Cultivate beauty and wisdom in and around you

I started this earlier and it crashed and I lost all that I had written. Maybe a sign to rethink. I wanted to say a few words about Cultivating. verb To cultivate is designed as to prepare land to grow something or to nurture and cause growth, either literally or figuratively. An example of cultivate is when you prepare land to farm on it. An example of cultivate is when you cause carrots to grow. An example of cultivate is when you work to create a friendship and help that friendship grow. An example of cultivate is when you decide to learn about wine so you can expand your appreciation for it and lear n to more deeply enjoy the taste of it. I like the definition. We cultivate all kinds of things.   I love flowers although I'm not a very good gardener. I don't like bugs and I really don't like dirt under and in my fingernails. I love snowdrops and look forward to seeing them each year.   We have a few lettuce plants that weathered t...

I want to send blog posts when I go on my trip and this is a trial run to see how well I do. New things in the backyard. I loved snowdrops. OK. here goes. I'm planning to send another posting later today of our first doll quilt class. So this is it for now.

My Dutch kids have been here visiting for the past three weeks and now have gone home...boo! It was great having them here and has given me a chance to spend time with the lovely Nora. Here are a few of my favorite pictures, All of us girls were shopping on Hawthorne and stopped for Crepes and Nora was keeping us all giggling. More later....we had such a good time. She changes each week. Wants to crawl and loves to stand up holding onto your fingers. A couple of weeks ago  Pioneer Quilts was kind enough to host a group of Primitive Quilters that share on a Facebook group. We had a nice time and I took a couple of pictures of people at my table. Brenda and Julie This sweet lady was showing us the coolest bag made from screening. Kathleen and Susan It was fun stitching with everyone and seeing what all they were working on. ********************************* Oh, another look at Nora!! Carrie and Nora checking ...