Eureka Springs Hook-In

What a wonderful weekend Danny and I had visiting Eureka Springs this weekend. We enjoyed seeing the Passion Play on Friday night and then Saturday morning we went to the hook-in hosted by Vicki of Hogscald Holler. If you didn't get a chance to attend try to come next year you will have a wonderful time.

Here is just a sampling of a few of the rugs on display I'll try to share more tomorrow.








Me and Vicki just before I left for the day. Thanks so much Vicki for hosting such a wonderful show and hook-in.



Betty of Primitivebetty's and her sil Robin attended the show as well and had invited Danny and I back to where they were staying for supper. We enjoyed meeting their families and had such a great time! Betty gave me one of her cross~stitch samplers and it is absolutely beautiful. I'll have to share a picture as soon as I find just the right place for it. I'm such a lucky gal!



Happy Trails...Ginger

My Primitive Sampler ~*K is for Key*~

Another free doodle to add to the Primitive Sampler!

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Will Work For Food!

Aren't they cute...it's the clean up crew and we are going to have more coming to stay real soon. Danny bought 5 little nannies and 2 Jenny's. We haven't had donkeys before but one will be to stay with some of our cows and calves and one will be with the goats.



Soon as they were unloaded they put their heads down and went to work eating away at the brush. That's what I call willing to work for food!

We are going to have to get several more to get the job done and they sure are fun to watch especially when they start having little ones.

Happy Trails...Ginger

My Primitive Sampler~*J is for Jack O'Lantern*~

Hope you enjoy doing this little freebie.

Happy Trails...Ginger

Yours, Mine, and Sweet 16

We had a very productive weekend celebrating my nephew John's 16th birthday. He turns 16 on the 9th of June and I'm sure he is looking forward to the freedom of driving a car.



Pizza deliveries are uncommon way out in the country but Dennis my brother-in-law was more than happy to bring us some much needed refreshments!


All the younger kids enjoyed snacking and watching a movie.



Dad can usually be found setting out on the porch when he's not fishing.



We spent most of the day working on a couple of projects at Mom and Dad's house. We built them some new back steps and made a flower garden out front. My sis "Jane" was trying to be the boss.



Bobbie was soon worn out from all the hard work. I have to admit she probably worked harder than anyone then again she's the youngest of us girls!



Sherry enjoying a break!


After we finished our work day at my folks house we went for supper over at Danny's folks. Glad we all live so close.



It was one of those rare times when all of Danny's brothers and sisters were all over. We enjoyed a great meal of spaghetti and garlic toast.



The original "Jackson" gang!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Moon Pies & A Bit of Rug Hooking!

Here it is Friday again and it's been one lonesome week. Sloan has been gone all week visiting with his other Grandma and I've been missing lots of sweet moments... but from what I hear he's been having a good time.

I brought a big ol' box of Moon Pie's to the shop and the guys have been enjoying a tasty treat this morning...of course I enjoyed one, too!

Did you know that the Moon Pie has been around since 1917? Here is how it got it's name...a traveling salesman for Chattanooga Bakery was visiting a company store that catered to the coal miners. He asked the workers what they might enjoy as a snack. They said they wanted something for their lunch pails that would be filling and taste good. When asked what size the snack should be, a miner held out his hands to frame the moon and said, "About that big!" With that idea in mind, the salesman headed back to the bakery where he noticed some workers dipping big graham cookies into marshmallow. He thought this looked like a good tasting combination, so he added another cookie for the lid and covered it with chocolate. When he took a batch of samples for the workers to try, the response was so enormous that the "Moon Pie" soon became a regular item for the Bakery.

What a great name for a simple treat!

I finished up a rug yesterday and since I'm setting at work today with not much to do I thought I would start up a new one! I needle punched this guy last year for the State Fair Of Oklahoma and thought I would give him a go in a hooked rug. Looks like this afternoon I should be able to pull a few more loops.

Gotta locate my work gloves too. My sisters, brother-in-laws, and all the kiddo's have a work day planned tomorrow over at Mom & Dad's which should be lots of fun and well be celebrating my nephew's 16th birthday so that means cake and ice cream!

Wishing each of you a fun Friday!

Happy Trails....Ginger

My Primitive Sampler ~*I is for Iris*~

Here is the next free little doodle for the "Primitive Sampler" hope you enjoy making this one! Feel free to use it however you choose.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Cool Summer Day!

I had great plans to stay home all day but it just wasn't to be. Had to go help Danny this morning but I managed to spend the afternoon at home. The whirling of the washing machine was a pleasant sound just because it meant I was home! My niece "Megan" came for the afternoon and kept busy playing with Daisy and playing games, coloring, and watching a little TV. We did make a trip around the farm on the cart to see the pond and the cows.

Hopefully she will come back soon when it's not so muddy and we will go fishing together.




