I love old houses

During my Friday dates with my husband we have been just driving through the countryside.  The weather has begun to change from Fall to Winter and it has been so nice just to relax before the busy holidays.  This week we found a great big house standing all alone up on a little knoll, in the cold wind but bright sunshine, still standing after all the years.  I can't even imagine what this house has held in it's lifetime.  I could see the summer breeze blowing through the windows with the white curtains blowing in the breeze.  Little kids running around the yard playing while their Mother was working inside and their Dad was out in the field.  It almost made me cry to see this house standing all by itself, empty and alone, after all the shelter it has provided for so many years.  It doesn't seem right that it should be left to die alone.  I wonder what has happened to a family that would make them leave their home to just fall apart.  I can't seem to get this house out of my mind...I wish I could save it.

Friday Date

My husband and I have been trying to take every Friday and go on a date for the day.  Usually it is breakfast and a drive through the countryside.  We try to take off a different direction, a road we haven't been down before, or a little town we haven't seen yet.   I love to take pictures and what's is down the road and of course we look for little junk stores to see what we can find (and I usually find something).

This week I saw a little house that just caught my eye.  It always breaks my heart to see a house empty.  I always wonder how it looked when someone lived there.  And how excited maybe a man and his wife and children were the first day they moved into their new home.  I used to know a poem about just this and I think about it every time I see something like this.

 What a cute little house.  

Even empty I love the mossy green color that it has take on with age.

In our part of the country they are bringing in the harvest and the colors of the grains are unbelievable.

It is opening day for pheasant hunting season and my boys will be home soon hungry for supper so I had better get busy on the mashed potatoes for supper...enjoy.

My postcard

This is my postcard for "The (great big) Stitched Postcard Swap.  It was so much fun and I hope my partner likes it.  The minature log cabin quilt square was left over from several years ago when I made a wall hanging minature log cabin quilt.  It was the first time I used paper patterns to sew my pieces together and it was really neat and worked for me.  I also used my new old sewing machine.  I am waiting for mine to come in the mail.  Can't wait.

I made another postcard "thank you" for my mother-in-law but I didn't think of taking a picture. duh!  I also used this last week to drop picture postcards in the mail to my grandkids just to say hi! and I miss you!  Everybody loves getting something in the mail...it's like a little Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas and getting something in the mail.  I got my early Christmas this week too.  I ordered myself some patterns to use for rubbings with my "paintstiks".  I found a beautiful cape made of silk that was done with "paintstiks" that I would like to make for someone.  I just want to make it, I don't wear things like that, don't go anywhere, but I just want to make it.  Or maybe a lap quilt would be fun too.  No sure just love the patterns and colors.  I also ordered some beautiful craft metal to emboss and use in some jewelry.  Fun stuff to do!

New Old Sewing Machine

I am ready to go now. I am so excited, my Mother-in-law gave me her old Singer sewing machine. They are such workhorses. Weather has been wonderful and it is supposed to be cool the next few days so I am looking forward to staying in and sewing. Until then...

















I have signed up for "The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap being done by Beth Nicholls on her blog at aspecialjourneyofmyown.blogspot.com. I have my idea in my head and I hope to set at my new old sewing machine tomorrow and sew. I will add a picture when I am done. Come see.