Autumn Days On Our Lil' Patch Of Heaven!

Do you ever feel like you are going in circles trying to keep up with the everyday chores? If I cleaned up one mess today I cleaned up one hundred then I looked up this evening and noticed tons of dust on the heater vents in the ceiling. Guess I better get those cleaned before the heater comes on and dust goes flying!

Seems like the ol' ticker has decided to act up a bit so it's put a hitch in my giddy up. I made a quick trip this afternoon to the doc and he said with a little extra meds it should take care of the problem. Seems like a pill is always a quick fix. Goodness knows I keep those pharmaceutical companies in the money!

I saw this sign while on our trip and I should of went ahead and purchased it especially for my crafting room.




Yesterday we enjoyed some time outside looking at the mums that are really blooming good and then Sloan and I went fishing. He caught two fish that he proudly announced were SHARKS! He is really getting good at reeling in the line although I'm still in charge of throwing out the line.



Tonight he was quite the character putting on a show before bedtime after a quick bath. He was roaring like a lion for all of us.




Well the rains are coming down again and the temperatures are dropping. It will be good to sleep to the drum of the rain. Tomorrow I'll be back to work to catch up on the bookkeeping. I've been running behind on my monthly giveaway and hopefully by next week I'll have something in the works. I have a few special plans for November and December in the giveaway department so keep tuned!

Happy Trails....Ginger

It's Good To Be Home!

We made it home late Saturday night and I must say home never looked so good even with a mountain of laundry to do. We had a good time seeing some of the sights. Danny celebrated his birthday while we were gone.



We found a great farmer's market with lots of fruits, vegetables, handmade soaps, and lots of varieties of food being prepared as you wait.



We even saw Sponge Bob.


Universal studios was an interesting place to visit.


It was quite a change for us taking public transportation. When you live in the country your use to having your own car. I must say this is the first time I have actually taken a bus that is with the exception of a schoolbus.


We made it to San Francisco after a very turbulent airplane ride through a storm. While there we saw the Golden Gate Bridge.



Jenn and JJ on our way to Alcatraz.








Pier 39 famous for it's sea lions!






I just had to add this .....Guess if you don't want one giant rat tail you better brush your hair everyday! Boy it's good to be home!!!!




Happy Trails.....Ginger

It May Be Hollywood

But as far as I'm concerned there is no place like home...Yes I'm missing my country living already. Give me land lots of land under starry skies above!

Oh we are having a good time out here in sunny California....


Jenn and JJ as they wait on their first subway ride.


The ceiling tiles in the subway were made to look like movie reels....



Hello Kitty meets Jenny!



We are off on a double decker bus for lots of sightseeing...yes we are as the locals call us Looky Lou's!!!


What do you know we made it Pa!




Even Kermit has a star!



Santa Monica beach area and pier was a fun place to visit.



Bubba Gump's for some good eats!



I saw Spider Man today....
Well tomorrow is sure to be filled with lots more sightseeing so better get rested up so I can keep up with the young ones.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Happy Birthday!

The sunshine of Papa and Momo turns 2 today!

I sure do love this lil' one!!!

My heart just swells up everytime I just think about how much joy he has brought into our lives!!!!!

Love and smooches to Sloan!

Momo and Papa

Leaving for the West Coast!

Well the old folks (Danny and I) along with our daughter and her hubby are taking a vacation to good ol' California! Of course Danny and I will pretty much look like the Beverly Hillbillies out in LA and San Francisco! Once a year we shut down the shop for a week and all of the employees take off. Some of the guys stay home and do honey do's and some enjoy the extra time with the kiddo's or their spouses.

So Saturday morning we will be off for a week of seeing Hollywood lights and enjoying some west coast cruisine.

I'll be missing all of my family even before we get out of the driveway! I'm sure Sloan will have grown a few inches and learned more words before the week is up!

I'll have one more post tomorrow as someone VERY SPECIAL will be celebrating a birthday. I might even be able to post a day or two while were gone.

Oh goodness with that all said I'm all ready missing them all already!



Happy Trails....Ginger

In The Blink of An Eye!

My baby boy turned 26 years old today! It's hard to believe it but here it is 26 years later and he has a lil' one of his own.

He has always been so easy going with a great sense of humor that often kept you on your toes....



Happy Birthday Dan!!!!

Love, Mom

Did You Know....

