A potpourri of Pictures

 I have some pictures that don't fit into any one category. I've put them all together and will say something about them as we go along. This is my son, Steve, and his lovely family. From left to right -
Janet, Steve's wife - a school teacher - wonderful mother and wife - Rio, 5, a real sweetie, Steve, my dear youngest child, Maddie, who has turned into a pretty young lady! and Nathan, who  has grown into a fine looking young man. The Pittaways live in Las Vegas, New Mexico - yes, New Mexico. It was there before the Nevada city. I went there for Janet and Steve's wedding and then again 5 years ago when Rio was born. It is a great town - there is an old neighborhood - very Spanish, Mexican, and a
new neighborhood with far less charm. It has a Wal-Mart. Need I say more?  :-)

The next two pictures were taken at Carol and Jerry's wedding. I have known Carol since 1985, when she came to judi's creative needle. She remembered Joan and me but we didn't remember her because she was younger than us and who remembers the younger kids when you are in high school?
Carol lost her husband, Bill and Jerry lost his wife, Pat, who was Carol's sister. Jerry and Carol started
seeing each other and Voila! they were married this past Saturday.

Aren't they a handsome couple!

 Many years ago I started stitching this huge sampler. It was a facsimile of a sampler done in the 1700's.
I soon lost interest in stitching on it - also thought it would cost an arm and leg to have it framed. My friend, Karla, suggested we pass the sampler around and let my stitching friends do bits of it and that way get it done. Then it disappeared! In March Karla was cleaning up her piles and piles of cross stitch and guess what she found? The sampler! We took it to Yarn Envy and asked Heather if she'd like it. She
said "yes" and it is now in her hands. I asked her to finish it in the next 10 years so I would be alive to see it.

 Remember the tree covered with snow? Here she is in full bloom, my lovely lilac tree. It is right outside my back porch and when the windows or door is open, you can smell the wonderful aroma of lilac.

I would like to introduce you to my dear friend, Marlene. I wrote of Marlene and her husband, Jim

in an earlier post. Once a month I go to Subway, get a healthy chicken sub, then to Marlene's with sub for lunch and a movie from Netflix. We sit in Marlene's "Mom's Cave" and enjoy the film and food.

One of these days I am gong to take photos of Marlene's prize-winning quilts and put them on this blog.