TAH--DAH, et al

 

All Done 

👌👋😊

I'm letting it sit out there for a few days...

before I begin the next one that 

I received for Christmas..

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On the Amaryllis front:

My new one has

still not opened up:

It's been on the verge for a good

week now...

Waiting, waiting...

and

The rescued one is growing

but.....

see for yourself...

↓↓↓↓↓

V E R Y  S L O W L Y 

It looks like it's a

huge effort--

and perhaps it is....

;(((((

Meanwhile my Cacti have 

begun to bloom:

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A Lovely pink lined one

and

 

this pure white with a hint of pink inside and at the tip...

and

what looks like it may be peach with hints of pink, too...

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Keeping myself busy, I put down the base layers

for two more pages in my Junque Journal;

went food shopping, and made a new-to-me

stove top recipe for beef and noodles,

[I will report on how we liked it or not],

and pinned my now complete 9-patch

to its backing cloth...

I hope to be able to invisible baste it

to its backing tomorrow...

I hope you are all doing okay

these difficult days...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(sometimes-we-just-need-quiet-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....

↧↧↧↧

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)

MONDAY (B)RAMBLE, et al

 

So far, on Audrey's  Bramble QAL,

I have slow stitched 

the basket with a buttonhole stitch

and

whip stitched the stems with brown...

[Ignore the bottom fabric it is the

pillow upon which I am sewing]

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This morning's travels led me

to Big Y where I found this

beauty:

A Christmas Cactus in full bud mode...

;))))

I love the cute little reindeer attached...

It appears that the flowers are tinged

with a peach-ey color--but

we shall wait and see when they flower.....

Now I own two cacti:

This one is a raspberry color when

it first blooms and then

fades to a light, rosy pink...

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Yesterday we totally re-configured our

side tv room--or rather Tom did most

of it!! I now have three windows for

plants that I  can use...

Before, our recliner and our big screen

tv were blocking most of our windows...

Once Christmas is over, I will go

hunting for a nice Begonia and

A tall corner low light plant

for these spots and perhaps

an African Violet, too...

[Sorry for the dark photo, but my phone 

camera doesn't fix the lighting any better]

The little tabletop Christmas

tree will (hopefully) be 

replaced by a nice begonia...

These windows face the North, and 

on the right, the East in the corner...

I sit right along that righthand corner

with that lovely view 

of the wooded area 

in our backyard...

We are both recuperating 

from this move and

re-settlement of our room...

UFFF-DAH!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse)

PIN IN PLACE

 

GG's dolly quilts are now

layered up and

ready to pin.

AND

JACK 

has binding sewn on front and

pinned over to the back..

And

is ready to be 

sewn down...

I will be using black thread

and 

doing a zig zag machine finish...

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On my journaling front

here are a few prepped pages...

I call this one my 

"Faux-bo-Hobo"

as I am using an old 

Hobonichi Weeks

and ignoring the

planner page set up.

I glue in images, stickers

and 

watercolor these pages.

And..

Here are two Junk Journals

I've begun putting together:

they include fabrics sewn 

on papers

and random pages to be

bound in ....

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Finally,

I managed, with Tom's help to

lift and pour the big bag of soil

for me,

to finally finally

re-pot my two

Christmas Cacti...

My Mom made this mosaic tray and

the woven Christmas cloth

is one we bought on our

trip to Germany in 

1989.

(Omgosh-31 years ago now!!;000)

I will be turning this cloth over in

December as it reverses

to deep red with white figures...

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So far today, it is partly sunny

but very chilly only 49 degrees (F)

at 11 a.m.

The rest of my day will be

R E S T I N G ...

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

Pinning-euse

(It's as important as ever to wear your masks, my friends)

CHRISTMAS CACTI, et al

                                               My pink Christmas cactus is ready to burst.....

AND
My older white one....

                                        Not so much....hope the buds fulfill their blooms....

And my NEW White Amaryllis--is forging ahead...

                              I am hoping it will send up its stalk soon...

Looks like:                    THREE SURPRISE SHOOTS ON THIS ONE......

                                               CHRISTMAS ANGEL WATCHING OVER US

and: Jolly Old Saint Nicholas...

                       "We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas,
                                     We wish you a Merry Christmas and....

                                                          A Happy New Year..."

                           Hubby surprised me with this little blue spruce all lit up...;💕💕

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse...(getting in the "SPIRIT"-euse)

BLUE MOON REVISITED

I was able to do a bit of machine sewing today--just 1/2 hour...

I took out this old series from a long time ago and made two more blocks...

Little Fairy Princess and.........................................

                                           BLUE MOON herself....

I think that my mood has been very blue and down as I am not able to do any handwork...just a bit cranky, ya think???
BUT..................these blocks 
really spoke to how I've been feeling......they are on the darker side...
but as I sewed  them together, i felt that they made me feel better....

Do you quilt your emotions?  I guess I do...
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On a brighter note my Cactus has gone overboard
 blooming amazingly....

How gorgeous is that color...I love my Christmas cacti even though they bloom 
early....

Beautiful striations of pinks to cream....with my little gnome peeking out 
 in the background...
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I am going to wait until after Turkey Day to try a bit of hand work....want to really be rested....

Hugs, 
Julierose, La blageuse, cranky-euse! ;(((