HAPPY THOUGHTS & DOINGS

I DESPERATELY NEED A CHANGE OF PACE AND THOUGHTS.

How about a nice bowl of Strawberries???

 I have been collecting and making for a couple of years...

more so recently.  

These are such fun for me.

There are so many ways that you can embellish them...

that's the part I enjoy the most.

It's great deviation from the time consuming 
 'counted cross-stitch'. (I am a slow stitcher)

It's more like "instant gratification".

Here's one more shot of the same strawberries... 
just want to keep you bored with my mundane doings.

For now,

I'm Goin' to work on some of my Cross stitch...
Ooopps....Well, variety is good for what ails ya.

No More TV ... just prayers for those who need it.

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Peace & Blessings to all,

Barb

P.S. To previous post...Sad and Scary!

These were taken just before sunset, last night.

 Today more of the same...

Please PRAY for the people and animals...

'GOD BLESS AMERICA'

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2nd time in a week...

Last week it was the 'Pilot Fire'...

NOW

(Blue Cut fire)
The Cajon/Devore

We are being ravaged with soot, smoke, losses and sadness...The loss of animal life is overwhelming.  
Thank God, so far no human life has been lost...

Close calls but none so far.

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Pictures taken from our back yard.

We are on the East side of the Mojave River in 

Apple Valley, CA.  The river is underground, no surface water to be seen.  .I have been  told the Mojave River flows North and East, underground in most places, through Hesperia, Victorville, and Barstow...opposite of what rivers West of the 'Continental Divide' run.

So again, we spend our time indoors...

the air is too unhealthy.  
None-the-less, 
we have much for which to be Thankful...

~GOD BLESS US ALL~

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PUNCH NEEDLE ORNAMENTS

I am burnt out...

Almost finished...

2 of each = 8

Each design is a little different from the original 

Can you see the difference?

 Background fabric is NOT good, but I am burned out

sooo... it is what it is.

Will be making one more of each design

hopefully before Christmas. 

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We are having heavy smoke and ashes directly 
over our home from the 'Pilot Fire'.

It is burning on the  north side of San Bernardino Mtns.

Just below Lake Arrowhead.

We have no pine trees, just dried brush...still

very flammable.  Lucky for us we are on the East Shore of the Mojave  River...a lot of sand, NO  WATER, NO Trees,

Only the ones we planted ...7 to be exact. 

Over 4500 Acres have burned and it is VERY WINDY...

NOT A GOOD COMBINATION in 90 plus degree temps.

I am talking about two different kinds of burn outs...

my emotions and the really bad kind.

My emotions will subside, but these Fires are

devastating in so many ways...and recovery can be

painful and long term. 

So I pray for those who need it more than I.

Peace and Blessings for all,

GOD BLESS AMERICA

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Barb