Traveling Through

I am so sorry that I have not explained my absence. Things got busy, time got away, and life marched on. I am now active on Facebook. If you are interested in connecting there my name is Valerie ...

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Antony and Cleopatra tea from The Tea Table... "The tradition of pressing black tea into various forms and shapes dates back to the early Song Dynasty, 960-1279 B.C.  Sculptors and artisan...

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Okay, so January is out and February is chugging along. It's still cold but, as we all know, spring is just around the corner. January had some interesting twists and turns this year. Found o...

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The first half of January has been very busy with unexpected challenges.  I have not been able to visit blogs as I would have liked to but think of my blogging buddies often.  Hoping to hav...

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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.  We have been enjoying the Christmas break with the little things that keep you busy this time of year. I have also had a cold and so have been resting be...

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As is with just about everyone this time of year we have been busy too! You have your normal busy and then little surprises that pop up along the way that make you just one day realize that it ...

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I am feeling a little better this week as I have managed to finish up some of my projects. Finished up the crochet ornaments and got them hung. Finished up the dress I was working on for...

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Well, I really am moving on with my projects. Tonight I got the ornaments on my little tree. Through the years I have occasionally had one or two crocheted ornaments on my tree and I wondered w...

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Somewhere to get away from the hustle and bustle, somewhere to let happy thoughts dwell. Somewhere to be able to love what is lovely.

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Today I feel as if I have too many projects going.  I tend to like to start something and finish it before going on. I have my thread crochet doily I am working on... A lap blanket... ...

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Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you had a very nice day, we did. We made turkeys... Two years ago we learned from Ceekay, over at http://thinkinofhome.blogspot.com/ , how to make these li...

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Well I finished my Afternoon Tea green doily.  The pattern is in the Leisure Arts Tea Time Doilies book. I used a #6 hook and it turned out to be right about 18 inches which is not too far fro...

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I am joining Sally today at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ for Blue Monday. Please go over and visit her to see all the other wonderful Blue Monday posts. Driving to and fro here recent...

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I am joining Marie Anne at http://macrochet.blogspot.com/ for Work-in-Progress Wednesday. Thank you for hosting this event, Marie Anne! My current project is a doily from the Leisure Arts Tea...

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Yesterday I had to put aside my hooks and bust out ye olde sewing machine. We had found some material that I thought was very much in line with the cottage style. We found this material for $8....

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Once again it's Blue Monday hosted by Sally over at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ . Please stop by and check out the other wonderful blue posts today. As you meander through Harvey, Nor...

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My most recent completed doily... As soon as I had finished this I tossed it over to my daughter and said, "there, I finished your doily." Ha, ha. Had I actually meant that? Well, whether I...

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We had quite the busy Halloween day yesterday. A 70 mile drive into the city, a morning filled with worship, a fine Chinese lunch, a little shopping, back 70 miles and then... Halloween! Ou...

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Yesterday the rain began... and the wind began to howl ... and the temperature dropped.   By evening we had... a very ominous looking evening. The wind howled all night and the...

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Well I finished my doily for the Crochet along hosted by Glor at  http://glor-crochetgalore.blogspot.com/2010/10/crochet-long-1918-pattern.html.  I used  a variegated thread consisting of ...

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 You may think this post is about my first set of china, China Garden Prestige, that I acquired in the early '80s, but really that is not the focus today.  You may think it is about the d...

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Welcome to my Blue Monday post. Blue Mondays are hosted by Sally at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/. Thank you Sally! If you are ever in Rugby, North Dakota and are feeling the urge fo...

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Welcome to our cottage kitchen! And thank you very much Sheila at http://notesongs.blogspot.com/ for inviting us to your Heart of the Home party! I Cor. 13:13 And now abide faith, hope,...

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We are joining Sally today over at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ for Blue Monday. Thank you, Sally, for hosting! My most recent crochet doily just happens to be ... BLUE!  (Imagine t...

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