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McConnel's Mills

Gardening - April of 2008

These are a few of the flowers from my garden...that I want to share with you.
The Tulips are Jaime's from her college days...
The Blue ones are from my Grandson Scotty on Mother's Day...
The Hen & Chicks came from my Hubby...that he brought back from a lady that he worked at her home...
It is so good to look out my door and see them standing up and shinning...I will be adding more from my garden as they grow...
Here is wishing you all a Happy Day!!!

The Simple Woman's Daybook

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FOR TODAY (PLACE THE DATE HERE)...
Outside My Window...the sun is shining.
I am thinking...of the plans to start my garden this year.
I am thankful for...all God's Blessings.
From the kitchen...I will be grilling.
I am wearing...causal clothing for shopping.
I am creating...a quilt for everyone in my family.
I am going...to plan the updates for our retirement home.
I am reading...a great book - Quilter's Catalog...
I am hoping...to be able to sell the quilts and homemade items that I am doing...
I am hearing...the sound of a truck coming up our driveway...
Around the house...the grass has gotten green
One of my favorite things...I love to travel and see the world we live in...
A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: Well I am organizing my office and working on starting up our pool for the season...
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Happy Mother's Day! Daughters...

Happy Mother's Day to my dear daughter:A mother, too, and yet my baby still!Praised be the love that lasts, and always will,Perched like a star above the windswept weather!Years pass like clouds beneath the things that matter.Mothers grasp the grace within the fill,Older than the stars themselves, that spillTowards eyes whose tears supply the maelstrom's waters.How lucky we, to share it in our bones!Each a mother, holding what will proveRedemption's gift, too dear to be redeemed'Ere time renew the miracle again.So may you, some Mother's Day, your ownDaughter, now a mother, send such love,Alive to more emotion than you dreamed,Yet far beyond the realm of joy and pain.

Some Typical Motherly Advice...

There are a few things, which are common to all the mothers around the world. Apart from showering love and affection, mothers make it a point to keep an eye on every activity of their children- this of course arises as a result of her being too caring about her child, so that he/she is always unhurt. Here are some of the most common advices by mothers to their children:
Make sure to change your underwear always; you never know when you'll have an accident.
Don't make that face or it'll solidify in that position.
Be careful or else you'll put your eye out.
What if everyone jumped into a well? Would you do it, too?
You have enough filth behind those ears to grow potatoes!
C'mon close that door! Were you born in a barn?
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Don't put that thing in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!

You Are Really A Mom When...

You count the number of sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they are equal.
You want to take out a contract on the kid who broke your child's favorite toy and made him/her cry.
You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
Your child throws up and you catch it.
Someone else's kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.
You consider finger paint to be a controlled substance.
You mastered the art of placing food on a plate without anything touching.
Your child insists that you read "Once upon a Potty" out loud in the lobby of the doctor's office and you do it.
You hire a baby sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then you spend half the night talking about and checking on the kids.
You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one your child eats.
You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.
You fast-forward through the scene when the hunter shoots Bambi's mother.
You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then you obsess when he skips in without looking back.
You can't bear to give away baby clothes--it's so final.
You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "Not in your good clothes."
You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
You read that the average-five-year old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is "above average."

Mother's Day!

The Mother's Day holiday, as observed today in the United States, celebrates motherhood generally and the contributions of mothers to society. It falls on the second Sunday of each May. It is the result of a campaign by Anna Marie Jarvis (1864-1948), who, following the death of her mother on May 9, 1905, devoted her life to establishing Mother's Day as a national, and later an international, holiday.

Going Green...

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Medicine Man Gallery

One of My Favorite places to shop!!!
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“All negativity is caused by denial of the present.
Unease, anxiety, tension, stress,
worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future,
and not enough presence.
Presence is the reality that dissolves the past and future.”
~Eckhart Tolle

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

John O'Donohue's blessing~When the light around you lessens
And your thoughts darken until
Your body feels fear turn
Cold as a stone inside.
When you find yourself bereft
Of any belief in yourself
And all you unknowingly
Leaned on has fallen.
When one voice commands
Your whole heart,
And it is raven dark,
Steady yourself and see
That it is your own thinking
That darkens your world…
Know that you are not alone
And that this darkness has purpose;
Gradually it will school your eyes
To find the one gift your life requires
Hidden within this night corner…
A new confidence will come alive
To urge you towards higher ground
Where your imagination
Will learn to engage difficulty
As its most rewarding threshold!

