AMARYLLIS ,et al

 

Yesterday, Amaryllis began to open up...

It looks like

 a striped pink one!!!....

💗;))))💗

(sorry for the dark photo--a very

gray day out there).

AND

this morning early....

She is opening more by the minute...

And....

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Now....

you can see the striated petals

Definitely worth waiting for...

So lovely against last night's 

snowfall...

Here is the early morning view from our

back deck--

You can just make out the last

of the snow clouds and the 

sun rising in the far misty morning...

A Winter Wonderland--

All so quiet and

so hushed.....

And now with the sun having 

come out...

the tops of the trees look

gilded..

.

I love the Winter landscape after

snowfall....

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My friend Lizzy

encouraged me to take 

my Bramble Blooms 1

out and revisit it...

she liked my pot of 

little 

crocuses....😇

{I was unhappy as to 

how it came out before--

somehow I felt I had 

failed with this one}

It is resting on my dining room table

right now for a 2nd looksee....

I don't think I will abandon it

after all...

It measures 28" x 28"...

and

I have decided to finish it; as

it was 2024's big project

along with Audrey

for her SAL....

As my first ever effort 

making a 

medallion piece

it contains a lot of my 

favorite fabrics and those 

little yellow roses that

I made long ago...

Soooo,

I am now thinking 

it's worth finishing...

But.....

So so out of my wheelhouse...

😔

Thanks so much, Lizzy,

 for your kind words

 of encouragement.

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(watching-snow-showering-

off-our-trees-euse)

JOY TIMES TWO, et al

 

I started my 2nd Joy Banner

stoday...

I found that  bare trees fabric

from an old Ghastlie line

in my deep stash...

[click above to see the pretty 

snowflake batik

come to life]

:)))

And I set up

↓↓↓

" O "

 

{"O Tannenbaum" was

running through my

head while I set

this up}

I have this set up on an old plastic

serving tray with an orange pattern

so it looks a bit strange...

but it is more in the mint green

 turquoise color range...

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This morning, 

my 👴Sweet Baboo 👴 took

me for a ride to get out....;)))

BUT

unfortunately we spent 35 minutes in

a traffic jam because of road work

AND 

👿👹

because of 

those people who wouldn't pull 

over and wait--they had to

push their way ahead of

us all to the very end of the closed

lane--so

ANNOYING!! 

(comments deleted!!)

But a bonus was that 

our trees were in their

glorious Fall clothing

and just beautiful...

I felt my spirits rise

just looking at them...👵

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I got this lovely 

Amaryllis kit--

so tomorrow I will

get this planted...

How pretty is this one...

💖💖💖

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And.....

⇩⇩⇩

Here is my new setup

for printed cross stitching 

with clamp-on 

MAGNIFIER:

👀👀👀

So very much easier to see...

for this ancient one's eyes..

I am making slow progress on 

this piece....

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I want to 

thank you all 

for sending me good 

wishes

 for my recovery:

In that vein I

will report---

that

Today I was able to 

walk the grocery aisles

holding the cart without

pain--;))))

The only problem was

standing and waiting in line...

ooof-dah

that part still hurt!! 

But I think I am finally beginning 

to see improvement...

perhaps turning the 

corner...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Joy-euse)

STONE SOUP ET AL

                       Here's my mailing from DAWN................
                              she MADE a block for me...thanks Dawn...
                                     and I love the old buttons...
and..................... the second squishy package came too: 
                                             
                                             from SHARON 

(Uhhh i thought one or two "little" pieces there gal lol--)

                                 Just gaze at this wealth of PURPLES!!
                                         thank you for your generous
                                            ingredients, Sharon...

Well, my "soup" HAS BEGUN simmering....looking for a new recipe....
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   And.................... these blocks just are looking "B L A H" to me...
Well, perhaps they are reflecting my state of mind right now--
                         Y I K E S !! Not good, huh???

I mean.............................They are so spare-looking..
perhaps like  our outside view this Winter....????

Indecisiveness abounds.... 😮

But I am trudging onward...
perhaps a  serendipitous block will be the spark I need to continue...

(This is a labor-intensive block with all those "flippin" (haha) corners)

BUT...being resolute....
(altho' I didn't make any New Year's ones lol)

I will not abandon these until the pieces I've already cut ahead 
are all used up ...
THEN I will re-assess...after all.......

my drawer of deep-sixed projects is overflowing already....

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Here is a cheery look at my ever-flowering amaryllis beauties....

        I just am amazed at how prolific a bloomer this one is...but she needs
to be supported with her long stem......
and.................a little digression here...... 
Speaking of long stems--hahaha, I had my mid-back length hair cut
off on Thursday...to this:

and so far, even after two nights' sleeping on it, 
I still like it...now
to do it myself...hah  aye, matey: 
                                                 "...there's the rub" ....

And here is Red Surprise close to breaking into bloom:

I love the subtle variation of the reds, oranges--
even shades or tints of purple, yellows white and greens...
all fading in and out of each other...even some maroon-ey hues...

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I am finally coming out of "migraine-city"--
where I have been residing on and off
all week long...

my eyes are still adjusting to the light...

Maybe tonight I can sleep through....hopefully....

Enough of my moan/groan/venting here.....

                                         "I vant to be alone"
                                           in ze darkness.....

hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (undecisive-euse)

AMARYLLIS' ADVENTURE

these are





short stemmed...

New to me....

Just beautiful...............................................💓









and my White one is coming along slowly...now has two shoots....

Here is Dawn's lovely ornament watching its progress..;))))

                               Isn't she adorable--thank you DAWN
                                          (click click to see all the others
                                                    she made this year.....

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Off to try to trim so i can then sew
 Crosses----
(they make me cross, as none of the center crosses seem
long enough...aaargh)...

And so it goes--Hugs Julierose, La Blageuse (cross-euse)!!

A-BLOOMING CELEBRATION

                        HERE IS THE SURPRISE AMARYLLIS BURSTING INTO BLOOM.....

                                and it looks like there will be a lot more to come;)))

                              AND MY NEWER ONE HAS DECIDED TO EMERGE....
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                             Here is my shocking pink, florescent  Christmas cactus...

                                                                Isn't it just lovely?

                                                         I guess it's happy here.......
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We had a lovely day on Christmas Eve at our son's home....
full of hugs, love, and laughter...
We are so blessed.....💕

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And look who's waiting for Santa....all ready for a good night sleep....

                                    My grandgirls:      Willa (L) and Fiona (R)....
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Thom and I  had a quiet, simple, restful Day yesterday --

I made brisket and potatoes and green beans Almondine...
with some chocs for dessert ---compliments of DAWN  (gobble, gobble)
;))) thank you Dawn and I love the pretty tin.

& now I will HAVE to eat up
all the chocs PDQ huh?

so I can use that pretty tin
to store my quilt pieces in..

                                               ????RIGHT????LOL;)))

[I am cutting pieces for LORI'S "Swiss Quilt" tutorial Christmas gift to all of us...
thanks so much Lori..such an adorable mini quilt...]

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas..

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (starting to think of 2019-euse)