HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL

 

May this New Year

bring you "J O Y! "

{I have chosen 

"J O Y" 

as my word

for this New Year}

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(joyeuse)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

S N O W

glorious

S N O W

M E R R Y 

C H R I S T M A S 

A L L 

hugs, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Festive-euse)

12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING -FINALE

 

Santa Deer is 

waiting in

anticipation

for the finale!!

TAH-DAH!!

↨↨↨

{clickety-click click

to read the poem}

A lovely ornament

to adorn our tree....

And, isn't this a 

heart warming story..

↡↡

Just perfect for 

we two

musicians

at

Christmas!

Thanks for all your

wonderful gifts,

❤

DAWN

❤

You made our

run-up to

Christmas a very 

MERRY

one...

👫

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Tom says:

"Why, it's a

Tower 

of Flower"

😁😂

This is sure a tall one!!

But look at the flower

that bloomed overnight

⇊⇊

Isn't it just

spectacular?

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Tom is busy making

chili for Sunday

Lucky me!

 A guy who loves 

to cook...

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I will be signing off 

for a few days to

hopefully 

recuperate more....

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I wish you all a warm and

wonderful

and safe 

Christmas

From our hearts

to yours

💞💓💖

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Grateful-euse)

ELEVEN PIPERS PIPING, et al

 

Hmmmmm

Just an envelope

this time....

?????

And

VOILA!!

👯

{click to read 

today's poem}

❤

DAWNIE

❤

thank you again!! 

How cute...

A wonderful new

cookie to make...

I love new recipes...

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Amaryllis is 

really emerging

🌱↴↴↴

Looks like it will be

a double bloom....

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I Wish you all

a lot of

↡↡↡↡

This Holiday Season

My holiday projects have all 

had to be put on hold

for now. 

My Grinch this year

is Mr. Sciatica...

👽👹👿

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(on-a- rainy-day-euse)

Still no snow...

☃⛄🌨

TEN LORDS A' LEAPING, et al

 

Leaping???

For What???

↻↻↻

↶↶↶↶

[Click to see today's

little poem]

Oooh I can see why

now...

YUM!!

On a sad note:

❤❤❤❤

Please take a

moment to send

a little prayer out

to DAWN

as her husband Rich

passed away yesterday..

thank you

❤❤❤❤

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Amaryllis progression

It is coming along..

Hoping it will be as

beautiful as the picture

on the box...

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Hugs to all, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

(feeling-sad-euse)

❤❤❤

NINE LADIES DANCING, et al

 

"Dancin' around the 

Christmas tree...

Waiting to see what's

there for me..;)))

It's catchy, 

DAWN

:))

Click away to 

see👀

Love those Christmas socks..!!

[After all that dancin'-- 

we can sure use a little 

pamperin']

;D

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Sax-ey Santa's providing

the dancing music

for us....

🎄🎤🎶🎹

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LIZZY

↡↡↡

Here is a better

picture of the pin cushion...

It is 10" x 7 "

a neat size to have by my side 

when embroidering...

with

little pocket for scissors,,,

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AND...

My socks are almost to 8"

One more inch before the 

gusset

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Amaryllis

has decided to

start opening up

It is supposed to be 

red and white...

we shall see--

soon I hope...

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I am off to get my haircut

this morning...

I haven't driven in

so long...

I've iced my back and ankle

to prepare...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(wont-be-dancin'-euse 

for a while...)

;))))))))

 

 

 

EIGHT MAIDS A' MILKING , et al

 

Oooh--this is a 

BIG ONE!! 

?????

↓↓↓↓

{click to enlarge}

DAWNIE

you really are

a sketch!! 

What a neat pin

and "thangs" pillow

Thank you💝💞💖

Udderly wonderful...

😂😍😏

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This is on my....

👇👇

cocktail table

near my fireplace just

off our kitchen...

I made this with 

 LORI's

Sew Along a few

years back and 

I just love how it

came out. 

 It was  the 

 first time I had done  

"On Point" corners...

Thanks again Lori--great tutorial...

👯📔👯

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Here are a couple of little hassock

covers I made earlier in

the year using 2.5" 

squares...

and

This one↡↡

I used the very last of my 

Jason Yenter Christmas

squares on this --

see--those two suns...

I love that print!!

🌞🌞🌞

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I am writing this while my 

brussel sprouts

are roasting in the oven;

A yummy lunch for

me 😹😻

Hugs to all

on this last Sunday 

before Christmas..

