Part of my mother's memory

While cleaning my sewing table off, AGAIN, I found this dart marker roller.  I don't know the official name of it but this one belonged to my mom.  I never knew her to use anything else but this to mark her darts on her patterns when she made clothes for us.  It's old black handle is scratched and worn from much use.  It's got some rust but the "blade" still turns and is quite usable.

I was so surprised to find it because I thought the few things that I have of my mom's in the storage shed.  When I found it I had to sit down and just hold it.  It made me smile but also made me sad.  Mom's been in heaven for somewhere near thirty years but just seeing and holding this roller bought back such wonderful memories. 

I would like to display it in my sewing area but I'm not sure how to do that.  Or maybe a better tribute would be to continue to use it.  What do you think?  Use it or display it?  If I display it does anyone have any idea on making a nice display?

Newfound Mastiff puppies GROWING!

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Here’s more about those puppies that were born to our family about seven months ago.  They are growing up really fast.  Out of the 15 pups born to our AKC Newfoundland, Annie, we were able to find wonderful forever homes for all of them and then some.  However, we kept three of the pups and now we have the Three Musketeers.  We, of course, still have Annie, their mom, and together they are a handful.  I won’t mention the other pets we have but I will say that our entire family is very busy with our four legged and feathered family members.  These photos were taken while Evie and Hammie were getting supper ready for the critters.  Margy and Martin are entertaining the pups as they waited.  Martin finally came up with a plan to prevent his face from being “slimed”.  He put on his helmet that he found at the local Salvation Army thrift store for $2.00.  It worked!

Below are photos of Annie with one of her pups.  Annie is the bigger one but not by much!  The photos are a bit dark but it was snowing and at around 9:30 a.m. the sun is just beginning to peek through the heavens.  By the way, these babies just love the snow! 

       

Summer with family

Along with our vacation we had a memorable time visiting with some family.  David and Cheri Denny (our cousins) came to Alaska to visit.  We had a blast and it was wonderful for our kiddos to get to know more family.

Then we had the extreme pleasure of having a night with Scott and Susan Brooks, our cousins, living in Florida.  I had never met Susan before...much to my dismay and I hadn't seen Scott for over 30 years.  Talk about a long overdue visit!!!  Anyhow, we had supper with them at Cracker Barrel and had a wonderful time.  Hammie and Martin could have stayed for hours listening to Scott talk about his dad in the war!

It was even more than wonderful to reconnect with family.  These cousins are children of mom's brother Larry and Jeannette Brooks.  We've all gotten older but I must say that Cheri and Scott look much the same.  I wish I could say the same for myself!  Hopefully photos to come at a later date.