HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 

Here's wishing all of you,

my wonderful blogging friends, 

a 

Very 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

💝💛💝

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(celebrating-euse)

CAN I SAVE IT?, et al--{a catch up post}

 

I totally forgot (👽) that I had stored my

last Christmas' Amaryllis in my

dark front hall closet over the Summer....

👀👹💀👀

While scrolling through my photos, which

I transferred onto my new phone. 

(Tom and I got each other new

phones for Christmas this year)

I saw this picture:

Y I K E S ~~

I even forgot to water it.....👹

Will it come back to life for me

this year????

Stay tuned--

And....is this even the same

plant????

Because  I have had various 

amaryllises through the 

years....?????

[this picture is dated 2018]

Had I kept it this long???

S  I  G  H...

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And.....

A few of you asked to see pictures of

where we walk by  the CT River --

Here is the view from the parking lot:

Such a lovely spot....can you make out

the benches provided for seating??

[the bridge on the right is I-95 passing

over the river.....]

(click)

&

Here is the start of our stroll:

Right by the riverside....

Looking ahead we can see the old (1907)

railroad bridge which they are in the 

process of replacing:

Next we walk by the CT DEEP installation

on our right...

That day we saw our Coast guard boat

sailing by....;))))

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Tom was very excited to see it this close up...

Here you can see the State's 

informational sign,,,,

detailing all the wildlife in this

protected spot....

[and the ecological barrier the

construction people have 

erected behind it].

And now....

the bridge is opening to let

boats through to the open waters

of Long Island Sound and beyond...

[you can just about make out a couple

of workers standing right there]

(click)

and we say "farewell" to the 

Coastguard as it sails under

the opened bridge....

while those workers watch....

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We continue our stroll here on our

way under the bridge....

the boardwalk

continues way out to a bird watching

platform here.....it was way

too windy to venture all the way

out that day...

It is a lovely spot ==

the sunlight on the marsh

grasses is always a lovely site

💚💚💚💚

We don't know

how long this area will remain open while 

they are working on the building of a 

totally new RR bridge and 

walking area...

.But 

they are slated to finish by 2031.

So who knows when this area will become

closed to the public....????

Maybe this January????

sooooo,

We are walking there as much as 

possible --weather permitting...

The area is about 10 minutes 

down the road from us--so very

convenient...

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Here are my cacti for those of you

who asked to see them 

in situ:

They sit in our north facing window in 

our tv room.....

Above is the latest one I purchased

 that has

already lost a couple of 

bi-color peach/rose

blooms....

My little pot cherub is waiting 

patiently for this one to 

set bud.....

And in the corner sits my

"old faithful"

spider plant ....

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Yesterday I sewed 4 little 

blue & white 9-patch

blocks and set up 

4 more....

Using up some mini charms 

Ready to be sewn.....
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I hope you are having  wonderful 

pre-holiday weekend...

We are pretty much prepared 

for the T-day crowd except

for a bit of last minute

shopping this coming Monday....

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(puttering-around-euse)

FINISHES, ET AL

 

My "Flowery Snowballs" is finally bound!

and....

Here is the reverse fabric

I really just love the funny jumping froggies;))))

[click to enlarge]

And below is my 1st trial run on this pattern--

a smaller, square SNOWBALL piece.

The snowballs are plain here.

This will fit my cocktail table 

perfectly!! It sits right

in front of our fireplace ;)))

And the reverse:

I've had this fabric forever...I love paisley

fabrics....

This one has a lovely, muted pattern...

I was able to use up a whole lot of 

scrappy, little

squares in these two pieces.  

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I have to tell you that----

I really had to push myself to 

finish these up for some 

unknown reason...

Not much "get up and go" lately..

.

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I have been doing some work in my

Junque Journal...

Here are the next couple pages

all prepped for journaling...

I made the  little white ruffle 

for the smaller page

from my white scrappy bag

of leftover fabrics....

The little pink card 

near my little angel 

is a flip out 

for journaling

on the back..

And

Here are the next two pages 

I made a little "flowering chapeau" for the

girl on the right...

and there are a lot of journaling cards

in the pockets on both pages...

these will most likely get a few more

embellishments--some

fun, sparkley stuff;)))

and.....

I have added tabs to all the pages...

I should have enough pages 

until mid-December

when I will switch out to my next 

volume....

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I just thought I would "drop in" 

today as I did have 

those two little

finishes for you...;))

I have been a bit blue lately...

💙💙💙💙💧💧💧💧

I will be back after the

Thanksgiving Holiday

[everyone is coming here this year

lots and lots and lots of prep work

going on ....haven't done this in

a very long time...I even had to

order some more serving

dishes....S I G H ]

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(resting-still-euse)