Wow, that puts our little childhood lemonade stands to shame. What a brilliant little girl and what a fabulous idea.I hope Granny gets more credit for making this happen. We all need to help the bees.
This spring my apple tree in blossom ,which usually is smothered in bees, had only bumblebees and carpenter bee type bees around it and not even that many. I have only seen one bee which looked like a honey bee. This is what is happening even in my small part of the world. Be kind to our bees!

How crazy! I just watched this episode of Shark Tank this weekend! She is one amazing little girl and is working hard to help our world. I want to find her lemonade and try it out. As an added bonus I would be contributing to help save the bees. What an inspiration.

My favorite project was my first. A dresser scarf of red roses. My mother was sceptical that I had the patience to finish. She was so proud that I had finished it she added a beautiful lace border for me.

Mine was when I was about 20 years old newly married, maybe 2 years or so with a new baby, living in Germany while my hubby was in the military, I embroidered a pair of my bell bottom jeans from top to bottom with different flowers. It was the 1970’s so it had to be flowers! It took me about a year, but it kept me busy, from being sad and lonely on this new adventure in my young life!
I have thought of those jeans a lot over the years and wondered what happened them, wish I stil had them. I can not embroidered like that any more!

My daughter does needlework. she made Christmas stocking for all the horses in her barn (6 of them) and decorated them all differently. She’s very talented!

My favorite project so far was my sons Christmas stocking. I had chose a beautiful pattern from Mary Englebright featuring the Lion and the Lamb… started when he was born, completed when he turned 16 – you could say that one was REALLY on the extended program! I finished many other projects, but this one was large and I did not love all the colors, by the end I did, and am so pleased I finished it! <3 Perseverance right!

My favorite needle work project was working with my daughter Emily at an embroidery class. Emily embroidered a fabulous blue, wool Christmas stocking for her friend. I worked on a couple of wool flower shaped chair cushions for our kitchen stools. It was so much fun being in the class with my daughter & working on our projects together!

My most favorite needle work was a cross stitch of famous saying my mother in-law used to say while alive. I never had the chance to meet her. She died before coming into this family. I thought it would be a tribute to have hanging in our home. Still does today.
I think it would be a honor to win this wonderful needle work book.
Blessings to you today and always. Live in the moment and cherish all.
Sincerely, Winnie Jackson

Oh I am crazy for crazy quilts (and patchworks)! I am in the process of making my first one. I find it fascinating looking up & learning all the different stitches & motifs, why they were chosen & where to use them. It’s definitely a labor of love!

I like embroidering kitchen towels. I love the designs from the 1930s through the1950s. I especially like the bluebird and chicken designs, but I was happy to find an old World War II aircraft mechanic pattern that I made for my friend Anna who is an aircraft mechanic. It featured a cat in overalls with a tool box, and it said ” Keep ’em Flying” .

My favorite needlework project is a display that I am working on for FACE of Fiber in the Rockies fiber arts show in Estes Park, Colorado in June. It is a set of 12 aprons-one for each month of the year. I am entitling it “Once Apron a Time”. They will not be your Grandmother’s aprons, but creative works of art.

When my first daughter was born I took a scrap of yellow gingham and embroidered the verses of the nursery rhyme “Hush Little Baby”. I then use our Childcraft book as inspiration an embroidered a mother rocking her baby in a wooden rocker (the illustration in the book) I turned the piece into a pillow case for my little girl. That pillow served her well. It finally fell apart and is only a memory. But that tiny yellow pillow was with us for years… most of my needlework pieces are gone I tend to make things and give them away. I read once that that’s what Grandma Moses did too so I felt better about not keeping my work.

My favorite stitching project so far was one I did when my son was a toddler and had the flu. He wanted me with him, and it was tough for me to be patient when I felt I had so much to do that didn’t include sitting around. I wracked my brain for something I could do on the bed with him that would keep me interested and be useful. I settled on trying to “mend” my favorite, on-their-way-to threadbare pair of jeans. The backside had a rather revealing hole, so I borrowed my young daughter’s Klutz embroidery book and free-stitched a swirly sunshine over the hole with several new-to-me stitches. In the process of being present for my son, I learned some the new stitches, got a project done and was able to enjoy my now extra special (and newly spunky!) old jeans for a while longer.

