Flashback Friday

 Gentle Friends, I've always loved stitching Quaker pieces, but none more than this piece...

1798 Quaker Sampler by Goode Huswife

40ct Barn Owl by Linens by Design

Using the called NPI Silk Floss

1/30 - 3/18/2019

 I do enjoy the Goode Huswife pieces I've stitched and pieces I have yet to stitch...this is probably my favorite of them all.  It hangs in our living room and I see it all the time.

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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Fall Music

 Gentle Friends, a lovely song sung by the incomparable Nat King Cole.......

Autumn Leaves - 1945 -  by Joseph Kosma, English translation by Johnny Mercer.  

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That's about all for this evening sports fans.  

Keeping those Floridians in harm's way in our thoughts.  Stay Safe!!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Words!

edgar

A Little Stitching

 Gentle Friends, stitching away on AGW, and here's a snaperoo..

.. I popped it out of the Q-snap and it looks a bit bent... but I did finish up that potted plant ... there were a lot of starts and stops with this as I do not like to trsvel floss too much on the back, but it's done, and on to the little motifs and the big-black-house!

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Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

Flashback Friday

 Gentle Friends, today is a Christmas piece that I stitched about 10 years ago...

... from Blackbird Designs, "Blessing be Thine"...  of course, I did it my way and I converted it from GAST and WDW overdyed cotton floss to Belle Soie overdyed silks...  stitched on 36ct Meadowlark from BoF - WDW Havana to BS Chocolate, GAST Cranberry to BS Red Fox, GAST Dried Thyme to BS Collard Greens, GAST Oatmeal to BS Oatmeal Scone.  I loved doing this and had planned to stitch it again... and may still get another one stitched up and made into a pillow.

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Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Autumn

 Gentle Friends, with the autumnal equinox upon us here's a little Vivaldi...

... this is my favorite time of year and this lovely music really puts me in the mood for those crisp nights and my mother-in-law's apple cake!!!  Time to Bake!

Be Well!!!

edgar

A Little Movie Watching

 Gentle Friends... here's a movie list I made up long ago...and I still stand by my choices...

15 Movies to watch again and again!!  In no particular order......

1. - Summertime - 1955 - It is because of this wonderful movie that the first place I went to in Europe was Italy and especially Venice!!

2. - The Emperor's New Grove - 2000 - I love Disney Movies and am the first in line when a new release comes out (Pinocchio is coming out really soon!) This one has it all!!

3. Marie Antoinette - 1938 - Gorgeous if unrealistic version of the Queen's life with Norma Shearer in top form - I also love the 2006 version with Kirsten Dunst.

4. Giant - 1956 - There are so many great Elizabeth Taylor films I love but I picked this one.

5. Now Voyager - 1942 - There are lots of super Bette Davis films I really love and her career was so long - she is in top form in this one.

6. Trip to Bountiful - 1985 - A lovely small film at the end of Geraldine Page's glorious career.

7. Mildred Pierce - 1945 - There are lots of great Joan Crawford films but this sums up her great career.

8. Stalag 17 - 1953 - I love WWII films and this is both a great William Holden performance set in WWII.

9. Meet Me in St Louis - 1944 - A great nostalgia film and a super Judy performance

10. Goodbye Mr. Chips - 1939 - A super movie - and I needed to include a Greer Garson title- this being her first Hollywood film and super performance.

11. White Christmas - 1954 - One of two Christmas films I can watch over and over

12. Scrooge - 1970 - The second Christmas film I could watch over and over - Not the best interpretation of the Dickens classic, but in my opinion a great musical.

13. Dames - 1934 - One of the many super Busby Berkley confections I love.

14. Witness for the Prosecution - 1957 - A great suspense mystery film.

15. The Women - 1939 - A stupendous ensemble film from that golden year of 1939.

There you go - my top 15 - Everyone has favorite films - what would yours be??? 

Think about it as it is very hard to narrow down a list!

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Although I made the list up over a decade ago these are still films I watch when they pop up on TCM or I feel the need and grab the old DVD or Blu-Ray...an old film is like a good friend, always there!

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Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends and the heavens opened up and there was rain... quite a bit here in the Bay area... as we left Mass yesterday morning it started up and on the drive over the hill into Noe Valley, the 5 minutes it takes to get home it whipped up to damn near torrential!!  Then it was off and on all day Sunday.  On the stitching front I'm still plugging away at AGW... here's a snap of how it is shaping up ...

...sorry about the Q-Snap and wrinkles but you can see that it is a bit on the slow-going side...  

I do love the color palette!!

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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds1

edgar