Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Up on the wall today I have still the boho ornament afghan with just the 2 rows completed that I shown last night. That's because I haven't worked on it today I plan on it while watching TV tonight. Maybe I can get at least a couple more rows done.  That's my hope.   I was able to do some sewing.  I did a few more blocks of the blue scrappy.  Speaking of scrappy, which I'm also little late, but did get made was my first RSC 19 block.  This month color is red and I'm working from a box of scraps. Pure scrappy!  This is the first one I've come up with I'll show more of the pattern and share my thoughts later on . Saturday I had started some seed for sprouts and this is how much they sprouted in 2 days. Now the sandwich blend was packed in 2015 so we'll see how much germination happens. doesn't look that much right now.  Sandwich Blend Mung Beans Also Saturday our temperatures g...

I had full intention to write this earlier but I took a nap and it just threw my day out of wack. Being that it is late, late enough to see the Super Blood Wolf  Moon, I'll make this short. What I worked on was assembling the blocks to the Boho Ornament Afghan   I'm finding it a little challenging trying to keep them straight and not twisted. Made it through 2 rows so far.. Have a couple of other things to share First is an announcement about the Gathering Place in Tulsa making the top  New Attraction in the US.  It is some park and to think it's free. Took the grandsons there when they where here a couple weeks ago. My DIL took lots of pictures and posted them on her Instagram account. Well the Gathering Place saw them and decided to use one of her photos to post with their announcement. SEE   And that is my Grandson Blake. Very nice photo. The other is we have are first new calf. A ...

Today I got to stay home and was able to get a few things done.  Besides cleaning the house I was also able to layout the blocks to my Boho  Ornament Afghan that I started a couple months ago. I don't remember if I posted any photos here on the blog but I did on Instagram.  Which reminds me, I need to learn how to put a link to my Instagram here on the blog Now all I have left to do is to attach all the blocks together. I'm using grey yarn that I had leftover from another project  Now the first picture shown is of the floor where I laid them out thinking about how I wanted my blocks arranged.  But I decided to put it up on the design wall for couple of reasons: first the cats. You just can't leave anything laying around with cats in the house. Second was in a couple hours I was having the telephone company, who provides our internet to the house, they are going redo the line for the modem. Put it closer to the TV. ...

Today my mom had her congestive heart failure check up.  When Mom or Dad have a doctor appointment in Tulsa I'm usually away from the house for 6  to 7 hours. Makes for a long day.  Her appointment went well, she's maintaining which is good.  I always take some sort of handwork with me when I go to the doctors appointments and today I did not have a small crochet project I'm working on so I picked the bag with my hexagon Diamonds that I've been working on for the past 2 years  I started this project  almost two years ago when we went to Houston Texas to MDAnderson Hospital for my mom's cancer diagnosed at that time. .  I have seen this picture online on Pinterest and just loved this quilt and I thought well I'll just start this.  I had not taken anything with me because we thought it was going to be a short trip, well we ended up being there for a month. So I went by a quilt shop and picked up som...

I wanted to give a little update on my chickens.  Seeing how I hadn't written that much last year, I didn't include much about the chickens.  In December I lost five chickens to some unknown wild creature. For the longest time I would always let my chickens out and do what they call free-range, out of their outdoor pen. Well that's how I lost the five chickens, they were out just doing their chicken thing. So since then I decided I'm just going to keep them locked up in their pen area.  It's winter now and there's really not much for them to forge for, so I just supplement their feed with some scratch and just let them fend for themselves in their pen.  Since I've been doing that I've also been  getting more eggs.  I'm down to six hens and I'm getting about three eggs a day.  But when I had the 11 and they were out roaming around I was lucky to get an egg in their nesting box, say once every three or four days....

First what's up for the year... And whats up on the wall is the Snowman quilt I thought I lost. For over 3 years I did not know where this quilt was and I looked everywhere. At least I thought so until one day I was out in the garage rummaging for something and at the bottom of a box with old kitchen stuff there it was. Had it quilted a few months ago and had plans to get the binding on in time for Christmas but that never did happen. Decided to go with a solid  indigo, something I have a lots of. Only took a half of yard thou, I make 2 1/4" strips for my binding. I like binding more on the thinner side. Got a start on it this  evening after dinner, which by the way was pretty good. Tried out a new  recipe I saw on a YouTube channel. It's called Pizza Casserole It's a low carb friendly and very tasty plus "the Man of the Place" liked it also, which is good. Some of the recipes I try out he doesn't care for...

I have to admit it wasn't as slow of day as I would of liked. Between cleaning, cooking a nd helping "the Man of the Place" loading and unloading wood to the back porch. This is are 3rd pick up load and smallest so far this winter. we only burn wood to heat our home. Love wood heat but boy it is messy between the tracking in of dirt and wood shavings, then the cleaning out of the stove. Wish they made self cleaning stoves like they do ovens. Also finished up cleaning my sewing room which I started yesterday Before After It was such a mess from pretty much being a catch all during the holidays But now it's fit for me to get back in there and do some creating. So I wasn't able to get to any handwork till this evening Working on a Garden Party block Over half way done with this block Like how the butterfly looks While I was picking up I noticed the underside of the box the little plants w...