zombie doll

Our four-year-old granddaughter left the doll

 I made her outside and guess who got it?

One of their dogs.

It got chewed up pretty bad and she was devastated about it.

(I had a bit of fun editing here.)

The doll was sent home with grandma

in hopes that it could be nursed back to health.

What do you think?

As good as new?

~b



Dakota Man

There are some fun things going on

 in Dakota Man's workshop...

~b



The apple man

We came across this apple man in Minnesota.

He really had it going...

overalls, hat, samples and location.

 

 

He was selling out of his antique truck.

I was pretty sure he was Grandpa Walton.

 

 

We bought a bag and I made apple butter in my crock pot.

 

 

Mr. b loves apple butter (and me).

 

 

~b

 

 



Friday post card

 

I fail to see how

you fail to see

that this is

AWESOME!

-Hiro Hamada

~b

Alaska

The Alaska quilt is back from the quilter.

Keeping with the theme of the quilt

I had the quilter do a star pattern.

 

 

As I love scrap quilts so well I included quilt squares

 with a bit of scrappiness between the Alaska wolves.

 

 

 

I hand stitched the binding and it is finished.

 

~b

 

 



favorite things

The quilts are slowly coming out at our house.

 

 

This is one I made for Mr. b last year.

Everyone should have their own quilt right?

 

 

It is a favorite...

with a flannel top and a fleece back.

 

 

 

~b

 



weekend update

Hi!

We had a fun weekend watching our granddaughters play soccer.

There is a lot to admire when you see 10-year-old kids playing their hearts out at soccer.

They are all winners at the end of the game.

Please don't tell me that today's kids are lazy...

I will take you to a soccer game.

 

Our weekend also involved endless shrimp and Flyboy doughnuts.

Lucky me right?

 

~b

Friday post card

 

The leaves fall, the wind blows,

and the farm country slowly changes

 from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

                                                                      Henry Beston

 

~b



Free-range

Fresh is best. Buy local.

Another sweet project bag...

 

…it's sized extra large.

 

 

I used a plaid flannel (shirt) for the lining.

 

Life is better on the farm.

 

~b



fall designs

Mr. b hung my fall barn quilt.

 

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

                                        -Emily Bronte

 

~b





breakfast

We encountered this wiley coyote while driving Custer State Park last week.

He barely noticed us as he was intent on hunting for breakfast.

And he did catch himself a nice fat mouse.

Yum, right?

 

 

 

~b

 



Friday post card

 

We took a trip to the Black Hills hoping to see some fall.

Turns out we saw fall and winter.

 

~b



drying dishes

These are just a couple of the embroidered

 flour sack towels I finished while camping this summer.

Embroidery is one of my favorite crafts to do.

Would you believe I rarely use one of my towels?

Just another thing I hoard.

~b



Goodnight Irene...goodnight

I sewed this nightshirt for granddaughter #3.

 She will only wear nightgowns so I'm really hoping this passes.

 She also loves the Disney characters.

"What did the fox say?"

Grandma likes the old fashioned soft flannels for bedtime.

~b



Friday post card

This Idaho potato passed us on interstate 90 in Minnesota.

It made me laugh and reach for my camera.

~b

YAY

I completed two more old projects this week.

 

 

This shawl was in my travel bag as a no-brain project.

We must not travel often enough because it is several years old.

I may just wear it to a wedding this weekend.

 

 

I have a problem with seconds

 because I never seem to get the second sock, mitten

or embroidered pillowcase done.

 

 

I am going to need these thick wooly socks soon...

our nighttime temps are in the 30's with snow in the forecast.

I will be digging out a couple more projects in progress soon.

I'm pretty happy to have finished five of them in the last couple of weeks.

 

~b

 

 

 

 



amen

 

I never get tired of taking pictures of pretty rural churches.

And aren't all churches pretty?

These were taken on our last camping trip.

 

 

Mr. b just finished this picture.

It is so pretty in fall colors.

A winter church may be next.

 

~b



October embroidery

Well gosh, where did September go?

It feels like it didn't even happen.

 

 

A small challenge...

A flour sack towel of the month here,

every month on the first.

 

~b