~~Our Trip~~

Hi everyone....we're back and we had the best time. Do you see what I see? I spy the ocean! This is our first view of the coast and ocean...it is an awesome sight. The day is very foggy and the surf is just roaring in and out.....beautiful. I love the coast and to me this is a little bit of heaven on earth. Morro Bay it just down the road and we are heading to our favorite motel......the
Blue Sail Inn. Each room has a balcony facing the bay with a great view of the embarcadero. Most mornings we enjoyed breakfast out on the balcony and it's also fun to just sit and people watch.
Look at that sky...the sun is trying to pop out, but not having much luck. If you look closely you can just barely make out Morro Rock...
More shops and look at the fog. I love fog so I'm happy!! We are settled in our room and we're going to walk over to the wharf for lunch......
yummy fish and chips. Oh, these are so good, just delish.....our first day in Morro Bay we always have the same lunch, it's tradition. After lunch we are just going to poke around........more of our trip tomorrow. Hugs, Linda

~Heading To The Coast~

Hi everyone. Tomorrow morning , bright and early, Lisa and I are heading to one of the prettiest spots along the coast...Morro Bay. It's a lovely........little coastal town about 5 hours away. Lots of little places to poke around, neat shops and yummy places to eat....and we'll be going to the beach for sure. See you next week and happy days to all.....hugs, Linda

~~ My Fun Bag ~~

Look at this cool bag I bought at The Barn. It's huge and I love it. The day after my birthday we did take a road trip to The Barn in Escalson. It's the neatest place...antiques, little treasures and the best fresh produce. We had a great time and plan to go back next month for fall goodies. I know.... the bag is huge and just perfect to load with fun things for a road trip Lisa and I are taking soon.
Let's see, my stitchies things, the new issue of Victoria and a lovely new journal Lisa gave me for our trip. Have you any idea where we are going? No.... There is a little hint on the cover of the journal. Okay, I've got all my toys packed, ooops can't forget.............
my new version of Clue. This is my all time favorite board game...I've been playing it since I was 11 years old and I still love it. I know it says for ages 9 years and older...can't help it, I still love it.

Well, I must get busy.......lots to do. Hugs, Linda

~~Happy September 1st~~

Good morning everyone.....happy Labor Day. Today is the first day of September and Fall is in the air. Have a happy holiday and enjoy the last few days of summer. Hugs, Linda

~~Dinner With Friends~~

Good morning and happy Friday. Last night we had dinner with Jan and Mike, our angels and new friends. They are the sweetest couple who came to our aid when we had our major break down on our trip to Loon Lake...you can read about this experience on my August 18th post. They were out collecting elderberries when they happened on us...and look what they brought us last night..................
Elderberry Jelly. Mike made this and we can hardly wait to enjoy it. I was going to make pancakes this morning but got a late start so we had toast instead...........
This looks so yummy........what do you think honey?
He likes it.....thumbs up is a good sign......I have to tell you I had.......
peanut butter and jelly toast and it was delish. Tomorrow pancakes, and you know what...this would be delicious as a topping on vanilla ice cream.

Have a great weekend and if you are traveling be safe....hugs, Linda

~~ Fob Mania ~~

Sunday we went to our little weekly flea market....it is really junkie but sometimes you find a little something. I was just looking around and spotted a whole box of costume jewelry on one of the sellers table....generally I just pass this kind of stuff up but this time I thought I'd take a look see. I know lots of people buy jewelry, take it apart and reuse.... and I thought, why not. I found four pieces for my bead stash......cleaned them up a bit and separated just the peach and cream necklace out. Then today I played.............. I made the two fobs on the left using the pearls, plus beads and charms I already had. The other three fobs I used beads from my stash. Lisa chose the shorter Halloween fob and I'm keeping the other one and the Christmas one for myself. I also had fun making some for gifts, but my lips are sealed. This is the....................
first fob I made about three years ago. At that time I had just the one pair of scissors but now I have a small collection started...I've received some as gifts and purchased a couple from stitchie stores I visited while on vacation.
I saw these sweet little green scissors and froggie on Tina's blog. She was having a celebration give away and I just thought they were the cutest. I e-mailed her, found out where to order the charm and scissors and made this fob.....I love it.


Now I'm hooked on making fobs.....I think it would be fun to have holiday ones, ones with charms of things that interest you, fobs that compliment the project you are stitching and on and on. I'm thinking cell phone fobs, purse fobs, key fobs...wow lots of things.

I hope you catch fob fever....... it's fun! Have a great day.....see you soon....hugs, Linda

~Birthday Treasures From Priscilla~

Look what I got in the mail this week, a birthday treasure box from my dear friend Priscilla, who lives in England. When I opened the box, it was filled with the prettiest lemon tissue and several small packages wrapped in tissue....
Isn't that the cutest cupcake tag, and look........
at this darling birthday card she made, even the envelope is decorated.
Priscilla knows I love tea and all my treasures had a tea theme...I think that is so cool. The first package I opened was the chocolates...yes, I had to have one right then and there, Mmmmm delish, then there was yummy shortbread cookies, a beautiful tea mug, a recipe book filled with the most delicious treats and a package of Summer fruit tea. I have to tell you this is one of the nicest teas I've ever had. It's a blend of several fruits, hibiscus and rosehip, slightly sweet, I can really taste the cherries....just wonderful . When it's steeped it is the prettiest shade of pink. Wait, there's more.......look at this......
darling stitch. Little House Needleworks is one of my favorite designers and isn't the " Chocolate Shoppe" just perfect. I love it and the floss colors are just gorgeous...this is going to be a fun stitch and I can hardly wait to start it. Priscilla, from the bottom of my heart I thank you...who knew from a little bag of candy corn I would meet such a lovely person...I am happy to call you my friend. Hugs to you and your family...with the warmest regards, Linda