~ Featured in Needlework Retailer ~

Hello special friends.

Hope you stayed toasty warm this weekend....sounds like

everyone is experiencing some very cold temps!

Another great football game yesterday for the 

Greenbay Packers, we played at home in

Lambeau Field, Greenbay, Wisconsin

against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Final score ~

Packers ~ 53

Eagles ~ 20

5 Big Cheers for playing in such COLD weather

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It seems like "Birds" have been my main focus ever since 

I filled my big birdseed barrel last week.

So I decided to share a pincushion with that in mind....

~ Antique metal Duck pincushion ~

Such a wonderful little duck!

Made in Germany with original glass eyes, but the 

previous owner replaced the original pincushion.

My grandmother always had lots of ducks, geese, guinea hens,

and chickens on her farm, and I love to listen to all 

the different sounds they make.

My Grandmother even raised Canaries and Parakeets, which

she would sell to the local dime stores that used to  

have pet departments....sadly this 

is a thing of the past.

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Even my husband was focusing on "Birds".....

He decided to clean up this large Blue Heron that he carved back

in 1999.  It's mounted on an old piece of drift wood.

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While on a road trip to Rochester, Minnesota we passed their

Silver Lake Park filled with......

.....lots of Mallard ducks!

Check out the two Mallards diving in this crowd....the ones with

their tail butts up in the air!

They are diving for tubers, and aquatic plant roots.

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Lately I've been using my I~Phone a lot, and I 

love my new electronic gadget.....

This great traditional phone receiver is specifically made to

use on a cell phone!

I LOVE IT!!!

I bought mine off of Ebay for under $10.00, plus they

come in lots of bright fun colors.

I choose white only because my I~phone is white.

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Does anyone like to knit Christmas stockings?

~ New Christmas Stocking Kit ~

I will be listing this lovely stocking kit on an Ebay auction

later tonight....so if you are interested in winning

this auction, please click onto my Ebay link located on the

far right information column of my blog :)

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~ STUDIO NEWS ~

With my focus still on birds, I even rearranged my stitching 

alcove so while sitting in my stitching chair

I can now watch the birds out in my 

bird garden :)

I've decided my next pattern will be a sampler.  I'm still working

on the charting, and hope to start stitching by 

Friday.

Saturday's mail totally caught me off guard!!!!

I still receive the "Needlework Retailer" from when

I was Salem Stitchery....

So, I'm sitting at the table eating my lunch, and thought

I'd page through this magazine, when all of of sudden

my heart skipped a beat, my mouth fell open, my eyes

 were looking twice, and my whole body was in shock.....

To my complete surprise, wonderful Norden Crafts listed an

ad for my pattern "Lady Rachel Ruth"!!!!

I was SO excited....I'm STILL excited!

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~ WEEKLY SOUL FOOD ~

In the morning sow thy seed, 

and in the evening withhold not

thine hand:  for thou knowest not

whether shall prosper, either this 

or that, or whether they both shall

be alike good.

~ Ecclesiastes 11:6...KJV ~

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Please check back on Friday for updates from the 

Studio of Scattered Seed Samplers,

~ Kindly, Tammy ~