05.12.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Paradise. I will be celebrating another wonderful trip around the sun this week and was reminiscing about my 50th Birthday. To say that I celebrated my half century in paradise is an understatement. I loved spending my birthday in Maui, Hawaii with this gorgeous view. Not sure there…
During the summer in the Midwest, some days are raining and just blah. It is days like these, I love to spend in my sewing room. I found this pattern awhile back and while I didn’t know the fabric that would look great, I knew I wanted to make this quilt. I especially love this…
While visiting Ottawa County and the Marblehead Lighthouse State Park, I came across this Remarkable Ohio Historical Marker at the waters edge. One of the five Great Lakes, Lake Erie located on the northern border of Ohio, is the 12th largest freshwater lake in the world. It is also the shallowest of the Great Lakes….
Selecting fabrics and deciding the pattern that would work perfectly together is a puzzle piece all itself. I was gifted this beautiful retro vibe fabric and spent time looking through quilt books and online for ideas of the perfect pattern. I landed a ripple effect half square triangle (HST) pattern. I love how the retro…
With summer just around the corner, I continue the desire to improve my health and lifestyle. Here are five (5) ways to help improve your health and life so that summer is much more enjoyable. As an aging female, it is a struggle to keep up my metabolism. However, keeping an active lifestyle and not…
05.05.2023 || Favorite Photo Friday ™ … Excitement. With the month of May arriving, the graduation preparations are fast getting underway. Parties to plan, memories to document and celebrations to look forward to. As a huge milestone achievement celebration, my family will be taking a seven day Eastern Caribbean Cruise this summer. It is views…
I bought these coordinating fabrics (1 1/2 yards each), several years ago in hopes of turning them into a quilt for my bedroom. When I purchased the fabrics, I didn’t have a pattern in mind, I just knew I loved the colors and how they worked well together. (Don’t all quilters buy fabric that way?) …
With my son graduating High School this year, we have been on several road trips through out Ohio for College Visits. One warm Autumn Day, we toured Dayton University, home of the Dayton Flyers. While walking on campus, we came across the Ohio Historical Marker for Erma Bombeck. Fancy that is was on the grounds…
Happy May 1st, 2023. No, I am not lost at sea or calling for and S.O.S. I am just announcing today is the first day of May, otherwise known as May Day. According to the Farmer Almanac, May Day is to celebrate the halfway point to Summer; the return of Spring if you will! May…
Planning a fun Ladies getaway to Holland MI, the Holiday Inn Express in Holland is where stayed for a long weekend. We decided we needed a fun getaway that was an easy road trip from home and wanted to make this a budget friendly adventure. We choose Holiday Inn Express on Felch Street not just…
