Nancy's Arts & Crafts

Note: Spiders are not attractive to potential house buyers.  Don't get caught with them in the tub.  Here is one I found this morning, t...

Llamas from Whitewater, 17 of them, are owned by Kathy and Glen Stanko.  Kathy and Glen were kind to bring two of them to visit the manor ye...

Tuesday was the Tea Party for four manor residents. Gene went to the grocery store for most of the party fare and bought cookie...

One of my favorite sermons concerning Mother's Day was delivered several years ago by a Lutheran pastor.  She spoke a few words in a hea...

While reading Jean today , she reminded me of a conundrum that I experienced last weekend: the sewing machine electrical cord and foot pedal...

Best new recipe tried this week: Lemon Ice Box Cake   by 12Tomatoes to be served at RCIA tonight source  Finished Projects : A Line...

Looking back over this blog, I realize this online journal is now mostly about daughter Juliet, not "Arts and Crafts".  And it has...

Yesterday, I said I would be knitting.  And yes, I did just that.   Almost finished with the Promenade Shawl . And the (3rd, c...

On Saturday, it was such a privilege to meet PomPom , whom I have followed on her blog for at least five years.  We have participated in Chr...

And now it is Monday, the last day of February.  Turtle with its broken shell is a get well card from Kathy to Julie, who remains in t...

For a month Ollie has been away.  Then this morning an owl appeared in the house, spotted around 8:15 am.  I had checked at dawn, but the ow...

For ease of reference, so I can easily locate them and cook from iPad instead of printing them out: From Deliciously Ella Chickpea, ...

Our weekly RCIA Meeting on Tuesday night with Fr. Isaac and others, learning about the dignity of life in its many forms. Official Vatican N...

It just occurred to me that I have not yet shown knitting progress on a kit I purchased soon after Julie and I returned to Colorado in May. ...

An internet Scrabble friend whom I have virtually known for about seven years but have never met personally, sent me this: An amazing...

Beauty observed from neighbor Woods' fence... and a Woods' iris to boot. Also, courtesy of Mr. Woods, a cedar nursery bo...