Because of reading the Little House on the Prairie books and other similar era books as a child and learning of the girls’ work on alphabet samplers, I wanted to embroider a sampler too. My parents found an alphabet sampler in Virginia for me that I worked on and finished. It has hung on my walls in every house I’ve lived in since growing up.

I started embroidering when I was a Girl Scout. My grandmother embroidered and crocheted afghans and taught me and my mother, as well. My crocheting ended up with crooked edges, but my embroidered projects were fun and turned out well. I purchased a Springbok kit: a basket of flowers with a deep teal background with wool yarns in blues, greens and fuschia. My parents had it framed. A great moment of pride! Thanks for the chance to remember and share.

Right now I’m working on a quilt in which my mom and I embroidered 12 Dresden plates in shades of blue to be combined with 12 pieced Dresden plates. The center piece is an embroidered flower basket with small Dresden plate flowers. It’s a labor of love and I am looking forward to the day it adorns our bed!

I enjoy needle felting and making tiny wool paintings of gnomes and magical garden landscapes. I usually make it up as I go.

Wow, here is the fox sneaking into the hen house. what is my story, I am 81 and have never stitched anything,but as a youngster Granpa did show me how to do a baseball stitch., to mend my chopper mitts.

I hope this is a qualifier and I can show my better half I am good for something, besides eating all the cookies and fresh baked bread. We are as two bugs in a bed.

I really enjoyed reading “MaryJanes Farm” Lots of old memories there.

My favorite place to nap is on the screen porch. There’s a really comfy redwood chaise that I always claim for myself and it’s situated perfectly to catch even the slightest breeze. Only when the weather gets really cold do I give up that snoozing spot!

I’ll nap anywhere that my toddler and I can snuggle up with a book. Usually the couch, but the hammock if the weather is nice. Most likely to happen after a large lunch 🙂

I don’t get to take naps very often so any place that is comfortable enough that I can’t keep my eyes open is wonderful to me. Especially if it is outside in sunshine that is lightly filtered by a big feathery tree. Pure heaven.

My favorite nap places are: Spring summer and fall on the deck listening to the creek. In the winter or in inclement weather in front of a window to catch a few rays of sun.

My favorite place totaled a nap is a nice shady spot under a tree on a sunny day!

So pretty for summer! My favourite napping is with my little ones. And one day in the future it will be with them under our favourite tree in our backyard! Happy napping

my favorite place to nap is when we are camping in the mountains or any where near a river. I love the sound of nature and running water. Thank you so much for a chance win that beautiful quilt.

Napping in my car, when parked in a beautiful outdoor scene….looking over water at far away mountains is the best. Just open back tailgate, grab my pillow and ‘blankie’ and let Mother Nature sing a lullaby.

Probably outside on a blanket in the grass. Even if I don’t fall asleep, it’s nice to just day dream and stare at the clouds for a few peaceful moments.

My favorite place to nap is on a quilt outside in our backyard with my little ones! Especially in the Spring or Summertime, dozing off listening to the birds and watching the butterflies & bees fly by. Maybe this will be our new favorite summertime quilt? Thanks for the very gracious giveaway!

When I get a chance to nap , it’s either in our bedroom with the windows open or on a blanket in the grass out in the back yard in the shade. Thank you for the opportunity to win this beautiful quilt . <3

I love a nap on our bed. Its so cozy. However, if there is a screened porch or tent handy I am all over it! I love a nap in the fresh air; but, protected from insects. Thank you, for the opportunity to win your quilt!

My favorite place to take a nap is in my chair next to the table while watching movies.
It is a soft chair with arms, leaning against the wall and off to sleep I go.

Thank you for the chance to win the cute Quilt.

Darlene Ricotta

On the rare occasion water-anywhere-creek,pond but especially the ocean. The smell,the rhythm way it brings peace as you breathe in deeply and “let it all go.”

I have a small natural waterfall and have planted it with pollinator friendly plants like butterfly bush, aurelia, and tall old fashioned rudbeckia.And Angel Trumpets. I put my chaise next to it and nap with my outdoor kitty Frankie .
here is a pic of him napping in readiness for me to join him. The waterfall is about 3 feet away from the foot of the chaise.
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I love to recharge my battery with a nap on a blanket in the yard. The feel of the sun and sounds of the farm are very relaxing. (I don’t usually have very long to lay there so I don’t have to worry about getting burned.) My second favorite spot would be on the couch with the window cracked open listening to the rain falling.

Love the beautiful quilt. Thanks for the opportunity to win it!

