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“Horses” Oil Pastel Drawing
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Happy 2025
Happy New Year! Normally I like to celebrate New Year’s Day with a nature hike or walk, but this year I had a cold, so I just relaxed at home. It did give me time to think on the year ahead, crochet, and immerse myself in a lot of Spanish language films and television shows for my Spanish language learning (and enjoyment, of course). I also bought a premium Duolingo subscription for language lessons, as a gift to myself. I’ve started a new blanket for 2025, with a bright and festive row with colorful popcorns to celebrate the new year, a white row for a fresh new year and with…
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Mini Christmas Tree Bauble Ornament Crochet Pattern
Last week I shared a free pattern for Christmas Tree Bauble Ornaments and today I have a pattern for mini bauble ornaments with a slightly different style from last week’s. They have cupcake-like shapes, or even acorns (this is giving ideas for acorn ornaments) or spinning tops. Once you stuff them with Poly-Fil, you have more control over how you shape them, too. Colors (using Impeccable® Solid Yarn by Loops & Threads®) Mini Bauble Ornament Pattern Using Rich Orchid, 4ch, ss to first st to join and make a ring.
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A California Halloween
Almost every year I go to California to visit family, however I had never been there at Halloween, until this year. During my visit, I got to see my sisters and nieces and enjoy lots of great food, shopping, and fun, including seeing my niece and her fiancé perform in Haunted Hollywood, don our bug costumes at a truck or treat at the school where my sister teaches, and celebrate my other niece’s birthday at Disneyland during Halloween week! I have to admit that I love the original Disney park in all its California glory! It was really cool seeing it decorated for Halloween, and especially experiencing the Nightmare Before…
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Free Crochet Pattern: Christmas Tree Bauble Ornaments
I’m happy to say that this week I completed my first item on My Curiouser and Curiouser List, making my own crochet Christmas ornaments. I experimented with a few colors I had on hand for a blue and white “Snowballs” theme and a “Peach Tree” theme. I am really loving the colors in the peach tree themed ornament best, and now want to crochet something else with these colors sometime. A note about the pattern: I made the popcorn stitches using four double crochet stitches for each. Popcorn stitches are traditionally made with three to five double crochet stitches. Christmas Tree Baubles Colors (using Impeccable® Solid Yarn by Loops &…
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November in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
My friends and I spent the last day of November enjoying the majestic bison and beautiful fall colors of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve just outside of Pawhuska and Bartlesville. Here are some highlights from our visit. Visit my Bartlesville blog for more information on and pictures of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. My Curiouser and Curiouser List: Oklahoma
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My Curiouser and Curiouser List
As I sit here in the quiet of the morning, before I start cleaning and cooking for Thanksgiving this afternoon, and feeling very grateful for my loved ones, I’m thinking about the year ahead and beyond, and noting all of the things I’d like to do in a list. It was just under 100 items so I spent the morning thinking about it and added a few more to make it an even 100. It’s heavy on learning and exploring, so I’m calling it “My Curiouser and Curiouser List.” I’ve always loved the Alice in Wonderland phrase “curiouser and curiouser,” and often use it as an exclamation to describe something…
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Woodland Wonders Blanket Progress
Woodland Wonders, October, design by Coastal Crochet
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Summer in the Pacific Northwest
August brought some good times with family in Oregon this summer, from city to mountains to coast. Here are some of the highlights. Fantastic birthday celebration at a haunted themed restaurant in Portland, Oregon called Raven’s Manor Trip to Three Sisters Mountains in Oregon, with stops along Santiam River and Suttle Lake A walk of Saint Helens, Oregon Little Swimming Hole at the Washougal River in Washington State Adventures at Seaside, OR My Curiouser and Curiouser List: Oregon and Washington
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Hey (Cat) Ladies!
From a mom and cat lady to all the childless cat ladies out there: we all just out here living our best life! So grateful I chose to bring these angels into mine 😇
