Fresh Snow

 Gardening Bloggers Bloom Day January 2011. Thank You Carol,  (May Dreams Gardens) for hosting.
I might not have any blooms but I think the Winter Garden is still beautiful.


I visited a beautiful blog this morning  from Darla at More Family and Flowers. It really gave me a case of spring fever, way to early for that, in this next of the woods…  But it did inspire me to take some pictures of my garden this morning.




4 inches of the soft fluffy snow fell over night.  At least it’s easy to shovel , light as a feather.




Guess the birds won’t be drinking out of this bird bath any time soon.





or this one !!!





They might take shelter in here .













You can see how soft this snow is , you can just blow it away. That’s because it was only 9 degrees this morning when I was taking these pics. My fingers were freezing even with gloves . Guess it’s an age thing, circulation slows down to the extremities when you get older ……….





Well,I  guess the kids are hungry ,they think whenever I’m out side , it’s to feed them .





They certainly don’t look like they need to eat. Check out those fat bellies.





That’s little Alice behind the snowman. My granddaughter named her after a character in “ Twilight”. Her brother is Emmet. That’s Nat behind her. We also have Starbright, Hunter, Daisy, Zoey and Willy.  The snowman is on a timer so we have light when we need to feed the goats in the dark.





Hope everyone has a great weekend.
God Bless,
Lynda

Crocheted Dress

I’m linking to  Kathleen’s White Wednesday with this crocheted dress. My mom crocheted this dress  for me 60 years ago. Guess that tells you how old I am, I was about 2 years old at the time. I called her tonight and asked how long it took her, and she said about  a month. Wow sure looks like it would have taken longer.

I should have staged the picture better but I wanted to show the detail.

As you can see, the skirt is huge. I hope to have a picture soon to post with me wearing the dress. The old pictures are  slides and my brother is in the process of converting them to a computer disc.

The bodice is very delicate. My mom made a blue taffeta   slip to wear underneath.


The back as the original pearls buttons. Notice the bottom button was replaced at some time . I suppose I could find a matching button but I kind like it the way it is,

I thought others would appreciate the delicate work my mom did on this dress. I also have many doilies she has crocheted over the years. She once told me I should take the bodice off the dress and use the skirt as a doily. No way would I ever destroy this beautiful dress that way. Mom doesn’t do much crocheting any longer but she hasn’t stopped with other needle work. Now she is embroidering flour sack towels . When ever she needs a gift she has “Days of Week” sets  in abundance.
Thanks Kathleen for allowing me to share this very special dress.

Reflections………….

Finally…I know I haven’t posted anything for quite some time,close to 4 months to be exact. I just wasn’t feeling very comfortable with  blogging. So… I have been a blogging spy or whatever you want to call it, since my last blog. Reading everyone’s blogs, trying to learn want I can, Of course along the way I have seen some fantastic blogs. Loving all pictures of gardens and landscaping.I have also found a another love and that’s decorating the shabby antique way. I just surf and surf for hours from one blog to the next . I do have a new year resolution. That’s to leave comments, especially when I am really inspired, and that happens a lot.

I hope to link to some different blogs soon, of course I have to get busy and take some pictures. lol   When I see all the great pictures taken with fabulous cameras, I feel quite inadequate.So I tell myself to just get over it!!

Enough talkin’ or I guess it should be enough typing.  I’ll leave you today with few pics of my grandkids. : )  

Chase taking a nap ………….

Taya , my soon to be Granddaughter. : )

Taya, with my son Michael and my soon to be daughter Torie. You can see just a bit of their yard at the home they bought this fall. It has a fountain, creek and pond. I  am sooo jealous.

Taya, Chase and Lexi on the four wheeler grandpa bought for Chase.

 

Lexi on her first birthday last July.

I down loaded and used Windows live writer to write this post .. Seems to be a lot easier to use.

Till next time,  

^Lynda