I had one of my "Lucy" moments about a month ago. I had seen this really cute sparkly fabric at Joann's and thought " ohhh, I'd love to make something for Addy and Claire out of this". And when my sister was here visiting I showed it to her and I got the bright idea of making tutus! I decided that I would make them for Valentines day. Of course I couldn't send something to the girls and not the boys. I had wanted to try my hand at stuffed animals, so I thought I would make stuffed elephants for the babies, Riven and Aaron. Then what for Christian? How about a pillow? Yeah, that's it, a soft fuzzy pillow. Soooo, here is my interpretation of tutus, elephants and a pillow.

This is Sadie Mae, an 11 year old Golden Retriever. We are fostering her for the Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue. She has spent most of her adult life living outside under a tarp shelter
with 2-3 other adult dogs. She had pneumonia/bronchitis, urinary tract infection, rotten teeth, and a big-ole-ugly-thingy by her right eye. All those things have been taken care of now and she is ready to live the rest of her life in good health. She is wearing the collar until she gets the stitches removed by her right eye. She knows how to enjoy the good life though. She took to the cushy dog bed right away, and she is not shy when it comes to bellying up to the dinner table. She loves attention, likes to chase the tennis ball, is good in the car, good on a leash, and a good helper with chores. We will have her until she gets adopted, which means she could be here a long time.

While my sister Janice and her husband David were visiting a few weeks ago we got together at our brother Al and his wife Joann's house for crab. Joann and I each bought 8 crabs, mine were from 1.6 to 2.25 lbs. I did not have mine cleaned, I feel it is part of the ritual to clean them your self. Joann had hers cleaned at the store. We made a pretty good dent in them, there were a few left over for Joann to have crab salad the next day and Jim and I still have one in the freezer.

Claire and Christian (my great niece and nephew) sent us these glasses they had made, (Christian said he did most of the cutting). They asked us to decorate them, put them on and send them pictures. Jim used colored pencils to decorate his, I used beads, glitter, ribbon, "jewels" and a hangy thing.

This female Ring Necked Pheasant showed up in the back yard a few days ago. We see her at the feeders mostly in the morning, but at other times during the day you can sometimes come across her in different places in the yard, by the compost pile, out at the lake, on one of the trails hiding in the brush. We had a Pheasant here last year too, it stayed around a month or so. We wonder if it is the same one...Hmmmmm.......

For my first blog post I am posting a picture of the quilt I made for my grandson, Riven, last year. Thanks to my sister for walking me through this, my very first blog post!