January | 2012 | Raising Jane

You know that pondering tilt of the head a person gives a work of art they’ve just completed? Writing about your life is that exactly. You step back, pick up your paint brush, apply a dab of compassion here, a brush stroke of flair over there. Putting your life on canvas allows you to see what your life looks like through the eyes of others.

Going Granny (actually my grandkids call me Nanny) is my best achievement yet! Here’s a phone message my barely two-year grandgirl left for me on my 58th b-day. I guarantee it; this will make your day.

It’s a cleaned-up girl.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by maryjane

Here’s our little Etta Jane, close to twelve hours after being born, looking A-dorable and acting frisky!

Karen England says:

January 26, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Beautiful!

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Chrissy says:

January 26, 2012 at 10:32 pm

What a little charmer!

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Debra Davis says:

January 27, 2012 at 8:01 am

I’ve been waiting for this news! So glad she’s here…

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Eileen Widman says:

January 27, 2012 at 3:02 pm

AWWWWWWW!

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Catherine's Country Cottage says:

January 28, 2012 at 4:48 am

Precious! Welcome little one! x

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Shery says:

January 28, 2012 at 9:15 am

Awwwwww, and a heiffer – even better! Congrats. She’s a 10 on the cute meter :o)

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It’s a girl!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by maryjane

Only a few moments after her birth, and still wet, meet our new little Etta Jane. Mom, Maizy, and daughter, Etta Jane, are in fine shape. (We’re a little tired.) Born 2:45 a.m. today/43.5 lbs. Maizy’s first birth.

Karen England says:

January 26, 2012 at 6:07 am

How wonderful.

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Jennifer Venable says:

January 26, 2012 at 7:43 am

Isn’t that just amazing?!? Congratulations to Maizy and your family, as well.

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Joanna says:

January 26, 2012 at 9:45 am

Oh how cute! Congrats on the new baby calf. I’d love to pick her up and snuggle her. 🙂

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loreta says:

January 26, 2012 at 2:06 pm

So happy for you. All babies of all kinds are wonderful.

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Eileen Widman says:

January 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Wow, She is wonderful! Congratulations on a job well done.

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Grace E. Brooks says:

January 27, 2012 at 7:21 am

Congats to Mom!

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view from our window

Posted on January 24, 2012 by maryjane

Yesterday afternoon, around 4:45 p.m., as we were saying our routine goodbyes in the design studio, Ace looked out the window and said, “we should …

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Karista says:

January 24, 2012 at 1:10 pm

What a serene photo. And the words are exactly what I needed to read today. Thank you!

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Pam deMarrais says:

January 24, 2012 at 1:24 pm

Breathtaking!

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pauline says:

January 24, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Beautiful and I love the quotation following the photo…thank you!!!!

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Laurie Dimino says:

January 24, 2012 at 7:56 pm

Awe Struck, Inspiring Breathless and Gorgeous are a few words that come to mind looking at that view. Someone hurry up and grab my hankerchief…..I’m drooling all over my keyboard! Visiting your B&B is on my bucket list without a doubt- I promise myself I will get there before I turn 50!

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While Nosing Around …

Posted on January 19, 2012 by maryjane

I found this torturous device in a 1916 issue of …

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Betty Gets My Vote

Posted on January 19, 2012 by maryjane

Oh my, don’t you just love Betty White? At 90 years old, she’s still at work full time handing out smiles. Here she is being …

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sugar-n-cream sweaters

Posted on January 14, 2012 by maryjane

Eileen Widman my dear, here are the sweaters as promised from my sugar-n-cream photo-of-the-day.

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Not your father’s duct tape.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by maryjane

Has anyone else seen this new brand of duct tape? I haven’t opened it yet but love the tag line.

Betty Stone says:

January 12, 2012 at 2:54 pm

I’m going to look for some of this stuff–maybe even in various colors. It’s getting close to time for winter sewing.

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Eileen Widman says:

January 12, 2012 at 4:35 pm

New material for the duct tape dress design contest!
never leaves residue behind, maybe now we can get out of our designer dresses without being sticky! Hahaha!

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photo-of-the-day

Posted on January 11, 2012 by maryjane

Maria Welke says:

January 11, 2012 at 12:40 pm

This is beautiful! How do I get a pattern?

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- MaryJane says:
  
  January 11, 2012 at 3:01 pm
  
  We don’t have a pattern. It’s just a shot of some of my clothing.
  
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Maria Welke says:

January 11, 2012 at 8:31 pm

My mistake! Your post on Facebook with this link said something about working with Sugar n Cream so I thought it was a project. I must have misinterpreted it.

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- MaryJane says:
  
  January 11, 2012 at 10:32 pm
  
  I’m sorry I don’t have a pattern to give you!
  
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debbie says:

January 11, 2012 at 9:19 pm

I would love to have a pattern, it pretty. Looks kind of like granny square.

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Eileen Widman says:

January 12, 2012 at 10:11 am

For the ladies who want the pattern you would have to look for several to get the items from this shot, the sugar and cream yarn is available tho at your local yarn shop and it is not the yarn used to make these lovely crocheted items in the shot. The sugar and cream yarn makes wonderful dish cloths for the kitchen. You may have to look in an old afghan book or two to find the patterns for these lovelys.

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Eileen Widman says:

January 12, 2012 at 4:42 pm

If the items in the photo are clothing, what are they? Dresses or? something else. I would love to see a photo of them being worn. They must be beautiful. Crochet wedding dress?

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- MaryJane says:
  
  January 12, 2012 at 6:27 pm
  
  I will try to grab a photo for you!
  
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