FRIENDS

Dear Friend

It's nice to have a friend like you

Someone who alwarys brings

A special touch of caring

To the ordinary things.

Who sees beneath the surface

To the workings of the heart

Can meet with truth and counterfit

And tell the two apart.

However many yeears we live,

We never do outgrow

A need for friends to light the way

Each one of us must go.

No one knows all the answers,

Or where the pathway leads,

But faithful friends have always been
What everybody needs.

Grace E. Easley

My thanks to everyone that has helped me these last few months.  I cannot thank you enough.  Just hope that I can help you in the future.

Doris

HOOKING AND OTHER STUFF

THE LION

Finished at last!

I loved doing this piece, designed by

Edythe O'Neill

I wish I could have gotten a better picture of him

but maybe the close-ups will do it.

Since he is king of the jungle I have embellished

his mane with a "diamond" studd.

In this picture the mane loo9ks lavender but it is

really a soft ecru with darker brown accents.

I alove the curve of his tale.  It is almost "sexy"

I have hooked it with the same materials as the mane.

These leaves border the whole piece.  I used just

what greens I found in my scrap bag.  All of them

are soft and muted.

I wanted you to see the background material that

I used.  It is Woolrich's blue wool over dyed with

blue and abrashed with green and lavender.

This material was dyed by Helen Connelly Howe

and is the most beautiful piece of abrashed material 

I have ever seen.  You should see it

when the sun shines on it!

Lots of things have been happening in my

life since I last posted.  I have had another birthday -

and I am still wondering where the time has gone.

Lucky person that I am, the kids all got together and I

got a Kindle Fire for a gift.  Now! if only I 

could figure the thing out!!!!

I have had nother bout with broncitis and

this one was much worst then the first one.

However, the Dr. gave me a clean bill of health 

last Friday and I must say it is wonderful

to feel well.

Eloise and I continue to hang out together,

She seems to do a lot of sleeping in this cold 

weather.  She is strictly an "under cover" girl.

I am still unable to respond to your blogs but I am still

reading about all of you and of course I 

remain interested in all of your activies.

Please don't give up on me.  I will try to update more often in the

future.

Until next time be safe, stay warm and

count your blessings.

Doris