Hardin County Keepsakes

Doll quilts

2012-01-27T08:56:00.000-08:00

I have been working on a couple of doll quilts. I am doing the hand quilting in the evenings when watching tv.

Not to much to blog this week.It has been quiet. We made a really great pot of bean soup. Shared it with friends. Thanks to DD Joanna for freezing and sharing the Christmas ham bone. Added onions,carrots and celery. Served with the honey dinner rolls it made for an inexpensive very good meal.

I can't believe how fast the week went by. Have a great weekend j

Side tracked

2012-01-22T11:06:00.000-08:00

Do you ever get side tracked? It seems to happen,to me, more often than it used to.
For example this morning I turned on the heater in the bathroom to get it nice and warm for my shower.

While I was waiting I looked for the magazine that had the honey dinner roll recipe I plan on making today.

I found the magazine then remembered I needed to go out to the green house to feed the fish.

As I was going to the greenhouse I have to walk through the sewing room where I saw the little quilt I was working on yesterday and thought I'd just stop a min. and cut out the binding.

When I got to the greenhouse I saw there were a few plants that needed to be cleaned and plants needed water.
Well the old hose leaked all over the place so Mr. T replaced it. While he was doing that I pressed the little quilt.
Then I started in the greenhouse. Well I can lose hours in that little space. The blooming plants, the water pouring out of the bio filter into the fish tank, the smell of the soil. It is something that I can't put in words how I feel when working with the plants.

ficus bonsai

newest begonia

this years poinsettia

oxalis has been blooming for weeks

geranium blooming in the corner

south end of the greenhouse

The space is small only 7 feet wide by 14 feet long but it gives me so much pleasure.
Mr.T. picked me up a bouquet at the grocery store yesterday. Treat your self. It will bring a bit of spring to your home in the dark days of winter. I did get the fish fed and I did take my shower just not in the order I planned. I get so much more work done in my pj's. :>) I am linking to http://www.tootsietime.com/2012/01/fertilizer-friday-flaunt-your-flowers_20.html

Have a great week. j

Tree,Fish,apples and white wash

2012-01-15T20:05:00.000-08:00

The past week was busy. The tree guy came and dropped one of the big maple trees. Mr.T. and a friend cut it up. I had the pleasure of running the lever on the splitter for a while. OHHHHHHHH BOY!
It was a good job done. The weather held so all the brush from the tree and leaves from the hosta garden got taken care of. I am so thankful for the good weather---- that garden was bothering me. Because of health issues fall was not a good time for me to do any work in the gardens. Now it will make it so much easier in the spring.

No wind for 3 days made for great burning. A young friend wanted a few gold fish for a new tank. He came down and went fishing in the greenhouse fish tank.The fishes winter home.

We have plenty of fish as you can see from the pond picture from last fall. Over 60 at last count.

We got a bit side tracked with the tree and the porch project was put on hold. Today we got the ceiling boards white washed and ready to install.

I cooked up the last of the Christmas apples.We will make it into apple butter tomorrow. I worked on another small quilt.Will share when it is done.Hope everyone has a great week.
Our friend will be having surgery this week and prayers would be appreciated.Thanks.
Have a great week j

New quilt

2012-01-10T07:50:00.000-08:00

I finished the doll quilt last night. Good to be creating again. j

12 Days of Christmas little quilt

2012-01-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

On the small quilt list some members, are doing a little quilt from The Temecula quilt co.blogspot.
http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-12-29T11:18:00-08:00&max-results=7
I decided to join in. Picking and cutting the fabrics is the hardest for me. I love fabric and have a good supply. But choosing the right piece,for each block takes time. If I did not have so much fabric already I would buy charm packs or jelly rolls where the fabric is already put together.

To make 12 , 3 inch finished blocks I chose many pieces of fabric. Laid them all out on the iron table and started cutting. There are 3 blocks left to cut out. Tomorrow I will start sewing them together.

It feels good to be back to creating. Hope there is a bit of doll making/painting in my future.

Mr.T has started doing the back porch redo. While he works on that I will have free time to sew.
New windows and door will replace those that are there now.
The washer and dryer will be out there so a new shower can be put where the washer and dryer are now.
It will be good to have a shower on the main floor.
Always something to do to a 100 + year old house.
Have a good week the temps are going to be 40s and 50s. Not a normal winter here in Iowa. We need snow. The ground moisture is really low. I never thought I would pray for it to snow.j

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T16:32:00.000-08:00

We had a picnic type supper for our new years eve meal.

Potato salad,baked beans,veggies and dip,grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. Forgot to take a picture but you all know what it looks like.We are now making home made vanilla ice cream.

Cam brought a big cookie for us all to share. Of course a 9 year old needs to make noise!

Earlier in the day Mr.T.(Papa) and Cam tried out Cam's new wood burner.Good memories. I hope you all have a very Happy New Year.j

Christmas

2011-12-27T08:37:00.000-08:00

Mr.T and I decided at 2 pm.Christmas eve day to surprise our MN. kids.We loaded up the dog and the gifts and drove 3 1/2 hours to surprise them. I should have had my camera ready to take a picture when they opened the door. It was so nice to be with them for Christmas. The food was great the company was too. We had a really good time. Went for a walk,to the local park, after our big dinner.It was sunny but windy.

Boone (the dog) traveled well. But he was ready to be home.

We went to Mass at the new church in St. Micheal. It was beautiful.

On the drive home Mr. T had to stop for me to take pictures of the sunset. It started out with a soft pink and blue then turned orange and purple.

We are looking forward to the coming weekend when Kids and Grand kids will be here to welcome in the new year. have a great week.j

From our house to yours.

2011-12-24T06:40:00.000-08:00

Our wish for you all is a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year. Mr. T. and Judy

Iowa weather

2011-12-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

http://www.tootsietime.com/
I can not believe that we were washing windows on the 18 of December. My sewing room and kitchen window were in need of a good cleaning. Mr T. was outside. While I was out I spied a bit of color under the front tree.Can you believe the color in December? j

Blogspot

2011-12-16T18:44:00.000-08:00

I am not sure what is up with blogspot.com
They are messing with the way things have been done.You will have to click on older at the bottom of the page to see previous posts.
I can't seem to find where to reset the number of posts on the page.