Miscellaneous pictures

I don't have anything really interesting to post today, so here are some pictures I may not have shared yet.


Allie and Kody sleeping on the couch

I posted a picture of the new chair a while back and didn't realize how bad that corner looked, so this is after I cleaned it up and it's now my display area. The basket is full of biscornu and the vase has beaded flowers in it.


A close up of the window to the kitchen. The top right says "Life is precious, make it count."

A close up of Kody clowning for the camera

Jasper was over a few nights ago and I tried to capture a picture of how his hair was standing up all over. He is just so cute and getting so big! He will be 2 in June.

That's all for now!

Eskie smiles,

Floods, rainbows, birthdays, and a finish

Hello! I live in Central Indiana and we've had storm after storm after storm the last week or more. Today, very early, we received between 3-5 inches of rain and here are the results. All pictures are clickable.

This is normally a dry area near a lake and the water was over the road at one point, I think. There were evacuations by boat at a condo/housing addition right on the other side of this. That addition has a lake in the middle of it and a creek behind it (that was spilling into this lake)


This is approaching that lake. There is a walk path somewhere along here.

This is the "creek" that spilled into the previous lake. Normally, the first set of legs under the bridge you can walk to and not get wet.

This is one of the retention ponds in my apartment complex. Normally you can see a wide row of large white rocks.

Here's a double rainbow after a storm last week.

And that's it for the storm/flood pictures!

My youngest grandson, Jasper, turns 1 on the 24th and we had a party for him this last Saturday.

The birthday boy eating cake.

My oldest grandson, Jack, with a "faux" mohawk. Isn't that a gorgeous smile of his? The other boy is a friend but for the life of me, I can't remember his name!

Jasper's cake. It was yummy!

And my "finish". I posted about finishing the stitching last week, and I finally got it made into a scissor fob. I really like the way it turned out.


I thought I had another stitching finish, but I can't think of what it was. Oh well, maybe by this weekend, I'll have a finish to share!

It was also both of my daughters-in-laws' birthdays this month (Anna and Robyn) but I didn't get any pictures of them. They enjoyed the Bath and Body Works gift cards I got them.

Let's hope we have no more rain. There is a dam/levee upstream from us that is "leaking" and if we get more heavy rain, it may just give out completely. Yikes!

I hope you all have a great, dry week!

Eskie smiles,

Mother's Day, a finish, and a great buy!

Hello! I haven't had anything to post for a while, but today, I have quite a bit! I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day! I sure did! My mom gave me this necklace.


It's a Swarovski topaz (my birthstone) crystal on a gold chain. I love it!

A friend of mine stopped by last Wednesday on her way from Colorado to Maryland to see her son. She is an awesome needlewoman and this is what she made me!

Isn't it gorgeous!? It's tatted and I still need to press it, but I just love it! Her work is SO beautiful! Thank you, Betsy!

And my finish is Cantata by Whispered by the Wind. I used WDW and it's stitched 1 over 2 on New Castle (40 ct.) linen. I love the way it turned out! Now to figure out how I'm going to "finish" it.

This is Jasper sitting in his little seat last week being cute!

And our local Deals store (owned by Dollar Tree) is closing soon and I bought what they had left of these tubes of hand lotion. There are about 25 in this basket and I've got 8 or so in other locations - my purse, my desk at work, my stitching bag, etc.

I love this lotion! Wally World used to carry the larger tubes, but quit carrying it. I can only get it in the tubs there. These tubes are the perfect size for purse, stitching bags, desk. etc. I think this should last me a while!

I may have another finish in a few days. I've started a scissors fob from an older issue of JCS and it shouldn't take long to do.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Eskie smiles,

PS - I've turned comment moderation on after receiving a few questionable comments. Sorry!

Easter Sunday

Hello! I hope everyone had a great Easter! I did! No stitching or beading to show this week, but here are some pictures from today.

Connor - cake face!

Jasper trying to get out of his car seat - the little stinker!

Jack drinking some juice.

And the whole crew - well, are that were here today. L-R Anna holding Jasper, Sean holding Connor, and Tom holding Jack. Jack and Jasper are Tom's sons and Connor is Sean and Anna's son. Handsome bunch, aren't they? Gabriel (step-grandson) was at his dad's this weekend and Robyn (Tom's SO) was at work. Andrea (Jack's mom) was there, but I didn't get a picture before she left.

