by Susan | Dec 1, 2018 | Odds and Ends, Projects
I always enjoy our Christmas Tree Festival and Auction here in town. Community members and businesses adopt Charlie Brown style live table top trees or wreaths and decorate them for auction. You’ve likely seen some of my submissions in the past. Rather than a...
by Susan | Nov 12, 2018 | Projects
Have you tried cutting out those tiny pattern pieces, like eyes? My circles usually look like ovals and get smaller and smaller as I keep trimming, trying to get them just right. I tested a technique that calls for fusing freezer paper to your felt. It’s like...
by Susan | Oct 26, 2018 | Odds and Ends, Projects
Last weekend was the grand opening of Milbridge Commons – a wellness park and garden I’ve been working on with a group of others for more than three years. In anticipation of this event, I asked Paul to make a cornhole game. Before building the boards, he carved the...
by Susan | Jun 5, 2018 | Photography
Last month while visiting my parents, Hannah and I visited Boiling Springs and walked the lake. We spent quite a bit of time watching the Mallard mama with her babies. A flotilla coming into shore. Taking a mid morning break on the boat ramp. A fierce mama watching...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2018 | Odds and Ends, Projects
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve spent every free moment pondering and planning developing kits for some of my patterns. It’s Paul who encouraged me to jump into this endeavor and I confess that I’ve become a bit felt obsessed. I found a wholesale source for wool...
by Susan | Apr 15, 2018 | Odds and Ends, Projects
When building our house I didn’t install a back splash in the kitchen. In part because I didn’t know what I wanted to do, and in part because I just wanted to be finished! After seeing a tin tile ceiling in a restaurant, I started doing some research on...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2018 | Photography
A lull between appointments gave me the chance to pause and enjoy watching a couple of Common Mergansers floating down the Narraguagus River. I call moments like this “drive by shootings” – serendipitous photos taken from the comfort of the car....
by Susan | Feb 5, 2018 | Granny Gadget
Mom (aka Granny Gadget) sent this new bird feeder to me. I finally had the chance to fill it and put it up yesterday. Since the ground is frozen I couldn’t rig a pole for it, so I opted to hang it from the trunk of a young tree. The birds love it. It look just a...
by Susan | Jan 20, 2018 | Odds and Ends, Projects
Paul doesn’t get enough credit for things he does for me around the house. He’s a very handy guy. Ponds, duck and chicken coops, pot racks, you name it and he can likely do it. The only challenge is that Paul has one speed. He calls it “half...
by Susan | Dec 11, 2017 | Felt Patterns, Other Patterns, Projects
I’ve wanted to find another way to use my felt birds for the holiday. I created this Christmas stocking just big enough to feature an owl and to tuck a few goodies inside. The possibilities are endless. Use a wool or wool-blend felt for a sturdy stocking in...
by Susan | Dec 4, 2017 | Odds and Ends, Projects
I admit it. I’ve become a bit addicted to decorating Christmas wreaths. It started with my Whooo’s Home for Christmas wreath. Then we had some extra undercoated wreaths from our WHRL Christmas Tree Festival that I felt compelled to do something with. This...
by Susan | Dec 3, 2017 | Odds and Ends, Projects
Our Christmas Tree Festival and Auction at the WHRL is but a memory except for the cleanup. This year’s tree was inspired by an Adirondack chair we had leftover from our “Chairity” auction this summer. Paul said he wanted to paint it up for us and I...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2017 | Projects
It’s Christmas Tree Festival time here in town. The past few years I decorated trees with my owls, birds, and woodland critters. I’d planned to follow in that theme, but just didn’t have the time and was in the mood to do something different (I did...
by Susan | Nov 7, 2017 | Photography
A couple of degrees below freezing this morning as I ventured out for my day. I relented and dug out a jacket and gloves and then sat in the car watching the sun rise over the trees waiting for my windshield to defrost. How pretty a morning frost can be.
by Susan | Sep 10, 2017 | Photography
A longtime friend photo challenged me on Facebook. The task was for seven days to share a black and white photo of your life. No people. No explanation. It was fun revisiting my pictures, testing which ones look good in black and white; many did not. Others are...
by Susan | Jul 31, 2017 | Projects
The WHRL’s summer fundraising auction held over the weekend had a new feature this year. In addition to the raffle-style auction, we had a “Chair-ity” silent auction. Local artists decorated folding Adirondack chairs that were then auctioned. Paul,...
by Susan | Jul 25, 2017 | Photography
The Monarch caterpillars are getting quite big. This morning I gave them a new sprig of milkweed. By this evening, they’d eaten all but the stock. I had two new stems of milkweed left in a mason jar on the counter from last weekend. As I prepared them for the...
by Susan | Jul 23, 2017 | Photography
Last week I splurged and spent $19 on a macro lens for my iPhone. I figured that it would be an inexpensive way to begin experimenting with close up photos of my Monarch caterpillars. I’ve played around with the lens a bit with various results. Once clipping the...
by Susan | Jun 25, 2017 | Critters, Odds and Ends
Cinder, aka Miss Kitty.
by Susan | Nov 30, 2016 | Projects
Hannah, Paul and I took a break from the hustle and bustle of life and attend a local paint and sip event. None of us have much experience with painting anything other than a wall, but we had fun! The subject was seascapes. From left to right: Hannah, Susan, and Paul....
