DAYS OF MY LIFE.....

 

I have set up my new Journal for 2024

Above is the cover holding

my 2024 Hobonichi Techo Weeks

life book

below:

My color for the New Year is

lavender....

My Monthly at-a-glance calendar 

is all set up for appointments, etc.

And below, my weekly/daily 

at-a-glance 

is ready to go also...

It has my meals (L) for each day and 

on the little right square a daily reminder for

my allergy pill and my daily eye drops...

On the 2nd page (R) is just a daily few lines

for things I want to remember...

AND

I also put the time I get up, temp,

and weather on the gray-colored line...

[that little diamond encrusted wing is

left over from an older broken 

charm bracelet-- as is the

little beach sandal...]

Here, below are my actual diary

pages, watercolored and 

"stickerized" :

(this should be a word hahaha!!)

Sections are dated, the moon phase 

is hand-drawn and

colored-in 

for each daily entry...

My spine danglers are

a poodle (blue)

for my little growing up doggie

"Jou-Jou"

and a mother-of-pearl heart with a 

butterfly that a close friend

gifted me...

I visit my Journal 1st thing

each morning....;))))

anchoring my day....

then,,,,,,

I usually do my crossword and

check blogland for

comments and posts...

 

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As this old year closes and

the "Janus" doorway opens to

2024, I want to thank all

my followers and readers

for the lovely comments and 

 support and encouragement

for all of my projects..

I truly appreciate you all--

:))))))))))))))

💓💙💚💛💜💝

Many many hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

{see-you-all-in-2024-euse}

P.S.  Do any of you remember that

soap opera--

"Days of Our Lives"???

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

TO YOU ALL...

A Christmas Remembrance....

{A gift from a wonderful friend who 

has since gone on before me...}

"Je me souviens,,, Pat"

🙏

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I will be back after the holidays....

:)))))))

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

"HAVE YOURSELF A SCRAPPY LITTLE CHRISTMAS..."

 

Here is my scrappy little

table mat...

It just needs borders and

quilting...

AND...

I will be adding one more row

of "Golden" Ojos to the right

centering the white ones...

I STILL seem to have more scraps and

cut-offs left in my two baggies...

It's a Christmas miracle how

they multiply ;)))))

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My Raspberry cactus has decided to

give me a couple more blooms after

dropping most of its buds

on its way home...

You can almost see through the petals....

One little piece broke off, so

I've put it in water to develop more

roots and then I will pot it in

soil.....

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We see a lot of these folks in the late

afternoons...

Resting under our little lit tree...

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I hope these days leading up to

Christmas are fun for you....

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(humming-carols-euse)

CRUMB BLOCKS, et al--Sewing on a Stormy Monday

 

After making the Christmas Ojos for a while,

I wanted to use up the crumbs and cut-offs

from those...

The "crumb" works are on the right above

Below are some closer up pix↧↧↧↧

And these

Will I just set them all together, or make them

into separate blocks with a sashing...????

Stay tuned,,,,,

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I am now making some more Ojos with golden centers...

They take quite a while to put together...

in groups of 4...

on telephone paper 4" squares...

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We seem to be in a lull at noon here

from the storms that hit us.

We had a "white knuckle"

drive over the CT River Bridge 

this morning to my 

Clinic appointment.

Looking outside now it seems impossible

that the storms have totally cleared up

and the sun is shining brightly...

P H E W 

glad that's over with...

I am not a fan of driving on bridges to

begin with, so i was really happy

that Tom drove us..

👫

This afternoon is for resting up

with a leftover meatloaf for

dinnertime...

so no cooking today...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(can-you-believe-only-7

days-til-Christmas-euse?)

ROW-A-DAY CROCHET. et al

 

I am crocheting away on my afghan

each early morning.  

One row

[--and sometimes 2--]

is just the right amount

 to allow me to

crochet without my 

hands hurting...

I use this as a slow way to

ease into most days...

It seems to ground me...

The slow repetitive motions

are soothing...

Today I changed colors and

added this amazing

pink that looks like my 

raspberry cactus 

which is ready to bloom

↧↧↧

Another pretty color from 

"Miss Babs" yarn online that

I had gotten years ago...

👀👀👀

My Raspberry cactus sits 

in between

the peach and white...

It originally came with buds already

blooming, but then abruptly stopped when 

I moved it to this new location--

but now, it seems happy to be

with its friends :))) 

Maybe I will have 3 blooming

at the same time...

What a treat on these

cold, gray days...

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The good family news is that Tom is

feeling much better; and we 

think/hope that this has

cleared up on its own; and

was most likely just a partial

obstruction; his plan to stop

food intake and walk a lot

[this is what his hospital stays

included]

seems to have worked...

P H E W !!!

AND

Jeff, is feeling better after testing

positive for Covid last

Thursday...😓

He got really

sick--bed sick--

as he called it...

but  he is now slowly 

feeling better.

Just totally exhausted...

and still symptomatic...

We shall see what this means

for our Christmas gathering....