That superman comes to visit me during the week? Today he came dressed in his superman shirt and cape ready to...be faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Or just open up some wonderful birthday gifts from Betty, Tony and Trinity! Thanks for all the special books and kaleidoscope. As you'll see he is still trying to figure out how to use the kaleidoscope!






My lil' superman/cowboy won't officially be 2 until Friday but he sure has been enjoying some early celebrations!




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Thank you for all the emails and prayers for my Dad and Mom. Dad is doing well after his surgery and is coming home tomorrow. It has simply been amazing how well he has done after such a difficult surgery and I know he still has a long journey ahead of him but he is beginning to look and act like his old self again. It's hard to keep a good cowboy down!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Primitive HAND hooked Turkey!

Remember those days from grade school when you would trace around your hand and then pull out the crayon box and make it into a turkey to take home for Mom to put it on the refrigerator for the Holiday season. Well I've been drawing around Sloan's little hands and showing him how to make turkeys and yesterday while he was napping I thought it might be fun to draw up a silly little hand turkey and hook up a little mat and that's just what I did. I finished the binding this evening and I hope to offer him on eBay in a couple of weeks.




My Mom bought Sloan this great lil' stick horse and gave it to him today. He loves it! He keeps telling me he's a cowboy and that he needed a horse so his great~grandma really came through. You push on it's ear and it whinny's and makes a galloping sound. He keeps saying Giddy Up....I'm a cowboy! When Papa got home he made a dash for the door and was out running across the yard riding his horse....I was hollaring "Whoa Cowboy"....that lil' horse and cowpoke sure do travel fast!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Proud AS Can BE!!!! $5,000 Winner!!!

Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy! My niece Erin entered a cooking contest in the National Beef Cook off and her recipe was selected a few months ago! She won a trip with her Mom to Sanoma Valley, California to cook her "Olympian Burger"....today was the cookoff and I watched via the internet and tonight they announced the winners. She was in the teen category...she was the youngest contestant just 14 years old and she won the runner up in her category! HOOORAAAAYYYYY!

Now that's what I call a hamburger! Wonder what she has planned for that $5,000!!!!

Congratulations ~ ERIN~

If you would like to see Erin at the cook off click here or just visit the Beef Cook off for the recipes of all the contestants here and look for winning recipes!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Autumn Welcome Free Doodle

As summer comes to a close it's time to look forward to Autumn. I've always enjoyed Autumn days. The pecans begin to fall from the trees and memories of picking up pecans with my sisters and Dad when we were kids. Dad would climb way up into the tree with great ease and jump up and down on the limbs and we watch as the pecans would rain down. Once we picked up enough and they were shelled Mom would make a pecan pie....YUM!

This autumn our Dad more than likely want be climbing up any trees but I'm sure Mom will be making some pecan pies. Dad has been diagnosed with vocal cord cancer and will be undergoing surgery in just a few short weeks. The prognosis is good but the road to recovery will be the difficult part. Please keep him and my Mom in your prayers as they undergo this journey in their life.

Well with all that said here's a free lil' doodle to Welcome Autumn wouldn't it look great as a little punch needle , hooked rug, or even embroidery sampler....enjoy and please give me credit as the designer.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Needle Punch Jack~O~Cat and A New Set of Wheels!

I finally put the last stitch in this great design by Brenda Gervais. "Jack~O~Cat in his Halloween Costume was fun to make. The penny rug turned out perfect for a little table display. I plan on putting it on eBay later tonight.



This lil' fella will be having a birthday in about 3 weeks but I just couldn't resist giving him a early present. He has decided that the lil' car that he used to learn to walk with was a skateboard which was a little bit on the scary side as boys will be boys and try all kinds of things. So what's a grandma to do...why buy a skateboard!


So as you can see he's been trying out his new set of wheels. I think I might be investing in a helmet as I'm sure he plans on taking it outside.

Happy Trails...Ginger

Two Gobblers!

This was a pattern I purchased last year while we were on vacation in the New England States. We stopped by Linda's home (no blog) to see all her beautiful wools and hooked rugs she has in her New Hampshire home. While there I fell in love with her turkey rug that she had. It's a pattern by Primitive Cupboard. I finished hooking it last night so this Gobbler is all ready for Autumn to arrive!


