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Lisa
Colorado
Wife to John and homeschooling mom of 3, creating a home in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado after moving from suburban life in Texas
Interests: my kids, the outdoors, Colorado, knitting, quilting, Texas, food, British television, a cuppa tea and a really good book
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Randomness: Spring 2018
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"For the night followed by the day, for the idle winter ground followed by the energy of spring, for the infolding of the earth followed by bursts of unfolding, thanks be to you, O God." - J. Philip Newell, Celtic Benediction Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2018 at things here lately...
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Holed Up
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I can think of about a dozen other things I should be doing right now. Truly a dozen. But here I sit wanting to be quiet and still. Really I just want to make tea, knit sweaters, and curl up under a quilt. Or keep working on a quilt. I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2018 at things here lately...
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Bluebird Days, Starry Nights
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Colorado Sampler Quilt Blocks: Trees in the Park Trees in the Park block pattern: Quilter's Cache Fabrics: Aloha Girl by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics Avalon by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics Fabulous Fall by Deb Strain for Moda Fabrics Snow by Kona Cotton Solids I knew I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2018 at things here lately...
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Yarn Along: All the Things from 2017
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It's been a bit since I have posted about knitting projects. Ginny took a break from hosting Yarn Along, and I,...well, I just took a break really! Sorry if this post is an overload of yarn, but even though my blogging rested for a time, my knitting did not. I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2018 at things here lately...
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Such an Amazement
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I think Texas has been trying hard to steal our winter this year. We have had warmer-than-usual temps and fewer-than-usual days of snowfall, while they have been freezing and SNOWING (!) in Texas. My sister in Houston said that they have had snow three times this winter. I rarely EVER... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2018 at things here lately...
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Hello there, Friends...
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I never know where to start when I haven't written a post in awhile. Oh, goodness, what a lot there is to catch up on! A close friend asked me how my 2017 had been. What a loaded question! 2017 made me feel like I was treading in the ocean.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2018 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Autumn 2017
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"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2017 at things here lately...
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Grellow: A Photo Essay
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"How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun." -Vincent Van Gogh "You are my sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray." -Jimmie Davis "But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold." - Job 23:10 "It only... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2017 at things here lately...
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***AUTUMN SALE & GIVEAWAY!***
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*SALE: 25% off all fabric orders at The Aspen Tree Shop!* *GIVEAWAY: Win a Crib/Toddler Size Texas Flag Quilt Fabric Bundle in the color scheme of your choice!* To enter, Visit The Aspen Tree's Facebook Page. "Like the Autumn Sale Facebook Post AND tag one of your quilting friends in... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2017 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Summer 2017
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"Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see a shadow." - Helen Keller Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2017 at things here lately...
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Oops!!!
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Welp...I received an email from a kind soul yesterday who noticed that the pattern page for the Texas Flag Quilt PDF said "Sold Out". How can a PDF be sold out??? Well, it can't. When I listed the fabric bundles in the shop, the storefront host changed the pattern page... Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2017 at things here lately...
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow
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The robins returned in late spring, as they always do. Their singing was loud; their hunting for places to nest frenzied. Aspen trees aren't really the best nesting trees. There are no safe, sturdy, or hidden branches to build upon. But nests must happen, so a red-breasted mama bird found... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2017 at things here lately...
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The Aspen Tree Shop Update and Some Other Stuff
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"Do you have quilt kits for purchase?" "Will you sell me some of your personally stashed fabric?" "Where do you buy your fabric?" Fabric questions are by far the most asked questions that I get regarding the Texas Flag Quilt. Buying fabric can be tricky! Especially when you a) live... Continue reading
Posted Aug 18, 2017 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Spring 2017
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"Spring is the time of plans and projects." - Leo Tolstoy Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2017 at things here lately...
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Oh, Freddy, I would have cried for you, too. It just means that you are loved. <3 So glad you are feeling better! Hugs to you and your mama! :)
Toggle Commented May 4, 2017 on the worst day of my whole doggy life.... at woolythyme
Here lately...
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Watching...The Great British Bake Off, The Great British Baking Show Masterclass, and Escape to the Country. (All available for streaming on Netflix, and all British.) I think I lived in England in another life. Reading...A book about all the little things that dogs can tell about the people and world... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2017 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Winter 2016-2017
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“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without.” - Thomas de Quincey Save Save Save Save... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2017 at things here lately...
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More of...The Record
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More real emergency calls received by Steamboat Springs' local law enforcement, as published in Steamboat Today. THE RECORD: 12:31 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of a drunken driver at Routt County Road 14 and Mount Werner Road. The driver was contacted, and it was... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2017 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Autumn 2016
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"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all." - Stanley Horowitz Save Save Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2016 at things here lately...
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To Market
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"Movin' to the country / Gonna eat a lot of peaches" - The Presidents of the United States of America ---------------------------------------- Three years and three months. That's all it took for me to venture out of my house on a Saturday morning for a trip to the Steamboat Springs Farmer's... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2016 at things here lately...
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Randomness: Summer 2016
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"Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night." - Hal Borland Save Save Save Save Save Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2016 at things here lately...
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Oh, my goodness...I want to hug it and squish it! It will surely be loved by your grandkids! I don't know if I would be able to keep from jumping in the car myself. ;)
Toggle Commented Aug 24, 2016 on yarnalong... at woolythyme
Yarn Along: Hands and Feet
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A couple of smaller projects in preparation of autumn, because I wasn't quite ready to start another big sweater project. :) baa baa black sheep for my hands - Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe. The one thing I haven't been able to accomplish in acclimating to the cold here is... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2016 at things here lately...
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The Record
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One of the most popular features in our town's little quirky newspaper, Steamboat Today, is a daily log of real emergency calls received by our local law enforcement. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present..."The Record." (And just FOR the record, I did not make any of these up.) THE RECORD 12:06... Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2016 at things here lately...
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Patience is a Virtue
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Things have been really quiet here on the blog, because things in real life have been anything but. Life is full of seasons, and some are more challenging than others. I won't lie. It's been a cruel, cruel summer so far. (Hey. You might as well sing some 80's Bananarama... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2016 at things here lately...
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