Stay safe out there, guys;

latest booster + flu shots

to keep healthy during this

run up to the Holidays

It's still out there!!!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(crocheting-euse)

BRAMBLE and CACTUS

 

My central panel for Audrey's QAL is

finally all hand stitched down...

I decided to use a simple little running

stitch along the flowers' raw edges

I used the same color purple thread for all

the little circles...

thinking of

crocus colors...

This will go up on my design wall and 

wait for the next prompt...

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Here is my new white Cactus...

in bloom ...

It just looks so 

Festive for

this time of

year....

with that bit of 

red/mauve peeking out

;)))))

And my

Peach cactus continues to

 bloom profusely...

:)))))

These blossoms look like silk...

don't they??

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We are having a quiet, restful day;

Tom had a bit of a scare this

morning thinking that he was 

having another obstruction event;

but so far, so good---it

seems to be going away

on its own...

✌

Fingers crossed that it will...and

that another ambulance/hospital

event won't happen...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(resting-euse)

CHRISTMAS OJOS, et al

 

Working on my Christmas Ojos piece

this afternoon; I noticed

that I am really running low

on my stash of 

Reds and Greens..

THEN....

the mail arrived

 and I

received

this lovely huge package

of these

↧↧↧↧

I won Sally's

 [click to visit her blog]

December giveaway

and all this yumminess !!

;))))))

A huge bundle of cut offs and 

strips all ironed and neatly

folded...

All reds and greens...

Thank you so much Sally..

💓

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My Peach Cactus is all bedecked with

a ga-zillion blooms

And more to come...

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I took out my "Christmas Puppies"

lap quilt today 

Christmas Coins setting...with

white bar separators...

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I will be continuing to work 

on my Christmas Ojos project 

a little each day...now that

I have a lovely variety of

reds and greens....

All that is left to put out is my little

collection of bottle-brush trees...

I have to decide where to 

display them this year...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(Ojos-ing-euse)

MINI GARDEN, et al

 

Just this morning, on our quick grocery

run, I found this lovely white 

Christmas cactus...

Now we are three....

A little Mini Garden...;)))

I am so excited to have plant windows

in our newly set-up, side tv room...

The peach one has begun to bloom

prompting me to believe it

likes its new home;)))

It is actually a darker peach than this--

the bright Northern light has 

washed out

the pix....

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Here is what my red, green and white

scrap bags have yielded:

A few Christmas Ojos with either white or

[just a few] gold centers...

they need to be paper stripped and

then sewn together.

I was hoping to find more of that

gold--but only 

"just" had enough to make 

four little blocks..

so I took one of the

 blocks with white centers 

and put it in the center..

This little left strip will be the center of 

my countertop table runner to match last

year's red dotty placemats...

This looks on the orange

side, but it is redder than this

;(((((

I hope to add to the white centered

ones if i can dig out more red and green

hiding in other unsorted scrap bags...

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Here is a little nighttime shot of our little tree

in our side tv room...

It just looks so magical to me...

After Christmas, this table

will become another mini garden with

African Violets and perhaps

a nice begonia...

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Here is a long shot of our

living room during our 4 o'clock

cocktail hour last evening...

Our Christmas wreath is now up

by my piano....

Our living room tree  is below

Every evening  around 4 pm we sit on

either side of this picture window which looks

out upon our back woods, have a cocktail and

watch for deer meandering through....

And here is a little vignette on one

of my kitchen corner shelves

The two Willow Tree statuettes 

which  were gifts from friends

 when Tom retired 20 years ago now!!

AND.....

Where has the time flown????

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And so I  leave you with this little

picture of our house at 

Christmas.

Very minimally decorated, 

but truly enjoyed...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sipping-away-euse)

DECEMBER BEACH WALK, et al

 

Looking out from beneath the railroad tunnel onto our beach....

Brilliant sunshine blinds me, but my little phone camera

captures the view beautifully anyway....

serendipity...;))))

Storms have washed a lot of seaweed up on the

shoreline in long curved swathes...

In the distance you can just make out

geese swimming while honking loudly.

We haven't been down here all Summer long; 

in fact it's been way too long....

This walk in requires that my back is 

in good shape; a friend tells me that just

beside the tunnel is a bench for

sitting; and so, I am able to make

the trek....

I walk the shore once with Tom and then sit

gazing out to sea and smelling that wonderful

salty air while he does his three tours....

The bright sunshine keeps me warm....

There is just something about the ocean

that is so calming....

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I hung up my JOY banner in

our little entrance hallway

yesterday....

I had such fun putting this together...

I used up most of my mini charms

on it...my morning walk has given

me 

JOY...

My Grand-mere crocheted the lace

across the  top and 

I collected the 

driftwood and shells...

The reverse fabric is an old fashioned winter

scene that reminds us of old 

Currier and Ives prints.  

I will turn it over for the days after

Christmas until the first 

daffodils emerge in the Spring..

I hope JOY has visited you today...

Hugs, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(enjoying-the-day-euse)