Thursday, December 30, 2021

My Year in Review-Heavy with Photos Happy New Year

  I do this some years, go back and look through my posts for the year and pick out a few to share-well actually turns out to be allot of photos-smiles

This year I did more journal pages with Art Journal Journey's monthly themes. This form of creativity is out of my fiber art comfort zone but I have enjoyed the process. For me it was a nice way to create a small piece spontaneously and not overthink it.

  This past year many of us loss a dear blogging friend Eileen-I will always remember her when I see "diamonds on the lake"  and from a Christmas card we learned of the passing of a dear friend from years past before retirement.

January-this was one of my favorites


and back in January I was struggling with how to hand quilt-I ended up putting it away til now. I had made a wool quilt, this large one and two gift quilts-so I think I was quilted out at the time and needed to put it away.



February

The Lake in the Ozarks froze over this month-unusual to completely freeze over to the shore line. This was pretty solid but not solid enough to go ice fishing




all froze in



March

   weaving



April

 I bought me a weaving bench-a real splurge for myself






and I started Cast Iron Saturdays



May

  Brings warmer weather, more critters and boaters


towel weaving



Sewers came to our area of the lake




June

completing the towels







I went wine tasting with our long time Wisconsin friends



July

 Rock project began




new weaving project begins



horrible case of poison ivy and poison oak



August

speed boats at the lake



Honoring our lost warriors




chocolate popcorn



Belgium waffles-homemade


reflections






September

I searched out mullein for use as a tea for congestion 








October

collected our black walnuts



made black walnut salve and I also made black walnut ink


started reading about the Yellowstone wovles




harvest moon


November

  sweet potato pie with pecan crust and made with fresh sweet potatos


The big Yellowstone quilt back on the frame


homemade tamales



December


Amazing we now have a 5th bloom budding







 



Happy New Year 2022 

May the new year bring us peace, good health, good friendships, and happiness