New Shoes

Greetings!
What a wonderful crisp, cool, autumn day it is today!!
It makes me want to dig out my wool sweaters and sip on some mulled cider
 while sitting and watching the leaves fall!
I plan to go to the orchard this weekend so I hope the weather remains lovely
as it is today!

I bought some new shoes last week and thought it would be fun to jazz them 
up a bit!  

They were plain suede beige lace shoes by Bass.

I took the laces out and put them aside temporarily.

Then with black permanent marker I made circles and other similar shapes all over the surface of the shoe.

I tried to make some shapes larger than others.

Can you see what animal design I'm going for?

Next .... I filled the shapes in with color (pink)

of course!!

Then I taped down the area that had the spots.

To protect them from the dye.

Now... I was ready to add color to the other part of the shoe.

Let them dry and add the laces...

VOILA!....

I just love them!!!

I wear them with my brown cord paints and pink sweater top!

Have a great day!

Hugs,

Mary

Rough going..

Hello my sweet friends
I am back. I am so sorry I got bogged down.
Things will be back to normal as life has a way of continuing no matter
what happens day to day.

Last Saturday I lost one of my dearest and best friends.
It came as a complete shock.  

Tomorrow is the funeral. Another close friend and I will be speaking at it.
We hope to be able to express our feelings about this very special lady.
We also will be speaking for the others that were in our "sewing group"

It was Jans idea originally to begin our "sewing group".
We started with just Jan, Laurie, Nancy, and myself over 30 years ago!!!
Later Beth and Betty joined our group as well.

Jan was an expert quilter.  She really had such an artistic eye!  
Her quilts and quilted hangings and tree skirts were amazing!!!

But most of all Jan was an honest, kind hearted, gentle, woman.
She had the gift of grace.

Not only was Jan my dear friend but she was also a grandmother to both
of my daughters! She taught them to sew and to do quilting.

What a gift Jan was!!

Vincent van Gogh wrote that "close friends are truly life's treasures.
Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves.
With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears.
Their presence reminds us that we are never truly alone."

All for now!
Hugs,
Mary

More photos from the lake

Hello my sweet friends!

I hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely weather we are having!

As you can see Lake Conesus is a beautiful place.

Another lovely sunset!

More to come
So stay tuned!
Hugs, Mary

Finally Photo's....

Hi my friends!
Yes... Finally I have some photos to share!!

This is the view from our house on Lake Conesus.

When we first arrived my grandson wrote out on 

the Chalk board a greeting.

Welcome Mimi & Grandaddy

Shortly after our arrival we feasted on surf and turf!

Yummy!! Our lobsters were priced down to 3.99$ a lb.

We finished watching the sunset by the fire making "some-mores"

After a good nights sleep 

The first activity on our list was Kayaking

So gear up everyone!

Yes ...everyone!!

And off we go!

Note it was a tight fit for "Daddy and Son"

  A Family Affair

That's all for today

Make it a great one!!!

:O) Hugs,

Mary

Finger Lakes

For several years we have had wonderful vacations at the Finger Lakes.
This year we are at the smallest of the lakes.....Lake Conesus.

Until the 18th century, The beauty of Conesus Lake was disturbed only by
the canoes of Indians who lived near the lake or came to set their nets.

I came across a poem by A. Krause ( 1924)
"To awaken in the morning when the sun comes up an shines
And breezes gently rustle thought the maples and the pines
To gaze upon Conesus and to watch the waves at play
Is there anything more wonderous than the glorious break of day?"

Well this morning I woke up around 5:30 and went out on the dock.
It was beautiful. The lake was very still and the fog seemed to skim along the surface
of the water. A beautiful Herron flew overhead and two Kingfishers flew by
together while chirping to one another quite loudly.
What a lovely start to my Saturday morning.

A Day At The Lake

Greetings my friends!
What a beautiful day we have here!
It was supposed to be a rainy day but we
Made it through to sunset without a drop or even a threatening cloud.

I am writing this on my iPad. I am still fairly a novice and am
Having problems getting my photos from the iPad onto my blog.
Any advice out there?

We had a fun filled day. Some of the family went kayaking ( yes and some like
Myself took naps)

We ended the day by the campfire making Somemores and watching the sun go down.
Talk about the perfect day.  Did I mention I am here with 2 of my grandsons so what could be better than that!!

Oh "Blueberrying" we shall go...

Hi all :O)
It is another glorious day here in New England!

I love the fact that my next door neighbors have a blueberry farm...
They have pick your own from 8-1 daily (except on Tuesdays)

I do love not to just pick and eat blueberries but... to catch their likeness in quick
watercolor paintings.

When I was finished picking and painting 

I made up a little basket to take over to my dear friend Jan.