Merry Christmas and Happy  New Year

Christmas light fruit cake

                             2014 Christmas light fruit cake  recipe from Laura Secord
                               Canadian Home Economics Association

Paul &Lori

                                              HAPPY ANNIVERSARY  HAVE A GREAT DAY 

Row Chestnuts

                From Tonys    . Great Garden trees 

Dia de todos os Santos em Portugal

                           , Chestnuts time.  customs ,Things never forgot from my growing  up
                           Smells stay with you for ever . memories .

75 th birthday

                               Monique bake the cake Katrina made the decor

winter socks

                         made super washed wool . knit machine . this is the pattern

Norete Lopes originally shared to Machine Knitting (Discussion):

 

Men size socks
To start on knit machine put 70 stitches on working position. to work on ribber transfer 35 stitches to ribber bed 35 on Maine top bed to make the ribbing cuff
For the sock. Work 30 rows . Tension 5
Transfer on lefty all 35 stitches to the ribber bed . On right 35 stitches on main bed
Work the right stitches with wast yarn . Take the weights from the knit ribber and the comb .
Low down the ribber .drop the right stitches from main bed fold the right 35 stitches , and place them on main bed on parallel with the stitches of ribber bed . Put back the weights Prepare your machine for circular knit , working 100 rows in circular . Tension 8
Now drop the lower ribber bed again just a bit, and work on heel with short rows on main bed until 14 stitches on centre , short row again until all stitches on working position .,prepare again the knit machine for circular knitting and knit another 100 rows. Drop the ribber bed and knit the toe the some way of the heel . Back the machine on circular knit again and knit with wast yarn 10 rows after this drop from the knit machine and sew on Kitchener. Stitch to close the toe
The sock is done , after sew the ribbing of the cuff , steam press . 
Norete . 

          

sewing today

                              Starting to sew  today made the tea cozy  for to sale on  our church bazaar.

Shamrock inside plant

                                       For many years this plant been growing all ways just trimming again and again  and growing like crazy ,flower too  love the purple colour I try the green  kind but not grow like this .

Happy Birthday Nicola

                                                 Nicola have a great day

sunday dessert

                      French pastry cream slices   . portuguese we call mil folhas
                           

our back yard trees

                                Ink and pencil work N.L

Hydrangeas of our garden

                                 lovely pink 

Constance Flowers

                                      Constance art arrangement of flowers at our church .

red water colour

                               very hot out there and smoky from the fires around here time to stay inside
                              doing water colours .

other view from Okanagan lake

                            Sewing club  get together for lunch and a swimming  .

Yoga pot luck

                        The day of the yoga pot luck supper  beautiful view . 

Weaving Place Matts

                                Weaving I still not master on it ,self taught i keep trying to learn
                                more and more every time .  this are an set off place matts .
                                this the site i used this pattern but on end i change some the colour threads
                                because i used from my stash  the cotton yard  i had.

                                http://www.leclerclooms.com/pattern/2014/Mars/ENG.htm

birthday cake made by Katrina

                                 Happy 81th Birthday Antonio

great sunny day end up with cool shower .

                                        Storm on end the day ,cool off  good for the garden

                                                  The rainbow show of too .Pretty

                                Sunny Day ,Spring time and time to smell the flowers .

           Mothers Day One day before  thanks to all my family for spoil mom. love  you all very much
           because you are  one the best things  on my  life .   

                              The mail just come look what i got ,great card from Lori .thanks

Great at tea

                            sweeties , tea. friendship. was great . Great fashion show   .

2014 Fashion show

                       The tables are waiting for tea time all prepare for the show/

Magnolia

                                  Late spring here time for the pink magnolia blooming . 

Easter Blessing to all my friends

                                 SPRING ,EASTER .CHICKS   GOD BLESS EVERY ONE

Artificial turf on football field

   Spring is here we have time to go and watch our grand daughters  play soccer  nice to be out on fresh air 

Green wool runner .winter 2013

               Just finished this took all winter  to work  on this runner .

Cool spring day

                                Spring is here   , cool day 

Big White

                               Good day at skiing hill spring break 

HAPPY ST PATRICK,S DAY

                                        HAPPY ST PATRICK,S  DAY 

The lake under the clouds

                              the lake yesterday was amazing .

49th Anniversary

                                       HAPPY 49TH ANNIVERSARY 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

                                  Happy Sweet 16 th Katrina

Happy Valentines Day

                               NEW SUIT FOR VALENTINES DAY ,
                               PRETTY  RED PINK COLOUR ,  HOME DESIGN

Happy Birthday Nancy,Sosi.Monique.Julien ,Maria Manuela

                                            Happy Birthday to you
                                            Best wishes 2014 love from us.  T,Norete

Sosi quilt

                                SOSI QUILT  pattern from this site
                                 http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html

so quilt

                              Another  quilt for my granddaughter  the pattern from this site

                                 http://www.quilterscache.com/

Happy New Year 2014

                                             Happy New Year 2014