Another petty painting.........

I found an interesting quote with a lot of truth in it.

"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at a tempting moment"

Many times I have opened my mouth and out has come the one thing I should never have said .......but then it is too late.....you can never erase the things you should have never said. You can be forgiven, but the comment will forever be out there... Those precious minutes of time, that were forever wasted, never to be gotten back.

Time spent with an old friend is the best time of all, catching up on each other's lives, and chatting about shared adventures.
I got to do just that a day ago, my dear friend has decided to move to be near her children, clear across the country from where she is now.
She has lived here all her life, but moving nearer her children, is a good thing. As she no longer drives.
So we spent a day together, and will hopefully spend more before we have to say goodbye....
But part of her will always be with me, in the memories of the times we spent together and the paintings she has given me. We will still chat on the phone, an write to each other, but that is not the same as hanging out together.
I love her paintings, and she let me select the ones I wanted to have.
This one of the barn is one of my favorites. She has sold many of her painting throughout the years. So I feel proud to own some of them.
I told her now that she is moving out west she will have so many more things to paint out there. And so many more adventures to experience.
I will post more of the painting as time goes on...

As usual I have managed to run out of time before I ran out of stuff I have to do. My to do list seems to grow longer instead of shorter.. I am slowly making progress. I have started to spring clean, I figure at the rate I am going I should be done in time for fall.

I no sooner start something, than someone needs me, or the phone rings, or I see something that needs doing more than the thing I have just stated...

But such is life, without all this activity, I would be bored..............................

This is where I would really rather be, if given the chance...But there are still months to go before the cold and snow and ice and gloom make way for the warm sunny days, and time to sit and watch the sunrise.
I am not sure which I like better the sunrises or the sunsets.
I love to take a cup of coffee and drop into a lawn chair just before dawn and watch the sun creeping up over the horizon, spilling it's summer gold over the water. The sparkling diamonds of color spreading out over the calm water as the fog and mist lift...Just so beautiful, too beautiful for words.
So I will hurry and get all my projects done, so when the summer arrives I will be ready for it..ready to sit and take it all in and enjoy all it's splendor. While time just seems to stand still....

Will he see his shadow? YES or NO?
That seems to be the big question of the day.
Well he won't be seeing it here, it is snowing! And what does it mean anyway...that we have to wait at least 6 weeks till spring...That would put spring as starting in mid March...Gee, we have had snow in May!
I just look at the whole thing as having to really get busy and get all those projects that I want to finish before it gets nice out DONE!
If I want to enjoy the warm weather got to get a move on now. See there is that time issue again....

The sun is finally shining, but it is still cold. A good day to sew!

It is still winter!
Don't get me wrong I love the season, the cool weather, the low for the rest of the week is to be in the single digets, and the high is not going to be all that high....but it is a good time to be in the house getting all that stuff done that I don't want to be stuck with in summer when I can be outside.
The problem this year is not the snow, nor the cold, but the fact that the sun has not been out for a week! I just hate all this gloom. The snow would be so much prettier if the sun were out shinning on it, the cold would not be so bad if the sun was out, to make the mind think it is warm out there.
I have every light on in the house, but still it is gloomy............I don't think I would mind if winter lasted a few weeks longer this year, if I could just have a few days of sun!

A couple years ago I made a bunch of these for Christmas presents etc. they were a big hit. But they are really heavy, 8 pounds a piece, so decided not to make anymore.

Then a building supply went out of business, and they had all these 4 inch blocks at a really good price....and not being able to pass up a good sale. I bought them all.

So now I have something else to use up all that free time I can't seem to find to begin with.

If I would just stay out of the stores, I would have less stuff to do and more time for leisure.

Have often thought what would I do if I HAD a lot of free time......Well I would probably do something fun....which for me is, among other things creating something...... So I guess I will never have free time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!!!!

You have now reached a milestone in your life. You have become a teenager! Do I need to send your parents a sympathy card........