School day!!

Simon and Annestelle were very excited yesterday morning for the first day of school.

After eating at The Breakfast Place, we made our way to school.

I was a bit tearful at drop off, but I knew they would be just fine. They were.

We officially have a first grader and a kindergartner.

HobbyHubby took the day off to spend with just me!

(yep, I'm spoiled!)

I'm still not sure where the summer break went.

But gone, it is!

Happy Hobbies!

A little more WV...

As I said in a previous post, we had a wonderful time in WV.

Part of that wonderfulness is due to my two cousins, Noah and Rose, and their kindness!

They entertained Simon and Annestelle during a great portion of our stay.

The pictures below are from our Sunday hike at Spider Creek!

Noah, Rose, Simon & Annestelle before we went down the hill to the creek.

Rose carrying Annestelle back up the hill. Noah & Simon are already far up the hill there in the background.

Thanks Noah and Rose! You are two of the most special kids I know!!!

Happy Hobbies!

My New Purse

While I was at Aunt Mary's I made this purse!

This is the bird-watcher messenger bag from the book, The New Handmade by Cassie Barden
It is the perfect pattern!

Aunt Mary had the perfect fabric too...

Don't you just love it when someone knows what you like before you even do?

Happy Hobbies!

First Horseback Ride in WV.

Uncle Frank saddled up one of the horses for the little peeps to ride...

Annestelle

Simon


Horse chatting!

Such a joy to watch them taking in new experiences!

Happy Hobbies!

Quilting With Aunt Mary's Professional Machine....

Remember those blocks I started HERE last February?

Mary and I put those together last week and added some borders.

We worked together on her new long arm...

working on the borders

quilting the blocks

more of the blocks

I'm pretty much thinking I'm never going to want to quilt on my regular machine again.

sigh.....

I still have the binding to add to this quilt... soon...

Happy Hobbies!

Here in WV!

The little people and I are down in WV visiting with Aunt Mary and her family...

No pictures, because.... um... well....

just haven't taken any!

Been having fun...

Made a purse.

Putting together a quilt.

Going to quilt that quilt on Aunt Mary's Gammill.

Oh... can't wait!

Hoping to make a few other things too!

The little people have met the chickens, barn cat & horses, and have been swimming & fishing.

We're hoping for a hike, horse back ride and whatever other adventures come our way!

Be back at HobbyHouse the beginning of the week!

Happy Hobbies!

The Library... Yes, really a post about the library!

Who me? Go to the library? What?

What about the coffee and endless magazines?

What? The library?

That has been me for the last 10 or so years...

Why go to the library when you can go to Barnes & Noble?

How wrong I was!

REALLY WRONG!

My friend Jen was over here about a week or so ago and somehow we got to chatting about the library. She explained how she just gets online, picks out the books she wants, places a hold on said books, and then waits for a call from the library informing her that the books are at the local branch ready for pick up!

Ahhh.... the convenience of it all....

Guess how many times I've been to the library to pick up books during the last week? 3 times! Walk in, pick up, leave! It is a lovely stack I've been studying! It is a stack full of sewing and knitting inspiration!

Why didn't anyone tell me this secret before? What are your library habits?

Happy Hobbies!