Blue Monday and a snow day in Texas

Yesterday was depressing, even as much as I tried to avoid the inauguration coverage. Then I read Karen’s post about Blue Monday and found myself smiling as I latched on to the notion … recalling that the blue field in the American flag stands for valor, which m-w.com defines as “strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness" ...

 

And on a positive process note, I’ve gotten some new pin backs as the safety pins I was using were/are a bit fiddly …

Thankfully, we all survived the day and woke this morning to the rare (for central Texas) appearance of snow, which our grandkids are very much enjoying …

The calm before the storm?

 It’s been a quiet week …

and so far I’m very much liking my new stitching box …

We were happy to learn that Jace and Jackson made the best of the twelve inches of snow that fell in St Louis (that’s sweetened condensed milk and snow) …

while we’ve been enjoying much milder temperatures here in central Texas …

Lastly, for those who follow Jude Hill and read about her nine-patch math vis-a-vis 2025, here’s another way of looking at it …

Okay, so just a few more days until Inauguration Day. I’m still debating whether or not to join the Women’s March given my wonky knees. We’ll see.

Batting .500

First and foremost, sending metta to those in the west coast facing the wildfires and to those in the midwest and east coast shoveling snow. This is one of those times when I’m especially grateful that we live in Texas.

I’m pleased to say that my New Year’s resolution to stitch one peace pin a day has held up so far …

However, I’ve been less successful at my other resolution to walk every day. Hence, the second one of the following screen shots seems particularly appropriate …

Last, but not least, we had a great day with Griffin recently, notable especially for making my favorite shortbread and a great new hot cocoa recipe from Sugar Spun Run …

And I almost forgot to show you a couple of the Christmas presents that have taken up residence by my stitching chair …

Such fun!!

Happy New Year!

I’m determined to be positive in 2025, so this piece from Lisa Congdon seemed like a good way to start …

I confess that one of my favorite features in Wordpress was the photo gallery. Not to be denied, I’m going to try creating galleries in Wordpress and then move screenshots of the galleries into Blogger …

Yep, I think it’s got potential, although the sizing might need a tweak.

So Happy New Year everyone. May hope and peace be with you and yours.

And now that our grandkiddos have all headed home, I’m going to try to keep my resolution to make one peace pin a day …

So far, so good 😉

Christmas season, Texas-style

All my loves gathered in one place … what could be better? 

And there haven’t been any complaints about the weather …

Merry Christmas

 

Back to the future

Well, this is my first test of whether or not I will return to blogging here instead of WordPress (where I will leave a trail of thread-crumbs).

Sadly, it’s a post about our favorite gallery in our latest hometown, closing after seven wonderful years. I made a wine bottle label so we could gift the owners with a collage of the seven paintings we purchased at Assemblage …

Then we headed over to say thank you to Jacquie and Geraldo for all the wonderful memories and to say good-bye to the space they curated …

Happily, they will still be living in town and their business will continue virtually, so it’s actually more of a fare-you-well … and thanks for the memories!

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https://imgoingtotexas.home.blog/2024/12/15/peace-in-abundance/

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