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(resting-euse)

SEVEN SWANS A' SWIMMING, et al

 

Now, what in the world????

hmmmmm

↡↡↡

[Click to read today's poem]

It will give you the 

total "skinny" on

this one ,,

Oh DAWN

how do you think up 

these poems???

😁😵😸😸😸

So funny!!

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I decorated my Christmas

Wreath with smaller 

fused items

yesterday...

Now I don't know how to 

stitch them--as that fusible

may be sticky??

Any ideas....??

(This pattern is from BETH

at youtube: "My Sewing Room"--

I love her tutorials...)

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This is my "Home is Where

the Heart Is" which

for Christmas I re-name

"I'll be home for

Christmas, you can

count on me..." 

(humming that each time I

walk by it...👄💖💖

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Here is another cutie quilt

that 

I would love to try out"

Isn't it just adorable--

with the palm tree blocks

and all?

It would be a great memory

piece commemorating 

our cruises to 

the Caribbean...

💝🚢🚢🚢

This is from 

JENNY

at Romany quilting blogspot

So cute...

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AND...

This whole morning we were

fighting with our clothes

washer that was determined to

OVERFILL

????

Why, I asked naively...

👵

Tom's been putting laundry in

for me and he 

(OOPSEY 👀👀)

loaded bed sheets, jeans 

and sweatshirts

all in one heavy load!!

Ahhh, NOPE!!

 

Needless, to say we have

been unloading sopping

clothes and wringing them out

over our back deck balustrade.

We finally unplugged 

LA MACHINE 

👿

And separated the load 

into 3!!! 

Lesson learned??

(He still says, 

"but 

why not??

 it SHOULD 

be able to handle it!!" )

And so it goes...😂😂😂

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I am not complaining--

as he is

making his spaghetti sauce

and meatballs for our dinner...

that certainly evens it

out for me...

hahaha,,,

I hope this run-up to 

Christmas is

a fun time for you

and that you are not 

getting too stressed out!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(humming-carols-euse)

SIX GEESE A' LAYING, et al

 

What will we have here???

↡↡↡

YUMMY!

A chocolate egg....

Those are some special Geese

😅😊

hahaha

DAWN

sure knows how to 

find all these

specialty 

animals...

😻

{click to enlarge}

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AND....

On my 2022 list...

🙌

Have you seen this

snowflake ??

⛄⛄⛄

What a darling small

quilt pattern... 

I just love it..

👀's like I 

will be:

cutting, cutting

and cutting.

And using up some of 

my mini charm packs...

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We had our "big meal"

early this afternoon as

it is pretty rich and

a bit on the

heavier side than

our normal meals.

Tom and I made a 

Chicken Pot Pie.

We had it over plain 

boiled potatoes...

Oh my!!!

 this was

so good;

such a treat. 

😍😋😊 

We have 1/2 left 

for Sunday and

I made extra potatoes

so Sunday will be 

a "no-cook"

day...

Hugs to all, 

[stay safe, 

wash your hands

frequently.]

😷😷😷

Julierose,

La Blageuse

[having-chocolate-for-dessert-euse]

FIVE GOLD RINGS, et al

 

"Christmas Bells

Are Ringing...."

😇

{Click to see 

Dawn's

little poem of the day...}

🎁📬📯

🔔🔔🔔

So cute...

I love mug rugs!!

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FYI:

those of you knitters out 

there, here is my progress

from this:

↨↨↨

TO THIS

↴↴↴↴↴

Not too bad for just a 

few rows here 

and there, huh?

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I lit our little family

N O E L 

ceramics last evening...

This was my Grand-mere's

and passed onto my Mom

and then to me...

It is on our bookcase just

 off the 

kitchen...

I usually have it on our mantle, 

but this year as we moved the

bookcase where our huge desk

used to sit, I thought we'd 

enjoy seeing the bookcase 

 dressed up

for

the Holidays...

⛄⛄⛄

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Tonight will be grinder night

for lunch and supper in one!!

We get Genoa salami

with lettuce, tomato and

provolone cheese 

(oil not mayo).

Y U M M Y!!

Reminds me that:

My Tante Beth (pronounced

(Bet in Canadian French)

owned and worked

in a grinder shop 

while I was a little girl;

I would just love to go in and 

"H E L P" (hahaha)

wrap up the grinders

for customers...

We all spoke French--

even a lot of the customers...

French was my first

language....

AND

sometimes I still dream 

en

Francais...

😪🌇🌌🌛

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I hope you are all well and enjoying 

these days before Christmas or

any Holiday you celebrate...

Hugs,

JULIEROSE,

La Blageuse

(Humming-Christmas-carols-euse)