Wow ~  Its May 2022

So many things have changed.  I'm a new person, I've learned to be Happy again. After losing Arthur and my Mum ~ 

Life brings so many ups and downs.

March of 2020 we went into Covid lockdown, I was working from home, and then just when it was starting to lift and we could get out more,  My home town of Happy Camp, Ca had a Wild fire the 8th of September 2020 we had to evacuate for 13 days.  The fire called the Slater Fire burned 200 home's and just devastated our community.  We became stronger for it and we were there for each other to get through this tragic fire.  It changed so many lives and people had to move away, lots of our old timers and Elders that built their lives here,  everything was gone, many of them never to return.  Its been two years since the fire and people are starting to rebuild. 

2021 was quite uneventful, kind of a Numb year and just getting through Covid restrictions.  Not much happened.

I did start seeing someone and it was time to allow someone to be in my life again.  We are taking it one day at a time.  Seeing where our lives together will take us.  No expectations.  At this age I'm just happy to be happy ~ Smile~

2022 we are seeing Covid restrictions lifted and not wearing masks and just being able to gather and see family and friends again.  A slow return to life and its Joy's that it brings to be out and about and making memories with those we Love,  if anything Covid has showed us what is really important to us and how we wish to live our lives, and that is with those we love,  not working so much and not taking time to enjoy each other and the people and places we have around us. Enjoying Life like we should be ~

A Quilting Retreat I Will Go ~

I'm sooo excited ~smile~

I'll be going on my first Quilting Retreat this March, in Loleta, Ca.
Gina is going with me, I'm bringing projects that I have had for years and that I can get done.
So I'm doing quite a bit of prep getting my blocks ready so all I have to do is Sew and Sew.

It's going to be nice to go to the coast and be somewhere new and different. I've never been to Loleta before, its close to Ferndale,Ca.

I'll post photo's as I go.  I have so much I've bought through the years that I don't need to buy more.  So I'm digging into my stash and going from there.

I'm sooo excited... have I said that yet ~smile~

Its been quite a long time~

Quite a bit has happened in the 4 yrs since I've written on here.
I lost my Mum to Ovarian Cancer in September of 2014. And then not so long after my Dear Husband Died of Liver Cancer. March 9th 2016 he passed.
Not to say that there have been changes in my life.  The two people that were the closest to me are gone.  But not gone ~smile~ I feel them with me everyday.
So I'm going to do my best to be more present and do things that give me JOY.
I have a wonderful Job and I'm doing my best to get back to enjoying life again.

Love me some rain ~

Its been raining today, at a steady pace :)
I'm finding that its making me lazy ~smile~  Arthur and I have been napping in our chairs.  Its a comforting feeling hearing the gentle snoring of your love. And then him giggling because he hears you snorting... waking yourself up LOL... ~smile~
Its those simple things in life that I adore ~
Yes its been raining today... It relaxes me , Makes me feel safe in a hug , Yes its been raining today ~

Tempus Fygit ~

Tempus Fygit... Time Flys  :)

I'm finding that I have all these plans to do all these things and not enough time in the day to do them :)
So I'm going to do my best to go with the flow and see what happens
Maybe just say this is my plan today... I want to put more flowers and herbs in the Garden this year, I'm finding that it is getting better year after year ~smile~  and that makes me very happy.
I'd like to have a small garden party , with a few close friends this year <3 p="">To finish a Quilt this year, and maybe give the one I've been making to my brother Mike to him , I think he is ready to have it and not give it away LOL
To have more time to enjoy life and not work, work, work...
I guess you can say I'd like to enjoy my surroundings and not be so consumed by the day in and outs of Working going to bed , Working... you know that Week that seems to just repeat its self  ;/
I'm also going to de-clutter my life , not just things but everything
I do hope to use this blog more often.... I think by making it a homepage I will see it and use it more :)
We'll see how this fly's for life is way to short not to enjoy every minute of it, so that's my plan~
Much love , Loveys
Didi ~

Block # 1 ..... Remember me Block

So here is the first Block from the Civil War Quilt....
It is called :   Remember Me
I will say that this is the first time that I have done a Quilt ( Kaye England way ) Where you don't use pins and you don't Iron... I will say it was quite easy and nice .... Learning new things ~smile~

So here is the block pieced out ~smile~  and ready to sew....

Here is the block sewn together... I will say that, That Purple Thang... is my new favorite tool ~smile~

Also Kaye England uses a cheater patch... its something you use to keep your needle down and that way you don't have to keep cutting and having those long threads ~

Okay... only one block on the wall now ~smile~

Here is my fist block , the .... Remember Me Block.....

it was used so you could write a name of someone to remember in the middle ~

A Quilting I will Go ~

I've started a Quilt from a class I joined on Craftsy.com... ~smile~
Its Called :    Re-Piecing the Past    A Civil War Quilt by Kaye England
I'm so enjoying it...
So Here is a few photo's of my Sewing room ... I do still need to clean it up some ... I did have blocks from another Quilt I was working on called a : Victory Quilt... its from World War II ...
The blocks to come are Applique and I'm not to good at that yet...~smile~
So I will finish that another day ~
So here is My Sewing Room :

Blocks on the wall are from the Victory Quilts by Eleanor Burns... its a beautiful Quilt .. I just have to get my nerve up to Applique....~smile~

As you can see ... I do still need to get somethings put away... or at least find more places to put things... I love my home , but there isn't much Storage options...

I do get to look out at the back yard and at all the birds ~smile~ and my flowers and veggies ...