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 It’s good to review this much needed info.  Something to think about -- WARNING! a few choice words you may not be comfortable with so feel free to skip or "enjoy the meat and spit out the...

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 A “New Year” once again — it’s the same and it’s different — being. 

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 The bumps in the road are some times more like potholes. At least is seems somewhat like that the past year and a half dealing with the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the past eight yea...

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It’s the new year and I’m leaning into the love of The One who loved us first and showed us and taught us how to love.

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I'm so very thankful for my common, everyday life.  “As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for w...

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Summer has slipped away, October is almost over and I haven't even updated my dry-erase calendar yet. It isn't current, it still says September, it really is AUTUMN. The back yard landscaping ...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2014/10/tis-autumn-but-my-calendar-isnt-current.html

Saturday was a great day -- I made Strawberry Scones for breakfast. This recipe: Vegan Apricot Scones was easy and delicious. I changed it, used Strawberries instead and I will make these again...

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I love Etsy and here is a wonderful shop owned by Susan: Greenlee and Vine . She has many wonderful items, some that I recently purchased: these lovely little hands and several vintage photos...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2014/04/friday-freebies-featured-etsy-finds.html

I've been busy getting back into my routine again where I'm spending more time on my creative projects. The weather is slowly getting warmer and I've also been working in my yard and garden. The...

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Winter has been long and cold, still holding on to blow across the area once again for a blustery day today. It's slowing down the progress of Spring. Nevertheless, it's officially SPRING and I'...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2014/03/this-is-spring-world-is-young-again.html

I took a break from my Christmas Stars to work on this new project. It's been fun to make and I have more ideas to make my own version some time in the future. They're easy, don't take a lot of...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/12/crochet-christmas-holiday-light-bulbs.html

Edith Schaeffer said of the "practical use" of talent: ". . . it may be helpful to consider some of the possibilities all of us have of really living artistically, but which are often ignored....

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Writing about sadness and grief is not easy or some thing I am comfortable with. I usually keep so much of that inside. For the past two and a half years my sister and I watched our mother slowl...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-on-going-autumn-project.html

It seems all I ever say any more is how fast times flies, I am so busy yet I am behind, not here at my blog or art, not in my regular routine. And, it is true once again. Not that time flies but...

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I've always loved the names for girls that end in the long "e" sound. Both my daughters have long "e" sound ending for their names. Recently I was going through some of my old books to use text ...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/06/what-lovely-name-adelaide-atc.html

My life has slowed down in one sense but just as full in another. One place that I am able to slow down and relax is at a thrift store. I love to walk through the aisles looking over the items o...

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> "The colour holds such warmth, brightness and attraction for us > because it is the colour of the sun, the source that sustains us.  > In terms of its physics,�...

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The past weeks have been a blur and passed quickly. In addition to helping my sis take care of my Mom, I've changed jobs and now back at my old job which is not as fast paced. So that has helped ...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-than-month-has-past.html

Spring has arrived with chilly wind and snow flurries where I live but I'll go with the calendar to mark moving on to the next season! A few buds are appearing. The Pussy Willows, so soft and...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/03/welcome-spring.html

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I'm sharing some of the wonderful links I've found for Valentine's Day projects. SOOO many! Painted Newspaper Hearts from You Are My Fave Floating Heart Backdr...

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Happy February! This is a month deep in the beauty of Winter and alive with the color of red and pink for Valentine's Day, hearts and love. There are LOTS of wonderful projects and tutorials for...

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Jane Davies owns a little Post Office in Rupert, Vermont which is under review for deciding whether or not to keep it open. See a picture and video of her little Post Office and read what she ...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-post-card-to-help-save-little-post.html

Here it is the end of January already! The deep of Midwest winter weather has been sporadic from frigid Arctic air to balmy southern breezes. Work has been the same with some days extremely busy...

http://alteredheartworks.blogspot.com/2013/01/some-thing-to-look-forward-to-in-deep.html

I hope you have a WONDERful holiday season and Merry Christmas! Find my Posts of Christmas Past here ! Beautiful violin by Lindsey Stirling - What Child is This? "She will bear a son,...

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My friend Dana, and her family, lost their young son/brother, Mattias (Tiggy), two years ago, Dec. 12, 2012. Dana shares about their life without Mattias and living with grief and their memorie...

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