Just had to share my other lil' Gobbler! He had just had a bath and was ready for a bite to eat. He loves corn on the cob can you tell?
I think he's the cutest gobbler of all!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Halloween Offerings

Autumn Days will be here soon and the days are already getting shorter. We have been enjoying some much needed rains. I finally put together a pattern of "Mr. Pennyworth" and am offering the pattern on eBay and on my selling blog.





Jenn made this wonderful Jack O'Lantern and you can also find it on the selling blog. She did all the punching and I finished it for her...seems like she is much like her Mom enjoys the punching but the finishing and figuring out what to make it into is another story.




This whimiscal lil' witch brewing up some Halloween fun will be on eBay on Sunday evening.



I've got several other items I just need to put the finishing touches on hopefully this weekend I'll find some stitching time.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Trails....Ginger

Jack and Moonshine Just Another Doodle

I've been drawing lots of pumpkin guys and gals it seems lately and thought I would share one with you. Hope you like Jack and his cat "Moonshine"....Feel free to use the doodle however you choose but please give credit to me as the designer.

The temperatures are finally cooling down a bit after we received some much needed rain. It is sure to help the mums I planted last weekend. I'm so ready for fall weather after such a hot, sticky summer.

This week I stuck it out and bound three rugs which is quite a challenge for me...like to hook em' but binding is another story. I did put another rug on the frame a great lil' turkey designed by Dyed in the Wool. I have several items I need to list on eBay just got to get all the pictures taken maybe I'll find some time this weekend.

Happy Trails....Ginger

A Free Doodle And The Last Loop!

A few nights ago I finished pulling up the last loops on the Peace On Earth Rug. It is one of my favorites now to get to the binding. I plan to hang it over the fireplace for the Christmas holidays.





Now on to the free doodles....great for needle punch, rug hooking, applique, or redwork. Enjoy and please give credit to Primitives By The Light of The Moon.


I've been putting the finishing touches on some needle punch pieces Jenn and I have been doing. I hope to have some listed on eBay soon. I will be closing my LPS shop and CFP shop soon. It's been a great place to have our handmades but it seems like there is never enough time in the days lately to keep up. Thanks to all who stopped by to see what we were offering over the last year.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Congratulations The Winner is....

Joanne of Snippets and Scraps and Pieces. Be sure to stop over at her blog and see all the beautiful hooked items she has been finishing.

Just want to thank all of you for stopping by my blog and taking a peek into our little part of the world. I've finished my "PEACE ON EARTH" rug just need to do the binding. There are some finishing touches to add to some needle punch items so I can update the Lemon Poppy Seed Shop, just seems lately I'm so behind. Ever get that feeling?

I'll also have a free lil' doodle of this pumpkin pinkeep soon just need to get it scanned in the computer. It would be fun to do as redwork, applique, or needle punch.

Happy Trails....Ginger

Would You Like to Win A Pumpkin Patch Pinkeep?

I made this little pinkeep last weekend straight from the scrap basket. I made the little pumpkins 3~D by stuffing them with bits of wool and it is completely handsewn and made of 100% wool. Inside is filled with crushed walnut shells that will keep your pins and needles nice and sharp. Even if you don't sew it would make a great little bowl filler or just tuck it up on a shelf.

So if you would like to enter to win just leave a lil' comment on this post and if you don't have a blog remember to leave an email address so I can notify you if you win.

I'll draw a name on Wednesday evening, September 2nd.

Happy Trails....Ginger

A Little Each Day!

I've steadily been putting in 10 minutes of hooking each night and the Peace On Earth Rug is almost done. It's been fun seeing how each part comes together. I can't seem to find any time during the day due to an active lil' boy. I caught him climbing in a chair today and up into the windowsill to have a closer look at the cows.


I did find a little spare time to make a new penny rug. Autumn days will be here soon and I've been in the mood for a little pumpkin making. I might even have to open up the cupboard doors and find some goodies to make some muffins.

Here's a tasty treat "Pumpkin Bran Muffins" and they are only 1 point on Weight Watchers.

Here is what you need:
2 cups All Bran or Fiber One Cereal
1 Cup Skim Milk
3/4 cup canned pure pumpkin
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Mix cereal and milk: let rest 5 minutes. Add pumpkin, egg, spice and brown sugar. Stir until mixed. Add flour, salt and baking powder. Mix together. Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out cleanly.

Be sure to check back later this week I'll be having another giveaway.

Happy Trails...Ginger