One Year Ago ~

Time is flying by.  I can't believe I retired a year ago today.  Where has the time gone?  I don't understand people saying they are bored.  They need to get a hobby.  Volunteer.  Anything.  I haven't been bored a day and wish there were more hours in the day or less hours spent sleeping.

 

 

I have kept busy.  (Most days, too busy.)  Two trips to California ~ one a three and a half week road trip west and the other by jet.  A few days in Chicago.  Several quick trips to Michigan.  Five days of hooking heaven in West Virginia.  A couple other hooking classes.  LOTS more hooking time with friends.  Guild meetings.  Hook ins.  This Friday and Saturday I will be attending the Woolkeeper's Hook In in Danville, Indiana.  There are several places where I will be vending in the next two months, so busy getting ready for those shows.  Never a dull moment.

 

Retirement may not be right for everyone, but it sure was right for me :)

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Lauren

Labor Day ~

Labor Day.  End of summer.  It's been a strange summer indeed, but with all that is going on in Texas, I will not complain about our early fall, though today we are back to summer.  My heart just breaks for the losses they have suffered. 

I am going to show more rugs from Sauder and be done with them.  I can't believe it's taken me this long to post them.  Enjoy the show.

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Lauren

I've Been So Close ~

I've been close to finishing Lancaster Barnyard by Notforgotten Farm for over a week and finally took the hour I needed to pull the last loops.

 

 

In the meantime, I've started to make a few sunflowers.  Some of these will go on old bedsprings.  In October I am vending at Hooked in the Valley in Wooster, Ohio and since it is being billed as more than a hook in, I'm hoping to have some finished goods for sale, too.

 

 

Next on the frame?  I haven't a clue but it really should be a Christmas gift.  I have several gifts I'd like to make, but I usually run out of time.

 

Here are a few more rugs from rug week at Sauder Village.  I can't believe I haven't found the time to post them.  (And there are yet more to show.)  These were guild challenges.  I hope you can enlarge the pictures and read about them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't remember for sure, but I think these rugs were hanging in Ali Strebel's booth.  I am a huge fan of Maria Barton's work.

 

 

I love how she finished the edges.

 

 

The weather here on Ohio's north coast has been more fall-like than August-like.  Yesterday was October-like.  Oh, and today is September.  I know I say it every month, but how can it be?  I must say, it is good weather for sleeping :)

I don't watch the news on television, but the pictures I've seen on the internet of Houston are heartbreaking.  My thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives have been affected by Harvey.

 

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Pug hugs :)
Lauren

Finally ~

Geez.  Where does the time go?  I planned on doing a blog post a few days ago . . . sigh.  Better late than never, right?

 

Saturday I did head to the antique show in Lakeside, OH.  It's a nice show but loaded with jewelry dealers and others with booths full of glassware.  Neither much my style.  I did buy a couple 48 star flags to add to my crocks, a few skeleton keys (hope to make some necklaces) and a Christmas gift.  There were things I would have loved to bring home, but not at prices I was willing to pay. 

 

Lakeside Chautauqua is pretty much a summer community, sitting on the shore of Lake Erie.  Some of the cottages are just too stinkin' cute.

 

 

Granddog Kali went home on Sunday.  Overall she was a good girl :)

 

Ernestine has settled in nicely and is already family and the perfect little girl.  I picked her up only 2 1/2 weeks ago but it seems like we've had her forever.  (Technically she is DSO's dog.)  If you are considering getting a pet, please, please, please consider a rescue animal.  Most rescue animals are loving creatures just looking for a place to call home.  They are in rescue through no fault of their own.  If you think only old, sickly animals end up in rescue, you are wrong.  Ernestine came to rescue because one of her humans died and the other was going to a nursing home.  Remember adopt, don't shop.  Animals purchased at pet stores and through many ads in the newspaper and online are bred in horrific conditions at puppy mills.  If you don't believe me, do a Google search of puppy mills.  It will break your heart.

 

How could you not fall in love with this face?

 

 

I still have lots more rugs to post from Sauder.  Hopefully soon.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)

Lauren

I have no idea why I have this huge space at the end of this post and it will not let me delete it.  ARGH :(

Just went to edit and now it let me delete the wasted space.  Blogger can be so frustrating at times :(

 

Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs 27

I'm sure many of you receive Rug Hooking Magazine and their Celebrations issue.  For those of you who don't, here are some of the rugs displayed at Sauder that are in the magazine.  I wanted to compare the pictures I am posting with the ones in my copy to be sure I didn't make any mistakes, but it seems to have gone missing . . . sigh.  Maybe it decided to hide with my missing proddy tool.

 

Details from the above rug.

 

Betsy (no reply blogger) asked what this rug was.  Jennie in GA left a comment that it is the foot of Jesus on the cross.  Thanks, Jennie.
 

 

I haven't found time to pull a loop in three days and I probably only have about a half hour of hooking left on my chickens rug.  Hopefully tomorrow ~ after I go to one, possibly two antique shows :)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Pug hugs :)
Lauren