THE END OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY

We got up early and drove to Silverdale there was a nice antique show at the fair grounds, not too big just right I purchased a couple of doilies to use in making my Brides pillows/ring barrier type I use vintage lace and pretties they are very sweet.  From there we drove to Port Gamble, they have a small but very nice museum and several shops and a very nice quilt shop all in all it was a lovely day.  I Finished two quilts the week end and really messed up my work area, So here I am doing that clean up again just so I can mess it up again.  I wonder if Picasso had the same problem???? I changed the binding on this one looks better

WE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING HOME SOME SUN

It has been a week and the sun is just not cooperating, we will keep at it but for some reason the cloud bank is just too big.  Anyway we are home and my tan is hidden under layers of clothing.far to many to show any signs of sunshine,  I have been doing a bit of creating, working on a APWQ's challenge almost finished and I did some brides pillows for future wedding gifts we have two young ladies next door  who will  marry this fall, nice young ladies who have chosen young men with a future and they have jobs and come from good families.  Marriage is a life long decision it brings two families together and it takes maturity and careful planning to succeed.  If the families do not join unhappy times are ahead. It is the woman who becomes the new daughter she must choose well,  she must make a wise and thoughtful choice because her choice is her legacy to her own family history, she continues the family story whether good or bad it is her choice that makes the next connection to her past.  I am proud of my family story there are many good people who have made a positive mark on our country's history, we have no criminals or thieves all have made their mark in a positive way maybe not great but they made a positive mark, doctors, attorneys, business owners, members of Parliaments, secretaries of state, judges veterans social workers, ministers laypeople, bakers, engineers, real estate land and owners all tax payers and good citizens I come from productive people who have made a positive mark on society.  I wonder how many young women realize how important their decision is to the future....Today there are so many children born out of wedlock not knowing their history and they probably never will the blood lines are broken heritage lost.  Sometimes I feel like some kind of odd ball caring about these things do they really matter anymore?  I wonder for me they do matter I want my grand children's children to have the best chance possible to succeed; families are just that they are family and they must come together and pull together for the future of the young.  I will not even go into what divorce does so good luck young lovers, you are now the keepers of the future.
My my I do not know what that had to do with the clouds anyway I am back.

2012 Easter

We were blessed with a beautiful Easter, everything was lovely.The children are getting older but they still love the hunt, it was so much fun watching them dash around and Grandpa giving hints galore, pretty soon everybody had to jump in and help search.  This year my son brought camouflage eggs, they were really hard to find we missed one, not bad for the first time with them. I still love the colored ones best.
Easter was one of our dear friend Ethel's favorite holidays, she loved a party no matter what the occasion. She passed last March it does not seem possible she has been gone that long, we all miss her smiling face and the love she gave to each of us The little ones suggested we plant a tree for her, We have several named trees in our yard.  So they thought we should have one for Ethel she would have loved the gesture so we took time out to plant a tree in her memory, a lovely Star Magnolia, we have two already but this one will be special She will greet everyone who comes down the driveway.  I think she would be pleased.
Easter has always been a special family day, I can remember being a little girl and smelling the food cooking, my Mother would bake a leg of Lamb with mint jelly, she was a great cook and her lamb was sensational. I tried a couple of times but mine just was not the same. Jerry does not like lamb so I think that tradition died on our leg of the family.  We had a brunch, eggs Benedict, fruit, ham and sausages, and friend Jody brought some danish so we were well fed.  All and all it was just the best, only thing we could have added was having all the family here, chances are slim we will ever get them all together again.  One has moved to California, some are always working the holiday for that extra pay and life changes, but we have had the good times and our memories will sustain us.  If we are not together the love we shared each time we gathered together will never be lost it is held in our hearts, our good memories become our hearts treasure and no one can ever take those dear memories away..  Christ said we should love abundantly, we celebrated His day and honored him by loving each other abundantly.
I am truly a happy woman. I have pictures but I will have to search for them

We are now waiting out the wind storm

Hot sandy winds blowing across the valley, no sitting by the pool this afternoon, the morning was great just a bit of a breeze, but no more.  This will be a late afternoon movie time.  The golfers are having a heck of a time and the patio table and chairs are moving about making awful dragging sounds.  All of that and the sun is shining so very bright from inside it looks lovely.
Ashley and I went to visit her maternal Great-grandmother, she is 97 and complaining about not being able to golf, she says she would be going but the old man (her Husband) will not allow her to drive anymore.