It was a nice cool day just perfect for being outside even though it was a bit wet. I am finding that I'm having to fill the feeders for the hummingbirds often as we have many visitors.



The flowers are all coming into bloom.


I do like this groundcover it has tiny daisy flowers and they look so dainty! I'm hoping they will soon cover over the bed they are planted in.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Wake Me When It's Over!

Oh boy did you know that it is totally exhausting just sitting around? Well it did help to have some things to needle punch and hook on. We had the last day of the pecan growers association convention in OKC today and can I say...BORING! Oops hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings but if I hadn't had something to work on I'm afraid I would have had to found a place for a long nap.

Never did get Danny to do any punching or rug hooking but then again I ran out of supplies to soon and was wishing I had brought more thread and wool strips.

Tomorrow I plan on enjoying Home SWEET Home even if it does include laundry and some housework.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Happy Trails...Ginger

Time For a Needle Punch Lesson!

Danny and I spent the day setting up a booth at a convention for the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association. Glad I brought along a bit of needle work. For you that are doing the Primitive Sampler I'll have some new free doodles to share later this week just got to get my scanner back home for the patterns.

Today was mostly set up and a registration....and boy for a gal that likes to be busy it was too slow! I'm hoping tomorrow will be busy but if it's not I'm going armed with needle punch supplies and rug hooking. I might just talk Danny into a lesson on needle punch if it's slow.

Happy Trails...Ginger

Sneezy, Itchy, Watery Eyes!

Now I know why I enjoy fall so much. It's allergy season again!

It was another busy weekend again. It always seems like when summer rolls around that with more daylight hours we find more that needs to be done.

We had a busy day Saturday at church as everyone that could came and painted fences, went through a few things, repainted a Sunday School classroom and did a lot of organizing.


This afternoon I mowed the lawn and finished up planting a few more flowers and bushes. Just as I was finishing and the sun was sinking low the phone rings and low and behold it's Danny needing help. Good thing for cell phones or he would have been walking.



He was trying to put some more dirt on the dam of the back pond and just about slid in. With the recent rains we have had the pond is full and the dam needed some reinforcing. With a little help from yours truly we had him back on solid ground in no time.



I've been doing some painting outside just giving the lawn furniture a touch of paint and thought it would be nice to have a little birdbath. It was super simple and if you have a clay pot and saucer you can make one, too.

All you need is a
Clay pot
Clay saucer
Acrylic paint
foam brush
glue (I used gorilla glue)
clear spray





Paint your pot and saucer ( I left the portion I was going to glue together unpainted). Glue the saucer on top of upside down clay pot. Place a heavy object on top for a couple of hours while glue dries. Spray with clear spray let dry.




Now I have a simple little birdbath that all the lil' birds can enjoy!

I found a moment and updated my LPS shop seems like the 1st and the 15th comes around so fast.

Happy Trails....Ginger

My Primitive Sampler *~H is for Home~*

My primitive sampler can be done in redwork, needle punch, rug hooking, or any of your favorite forms of art. A free little doodle from me to you!

Happy Trails....Ginger

A Lil' PuP named "DAISY"

Our newest lil' addition here on the farm is "Daisy" a mix of Great Pyrenese and Border Collie and she is one roly poly lil' pup. We picked her up over at my Mom and Dad's this evening. Mom and Dad kept two of her brothers. I'm sure Sloan is going to enjoy having a pup to play with.



We had a very busy weekend around the farm planting shade trees and having Sloan over on Saturday. He enjoyed playing in the little swimming pool and with the help of his PaPa they soaked me with the waterhose. Boys will be boys no matter what age!



Sloan loves tractors and he had his first ride in the big green tractor. He loved every minute of it.





The weather has been so nice that I've been trying to catch up on the gardening and flowerbeds and I got a bit burnt, oh well more freckles!

For those doing the primitive sampler I'll have another doodle tomorrow!

Happy Trails....Ginger

A Treasure Came Today!

I received the most wonderful gift in the mail today. It is a wedding fraktur handmade and designed by Debbie St. Germain of Woolen Sails. Debbie offered one of two patterns on the USAPRIM group on eBay to the members to do up as a needle punch or hooked piece and then she offered a prize once the challenge was finished. Now that's what I call winning twice...once with the patterns and second with this beautiful fraktur. The detail is so amazing and the frame is a rustic painted wood and looks beautiful on my barn red wall.

I hope to have this wonderful treasure passed down through the generations. If you get a chance be sure and stop over at her blog and see the many different types of handmade works of art she does. She does so many wonderful things.



Big Hugs to you Debbie. I just love the wedding fraktur!

Happy Trails...Ginger

My Primitive Sampler*G is for Goat*

Another quick lil' doodle for the primitive sampler quilt. Feel free to use it for redwork, needle punch, or rug hooking.

Happy Trails....Ginger