I Love Roses

I am a displaced fairy forced far from fields of sunshine by the howling winds of the north. I live in a snow covered land; I am perpetually awaiting another change of season to bring joy to my heart. Beside roses, I am enchanted with candles and lace, writing and dreaming.... Softly, I slip into Dreamland Sunshine Circle surrounded by petals, fields of pink roses beneath a sky of azure blue, a crystalline cottage, an emerald vision of you. Goddess of Dreams, we lie together in a magical mist...

I had to Share this with you all !

New Child !

These are the announces that our Grandson And Granddaughter showed us Sunday evening...at a dinner to share to good news with us. We are going to be grandparents again and I love saying "again" because I feel so very fortunate to a grandparent again as I am to be a parent...God Blessed us with 3 Beautiful daughters... and I must say they are a blessing!!!

So now you all know that I will be creating and making baby quilts, bunting, etc. with much joy and delight! I am also getting ready with a new scrapbook this precious darling...I am so Happy!

St Patricks Day!

Of course, St. Patrick's Day wouldn't exist if not for the man himself! But how much do we know about him? Did you know that he spent six years of slavery in Ireland until he escaped and undertook religious training abroad?

Happy Valentine's Day !

As I made this image in PSP, I thought I should add this to my blog...so here it is!

Here's a Poem of Love...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of Being and ideal Grace.I love thee to the level of every day'sMost quiet need; by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.I love thee with the passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood's faithI love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints,--I love thee with the breath.Smiles, tears, of all my life!--and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barrnett Browning

Happy Groundhog Day !

February 2, 2008...

This is the day that Punxsutawney Phil comes out of hiding ...we wait to see if he sees his shadow for the forecast of 6 weeks... Now really how can a groundhog tell us the weather! He is obvisously going to see his with all those lights shining on him to show us his face...

Thou in my opinion it is well worth the community getting together for this event to share and be proud of...No one else has this claim to fame...

From me to you...Happy Groundhog's Day!!!

January Snow !

Sunday, January 27, 2008

January Snow !

I just had to share this photo with everyone ! This is what I see when I am on the computer working...I think it is a beautiful view of the property going back into the woods...Just about everyday I see deer crossing threw searching for food...they always make there way to my Hubby's Grapevines. I also have a berry patch of Red Raspberries and a few Strawberries growing. I have already started thinking about planting season and what to add...Closing to our home I need to work on the Herb garden and hope to add few more Rose bushes...just love to look at them and there fragrance fills the air... We are so Bless to have the chance to watch the seasons change and the beauty of what they can bring to shine...Hope you enjoy! Have a Beautiful Day!!!

Monday, January 7, 2008

I Love Quilting!
As I start off this New Year! I am reminded of the passion and love for Quilting consumes me with great delight.....I have been web surfing and have come upon a few blogs that I enjoyed reading...and for that reason I hope to improve the content on my blog...I will start off stating that in my childhood of 8 yrs old is when I started to sew and made my first baby doll quilt...I also made baby doll clothes and then Barbie doll clothes...By the time I was 11 yrs old I was making clothes for myself with my own ideas of what I should wear...needless to say with my long legs - jeans were never long enough and that is where I started making my own jeans...that grew into and few quilts and my own wedding dress for me and my wedding party dresses...it was hard to find shite velvet wedding gowns back then...but they were made with a lot of love from me...As I started to have a family and my Dear Hubby was the receiver of many of the items that came next to make and he wore them proudly!!! My children became the wearers of the clothes I made next and for years and years...I think I am correct in saying they were also proud as they offered my services for there friends to have clothes made by me...So now I am back to full time Quilting and designing blocks to make more and more quilts ever...How lucky can one person be? I consider myself very lucky to be able to create and quilt as I desire...Well that is a brief story as how I got start in this passion and God Willing hope to continue as long as I can...