It's been a month!

You know how it goes...December is just plain busy...

(our girl is one of 259 low brass performers!)

... busy enjoying Tuba Christmas at the Baltimore Harbor....

....busy decorating a wee twisted tree....picea pendula or weeping Norway spruce. 

Now we need to plant it!

 Busy making infinity scarves.

Busy making a tablerunner for our Mechanical Engineering studying Nephew. 

Euler's Identity....the most beautiful equation...or so I'm told!

 The back is travel fabric for his International Studies roomie at Johns Hopkins University.

Didn't trim very well around the "e"!!

 Busy making a present for hubby in dad-in-law...with the help of my dad and bro!

The tools belonged to 

dad-in-law's pop and brother.

They are attached with rubber-coated twisty ties for easy release and usage. 

 Busy ordering awesome necklaces from The Creaking Door....one for the girl....

....and one for me! 

Busy being introduced to Finn and Rey....

....and getting our geek on!:)

Tons of other things have happened but this post would be too long.

Now I need to get busy making a new cover for my ironing board....so hubby doesn't think the house is burning every time the iron is plugged in!:o

Happy New Year!

~d

She did It and 4th finish!

 Bright and early on a beautiful morning in Baltimore we helped set up at the Reading Partners tent.

 Everyone noshed on bagels while putting on their numbers for the race.  

Added bonus was the signs on the runners backs stating who they were running for...giving that extra boost in their stride!

 The team was excited as they should be for this is how they work too....excited to be helping the youth of Baltimore succeed!  They liked the new flag too!:)

 Tables and tables of food is how Baltimore feeds their runners...food for over 3400!

This is the only runner we cared about....she did it...besting her time.  

Her first 10K.

May there be many more!!

Now the flag hangs in the Reading Partners office!!:)

(30" x 37")

 Oh...I finished something too.

Had fun with the hand stitching...just went for it. 

 I don't know what to do with it as I'm not a red, white and black person!!  

Any ideas?

~d

2nd quarter 2015 finish list.

That Festive Time of Year!:)

Greetings all! Hope you are having a great holiday season...things are getting festive around here!

We've already had snow and ice!

 A great Thanksgiving at my parents house followed by...

(so exciting having the girl home!!)

 ...a second Thanksgiving at my sister-in-law's place. Hubby grilled the best turkey I have ever tasted. We wrapped that puppy...um...bird up and hauled it to Baltimore...

(the boy's girl, nephew, niece)

..for more fabulous feasting.  Lucky us!:)

 Next up was Miracle on 34th St, Baltimore!

 This neighborhood really knows how to put on a show!

 This is their 67th year of celebrating!

 Bike spokes....

 ...hubcaps...

 ...loads of white lights...

 ...and of course the colors of Sesame Street!!

Grand illumination night really brought out the crowds and the press!

(nephew, hubby, the girl, S-I-L, niece)

The cold couldn't keep us away!:)

Next up was the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing a Duke Ellington Nutcracker with the Step Afrika Dancers.  The Strathmore is an amazing place to take in a performance.  

All the little kiddies were dressed in their holiday finery.

Aren't those two on the left adorable?:)

 There have been a lot of makes but of course I can't show anything but I did get this tote finished for the above niece as her birthday was this month too!

 She loves origami cranes...you can see her handiwork on the napkins above!:)

 This year's card.  Trees drawn on MS Paint...snowmen with a Sharpie!:)

 A co-worker became a grandma for the second time.  Babar taggie and book for grandma to keep at her house!:)

Here is a little peek of some of our decorations. I love Holiday Stuffies and get a new one for the collection every year.  This year it was the gnome in red cap. After bringing him home I received two surprises.  Christmas goose was given to me by my wonderful mom-in-law won at her woman's club auction and "Dolores the Angel" came all the way across the ocean from Edinburgh, Scotland!!  Our pal Jo made her as a sample for a class and not only named her after me but gifted her to me too!!!

We haven't put our tree up yet...a potted holly...but in the meantime the wonderful forest of wooden trees made by my pops keeps us in the holiday spirit!

Hope all is merry and bright!!

xo

~d

Oooh Say Can You See.....Baltimore?

Went to Baltimore yesterday, Don had to put a window in for his sister. After some yummy homemade salsa we piled into Lu's car with nephew Nate and headed to the Inner Harbor to see Lu's office. She is an architect for Ayer Saint Gross and their office is at Tide Point.

Tide Point used to be a Proctor & Gamble soap factory...

....here is an old map that shows it there in the middle at the top of the bump just to the left of the three circles....that's Fort McHenry there on the lower right...our National Anthem was penned in the waters off the Fort.

All the buildings at Tide Point are named after P&G products. Her office is the building to the left called "Joy" and the one on the right is "Cascade". It is being renovated...Under Armour is headquartered there and across the road.

There's a huge Domino Sugars factory right next door...cars get very sticky!

Here is a picture of what the building looked like before becoming offices...this held the train tracks....

...and here is a bit of what it looks like now!

Luanne has a great office...

...and some huge windows....

....and an amazing view of the Inner Harbor....

....I really don't know how they get any work done!

Just outside of the buildings is a waterfront promenade....Michael Phelps is supposed to live across the harbor in one of those buff colored buildings just at the bow of that boat. What an amazing place....Baltimore is a great city to live in and visit.

Baltimore is especially nice when your sister-in-law is cleaning out her closets!! And some of that is Liberty of London fabrics!:)

Not only did we have a fun day in Baltimore....I did some sewing last night. Started on my Asterisk quilt for Round 7 of ORBC Quilt-Along. Decided to use some coal Kona and batiks because....

...while in Baltimore we also went to IKEA and I was inspired....Houses on dark grey....$3.99 per yard....56" wide... for the backing...doesn't get any better than that!

Luanne and Nate...thanks for a great day....what's next?:) xoxo

~d