We had a lovely visit she told about family history shared stories it was a nice time, then we went out and picked grapefruit I do not know what we will do with them all, while we were picking in the front "The Old Man" was picking in the backyard we have a lot of grapefruit.
OMG the sprinklers went on and we are in a storm of water it is flying everywhere.

Four of my latest

Sunset on the Hood

Space Quest

Following the North Star

Creation

Mornings in the Sun

Another rough morning in Palm Desert

The newspaper, coffee and  plans to go to the movie because it is a bit cold today, yesterday was very cold rain and clouds, but today it is clear and beautiful but still a bit cold so movie and mall shopping for us until it warms up.  I hear the weather up there has been snowy, our son is house sitting so all is well there.  Lilly is even warming up to him she will take any warm lap is Mommies is not there, fickle kitty.

I often wonder why we are all so different. I know we do not look alike talk alike but I am talking about inside our hearts, why do we witness an incident and all walk away with a different impression. Our eyes saw it at the same time and yet we all perceive it in our own individual way. We bring baggage with us when we witness, our previous experiences mold our judgement. Everything that we experience changes us for good or bad. Take a child who wants a Cookie, he is told no, and then he is left in the room with the cookies, the child climbs up on the table and takes the Cookie and wolfs it down as fast as he can. Then the parent comes back and the child is caught. If the parent punishes the child, will he remember, to do what he is told or to be more careful and not be caught; or will he forget about the Cookie and think the parent is mean to him and starts a inner war against the parent a war that may last for decades. If the parent says "oh now that's a bad boy' and lets the child have another Cookie because he was so hungry, what will the child remember? that not doing what he is told is okay, or just do what you want when no one is watching.  Are seeds of doubt planted that grow into insecurity, or does he feel he is loved and continues to grow strong and self sufficient and secure.  You see how these simple acts can change a child's concept of who they are and each one of us has had this kind of hit to our lives. We have the inner power and can choose which way to go; our baggage need not distort our lives we as adults have the power to shape our own baggage, We control our lives not our baggage we choose how it will shape our lives.how we handle the baggage shapes who we are.  This explains why we are all different: why one person is always too self conciseness and afraid to speak up, while the next one can't shut  up long enough to hear any one else. We all come together dragging our baggage with us and reacting to the same situations over and over again. All the while we each have a built in desire to achieve in our own unique way and most of the time no one understands,.  Why we approach a problem the way we do. is our choose, how we react to our friends and families is also our choice, we can not change the past we can only change the future..

As adults we have to be aware of this baggage and deal with it from with in.  Let go of that bag of rocks and meet life's happenings with a clear mind, a mind that has dealt with the past hurts by getting them in prospective.  We live in a fast pace life and so many just push things from the past under the rug and move on., but it does not work. It is not until they hit the wall either by illness or incident that the weight of these rocks become impossible to drag; so we must deal with them and move forwards. The hurts happened but we do not have to let them shape our future.
How would you begin the process, or better yet have you dealt with the rocks in your life, facing them is the beginning of the healing process.
Recognizing we are all different and we all react differently to each incident helps to develop a tolerance. An acceptance of the other persons view.  Understanding, frees us to learn more about that person and allows us to grow free of the old rocks. it allows that we can open up and share our true feelings.  Getting free of those old hurts gives a new freedom to seek friendship rather than conflict....
What I am saying is it is up to us to become the friend; and reach out to someone in friendship and share their life experience...Beware there are really good people out there so be prepared to be a friend and be there for for someone, be prepared to accept their gift of love and friendship I assure you, that you will receive more than you can ever give.  The difference between people is real so let it enhance your friendships and make them stronger.