Tuesday, July 29, 2014

BEN FRANKLIN AUTOGRAPH STAR BLOCK 23

IN Philadelphia Ben was not idle, there was a new country to be formed and a constitution to set in place. so in 1787 Ben signed the constitution in compromise in hopes that the United States of America would endure.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

MY SON ERIC VACATION WITH TWO BRAZILIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS

 First Eric took them to Cleveland Indians Baseball game against New York Yankees.
 Next day drove to Niagara Falls to ride the Maid of the Mist.
 This is the American Falls.
 Next day on to New York City. This is taken from the ferry to the Statue of Liberty
 with the new World Trade Center One  building in the background.
  This is view of lower Manhattan taken from the Empire State building.
This is view looking Northwest  of the Hudson River and Times Square in the foreground.
The Broadway Show they saw was Aladdin .

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

HOT PAD

 I thought this was a cute pattern to make a hot pad. I used insul bright and warm and natural  for the patting. I am always looking for a way to use up scraps.

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Clark"s 37 inch Muskie

 This  is the 37 inch muskie my son caught in Michigan today. The girth was  14 1/2 inches.

SCRAPPY PLACEMATS

 I have made 4 placemats but don't have a picture of the one.
  I used 2 1/2 inch squares.If you click on them you can see the details of the prints.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Elderberry Bush

This picture was taken a week ago when in full bloom.
Click on  the pictures to see close ups if you enjoy gardening.

DICK"S GARDEN

We grow our garden in Strips.Click on picture to see tomato plants on left.

  These are 3 rows of carrots
  
 Cabbage not ready yet.
  We have had plenty of lettuce this is the second planting.
  A view of the garden in back ground.
 Broccoli I've picked 3 heads last week.

  Elderberry Bush Just loaded with  berries and blooms now.

JULY

 Summer is here and the garden is growing great. I don't think you can find a weed in it.
My husband works in it every day. So will show you some of the pictures now.