Memories of Holidays Past

My Grandmother had a Christmas Cactus.  It was older than I.  When she flew South to spend the winter with her son,  my Uncle , she tucked it into her purse and took it with her rather than chance its survival if left behind.  

It did bloom for her, but rarely at Christmas.  

HUNGARY - CIRCA 1965

Happy Holidays

And may 2012 be a kinder, gentler year.
ps -- neither of my two would ever permit themselves to be costumed.
source of illustration long lost.

'Tis the Season

Keeping holiday decorations very simple this year.  DH made this in-door ski-wreath for me.

Happy Thanksgiving

Didn't realize how long it's been since I posted.  As the prior post moaned, this has been "that year from hell".  And, there are still far too many items left on the To Do list -- not pleasant quilty ones either. 

It's a quiet holiday for me -- DH & his father would go up to northern Maine hunting during this long weekend.  So it's never been a big "turkey day" event. 

Watched the Macy's parade & remembered the cruise when one of the gals at my table worked with the floats the night before.  They have a huge crew working at NYC area warehouses getting the floats ready for the parade.  She was one of the volunteers for that.  Although that was a number of years ago & could be quite differently staffed by now.

I did put out the selected Xmas quilts -- have zillions of them.  When I was taking classes from quilters like Bonny Hunter, I often used Christmas colors so ... zillions.
I'll post photos of some in a future post.

Winter from Hell became Spring from Hell became Summer from Hell

Enough already!  Mother Nature owes us a break.  First the Blizzard, then the Quilt Melt/Rain Flooding and now the Hurricane.  Fortunately at this point I have much to be very very grateful for.

Virus Alert

I've been told that the link in Feb 16, 2011 post has a virus attached to it.  I have no idea how it became attached and can not find out how to remove it, nor will the original post delete.  Therefore, if you do read old posts, please do not use that link to the fabric store in Jonesport, Maine.  If you do wish to locate the store, please use Google.  My appologies to all -- original plans were to upgrade my tower this summer and hopefully that can be fixed then.  I have run Norton AntiVirus which comes up with nothing.

Read-a-Thon

I've been enjoying a marithon of Mark Schweizer's cozies featuring Hayden Konig, an organist-police chief in a small North Carolina mountain town.  There are 9 in the series; all delightful, with a touch of humor.