Sunday, June 7, 2009 another day

This is my daughter Rebecca and her daughter Jacquelyn. In May, Becky graduated from College with a four year degree in Phsycology. This week she starts summer courses to earn a nursing degree to go with it. Way to go Becky - Cum Laude!

Well, a lot has happened in the last six months. Some of it is good and some no so good. The last week has been another not so good but I won't belabor that here. I have been taking some pictures of balloons from my house. This weekend was the annual Cambridge Valley balloon festival and although I haven't gone into Town for the festivities - some of it has come to me.

I've also picked a strawberry from our strawberry plant (now plants) that Ted and our grandson Zachary planted last summer.

After all this time I've also ordered and received some fresh polymer clay - so who knows - maybe a good time to makes some new dolls and things. I need to get my head straight and maybe it will help.

Last July we went to France for Aaron and Annelise's wedding. Her mother Karn is like family. We had such a wonderful time and were very comfortable. Karn is very ill right now and in my thoughts and prayers daily. I hope that anyone who takes a moment to read this blog entry will also take a moment and say a prayer and send some beautiful energy for Karn.

Ted's Aunt Helen and his older brother. Alan, both passed away this last week. Very sad in a way but in a way okay. Aunt Helen was a beautiful person who lived a long and good life and is now at rest with her beloved Clarence. Alan, leaves behind his beautiful daughter, Cora but I hope that he has found peace. He really needed a rest and I hope finds solace.

Any way, I am going to post some pictures of the house as it is now and some other pictures that I want to share. I hope you have a beautiful week.
This is a little rock waterfall that I built beside the house yesterday. Its running water from a spring on the property.

Thursday night, March 5, 2009 - just a note...

Time goes on and spring is coming. I am so looking forward to the spring flowers and the green of the awakening earth. The cold this winter has been very disconcerting. I am hoping that March is nice this year and goes quietly like a lamb - but from what I'm hearing on the weather - looks like it's supposed to be a little warmer in the next couple of days and then back to the freezer for us.

I haven't been able to do much with my dolls or other art yet. I want to but I just can't seem to do it. All in time I guess. I am posting here so I think that's a good sign. Have a safe and happy night.

Time, so fleeting and so precious

THEODORE REYNOLDS BELL 12/27/1947 TO 01/12/2009 Beloved husband and father...


It has been a while since I last posted. As a matter of fact January 11, 2009 was a nightmare day as it turned out. My precious, darling Ted; the other half of me had a fatal stroke and passed away officially on January 12, 2009. I am only posting this because I can't not post it. To not post it would be to ignore his importance in my life - and Ted was an all important part of me. His life was precious to me and a terrible loss that I will feel for a very, very long time - or at the very least, for the rest of my life. The joy of Ted was immeasurable and a blessing that I would not have missed - even for this pain of loss. So I give you this view...
Until we meet again my love.

January 11, 2009

I've been remiss in posting and have not posted any thing art related in a while. I haven't been totally without artistic ambition though. Angel pin dolls were the subject of December's Pin Doll Alley swap and I made a pin doll for Heera. I am posting a picture of the Pin Doll Angel that I made but sadly, I still have to take a picture of the beautiful Angel that Heera made for me - so that will be up at a later time.

I am working on a crocheted afghan right now - really off pace with doll making, or polymer clay but a needed change I think. Change is good and crocheting lets my mind wander and relax. I think my next project will be some crazy quilting which I do in smaller scale than large piano scarves - but I really enjoy the fabrics and the stitches. I'm thinking of incorporating some of the crazy quilting into my next doll project. I've done that before and I always enjoy the outcome, since it adds such a beautiful depth and dimension.

This is a picture of the Angel that I sent to Heera:

From the ice dome

Greetings! Today is bright and clear - not like yesterday which was frozen rain, sleet and snow. It is much colder today though and the ice is just as heavy - but at least looks pretty from inside the house. We lost power sometime in the night of the 11th but it was back on by about 9:30 am on the 12th. I am posting some pictures. Last night was a full moon and with a clear cold sky it was absolutely stunning.

with ice/before snow with ice/after snow

Ted fixing the mailbox after the plow hit it - but before the snow came.

and then a brilliant morning...

Our Christmas Tree 2008

Happy Thanksgiving 2008 - wow time does fly...

Good morning - Happy Turkey Day! The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is on today and all is right with the world. I hope that you enjoy a happy, healthy Thanksgiving and have a bright and beautiful Holiday Season. We celebrate Christmas and this is the best of times. Cookies to bake and fudge and other treats to make! Ted started his chex mix batches and even put up one of our trees. The decorations are out and just need to be sorted and displayed. So much warmth even in the cold of late autumn/early winter. We are spending the day with Becky and her family in Vermont. Ted is doing the scalloped corn and I am making sweet potatoes and maybe some jello. Orange jello so that I can use the two mandarin oranges that have been growing on the little orange tree that my brother Jack and his family gave us for Christmas a couple of years ago. They are wonderful little oranges - we had one last January and now we have two more that are looking ripe and beautiful. We also have Myer Lemons rippening on the lemon tree Jack and family also sent another year and those are the best lemons I have ever had.

I hope that you all have a safe, happy, and joyous day full of all the things that make you feel at peace with the world. (Even if that something is football....) (How American is this????)

I made a couple of Dragons for the girls last weekend. Jacquelyn's request was for purple and Samantha's request was for pink. I took some pictures (which is good because Samantha has already damaged hers and is needing repair) and will post them soon. I'm also working on three sculpts (Christmas ornaments) that I can't post yet until the swap is over on BPACG. There is also a Blue Angel in cloth in progress that I seem to be spinning my wheels on. I like her so far but now am stuck. Hopefully I "un-stick" soon. LOL.

Hopefully more later and pictures - I have to work tomorrow and we go to NYC on Sunday to get Mike and bring him home for a couple of months so there isn't much time to do anything. Next weekend is a big one too - we go to NYC on a bus trip with friends and then spend the night in Albany so that we can go to the TransSiberian Light Orchestra concert at the TU Center on Sunday. We plan Christmas shopping for early next Sunday so it will be a very busy weekend. Makes me tired already....

Take care and have a happy.
K

November 2, 2008 Post Halloween

Time just flies by....don't know where the rabbit hole is but my time is fleeting down there - I just know it.

Mike has gone back to the city after a couple of week break up here. We miss him. Friday, Halloween, Becky and Kevin and the three children came over for trick or treating and the annual Halloween Parade. What fun. I'm attaching pictures and yes - I'm even adding one of me and one of Ted that shows that goofiness doesn't fall far from the tree. (Maybe it's just contagious?) Even the cat isn't sure about the pumpkin???

Crazy just runs in the family...

I also finished and mailed out my pin for my swap partner, Karen Mallory on Pin Doll Alley. The theme was Gravely I speak - ghosts all around...

Thanks for visiting and Happy Halloween!