What is under the sun?

We are!  Yes!!  In Portland, OR!!!

While I have been side-tracked from swimming, spinning fiber, or attending church

this last week, I have been basking in winter sunshine as I have

driven back and forth to the doctors three times.

Mt. Hood has been outstanding!

I feel so blessed to see such beauty and want to get better at taking photos

so that I can better share such beauty with you, too.

The medicine prescribed for me,

and your good thoughts and prayers for me

are cheering me on toward the healing

of an infection in my right arm.

Thank you family, friends/blogging friends Teresa Kasner, Anne, JoAnn, Alexis,

and Breezy for your encouragement!

I hope you have happy creative days under the sun this weekend!

<3 <3 <3

Lavender Lambiekins

She was peeking at us from my last post.

Did you see her then?

Can you see her now?

Meet Lavender Lambiekins!

Kind and helpful Lavender Lamiekins is providing service as a

warm compress for my elevated right arm

while I take anti-biotics and trust the Father for healing.

I thought I was going to a 1st Wednesday Spinning gathering at

Damascus Fiber Arts School

then swimming

then 1st Wednesday Service at church

Instead I wound a little skein of red thread into a ball at Kaiser

so that I could crochet some more hearts

until the NP told me what she wanted me to do to get better.

And now I am at home

doing my best to catch healing

and be a one-handed blogger. <3

Hearts and Flowers

Ta Dahhh!!! Can you see the fourteen starched hearts pinned to our mantel?

Each has unique character.  Each was made with joy...

in celebration of life and

 Love.

Spicy carnations have been helping me enjoy January inside,

while I have been learning to make hearts with

Teresa's free, well written pattern.

I bought different colors of thread

to make more hearts for myself

as well as to give away, too,

I hope,

And I am imagining how to make stars, and flowers and

snowflakes!

My day has been full with errands and swimming and shopping

and doing laundry and visiting with my young

friend Amber and her two

little ones...

a good day.

Did you have a good day, too?

*Frosty* *Sunshine* *Fun*

After so many days of rain I lost count,

 I was greeted by

frosty sunshine this morning!

Bliss!!!

Then on the way to swim laps at the pool

Mt. Hood beckoned me to visit

one of my favoite spots Jonsrud Overlook

in Sandy, Oregon.

I am grateful for the folks who supported making this

wonderful spot for all to come and enjoy

a fabulous view of the Sandy River

and beyond,

 majestic Mt. Hood.

Each time I come

I find myself in awe

of the natives who originally enjoyed this land

and the folks who later dared to come to enjoy this land.

And now that I am back home

I am sipping tea,

typing for you,

and preparing to crochet some more hearts.

Thanks for visiting!

What is one of your favorite locations?