Happy New Year Everyone-Looking Back July Through December (Lots of Photos)

   We just finished up with our shrimp boil. Turned out really good. I have not done this for quite some time, the shrimp needed about another 30 seconds in the boiling water with herbs and spices-but they were a real treat for us.
   We used to go over to our late friend Lilburn's house for a New Year's Eve party. He boiled up allot of shrimp and we all brought sides. He stopped doing this when his wife had gotten so ill.  We love shrimp, so I wanted to bring this back to honor good times
   I am hoping this near by grocery store sells this shrimp over the summer months-this would be good boiled over the outdoor fire.

Larry said the shrimp needed to curl just a bit more

I did not have any Asti Spumante on hand but I did have this sparkling rose-which was really nice. I brought out the handmade  pottery goblets.

and I brought out this large handmade pottery serving dish

Looking back:

   July

   July is when Fiber U is held-I always have so much fun-especially the dye classes





a weaving class to make a bracelet on a small loom-that's me on the left



Celebrating 6th year of T




August
Working on second fabric journal for 2018



We lost our sweet kitty Miss Calico





A drink reference



Began seeing the eagles more





September

really enjoying the sun rises more and more



Apple crisps I now also add fresh blueberries and or cranberries to the apples



Happy with this project-vintage wicker got new paint and I made the liner from an old sheet



I did work hard to finish up with book 2 of my 2018 fabric journal-I had posted those in video form

A drink reference



Still spinning up the buffalo-bison roving and the bright color yarn is silk spun from a silk hankey- new to me



September was Larry's heart valve transplant on Friday the 13th



October

 Started making cushions for the bench seats





Made pizzas for the both of us



Black walnut collecting for ink and dye







November



Beans and cornbread



A new for me-no flour cookie-very good



Made pecan bars for the supper after our friend's funeral





A drink reference



December




 cushions completed









For the most part a warm December







If you made it to the end-I hope you enjoyed the recap with photos.

Happy New Year

Happy T & Looking Back & Forward (Note: Long Post Full of Photos)

Happy T everyone-and this Tuesday is a rather special one-the last one of the year and also New Year's Eve. Please join us with our hostess Bleubeard and Elizabeth with your drink related post (share a photo of your drink reference)

  I thought I would look back through my 2019 posts and share a few photos of the past year So it won't get tooooo long this is part 1 January through June and New Years Day I will post for July through December

January
   Wow we had soooo many cardinals



   Also in January I had completed my first 2018 fabric art journal


 

February
   I was continuing work on book 2 of my fabric art journal and we started working at the lake house







The deer loved their corn (at woods house)




March
    More painting at the new lake house


 
and staining



Happy Mail from Mia



More progress


 
   A drink reference



Food cabinet now in place-in front of that stained wall



My big rug loom sold to friends in Kentucky



April
   Happy Mail from Barbara



Redbuds in bloom



Ice at the woods house



A drink reference



At the woods house: wild violets and dandelions-love these to make lotions with



May

   Start of the season for seeing lots of boats at the lake house



Friends over fishing



Hard root beer drink reference







I love peonies so glad these were here at the lake house



June

  We worked on getting furniture etc moved to the lake house, and enjoying watching the boats



The chicks are growing



  Grandma's Hoosier cabinet



New rack-and perfect spot for my copper and cast iron-I really love this



The guys made this for us







Finally cupboards for all my dishes and pottery-so enjoying this





Another drink reference








I have enjoyed blogging again thanks to the T gang and also so I can go back and review my year- I will post July-December on New Year's Day

Looking forward to 2020 Wow a new decade as well.

    I have been retired since 2003 and we have always still worked a bit and always had projects for getting the house finished. I am hoping this coming year will be the end of that. We are in our 70's now so we need to feel retired haha
   Part of the reason I agreed to move was to get Larry to finally retire from his scope business and enjoy his boat and fishing.
   It is another one of those dying crafts that there is a need for-rebuilding vintage scopes so they work as new. Allot of knowledge now will not be passed on-which is sad. We have tried and no one is interested in learning-at least we haven't found someone over these past few years. Larry was working on scopes for celebrity's scopes too and they just keep sending them-lol

   As for me, I also want to continue with my fibers but I will be branching out into even more mixed media than I have already-so I am excited about mixed media journal pages and altered books for the coming year, and learning calligraphy-right now I am in the reading stage and getting my thoughts in order as to where to begin on that.

I will leave you with this morning's early photo

My new cup with decaf coffee typing up this post

And wishing you all a Happy T and a very Happy New Year's Eve