Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

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. It was locat

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 some charm packs a

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

I have been very busy since I last wrote. We had a belated Christmas so while you all were relaxing from the hectic holidays, mine started. With all that cleaning, planning, cooking and then company. My daughter and family left Monday so it was back to getting the house in order, which took until today to finish.   It was nice to get this all put away. Wasn't sure if I was going to, this morning I thought I was coming down with the cold "the Man of The Place" has. But not bad right now. Can't get sick because I need to take my parents to Doctors appointments. Had two this week and for the rest of the month it is at least two a week. January is a busy month. While waiting for them I was able to get another hat done. I had made 4 hats for Christmas, and my daughter said she would like a pink one after seeing the ones I had done.   Next is to make a fur topper instead of a pompom Have seen these in picture on Instagram