Middle March

 St Paddy's Day is done...fun and done.. Last night they had a line dance here with Irish music. Four old ladies fell...OMG...no one hurt, just feelings I assume.

My hallway decorations:..cloth embroidered by my grandmother at least 55 years ago...Nice combination....the Swedish and the Irish.

Irish music makes me miss my dear man...sigh!

My friend Betty lives here...She is in her mid 80s and still doing stain glass in her apartment.

Lucky me was blessed with this shamrock:...

Suzie was making boxes  Tute is on blog "Seaside Stitches"

Julie upstairs lost her man  a few months ago..She gave me his silk hankies from his suit pockets...I made a box for her from the yellow silk and butterfly buttons.

In the mail came a chicken, made by my girl in Oregon. It is the best.  Today I added eyes.

A card to say Happy St. Paddys Day!! (A Spoonflower print)

Remember when Emily bought 7 baby chix for their home  in Oregon?  As they grew, one morning, one of them....Sunshine. woke up saying: "Cock-a-doodle-do".  Oh dear!!  He was the favorite chicken...but Portland does not allow roosters in the city.

  Lucky for Emily, she had a friend who was willing to take him.  Aoife visits him monthly at his farm with other chickens.

Look what has become of fortunate Sunshine....Amazing...

Crazy weather here in Charlotte...freezing cold, warm and sunny, thunderstorms, and perfect. all in one week. It is so like the  month of March.

Today was a delightful day....full of friends and sewing...However, dysphoria hangs around me....the world situation??  family grief???  or just an ordinary down moment or two???

My grown wonderful grandboys came by the other day to help old grandma with some chores.  We had dinner and  they filled my car with gas, moved some items and fixed my computer.  Dylan filled some bobbins for me and then the boys were gone, but not after lots of hugs.  

Life just speeds along!!

Looking forward to tomorrow.

So Many Things to Love

A stunning day in the Carolinas...80 degrees...my garden is delightful...reading on the porch, sigh!!  The Best!!!

More potholders finished..I love to have a selection to give away.

A new day, for sure.  Dylan got his first job...At 16, he is at a mechanic shop doing part=time work.

Below, my darling grands: She is 17, he is 16, a year apart..My joy!!

My new outlook....dump or recycle??

A comfy shirt with food stains.  A random  used shirt with logo...

Wonder-Under and me...a jersey needle and voila:

My new Chinese New Year shirt ...no more stains.

Year of the horse.  2026..and the year of re-purposing.

Calming my Soul with Needle and Thread

Aoife is in kindergarten, age 5 and a half.  She has decided on  sewing, like her mother and grandmother.  Using the family transport machine and sewing away, loving every minute of it..  She told her mother to stop showing her how because she knows what she is doing as she asked her mother not to touch her scissors, etc... and to keep her distance.OMG

Aoife showing off her first quilt top  check this out!!!  Click on the link.

Doing it all herself, Aoife refused to let her mother near her as she worked....Jeeze  5 or 15???

A few potholder tops from scraps.  Below using my daughter's scraps...These are her colors, not mine..

Calming my soul with sewing and fabric, as usual..

My garden's first daffodils...

A potholder gift for a new friend.   Loving Spoonflower...

Beautiful spring day in Charlotte.  In the sun, having lunch, playing cards, in the sun again, reading and visiting.  What could be better than that...Oh, yes...a resident here gave me her old sewing machine with table...a gift for Lynsey's friend...Love...and generosity. 

The world rages around me...I have peace in my sewing room.