Thursday Thirteen # 68 Life in Pioneer Country

1.Since I live in an area where this is a prominent fixture the pictures below are very common


2.I stopped on the side of the road when I saw this pretty horse right by the fence and when I walked closer to the fence the horse proceeded to walk away


3.and ignore the lady w/ the camera the neighbors came out

4.but the horse tries to hide behind its legs

5.So I moved on to this one


6.who pretended not to see me

7.Is the crazy lady gone yet?

8.And I think this one was just asleep on her feet because she never moved

9.so I moved on to the Longhorns but they did not much want to pose either

10.I was admiring their lovely coats

11. When this one literally turned tail and walked away while the neighbors watched

12. but this Handsome one was not at all phased

13.Maybe because they lived on this lovely property

with their own personal caboose!!!

These are the sites we would see for 18 years everyday as I drove my kids to school I am glad we had such beautiful creatures and open spaces to enjoy as well as a fun neighborhood.

Thursday Thirteen #49 How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways---- Rusty, dusty, old, peeling, well used.. .... but why?

For some reason If it is Rusty, dusty, old, peeling, well used.. I really like it! I used to want to bring everything in my house-- now I mostly have it outside or just take a picture... I do wonder why it appeals to me?? Because it has been useful?
What do you think? If any of these appeal to you? why do they?

1.I know this one was well used


2.this one is much better planted in the ground than on the store shelf

3.this one is the sentiment behind it (given to us ten years ago when my MIL died) by our kind neighbors

4.this because it had the strength to grow in our garage threshhold

5.this cause I took it from my dear friends garden when she moved 8-9 years ago

6.this cause a woman in Colorado made it w/ a chainsaw and I hefted it through Denver Airport security for hours


7.This I just like

8.Old brands on barns and fences always catch my lens

9.This was in the old stock yards Any ideas? I don't know?

10.She seemed to grow brown fur after a bad storm

11.This is just cool right?

12.see #8


13.this is from an old Studebaker

I like shiny and bright too but these seem to tug at my insides-- What about you?
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Thursday Thirteen Graduation

So Z Graduated last night -- we are proud of him --top ten percent of his class --National Honor Society - Texas Scholar- and a good kid - He has always been mature Kind of an old soul

I have the hardest time in this convention center, getting good shots ----- people w/ inexpensive cameras got really nice shots and I got nothing, nothing that is clear, during the ceremony w/ my too expensive one. To me that spells operator error sooo help??? any one??/ on how to get good shots in a huge room w/ not enough light for no flash snots but where there is no way to get the flash to the subject.
1. Pomp and Circumstance

2.entering stage


3, leaving stage seethe black near his hand (Diploma
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4.Hats off to the grads


5. they don't get to keep their honor Society Stoles



6.Brothers

7.Sibs

8.kind aunt,- I am so grateful we had 12 family members there to support him. thanks everyone!!!!

9. Proud parents

10 Three generations (love this one)

11. Clowning

12. Sweet friend

13 L at the School all night after party -(Z won some dorm stuff)L won a Circuit city gift card.

Long night the littles got tired of the waiting

Thursday Thirteen Comforters to Comfort

For the past few months, the ladies at my church, have been working on these quilts for a Service Project for a home for girls that age out of Foster care. It is a very worthy cause. I have been collecting the quilts as the ladies finish them. I have an attachment to each of them.... some because I sewed on them a little, matched the fabrics for it from what was donated, or donated the fabric myself, some because they are so Beautiful, some because I know some one learned a new skill working on it, or sacrificed to donate whether the materials or soo much of their time. So before I take them to the girls I wanted to share the beauty .....

1.The fabric from this one was donated by a mom of 5 girls and she knew the girls would like the brown.



2.I had this blue and found a cute Hawaiian fabric to coordinate

3.This one looks like a Monet painting

4.This one is sewn so well it does not look homemade but it, was along w/ the one just above,was sewn by a woman recouping from Cancer Surgery.

5.Tthere are two of these that are very similar and the craftsmanship is soo good the lady who did these did 3 others also,she taught many of us new skills, she is amazing!!! I had a bunch of patriotic fabric so there is a bit of a theme

She machine quilts so beautifully


6. this one shows that most of them are tie quilted

and the bindings




7.The other similar one -- I love the channels on the stripes

8.The Eagles -- maybe there is a a girl who is thinking of the military or w/ a cute soldier in her life:)


9.this one is my my favorite color w/ stars--- another of my good friends did 3 or 4 she is such a natural seamstress

10.I called this pebbles and flowers-- The ladies who did this one did 3 and are always willing to do So much, it was worked on by multiple generations of one family.




11.This one is so fresh-- A young girl in the age group of the recipients put these colors together


12.This one is so crisp, sewn by a young mom of 4 young boys who is so talented she makes it look easy.

13.Texas bandannas- sewn by a native Texan

And as a Bonus this one shows off a talent to coordinate the stitching w/ the subject matter

flowers on flowers

Bubbles on the fish

and the lining is the sweetest yellow. I love this look and the feel is sooo nice.

Thank you so much everyone that helped in anyway -- I know these will give the comfort that was so lovingly stitched into them.