8-26-2018 OMGBeckyFest

Arts and Crafts fair...

2nd appearance in the QC...

I probably won't go again...

didn't find a single thing I couldn't live without!

8-25-2018 Facial

 Thanks Nancy S. for inviting me to your

Mary Kay facial party!

(I haven't had a Mary Kay facial in literally decades!)

I had a lovely time

and love the mascara and lipstick I got!!!

8-24-2018 It's That Time Again

Flu Shot

and 

Pneumonia Shot

from our favorite Pharmacist!

8-23-2018 First Grade

Yesterday...

Today...

8-22-2018 Bumpers

GDs doing some kid's bowling

with bumpers along the sides to prevent gutter balls.

8-21-2018 Mamma Mia

This past weekend

DH took me to see the new Mamma Mia movie!

8-20-2018 Rainbow Tree

Took DH to see the secret rainbow tree

hidden behind this garden.

8-19-2018 Sawdust

 Mmmmmm....

I love the smell of sawdust

as my DH shops for wood for his next flutes!

8-18-2018 Baptism

Some recent baptisms in our family.  :*)

Anthony and Bella.

8-17-2018 Swimming in the Rain

8-16-2018 Beauty Crush

During my morning walk in the woods today...

I felt the deep roots and grounding of the trees

and the strength they give each other as a group

in their connectedness.

Standing alone in a field, 

the wind would blow one over.

But standing together in connection

they are strong.

This is nature showing me a truth.

There is strength in connection and group.

I love my group!

I felt beauty crushing in on me 

from all fronts.

Musically, the creek was babbling its water music

and the trees were singing with birds

and crickets and cicada and tree frogs...

Flora...

You can click on the picture to enlarge it..,

see the bee?

Fauna...

my spirit animal greeted and walked toward me.

( See my post from 7-24-2018 )

Ahh, nature never disappoints.

Just what I needed this morning!

8-15-2018 Baby Sweater

Finished knitting this baby sweater

for the next door neighbor's little girl.

She has reddish hair

so I thought she'd look great in green!

I couldn't find any buttons I liked

so I just made some...

I hope it fits her!

8-14-2018 Ready for Glue and Clamps

The insides of the flutes are now sanded

and polished with beeswax...

ready for glue and clamps!

Things are taking shape now!

8-13-2018 Playing Flute at the Wolf Sanctuary

My friend Robert Mullinax...

played his Native American Flute

at the Wolf Sanctuary this weekend.

The wolves loved him and the music...

sang along...

Well done, my brother!

8-12-2018 Family Museum

It was a beautiful day to go outside and play

at the Family Museum...

not too hot!

8-11-2018 Chimneys and Flues

The chimneys holes are in...

...and the flues are carved between the holes...

Then DH clamps the two halves together

to see if they make music when he blows.

It it all sounds good, he'll take it back apart

sand and finish the inside of the flute,

then drill the note holes and tune them.

Can't wait to hear its voice!

A new Native American Style Flute in the making.

8-10-2018 A Foggy Morning

...after last night's storm...

8-9-2018 Two New Flutes

New Lathe

New SawStop table saw

Last week DH sold his old table saw and lathe

and set up his new ones in his workshop.

The new SawStop table saw

is SO much safer...

won't cut off the fingers of my DH!

Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FquL0GG9RGI

Now that things are up and running,

he has started two new 

Native American Flutes.

I'm so excited to hear their voices!

8-8-2018 Tea Party

Love having tea parties with the GDs...

I'll miss the days when they no longer 

want to have a tea party with Oma.

And so glad the plumber is here to replace the disposal

under the kitchen sink!

8-7-2018 Just What I Needed to Hear

In dealing with a difficult situation in group

I decided to do an oracle card draw

and it told me just exactly

what I needed to hear!

8-6-2018 Crusty Bread

The only kind of bread my #1 GD will eat 

is what she calls 'crusty bread'

so today we made some.

And she ate it!

8-5-2018 Knitted Knocker

Making a Knitted Knocker

for a friend having breast surgery tomorrow...

this is the first time

I've used the "Bottoms Up" pattern

and it is much less 'fiddley' to make.

8-4-2018 Oh Joy!

We came home from the yarn convention

to find that our 

12 year old/original with the house

garbage disposal is leaking like a sieve through the bottom! 

Oh joy!

My DH has worked on several disposals during our lifetime

and decided that this time he would hire a plumber.

Good call.

Kid In A Candy Store!

Me in a yarn convention

is like a kid in a candy store.

I came home with 2 skeins of white cotton.

8-2-2018 Mmmmm....

8-1-2018 Swiss Chard Frittata

Dinner.

I love my garden

and the fresh greens it produces all summer!