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| My Counted Cross Stitch kit that was lost for months. I can hardly wait to start on it. Right now I am working on two small kits for our Quilting retreat in May. |
Here we are going into the third month of this year. I have not written on my blog since October 28th of 2014 when I took pictures of Donna and Leif's Halloween costumes. It isn't that nothing has happened. I guess you could say I was just into a lazy mood during the winter.
David came down in November to spend the Winter with us. We had a nice Thanksgiving with a house full of family. It is always so enjoyable to see everyone.
Christmas vacation Donna and Laif were gone but David and I were not alone. Dan and Heidi came for Christmas and we had a nice Christmas dinner, which David and Heidi cooked. After Dan and Heidi left, Diane and her friend Annabelle came to spend several days with us. Diane had fallen and hurt her foot so she couldn't drive and that is why she brought her friend. We had a nice visit.
In May of 2014, I had ordered a Counted-cross stitch kit with a Wolf's head surrounded by leaves. It really appealed to me. I was working on my Oriental picture and when I was finished I could not find the Wolf kit. Donna and I looked everywhere and we couldn't find it. After Christmas I did find it . I had some Manila envelopes with some pictures my cousin in Ennis, Montana had sent me. The Wolf kit was also in a Manila envelope and I somehow got it mixed in with the other envelopes.
My cousin and I talked a lot on the phone after she discovered my phone number from another cousin. My cousin, Jean Baker, was the daughter of one of my dad's sister. We only talked on the phone for a few months. She passed away in last Spring. She was almost 90 and had been on Oxygen for 10 years. I am so glad I had the opportunity to talk to her and she sent me some pictures. At the time I talked to her She, my sister, Elsie, and I were the only ones left in our generation in the Vetter family. Now it is just my sister and me. I was just a small girl when I saw any of my cousins so I didn't remember any of them. Jean, said she remembered seeing us.
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| Heidi bought this Kalanchoe plant for me for Christmas. |
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| Natural color |
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| Dyed Orchid |
Last year my neighbor gave me an Orchid plant for babysitting her plants while she and her husband went on a trip in their Motor home. The picture on the right is how it looked when she gave it to me. It was a dyed Orchid. Stores sell them that way because they think the plants are more attractive. Anyway, to my surprise, it bloomed again this year. The picture on the left is the natural color of the plant.
My plants seem to survive in my basement apt. It is much cooler downstairs but they all seem to stay alive. I still have my Snake plant, my Bamboo plant that Scott gave me years ago, the Orchid plant, The Kalanchoe plant, and a Philodendron plant that Donna gave me.
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| Philodendron plant Donna gave me is now starting to spread. |
