with deepest gratitude (Omaha Beach on the Normandy Coast...)

OK, just one more...

This is the most recent addition to my Santa collection. Surely that can't be a comfortable way to sit?

This pattern is called 'Stocking Stuffer' by Threads That Bind.

A bit of folk art and indulgence

Here's a collection of wool penny rugs and pin cushion I just completed today designed by Need'l Love. Quite cute, I think. Maybe too cute?

And then I splurged a little today on the latest Prims magazine. It's a bit pricey but so many wonderful ideas by many very creative designers, it was impossible to resist! I was starting to wonder if I would ever find it but I saw one lonely issue left in Michaels.

GO CANUCKS!!!

What a crazy good game...yeah Bieksa! On to the finals!!!

***a couple more***

Feeling good once again about some "finishes" in spite of working almost full-time right now. This is my sanity time...that means the rest is all 'insanity time'? That's how most of my workdays feel recently.
She is called 'Keeper of the Seasons' for obvious reasons...

I just love these primitive cats with their quirky faces...this went together quickly.

A Little Something I made and a Little Me

With grandbaby # 3's arrival imminent, I pulled out the old sewing machine this week and made a fabric baby book just for fun...

peek-a-boo!!

unbutton the buttons!

jinglebells in the bow...

unzip to see what's inside...

peek to see what's hiding in the nest...

crinkly butterfly wings...

walk the puppy...

learn to lace up and tie the shoe...

And, on another note, Ben and Alison are flying over to London next week for about a week, in celebration of Ben's 30th birthday, and I have been unrelenting about how they need to take me along as their tour guide (all in fun, of course!) On Sunday I presented them with how its possible for me to fit into their carry-on...

dreaming...

Was I really there or only dreaming??

When my day job gets to be too much and I wish I could just run away, I love that I can escape to these priceless memories!