More snow for this winter

 This is what I woke up to this morning.  These deer sure look healthy and they are in the middle of town as I am housesitting for my pastor and his wife again.  This time they will be gone for 10 days.  They are caravaning to Mexico with a group that is helping out with a church there.

Now the dogs (Dottie and Skip) do not like these deer invading what they perceive to be their territory.  At 7 am they were barking like crazy and it was only these deer looking for something to nibble on.

I myself am not a hunter but I do know that when hunters see a sight like this their trigger finger starts to itch and then they wish it was open season. haha  I could hear gunshots this morning and I sure hope no one was shooting these beautiful creatures.
This is one of those get a book, or a sewing project and snuggle up by the fire and stay cozy all day. Think I will make a cup of tea now.

March Saturday Sampler

Well we all had another great morning down at the Tater Patch Quilt Shop in Merrill, Oregon. The owners there always make it fun and enjoyable. We see all the new fabrics, whats on Sale, Whats the latest with the Bernina Dealers and have coffee and cookies but most of all lots of laughter. Today we had alot of show and tell so I am putting on here some of the great quilts that were brought today.

My first "ouch" in my old truck

Last Thursday I had a mishap in my truck on the ice.  I have lived on icey roads and many worse than this area.  Most were winding and steep and I never had a problkem , but somehow last Thursday I hit the backend of a school bus on a flat level road. Thank God no injuries and bus was not damaged but my truck was towed and will be costing me over 1700 to fix.  I was shaken up and upset but am ok now.  I didn't recieve a citation as the roads were all iced up and it was snowing. 

Latest block from Saturday Sampler

this is the latest block on our Saturday Sampler.  It came out ok but was not easy.  This entire quilt will all be a variety of baskets and some blocks have large ones and some are small.  To learn I use the fabric that comes with the blocks but when I do it for real, I will use my own fabrics and colors.  I will do an update soon and show you all the blocks we have done so far for this quilt sampler.

house and pet sitting

 This week I have been house and pet sitting for our Pastor and his wife.

This is Dottie(larger) and Skipper.
They are wired haired Jack Russells.
Full of energy and very lovable.

Dottie is the Boss!!! She live for playing ball and it is a tennis ball.
She will not touch Skips rubber toy and he does not touch her ball.

 She will hardly ever take the ball out of her mouth.  If it gets stuck under the furniture she will stare at it for hours untill you get it out. 

She wants to play some more!

this is what is looks like out the front door.

I am such a good boy except when I jump over the fence and visit all the neighboring dogs.

I just am quiet and sleep in the warm house.

I don't even know the cats name.
She was a little surprise. 
The animals are so much fun and it is always nice to get away where it is much quieter than where Mary and I live but It will be good to get home tonight.  Miss my pets.

making butter balms and lotions

/Rhonda teaching

Last Saturday we went to a class at our local green ecomart and learned to make lotion bars.  For Valentines we made them in the shape of hearts.  We added lots of vanilla fragrance and they turned out nice.

Here is the recipe:  1 part beeswax   1 part cocoa butter/shea or mango butter


1 part oil such as almond oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil or others you like.  Melt beeswax and butter seperately.  The more slowly the butter is melted, the less likely it is to be grainy in the final product.  When the butter is melted, mix with the melted beeswax, then pour the oil in slowly.  Heat on low in microwave just till the solid parts are mostly melted, then stir till mixture is smooth and ready to pour into any molds or cupcake foil tins or whatever your using.  Bars should be ready in 30 minutes to an hour.  The least amount of additives the better. use for moisturizing skin, can float a small piece in the tub water and use as a massage bar.  We did a mixture of grapeseed oil and almond oil with the beeswax and cocoa butter.  Great for calloused feet and elbows also.

nice butter balm

Klamath Falls Charming Chicks

Margie is teaching us all about gardening basics and later we all traded seed and plants.  What an informative class this was.



What a fun day hosted by our farmgirl sister Susan




Everyone was giving their full attention to our speaker, We had a birthday celebration also and brought books and brochures on seed catalogs and shared with eachother.  Susan is donating an area of land and we will have a community garden.