My bed.

I misspelled my email address..fav place to nap is comfy cozy couch with plaid throw and heart❤ person pillow😍

I love napping on my bed with my two dogs (a lab and a corgi) and the window cracked so I can feel a cool breeze.

My favorite place to nap is to the sound of the ocean waves. The beach is glorious and serene. The salt air is intoxicating to my lungs, it’s like a natural high to the senses. I don’t get to be there unless I fly home. The second best nap area is laying down in my bed while listening to ocean waves CD.

Nothing beats a lounge chaise to lull and wrap myself in a quilt for a beauty nap on the sleeping porch surrounded by rhythms, sounds, and ruches of music, breeze, nature lullaby that fills my senses.

My favorite place to nap is on the sofa with a comfortable pillow and quilt.

My favorite place to nap is on my wrought iron love seat on my back porch…it’s partially shaded, surrounded by tall paper birch trees.. The birds chirping, the breeze blows and my lavendars gently scent the air… So peaceful!

The best place to nap is in a hammock under a tree on a warm windy day….if raining…in a nice dark room.

Catnapping on my Antique Rocking Divan in the Spring, Summer and early Fall is just plain country living. The Antique Rocking Divan has been in the family for generations receiving color changes and new cushions as families keep it stylish as years go by. It’s located on the patio where I can watch all kinds of birds feast on feeders hanging in a big pine tree. Quail, Turkeys, Road Runners wonder in occasionally along with Bunnies nibbling on grass. Cattle can be seen grazing on lush green grass and small calves can be seen racing across the pasture. What a blessing.

Bicycle baskets are so unique to own. You can use them for might near everything. I have one with flowers in it. Just hanging up in my garage to add some beauty to my walls.

I like knowing how butterflies got there names! It’s such a simple explanation.
The cartoon was so cute and fun to watch. Oh how I wish cartoons were still like this! I love how basic they were.

This is so fascinating! I would love to see one of his caves, especially the one that is going to contain a waterfall. This man has a great passion. The best part is that his passion is so strong that money hasn’t persuade him over. I wish I had the patience and drive to make something as beautiful as these caves.

Always am a sucker for giant (and peewee ) animals. I had a cat , Denzel Washington, so high and tall with such long legs that everyone commented I should have named him Michael Jordan instead.

I love large animals! Zeus has to be my favorite. He reminds me of my Great Dane. She is a big girl standing at 35 inches tall, so I could only imagine what it’s like having Zeus around. I also can’t get over how big the bull is. He looks so big standing next to that guy! This is very fascinating.

That is one realllly big bull!!!! Makes me think it would be like standing next to a dinosaur. A small one. I’ll bet taking Zeus for a walk is a real traffic stopper, too.

How crazy! Don’t you just love what surfing the web can do. Makes me wonder how many people have searched for Raining Jane and came across Raising Jane! I love their empowerment for girls and women as well as there excitement for the good things people do.

Thanks for sharing! This group does stunning work, on stage and off. It is wonderful to hear a group who can actually be understood. Am so tired of loud, banging music that covers up the words (usually, just as well because some lyrics today are downright nasty!) and frantic antics on stage. So nice to be able to listen and actually hear the song and the music blend together so beautifully.

Groundhog’s Day is huge around here in Amishland PA. Even the ads in the papers have groundhogs hawking their wares. A local chocolate shop sells ” groundhog shadows” -dark chocolate cutouts of a groundhog sitting up. And on it goes.

Here’s a bit from Wikipedia about the original animal;

“It has its origins in ancient European weather lore, wherein a badger or sacred bear is the prognosticator, as opposed to a groundhog. It also bears similarities to the Pagan festival of Imbolc (the seasonal turning point of the Celtic calendar, which is celebrated on February 2 and also involves weather prognostication”

Since we don’t have badgers here but do have similar burrowing animal in the Groundhog , it was substituted.

Yay- “Punxsutawney Phil” did not see his shadow today and we will have an early spring!

Oh and fellow farmgirls, one of the cutest movies ever made is ” Ground Hog Day” with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Please watch it, it is adorable!

Groundhog day is not a big deal around here. I actually forgot all about it being Groundhog day today. According to his Facebook page it appears that he did not see his shadow and we are in for an early spring. I can say that I am excited to hear this. I have been looking forward to spring for a while now. We are still getting snow and nothing sounds better right now then a warm spring breeze.