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 Hello out there! Goodness I have neglected my blog. So many things going on around here and with me. The newly weds are doing just fine and want to say thank you for the emails and comments and good wishes for them. 

I started with the first testing with the Cardiologist. Two more then the follow-up. He plans to change my blood pressure meds slowly. He wants me to drink a small glass of tonic water every night at bedtime. So, I am and I think it is helping the pain in my legs. I will update when....

The Brother Alan is enjoying cooking outside on the new grill. The hamburgers were so delicious. So far he has grilled sausages, this and chicken..... tonight is steak. Yum.... 

Lisa has been busy sewing.

Lisa loves horses and riding. She made this wall hanging for their room. She is doing great with the sewing. She found a Messenger Bag pattern on line....so ....

The Batik was enough, 1 yard and it was in the fabric bin. A simple bag and now she is beginning to embellish it.

She made the yo-yo flower from another Batik and it is sewn on with a button. The colors of this fabric are great.

This vibrant pink cord was in the trim bin...picks up on the fuchsia splash on the fabric. I have been playing around with paper beads...

This is just a few of them...round, oblong and bar.... fun to do. 

I just made a wreath for my bedroom door.... into Spring for me.

Love supplies from the Dollar store. I even re-arranged both curios. I will have to try to get decent pictures...both are mirrored backed making lots of reflections. 

I will close with a picture of Murphy. The scroungy mutt loves sleeping on my bed. He is due for his vet appointment next week and then his grooming.

Thank you so very much for the emails and concern for me. Thank you for the lovely wishes for Alan and Lisa. Your kind words and thoughts mean so much. Thank you for your friendship.

Pink for Spring....

March has arrived and for us here in The Valley of the Sun the temps are wonderful...in the low 70s. It has been wonderful sitting outside with my coffee and a book. I have attempted to get back to doing something crafty.... but I see now that I will have to take it easy still.

It felt wonderful lathering up my hand with my Dragonfly soap. I love pretty soaps. Finally my hand feels clean again….It is looking good, still swollen and a little stiff, but I am massaging the fingers as well as stretching them. I am also applying the Mederma oil on the scar and soon my hand will feel soft.

Just the day before surgery I made this Spring wreath to hang at the front door. So far a few birds have checked it out and if they know what is good for them they will leave it alone. I also have taken my cotton thread and Hairpin Lace tool

and added an embroidery pattern that I found on Jacquelynne Steve's blog and voilà...I have a couple of projects. I thought I would start with the tatting project... or at least get part of a few ready but my hand began to really ache. Holding the crochet hook (size 2) caused my fingers to cramp up. So, only 2 are made. Do you know what they are for??? The embroidery pattern is adorable. When you print it, it has 2 sides...each gal is facing opposite/reverse.

She will be stitched on this towel for my kitchen. Originally the pattern is for St. Patrick's Day, but as Jaqueline suggested, you can simply make the clovers into flowers ad that is what I plan to do. I will grab my DMC color chart and decide on which colors to use. Usually when I make one of these towels I cut it in half as this is only for display ad I need only one side to show. I just may make one at one end facing one way and the other end facing opposite. I am having second thoughts about the fabric I chose for my March Origami Star so it is on hold just now. I am not a big fan of St. Pat's designs.... but still it is March. For me it is all about March 19th, Fiesta San Giuseppe, the feast of Saint Joseph.  In my Italian family it was to celebrate my dad's saint day...he was baptized Giuseppe but everyone knew him as Joe. We always had Zeppolas... a delicious pastry filled with cooked cream.
An update on the Doves.... there is now a pair but they are not nesting. They appear every morning in the garden and chat then disappear. I am asking for special thoughts for my friend LuLu back in Rhode Island. Her niece is under going a double mastectomy.... please keep her and the family in your thoughts. Glad you stopped by today. Thank you for all your kind words and for your friendship.