9/25/13

~ Blessings

 
 

Today is a grand day
 
1.  Last year I was victim of check fraud 5 people stole thousands of dollars from me and  from a few other folks in this area -from our mail boxes that are located on our roads....which is part of the rural charm here in the country. These guys hit the jack pot with me- they stole my whole check box newly ordered from the bank that I never received. For weeks they wrote out checks in my name, had fake drivers licenses made in my name ...all this locally.
I can't express how violated I felt- as if my identity was null and void.
 
Yesterday the case closed.
 
She/they pled guilty and have to pay restitution.
 
2. Visiting Norway this summer- I found out in a very "horrible" way my mamma had cancer. She was in hospital most of the time we were visiting. Needless to say we were all devastated.  She has healed completely and today I am picking her and her husband up at the airport to stay with us for 2 weeks.  If that isn't great enough- she is pondering upon moving to Montucky..so we will be looking at homes while she is here.
 
 
Good grief! Does it get any better???????
 
It's been a hard year - but today...well today, I am smiling from ear to ear. 

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.
~Rumi

9/23/13

Montana Morning

 
 
 
 
 
 
feed horses
breakfast
kids to school
 Lily
wet
early a.m. ride
 
Okay Monday...let's do this!

9/21/13

I'm still learning....

 
 
 
after the rain comes beautiful mornings filled with promise
 

mid September is pretty neat to still wear flip flops


there is still time for a swim before the snow flies
 

that the local thrift store holds so many treasures
 like these linen napkins


and as if that wasn't enough...some nice person had dropped off a WHOLE BOX of
large fabric sample from France- that I bought for 5 bucks


 how nice it is that the flowers in my garden are still blooming


how pretty weeds can look with a little morning dew


the advantages of leaving holiday trees up all year
... don't have to put them up this season


how much I really love to sew- and that, " I can do this"


how much I missed Auggie being away at fall retreat for 2 days .... yes, it was only 2 days



and how happy I am when things turn out




 that I can bake delicious zucchini bread
(with a green vegetable the size of a baby python)
recipe
 

" I'm still learning "
Michelangelo, age 87
 
So how was your week?

9/19/13

...and then - the rain

 
 




But the true lover of rain.... has a deep inner enjoyment of the rain, as rain, and his sense of its beauty drinks it in as thirstily as does the drinking earth. It refreshes and cools his heart and brain; he longs to go forth into the fields, to feel its steady stream, to scent its fragrance; to stand under some heavy-foliaged chestnut-tree, and hear the rushing music on the crowded leaves.
 ~John Richard Vernon, "The Beauty of Rain," 1863


 
 my favorite music that inspires me on this wet day.





9/18/13

Yarn along

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Fini.
 
 
is done.
 
up ward and onward to new projects.
 
Obsessing over these books:
 
L.o.v.e.
 
 
What are you knitting?
 Joining Ginny


 

9/16/13

Montana Morning

 
 
 
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment.
-Thích Nhất Hạnh
 
 




 

morning light
path
harvest
blue sky
reading
 
Wishing you a peaceful morning

9/13/13

Sundavia Pearl

 










 
 This spring I have been working hard on jump starting my passion for creating.  I started selling and marketing my collection of vintage clothing. Ever since I was a kid I have worn vintage- but not really called it or acknowledged it as "vintage" or a "piece" it was just fun clothing that I would mix up- with the rest of my wardrobe. Looking back a pictures of chef and I in California I was always wearing vintage dresses.
 
I have a shop locally " Sundavia Pearl" here in Columbia Falls.
 
 "Montana Woman"  had a huge fashion show this summer and they featured Sundavia Pearl summer collection - there has been a wonderful response both to the collection and fashion show. So much so that they wrote an article on me here at Station 8 Blog and there will be a 2 page spread in the upcoming issue about my business.
 
..."now were cookin' with peanut oil"
Phil Robertson
 
Needless to say it been amazing, exhausting and absolutely wonderful - here is the interview if you would like to read ....Sundavia Pearl Clothing
 
 
Have great weekend.

9/11/13

Yarn along


 

Near the end of  Clap-Ktus
The pattern freaks me out a bit because I have to unravel rows- which makes me feel uncomfortable- but it works- it gives it that light wispy look. Started another shawl and am working on a sweater- can't seem to be knitting only 1 project at a time. Ever since the kids started school I have been feeling out of sorts a bit and feel that knitting soothes the sting.


Currently  reading
Dyes from the kitchen
...have a few things I want to give a try with natural dye
enjoying the muted tones that natural dyes produce- less intense than the chemical based ones. The book is pretty neat how it divides the dyeing in groups or rather the 4 seasons - so it's convenient to find resources/produce to dye with all year.


So what's on your needles?

Joining Ginny today.


9/9/13

Montana Morning

 







Mimi peaceful
down the stairs
granola & tea
bed making
battle
escape



Wishing you a lovely morning.