That's it for this week. This time next week, I will be returning from a retreat (YAY!) that I leave on Thursday for. It's with the Hoosier Stitchers and I CAN"T WAIT!!!!!

Have a great week!

Eskie smiles,

Merry Christmas!

I know, it's a little late, but I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We sure did here! Here are a few pictures.


My new crock pot!

A stand mixer I've been wanting for years!

My great-nephews Braden, Christian, and my great-niece, Ariana.

My Christmas tree with almost all handmade ornaments.


Gabe and Allie, Tom and Jasper. I love this picture of Gabe and Allie!


I call this one Motley Crew! LOL!! L-R Connor, Sean, Anna, Tom, Robyn and Gabe. Jasper is sitting on Tom's lap. It's rare that I get all of them here at once so I grabbed a picture when I could. This was taken Chrismas Eve.

I don't have any stitching pictures to show, but I did start LHNs Winter Wonderland to go on a project keep. I'm almost done, so will take a picture when it's finished.


It's not a very good picture, but I think these were my favorite gifts this year. On the left is a locket that belonged to my grandmother and inside are pictures of her and my grandfather when they were very young. My mom gave me this and I cried! On the right is a perfume bottle attached to a pin. My grandparents brought this back to me when I was a girl in the 70's from Bulgaria (where my grandfather was from). I never noticed until mom gave it to me this year, but the rose is petit point on silk gauze! What a treasure!

It's snowing here today and we are under a winter weather advisory, so I doubt I will be venturing out.

We are supposed to get 1-3" and blowing and drifting. I know it's not much compared to what some have had this year, but it's enough!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!!

Halloween, retreat, stash, finishes!

I know I'm not very original with titles, but oh well! I've been so busy since I got home from retreat last Sunday! We had a WONDERFUL time! It was so great to see all of my stitching friends and what everyone is working on. We had lots of finishes, lots of show and tell, good food, and stitching, of course! Here is a picture or two from the drive down (about 1.5 hour drive).










It was a nice drive. No sunshine, but it wasn't raining either. There were 25 people total, I think. We had a few people just come in for the day on Saturday and a couple that had to cancel, one with an injured back. I hope she's better now!
There is a shop on the way down that I stopped at in Bloomington, IN, called Fancy Works. Liz and Diana are the owners and it's a great shop! IF you ever get to the area, please stop in and see them! Tell them I sent you!
I bought a few things, of which I only have 1 picture right now. A pair of scissors.

They are called Tudor Rose by Kelmscott Designs (I think that's the name!) They are very nice and I'm working on a special scissors fob for them. I bought a few other things, but have to wait until tomorrow to get pictures.

We had a fabric and floss dying class and it was fun! Here are a couple pictures of the results of that.












And I finished a large piece while at retreat - Ellen Maurer-Stroh's Rose Sampler. This was a free SAL for 2008, which I didn't get started until May or June, I think it was. I'm pleased with the results.



I took a close up picture, but it didn't turn out very well. I'll try again tomorrow when I take stash pictures.




I also finished Woodland Sampling by Little House Needleworks, but that wasn't until after I'd been home a couple days.










I got to see 3 of my little "ghouls" this evening. Here are a couple pictures of them and my great-nieces. Aren't they cute?

























Well, this post has been long enough. I will post again some time tomorrow with some more stash pictures and I may have the scissors fob done, too.

That's all for now!

New toy and more bling!

Well, here is my newest 'toy'. What do you think?












Not the best picture, but you get the general idea. It's a 2004 Chevy Impala, tinted windows, rain guards, all new tires, new brakes, new battery, tilt, cruise, and other 'bells and whistles'. It's SO much fun to drive! And it handles very well! I just LOVE it!!

I finished a pair of earrings, for me this time, with the last pair of rivolis I had. I need to get some more! LOL! Here's a pic of them.















The rivolis are crystal copper and I used translucent cocoa delicas, copper size 15's, bronze 11's, and smoked topaz and crystal copper swarovski bicones. These are hard to photograph (for me, anyway) but boy, do they sparkle!!!

And I just have to share a picture of my youngest son and Jasper. It's the best picture my son has ever taken and I love it! It's the wallpaper on my desktop.



















Everyone is doing well. I get to see Jasper about every week now - they have been stopping by on the weekends and visiting for a while. They are such good kids! I'll have to get some pictures of my other son and his wife.

That's it for now! Have a great weekend!

See ya!~~