"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands........" 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Hello Winter ---Goodbye 2024

 

If ever I felt home-sick it was when returning home from a walk, on a chilly winter afternoon... 
Countess von Lauenbrück, "Life in a North-German Chateau," 1867

Winter has come and the end of the year is almost here.  I hope with the coming new year I will have many projects stitched and finished.  
Here's wishing  you a very merry Christmas and a very peaceful new year!
blessings, always, Kathleen


Sunday, December 15, 2024

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The house is full of furry visitors

 Thanksgiving was a wonderful time for us.......I am hoping that it was a wonderful time for all of you as well. 


As most of you know ,the only pet I have now, is our black cat Taboo. When our daughter comes to visit, she brings her three pets consisting of two dogs,
Kaena
and Ruby,
along with her cat, Ellie.
My daughter is on a two week vacation and has left her group with us , trusting them to my care.
The pets are sweet and friendly, and the only hiccup I have is that my cat and my daughter's cat do not like each other and the dogs are over anxious with my cat. So to keep every pet happy and safe, my living room now has two large dog crates and I have managed to make the living room separate from the rest of the house, giving my cat free range in the other rooms.  My daughter's cat has complete reign of the guest bedroom.  My  mornings are taken up with a long and enjoyable walk with both dogs around the perimeter of our property and up the field road and back to the house......then it's feeding time for everyone.......and then I spend time playing with Ellie.  The day goes fairly well with the occasional trip outside to a play yard for the dogs and ends with a late afternoon long walk with them before the day ends. Since our Sophie has passed......it's been awhile since I have taken such long walks and I had forgotten how much time and attention dogs want.  I do realize that although I love dogs, I do not want any for my own.  I have gotten used to the freedom and doing whatever at any time and going anywhere at anytime without a concern .  
How about you?  Do you have dogs and cats?  Do you want more than what you have now?
I would love to hear! 







Sunday, November 24, 2024

Wishing You A Very Blessed Thanksgiving

 


image from the internet: Thanksgiving holiday dinner in Tennessee. 1930's

Gather friends and family 'round the table
Remember those we love no longer here
Together take a moment and be grateful
For the joy, for the tears.  


                                     "lyrics....The Bocelli Family"


 


Friday, November 1, 2024

November

 

November comes
      And November goes,
      With the last red berries
      And the first white snows.
With night coming early,
      And dawn coming late,
      And ice in the bucket
      And frost by the gate.
The fires burn
      And the kettles sing,
      And earth sinks to rest
      Until next spring.
Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893–1986)


Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween!

 

Eat, drink, and be scary.  
                                                Rosie O'Donnell

Friday, October 18, 2024

(Tomato Hornworm)
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you.
                                                  Roald Dahl