Hoodwinked. What does the word, or in this case, Book Title, conjure up in your mind? A simple definition for hoodwink is to deceive or trick. A few synonyms that caught my attention are bamboozle, beguile, bluff, fake out, snooker and suck in. Read them again. Bamboozle, beguile, bluff, fake out, snooker and suck in. […]
Yarn Along {Nurse Nancy}
Nurse Nancy. Another Little Golden love! I didn’t have this book when I was a kid. It was one I became acquainted with when I was the mama and my kiddos were the, well, little kiddos! I love it all the same! It catches the imagination and pretend play of childhood! And it isn’t Eloise […]
Yarn Along {We Help Daddy}
Renae started crocheting another ruffled scarf. The yarn for these is so pretty and frilly looking. She’s also knitting some pieces. She wants to try making a soft pumpkin out of them. My current dishcloth. And I finished this one. Still looking through my Little Golden books! We Help Daddy I’m quite sure that Eloise […]
Yarn Along {Morty the Monkey and Mrs. Mary Malarkey’s Seven Cats}
Meet Morty the Monkey! Isn’t he the cutest monkey ever?! We were recently part of a fundraiser auction online that was raising money to help fund an adoption. The money is going to help bring home a young boy who will soon be aging out. This monkey was one of the donated items and I bid […]
For The Love Of Our Husbands Giveaway
It’s giveaway time again! Today, Darby and I are giving away a copy of her book, For the Love of Our Husbands. Darby guest posted last week and talked about The Number One Cause of Divorce. If you missed reading it, hop over there now and check it out. It’s a good read. As I […]
Yarn Along {Baby Dear and Several Books}
Look who popped in for today’s Yarn Along! Raggedy Ann and Andy! These dolls have a story. I’ll let them tell it. ………………………………. Hello! We’re the Raggedys! A long, long time ago an auntie picked up her yarn and pattern and began to work on a project for a gift for her niece for Christmas. […]
Yarn Along {The New Baby and Boundaries}
Good Morning! This is one of my very favorite Little Golden books, EVER!!!! The New Baby ~ So sweet. The pictures are gorgeous and little Mike is adorable and his new baby sister is beautiful, too. I loved this book when I was a little girl and I love it equally as much now that […]
Yarn Along {The Boy With a Drum}
Still thinking about Little Golden Books ~ The Boy With the Drum. I love books that rhyme. They’re the best read-aloud kind. I had this book memorized before I could read, and I felt like big stuff, proclaiming that I could read, because I could read/recite this book. 🙂 Makes so much sense to a kiddo! […]
Books Tablescape
Once upon a time in Instagramland, summer was slipping to an end and cooler temperatures were tiptoeing closer and autumn was through the trees and around the bend in the path, not quite visible, but approaching. School sessions and schedules were starting in again and many people were posting pictures of back-to-school and last-days-at-the-pool and […]
Of Books and Highlighting and Pens
I showed you my basket of pens and markers and pencils and all manner of writing utensils over here in this post. I still really like having it and use it practically everyday. I never used to do much highlighting in books. I did highlight in my schoolbooks some. {In those long-ago days. Peer through the […]
Yarn Along {The Shy Little Kitten}
That Kitty likes this book, I think. The Shy Little Kitten. I love Little Golden Books. When Renae was small she had a Go Fish game. The cards were a larger size and instead of fish on the cards, each set was characters from the Little Golden Books. There was the Saggy Baggy Elephant and […]
Yarn Along {All The Places To Love}
Last week I was finishing my Seaside Blue dishcloth. When I finished it I set out this linen color. I snapped some pictures of my collection of solid colors. The golden yellow and coral-y pink found a new home, so they aren’t in the stack anymore. I love how all the colors look together. This […]
Yarn Along {Bruce’s Loose Tooth}
Working on this dishcloth. It is my sixth solid color. But it will be fifth in my stack, because I gave the pink one to my sister-in-law. I finished my golden-yellow from last week. I had fun adding a few photo props and snapping a couple of pics! The two shells in the photos […]
Yarn Along {The Best Yes and Rainbow Valley and Mini and Maxi}
Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams. {affiliate links included} I mentioned last week I had the idea to make several solid dishcloths. My stack is started. I finished the yellow and moved onto a coral-ly pink, completed it ~yay!~ and pulled out a golden yellow. I had an orange-striped shirt on one day and […]
Organizing Photos In Three-Ring Binders
I love pictures. If you’ve dropped by here even just a few times, you may have figured that out. I like taking them, I like having them, I like the memories they create. I also like and appreciate all the pictures friends and family have given us over the years. Many years ago, I was […]
Yarn Along {Lizzy and Jane}
Completed!! I gave myself a quiet, little challenge in my head to finish my purple dishcloth from last week AND knit up another one, all finished, before this week. I managed it! My mother mentioned that she was knitting a pink dishcloth that would go well with the purple I was doing. That inspired me […]