Harvest In The Kitchen

 Since we are in mid Fall now,

these are a few pics of

our harvest kitchen.

Starting with my table centerpiece.

The gourds and grass are real.

The flowers are faux.

Display is on top of a blue

striped feedsack.

The bowl rack was originally 

in the living room...

now resides here.

Another blue slip crock.

Rye basket on top with pears

I purchased from Hobby Lobby.

Butter churn and a wood bucket

with some sweet annie.

I added some dried okra and beans

to my wood spoon on the side of my cabinet.

An orange bumpy pumpkin

in my orange painted wood bowl.

Yellowware bowls with

 a crock butter churn & pitcher.

Large pie peel on the wall.

Market sign to the right.

Granite water pitcher,

drieds, granite coffee pot,

and some dried corn cobs.

In other news.

Well Bob got me out of retirement

once again to work the store yesterday.

He had a dentist appt and knew he would

be late getting to the store,

so I opened for him.

Not that I did much.

Just turned on all of the lights,

turned the open signs on...

and shopped my own store. LOL

I came home with 2 Christmas ornaments.

Two customers were in the store

 when Bob arrived, 

but no one else was there.

He was only 15 minutes late.

It was a rainy day, so I just

got  caught up on my

Hallmark Christmas movies...

and of course stitched a bit.

I am not going to talk about

the recent election results.

Will just say this.

The ayatollah of Iran

said after the elections~

"The collapse of America has accelerated". 

God Bless America.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

I plan on decorating for Christmas.

Need to get ready for guests to come over.

I do plan on going a bit simpler though.

Stay tuned.

Harvest Blessings To All!

Janice

  

Sunday Starts

Happy Sunday to all my friends.

These are the projects I decided 

to work  on for month of November.

It's turkey time!

This is a new pattern by Lori from

Notgorgotten Farm,

and I wanted to start on this right away.

This is all I got accomplished before

I started not feeling so good from before.

Next I chose this pattern 

by The Wishing Thorn.

I watched a primitive Flosstube

called Daisy Kay Primitives.

In one episode, she showed a wall

 of all blackwork samplers.

Well I decided I wanted to at least do

a few blackwork samplers after seeing this.

This pattern is called

Sarah Horrocks Cocks

Sampler 1838.

This is how far I got in one day.

After the 6th letter I, I had to frog

out all of the others...

because I cannot count.

GRRR

The spacing went from tw0 in between each

 to three and I did not catch it.

Again GRRR.

Anyways, it is correct now.

Then for another Thanksgiving piece,

I just had to do Priscilla.

Another pattern by

Notforgotten Farm.

 

Isn't she just darling!

I did change her dress to brown.

It was more of a dark gray.

She will be finished in no time.

That's what I like about

Lori's "Little's".

 I also started Tommy.

Another little from Notforgotten Farm.

I just finished his head.

Another cutie.

I just changed him from gray 

to brown.

Am used to brown wild turkeys here.

Both the Littles are being stitched on

28ct Wren.

Finally I wanted to start something

for Christmas.

I chose this Crocette a gogo pattern.

Started at the bottom left.

Stitched in the sheep, 

the manger for baby Jesus.

Almost have both Jesus and Mary finished.

Am once again using floss colors

from my own stash....but these

are much easier than the witch. 

I found this old spool of Kreinik gold thread.

I will use this on the halos of baby Jesus,

 Mary and Joseph.

In other news,

last evening Bob and I

went out to dinner to treat ourselves.

We do this every Halloween.

This time we went to a local restaurant

just 2 miles down the road from us.

It been about a year and a half

since we have been there.

Our budget does not afford going

here all of the time.

The waitstaff were all dressed up,

which was pretty cool.

One waiter was the grim reaper,

while another one was a smallpox victim.

The waitresses were a black cat,

pirate and leopard.

Even the hostess dressed up as

a pink crayon.

We had calamari for an appetizer.

Then we both had fried frog legs/ baked potato.

Bob had french onion soup,

I had a simple salad with raspberry

 viniagrette dressing.

We also had a loaf of artisan bread

with dried cherry butter.

All was delish.

Again, probably not everyone's cup of tea.

Cannot believe it is November 1st already.

Where has this year gone?

We are still having mild days with

no hard frost yet.

My petunias and morning glory

are both still blooming.

Tundra is loving the cooler weather though.

Afterall he is dog who loves Winter.

Once it snows, we wont be able to get

him inside. LOL

I hope everyone enjoys the rest

of your weekend.

November Month Blessings To All!

Janice

Whippy Wednesday

Well it's that time of the month,

where I show my progress

on items I am working on. 

A Hallowe'en Birthday

by Kathy Barrick.

I actually started this one in 2024.

This is where I left off last year.

It has been a very slow stitch for me.

The first problem was the called for

floss colors were nothing like the cover pic.

I purchased the pattern because

the colors intrigued me.

So I went to my floss stash and started

matching my own colors as best

as I could.

It is not perfect, but will do.

The second problem I am having,

is because there is so much confetti

in her dress...and my own

color conversion...

this has been difficult for me.

Like the Dierks Bentley song...

WHAT WAS I THINKIN?

This is where I am now.

Finished the confetti grass at the bottom.

Came up and did 

the left side of the dress.

Added in the green grass to 

the left of the pumpkin,

while also adding in the pumpkin.

The broomstick is finished.

Now working back on the dress.

I still have a long way to go on this.

Once the dress is completed,

it will be smooth sailing just a bit.

Just a bit because I still have to

go back and forth from the chart color

to my color conversion.

