{"id":5491,"date":"2016-03-01T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2016-03-01T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T17:32:12","slug":"cozy-and-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"Cozy and Content"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few weeks of Winter\u00a0are quickly passing.\u00a0 I was looking forward to Winter, surprisingly, this year as I had a lot of projects I wanted to complete before warm weather.\u00a0 I have finished three quilts since the beginning of the year which is good for me.\u00a0 Small quilts, though.\u00a0 Not king size like I have been making.\u00a0\u00a0 I have managed to clean out drawers that haven’t been touched in, gulp, years and found a boy scout flashlight that belonged to one of our boys.\u00a0 It’s surprising what you will find around our house if you look.\u00a0 We have closets full of old stuff from the sixties and seventies.\u00a0\u00a0 With three children growing up in this old house and me as a collector, things have managed to pile up.\u00a0 I’m not a hoarder, though.\u00a0\u00a0 Everything is put away and has its place.\u00a0 I just have to find it!<\/p>\n

Today it is raining and the house feels so cozy.\u00a0\u00a0 I wish you could hear the rain beating on the metal roof of our front porch.\u00a0 I love the sound.\u00a0 I told David if we ever built our little house in the woods I want it to have exposed beams and a metal roof so we could lay abed and listen to the rain overhead.<\/p>\n

The weather has been topsy turvy the past few weeks.\u00a0 First we have this…….<\/p>\n

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Then we have sixty degree days.\u00a0 On those warm days David and I have been cleaning up the yard.\u00a0 It’s nice to get out and work in the sun and clean up debris in the yard and find all the flowers that are starting to peep through the ground.\u00a0 I think we are going to have a beautiful Spring this year with all the daffodils, magnolias, azaleas, and other plants blooming.\u00a0 We planted two more flowering trees last year so I am looking forward to seeing how they will look.<\/p>\n

I am already planning my garden and what more flowers I want to plant this year. More hydrangeas, I think.\u00a0 Another tree, perhaps.\u00a0 Pumpkins and tomatoes are all I am planting in the vegetable\u00a0garden this year.\u00a0 With just David and me, it’s too time consuming to put up so much food that we won’t eat.\u00a0 I have fought the critters who come and eat my beans for years and when I can buy a can of beans almost as cheaply as I can\u00a0put up\u00a0my own, it seems silly for me to waste my time.\u00a0 I really don’t think home canned beans taste much better than store canned beans if you cook them with a little bacon fat and onion and I always put garlic salt on ours and they are very good.<\/p>\n

I have been sewing some dolls for Samaritan’s purse.\u00a0 Samaritan’s purse is an organization headed by Rev. Franklin Graham, Billy Graham’s son, that fills shoeboxes for Christmas for children around the world. The boxes are filled with toys, school supplies, candy, clothes and anything that can be stuffed inside them.\u00a0 These boxes are handed out to the children at Christmas time.\u00a0 Our church has been filling shoeboxes for years.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are my little dolls.<\/p>\n

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I designed them myself and each has his or her own personality.<\/p>\n

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For instance, Rose, who wears her floral hat quite beautifully.<\/p>\n

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Mary, who is so proud of her new glasses.<\/p>\n

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Frankincense, Frank for short.<\/p>\n

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I hope some children will find them fun.\u00a0 They all come with their own little quilts too.<\/p>\n

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I finished quilting my chick quilt.\u00a0\u00a0 I love, love, love it.\u00a0 It’s so darn cute and I could make another one.<\/p>\n

Oh, I did.<\/p>\n

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This one is ready to be quilted.\u00a0 In blacks, reds, greys and pinks.\u00a0 I love how it turned out.\u00a0 It’s a small one.<\/p>\n

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These chicks were so much fun to sew.\u00a0\u00a0 They can become addictive to make.\"DSCN2947\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lori Holt, who designed the pattern, really came up with something entirely too cute for words.<\/p>\n

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This is the third quilt I made and it is completed. I hand quilted most of it.<\/p>\n

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Looks so nice on the back of a chair in my girly room.<\/p>\n

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Yes, you may come and sit on this chair and visit.<\/p>\n

With the days still chilly and needing comfort food, I baked this week.<\/p>\n

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Apple crunch.\u00a0 One of my favorite desserts because it is so easy and quick to\u00a0 prepare and David loves it.<\/p>\n

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Cracker Barrel biscuits with dried beef gravy.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t mean to brag, but my biscuits are better than any I have ever\u00a0eaten at Cracker Barrel or anywhere, for that matter.\u00a0 I make them extra thick and they are so good.\u00a0 Definitely don’t last long around here which is why I only make them occasionally.\u00a0 They are wonderful with strawberry jam or blackberry jam on them.\u00a0 I am making myself hungry.<\/p>\n

Hope your days are filled with comfort and contentment.\u00a0 Remember it’s the little things that really do count.\u00a0 Count your blessings.\u00a0 You may have more than you realize.\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n

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