me.  Maury, our patient jeweler referenced previously, knowing I was interested in charm […]

This is my second charm bracelet, began on a trip to Williamsburg, Virgina.  The first charms I purchased were Colonial themed, such as the antique style baby cradle, pineapple and garden basket.  Remember back in the 80’s when everyone wore charms on key fob type charm holders around their neck?  Well, I have to admit […]

I collect charm bracelets.  My love of this particular piece of jewelry stems from my childhood.  When my parents were courting back in the 1940’s, my dad only saw my mother on the weekends when he came home from college.  Since he missed her very much while they were apart, he showed his affection for […]

I have a passion for flowers.  I love them in the garden, I love them in public places, I love them in arrangements, I love them in vast quantities anywhere at all.  Finding them gracious, harmonious and uplifting, I am truly nutured by having fresh flowers in my house at all times.  If anything could […]

In Ireland, March 23 is National Daffodil Day.  I was in Ireland in March six years ago on Irish National Daffodil Day, and was entranced by the sight of so many daffodils everywhere.  Is there anything that says "Spring!" as well as those particular flowers?  As we headed off on our day’s tourist adventures, we […]

(iStockphoto) Well, it has been touch and go this past week as to whether or not we would be able to go on our planned vacation to Spain (family member health problems), but it appears that at last, I am off to Spain for two weeks!  Spain, the land of matadors, tapas, paella, and paradors.  […]

In general, I am opposed to having electronic devices in my bedroom, due to the bad feng shui factor.  There being a limit to the number of rooms in my home available for my singular use, I have had to make an exception to that standard.  Here you see this sunny little corner of my […]

Oh, Kim, at Daisy Cottage, look what you have started!  I saw the darling blue bird book on your blog last week, and have been thinking of nothing else but vintage children’s books ever since.  My son took me to the Old Monterey Book Shop this weekend, and see what I found!  A 1904 edition […]