Also will stitch all that black for the sky.

This is where I left off with

Faith 1831 last month.

Stitched two more flowers

on the bottom.

Finished the deer.

Then started on the tree.

This is closer to getting to the finish line.

Next up is Floral Motif Sampler.

This was my progress last month.

Finished this large orange floral motif. 

Added in this small flower.

Then finished with this red flower.

This is where I ended this month.

For AB 1816 Quaker sampler,

I finished the alphabet.

Moved the right border down,

then added in the small flower,

plus the bigger one.

 This one will be a tribute to

my paternal grandmother.

(sorry this pic does not do this sampler justice)

In other news,

yesterday we went out to dinner with

my daughter and grands.

Mikayla is home for a few days.

She got a job now on campus so she 

is happy about that.

We went to an all you can eat

 Sushi restaurant.

OMG

We had crab rangoon,

tartar tuna, fried avocado tuna balls,

edamame, chicken wings, bang bang chicken

and miso soup....

that was just the appetizers.

Then a wood boat was brought out

for all of the sushi we ordered.

OMG everything was so yummy.

I took my ice cream to go.

I know for some of you Sushi is not your 

cup of tea.

Both my sister and brother hate it.

Working at the bank all those years,

I had to eat at all kinds of restaurants

with clients.

The city I originally worked in,

before transferring there were 

a multitude of restaurants.

From Thai, Polish, Italian, German,

Indian, Mexican, Japanese (hibachi and sushi),

Lebanese and Chinese.

To steakhouses, fondues and seafood.

Each restaurant had to be unique

in both decor and menu to survive.

Am so glad I am not a picky eater,

and willing to try different foods.

[NOTE: not a fan of Indian]

{too spicy for me}

(spicier than Thai)

Bob worked in and adjacent town

from me at the time we met...

so he went to most of the restaurants

that I went to as well.

He also likes different foods.

He even took me to some I had not

went too....there were that many around.

Before I go...

I have some really good news

that I will share soon.

I have to keep it under wraps 

for a few more weeks,

but I am so excited to tell you all.

So please stay tuned.

Secret Blessings To All!

Janice

   

October CupboardScape

 

I am so excited about 

this month's CupboardScape.

I hope you like what I did.

My mom made this wreath.

This skeleton was also my mom's,

but she did not make it.

I always like to bring out my pumpkins.

Whether faux like the ones above.

Or the real McCoy's like these next two.

This next piece is my absolute favorite

Halloween item ever.

Am finally showing it off.

Both my friends along with my family

also loved this

Halloween at

Hawk Run Hollow.

I finally framed it last month.

Chose this black one with

sparkly silver in it.

Here are some close up pics of each block.

I apologize for the glare.

 The block with the scarecrow,

I changed up a bit.

Using my graph paper I made

the plain orange pumpkin

into a black Halloween one.

Then I changed two other pumpkins

to black as well.

This was stitched on

32 ct Stormy Night Lugana linen

using all the called for DMC floss.

I started this piece  

 October 29, 2023.

I finished it on 

September 28, 2024

When Debbie my framer from

Hobby Lobby called me to let

me know it was ready for pick up...

she told me if I ever want to get rid

of this, she would like it.

That won't be happening.

In other news,

King Bob decided to order

a dumpster the day he wanted

me to get my Christmas bins

out of the garage..

Did not know this until he called

me 10 minutes before it arrived.

He had to go to the store before we started,

and I guess the dumpster guy called him.

I was oblivious to this.

We spent two days cleaning out

his garage.

I went from being a queen 

to a servant of the KING. 

We filled that dumpster.

The garage is still pretty much full.

What the heck Bob?

He even burned stuff that was messed up.

I ended up throwing away one 

Christmas tree because I could not

find all of the branches.

However at least now all of my 

Autumn & Christmas bins are in one place.

Friday and Saturday morning it was foggy here,

and the freighters were blowing their horns.

I always enjoy hearing them.

You know by the sound of each horn,

whether it is a short or long freighter.

The longer ones have more of a bellow

or a bass tone.

The shorter freighter have a higher tone.

Both so cool though.

October Weekend Blessings To All!

Janice

Cozy Autumn Keeping Room

 As we gear into Autumn,

am loving the colors that are

associated with this season.

Having a prim home,

the colors just pop everywhere.

Hope you enjoy these pics

from our keeping room.

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In other news,

when I went outside...

which I do every day...

this finally started blooming 

on October 16th.

This sky blue morning glory

is suppose to bloom all Summer.

Mine decided to just bloom now.

Bad thing is we are supposed

to have frost in the next few days...

so it's days are numbered now...

I was under the weather just before the weekend.

Just felt like you know what.

Thursday I laid on the couch

 in our keeping room, and fell asleep

with the fireplace on.

When Bob came home later,

I told him he needed to turn the furnace on.

I needed to get the chill out of the house.

Friday the same thing.

Am better now.

Today Bob wants me to get my Christmas totes

out of the garage.

He wants to do it before the snow starts flying.

Its only the end of October,

but I will comply because he may not help

me if I wait. LOL

Told him if I had an attic, I would not

need his help.

Crickets.

He added in insulation to our whole

attic from floor to ceiling...

so now I need my totes in the garage..

I tell him its his fault.

Now he wants to build a shed,

for my totes.

This just means he needs more room

in the garage which is full already.

Plus we have a full storage unit.

Again I will comply today.

I may be the queen of our house.

He is the king of the garage.

Hope everyone is enjoying these

Autumn days.

Cozy Autumn Blessings To All!

Janice