Rabbit Trails

  I always like to have a sunflower growing in my garden to remind me of my mom.  The State Flower of Kansas! That's where I'm from and that's where my mom lives. The bowl you see below is the one we would put potatoes in for supper. Just cut up, boiled potatoes.  Most of the time, we had gravy, but sometimes we didn't.     My mom is turning 73.  She was the oldest of four kids.   Her dad was a plumber and her mom was a house-wife.  My mom married young, had my sister and then me. So, you could say, I'm from a small family.      I had a wonderful childhood.  We didn't have new cars, go on fancy vacations or have snazzy clothes..... but we did have lots of other things. Like table-cloths on the table, then on the line.      We had order.  My mom kept everything in order. Our laundry was always done and we never threw towels on the floor of the bathroom. When I moved to Texas, I was rather shocked tha

  You know how the book goes....if you give a mouse a cookie...... It happens more than you think, to real people. I bought an old kitchen cabinet to use in my sewing room, so I sold the dresser that I've been using for my *stuff*, then I had to clean the sewing room. (this is the topic of the post btw) With the money I made from the dresser, I bought a Lazy Boy recliner. Then I bought a couch to match the recliner. I sold the couch AND love-seat so I could get something to match the recliner and couch. So, we're looking at another rocker recliner. Green. I hope it matches the couch and recliner we do have.... so I can rest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  So, the top picture shows a middle shelf in my newly fixed up sewing room.  Scissors, glue gun, and old clothespins from my Great Grandmother. My sister put mint oil on them, so they smell really good. The little box in the clothespins is a