Wednesday, March 18, 2009



We had 3 more inches of snow last night...I think we are in perpetual winter here...but honestly how could I not be inspired living up here??! I am in the process of learning cloth doll making...always a bit tricky learning something new, however, this is where my stubborness kicks in with the attitude of "this will not beat me, I CAN do this"

I am so grateful to be able to live in all this natural beauty and solitude and peace...such a far cry from the rest of the world...this morning I was sitting at my sewing desk and in front of my big window, watching the sun shimmer through the trees and making the snow sparkle like brilliant jewels and now and again wafts of snow would come tumbling down out of the branches....magical, wish you were all here to witness this piece of heaven.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Going around


Seems sometimes that there are obstacles on the path that seem to block us, we can climb over them, crawl under them, try and go around them, try barging through them, or, take another route...we human being don't really like change and think we don't enjoy problems in our life, but because we cannot see around the bend we don't realize that sometimes those obstacles are placed before us to help us realize our full strength and potential and yup, that word we don't care for much...GROW...it seems that in todays life, we all are coping with our own individual things and we cannot slump down and roll around in agony...we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off...and continue onward and hopefully upward, I know when I am feeling a bit blue, going for a walk, or making someone feel better about themselves and praying to my HEAVENLY FATHER always makes me realize there really IS someone out there a whole lot worse off than me. I am so thankful for my family, I truly believe I have amazing adult children and even more gifted amazing grandchildren....THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Life really is beautiful and God is good and we still have so much more than so many.
Try writing down 14 things that you are grateful for....it will put a smile on your face.

Monday, March 9, 2009


These are the bags I showed my quilt group how to make last week..cute and fast.
So, today I had to go to Joannes for some funky fabric as I am going to attempt to make Softies animals and dress them up for my grandchildren...by the time I got out of there it probably would have been cheaper to buy them all a softie animal, oh well, then they couldn't say their grandma made it for me! I LOVE that I talk to my girls several times a week and they are like my best friends :) thanks girls...you make my life a very happy place.

Saturday, March 7, 2009



The Jewel Basin....Grizzly Bear country and less than 2 minutes away from our driveway...I walk around with care.

This was June 10 2008!!!!!! Wild eh? We were on our way back from San Diego and hit this and my car hit black ice and we went into a horrible slide all over the road spun around several times and hit a post and stopped facing oncoming traffic! $3000. thousand dollars damage to my car....but thankfully we were not harmed.

The guest house


Well here it is, Home Sweet Home.



The side roads of Montana


Snow days


We had 3 feet of snow by Jan. 2 good job I love the snow and winter in general...we get 7 months of winter and several weeks of summer ! If you like the snow, come on up and visit us.