Paradise--We have a problem

I love, love living here but there are times that things do not go to well.   Like this week-end when the hill by our house went up in a blaze.

 The roof top is the house across the street.

 We have a great department for handling these fires.

No homes were lost, thanks to the work of the fire crew.  Crews remain doing  clean up but people are allowed to go back to their homes.  It looks at this point it may have been illegal fireworks but then people were also shooting in that area.  

Happy Fouth of July from paradise

I wish you all a Happy and safe 4th of July.  We have rediscovered the joy of hiking in our wonderful paradise, what a beautiful country God has graced us with.

Love

Great place for the kids.

 The roar of the water.

 The falls quiet for a bit, before their next deep fall.

 From the mountains to the desert, all right in my back yard. We can truly say America the beautiful.

Summer reading

Once upon a time, many years ago, I was a student.  As a student, our English teacher  thought when school dismissed for summer, that reading would be a good idea.  To some students she would assign books, others were left up to chose on their own.
That set in motion a life time habit of loving to read especially in the summer.
Summer reading means finding a shady spot and losing yourself for hours in the pages of times gone by.  

I happen to love OLD BOOKS, the older the 
 better. I was thrilled to find this book tucked away with some of our families old treasures.

 An inscription on the inside makes it a bit of a mystery.  Were these family friends? Were they family members?   I know my father was born in Chadron, Nebraska.  The date the book was gifted May 26th 1896.

Look at that price.  I am also looking at the beautiful hand writing.

 The pages are now yellowed and crisp and must be handled with great care.  Oh, How I love reading the pages, as they share so much history.



 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._D._E._N._Southworth
http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2012/01/prolific-mrs-eden-southworth-and-her.html


More about the author

Her home. I am just fascinated by this woman and feel so lucky to have one of her books.  I might need to collect more. 

 

Second Year anniversary

I love a summer sky and could spend hours just
gazing up and watching the different formations.  As the Dr. reminded me at my appointment June 10th, I had met my 2 year date of being diagnosed with cancer.  Today, not a sign of it! So there will be more summer skies.  

 Looking back now, the one thing I think I would have changed would have been to write about what I was going through.  One of the reason is, I lost a year.  The whole year of active treatment is gone, probably God's way of protecting me.  The second reason,     is to better help those going through treatment.  We have a friend that has just been diagnosed with cancer  and I am trying my best to calm her fears.  I think, it would have been better if she could have gone back and read about my treatment.

Today, I met my new primary care Dr. as my oncologist Dr. Smith felt it was time to move a little out of the nest. When you have active cancer they do not like sharing you with anyone.  My new Dr. is Dr. Lynn, who by the way studied under Dr. Smith, so I should be in good hands.  The visit went well, I really like Dr. Lynn a lot.
Since there was really nothing for her to do, since this was a meet and greet visit, she decided to freeze off a wart!  Gave her something to do, which was good.

I hope to share more, and if there are any questions or anything I can help you with please let me know. 

Next project

I spotted this table center piece at the quilt shop.

I spotted this at Hobby Lobby.

And this:

There is more!   A lot more!!   They need to come together. I have a plan!

  

I Know, but it's summer!

I know I should be in the sewing studio.  I have so many things I want to learn, practice, or just plain finish!  

I just can not bring myself to stay in and gaze out the window at the sunshine.  Gazing out the window is something you do in winter while you watch the snow fall.

We do spend a lot of time enjoying our time on the river, so I wanted to share this spot with you.  No boats allowed!  This is call Porters pond and is a bird sanctuary. We love our wild birds.  To enjoy the river's in this area, we also know you have to take care of the wild life.

New Year Resolution

I know you think I am really mixed up and you would be right I am a scatter brain type.  
This New Year Resolution has to do with my taking the time to really learn my embroidery machine.  I have not used it all that much since I got it.
My thought process and remember I am a bit scatter brained--is to commit right here on blog land that I am going to learn this machine!!

My friends that really know how to put their machines through the paces have been so good to me and have helped me so much.  I do think I owe it to them to get with the program and make this machine work for it's keep.

So post one, we will see where I am in embroider land a year from now.