This past week several of my writer friends met together with me at my house. I think the greatest joy was to sit with friends face-to-face and chat together instead of on Facebook. We shared hugs, laughter, lunch, manuscript critiques, encouragement, inspiration, and friendship. There are 4 main reasons as writers we can benefit from Teachers Pay Teachers.

8220;What Can You Make With A . ? December 22, 2016. All shall be well! Rolling Along . I found this design as a free printable. On View Along the Way. Thank you, Kelly! And decided I must embroider it! May 29, 2016. I found this inspiring embroidery design at Nana Company.

Made in Australia c 1970s. If you went to school in the 70s chances are you learnt Base 10 mathematics with Cuisenaire. Although I remember making structures out of the timber rods- houses and buildings- more than actually learning anything mathematical. Made in Queensland, Australia c 1960s. Add to your burgeoning pineapple collection, or begin one with these beauties. Every desk needs a perpetual calendar- and every offic.

My Love of Succulents Will Never Die. By Teri at Queen B Vintage. The main reason I love them so, is that I cannot kill them. No matter what I do. For someone with a brown thumb, this is a big deal.

A few of my favorite things. I know that with a new blog I should be posting often and I had originally planned to post about every other day, but sometimes things do not go the way we plan. We lost our Maxx on Tuesday morning, he passed away after a short illness. Portrait of a handsome puppy.