The sky is putting on a show

I quickly snapped these pictures through the car window this evening.

 Do you see the heart!

 Someone was really getting rained on here.

 Then I came home and took Dixie the dog for a walk and there was even more sky show!

 I took all of these sky pictures tonight. 

 WTH!  How did this pic get in here!  I had a fun day with my friend Teresa.  We went shopping and I found a few fun things, but the find of the day....at the GoodWill store!  It was in the case so it was a bit more than most items at the store...but when I saw that fringe....well....it was a no brainer.  And PS. it is new! 

Cindy Bee

Little bits and pieces of my life

 The last few days I have been busy, as always.

My friend Marcia came over today and we moved boxes around to clear a space for my Shug to work on heat duct work in our house.  We have decided to put another register and heat duct going into the kitchen.  This picture is a room under our kitchen.  It has EVERYTHING in it from our other house.  Every drawer, every room, every nook and cranny came into this room.  And those aren't boxes of alcohol.  They are canning jars!

I've also been working in the craft room.  Thing is...I get side tracked!  

I found this yarn, which K reminded me about a few weeks ago.  I completely forgot we bought it. 

After piddling around with it, I settled on granny squares.

 I got the pattern from Lucy at Attic 24's blog.

 I'm making a bag....because Lord knows...I need another bag!

 Now...this....makes me mad!  I will not upset you by showing you the gruesome pictures......
but we have neighbors that allow their dogs to run loose.  And last year, after three of them killed a baby deer, we warned them not to let them loose again, lest they never come home.

 Well....the other day my Shug saw a deer running like crazy.  Then he saw one of the dogs running behind it.  He got his gun and shot behind the dog to scare it away.    Then he saw something sticking up out of the pond.  Sure enough...a deer. My  Shug called the DNR and a conservation officer came out and he made an official complaint.   The officer went and warned the owner of the dog, who happens to have a very HUGE cross in his yard and claims to be a preacher man. 
He said he would "Try" to keep his dog penned up. 
So, the next day my Shug and a neighbor went and got the deer out of the frozen pond.  The pond was not frozen solid enough to hold much weight. We firmly believe the dog ran a deer into the pond and it drowned.

So, last Friday, My Shug ground some venison and I packaged it and froze it.

You might think this is a horrible thing to do.  But, it's better than letting that deer's life be a total waste.

 I also made waffles from this old waffle iron.  It reminded me of when I first met Dave's Mom.  She took me to some garage sales and this waffle iron was in a free box!  I snatched it up and have used it for 25 years!  It reminds me of the one my Mom used to use when she cooked waffles for us as kids.  I remember being shocked that this was in a FREE box at the garage sale!

 I've been painting trim....I paint trim every week.

I made this little vignette with little Christmas ornaments and doo-dads.  That took all of five minutes!

 I planted some allysum that I got in this little pot at Target for 50cents!

 And one of my narcissus flowers blossomed!  I love planting bulbs in the winter months in pots.

I've been doing a lot of sorting since Christmas.  Sorting stuff to take upstairs to the bedroom, the bathroom, and now that we have heat in the entire house, I've been sorting in the back rooms (a little bit at a time.) 

And I've been sorting pictures....not to worry, I AM STILL going to post Christmas pictures!!!  I have a fun game to show you.

Cindy Bee

Groovy Girl Art yarn and my Summer Fun Purse?

OK - So yesterday was Groovy Girl Art's opening day and I wish all of you could have joined us. It was fun. As the Groovy Girl herself, was showing me some Vintage yarn, I explained that I would love to have this yarn...

so I could make one of these....

but what colors would I need? The CCC (crochet color consultant) aka Groovy Girl, showed me.

Well now that you put it that way....Write me up! I love this Vintage yarn. Vintage being the brand name, not the age of the yarn!

BUT I'm not starting another bag, or blanket, until I finish the one(s) I've started. They are too close to being finished.

Remember this one?

It's the 2nd Lucy (Attic 24) bag I've done. The first one was just too big for me. Then, a couple of weeks ago I posted how I had to rip this one out. (sigh)

When I first made the bottom of the bag, I cut a pattern from freezer paper because I knew I wanted to line the bag. I figured it would be easier to have the pattern on paper before I started crocheting the sides of the bag.

I bought this sheet at a garage sale last weekend for one dollar and I decided it would be the perfect lining for this bag.

BUT! When I went to sew in the lining....I couldn't get to my sewing machine! I had started packing up this room...then stopped to do other things....and never got back to it.

I trudged my way through....and then decided I needed to put in a couple of jeans pockets in that lining.

I stitched away and got the lining finished. I finished tucking in the bits and pieces and put the flowers on it at Groovy Girl Art studio while chatting with friends. I have a feeling this is going to be a fun place to hang out (and buy yarn!).

And I know some of you are saying...but what about the other bag. See the difference in size?

I might just carry the smaller one as a summer fun purse! I don't know what I'll do with the larger one....FROG it maybe?

Ta Daaah!

Cindy Bee

A Mish-Mash of Stuff

More on this later....maybe tomorrow.....Can you guess what it is?


And thanks to my favorite brother-in-law for stopping by yesterday with these!!! YUM! Thanks Trent!

I bought this bag yesterday! I know.......My name is Cindy Bee and I am a bag-aholic (Hiiii Cindy)
{you know you want it....17 bills on clearance.....Hey, do you all know what I mean when I say "17 bills?"...just wondering...)

So, last night at Granny Bees, Jan was making these ornaments. 27 of them. She always makes ornaments for every family member. 27 I said...and I asked her if I could have the pattern. She told me what book she got it from and I said, "I HAVE THAT BOOK! I just haven't had time to look at it yet"

LOOOOOOVE this book

and LOOOOVE these mags....these are two of my favorite mags. They are UK publications! I'm trying to learn their language you know.....(see upper right hand corner and help out if you can - all you Fionas.....have you ever noticed they have a lot of Fionas ;-) we have a lot of Cindy's)

Some pics inside these mags....

And this is my blanket I'm trying to finish.....help....please.....what kind of a border should I put on it?

Cindy Bee

PS - My friends who witnessed the murder are "hanging in there, trying to be normal." (but feeling a lot of guilt over the what if's)

PSS - Pray for North Carolina. They are evacuating - Hurricane Irene is raising hell.