what if?

i'm what iffing this morning...

this is a Mothers Day card that i gave to Melissa a gazillion years ago...

(i KNOW that she's not my mother ... not in this Life, anyway)

and i immediately took it back because ... i mean ... LOOK at it!!! 

what is more awesome than a black bird singing to a dandelion puff?!?

what if...

what if it grew? 

and what if it grew from fabric?

i'd much rather use this frosty morning what iffing about this than what iffing about ...... that

that is not something i can do much about - other than point out the obvious and have Faith that we are better than ... that

no nuts need apply

cream cheese ...butter ... flour ... dried fruits ... powdered sugar

over a year ago i was ooohing and aaahing my way through cross stitch blogs

 and came across

 someone

 somewhere 

who was stitching her way through  The Thirteen Moons stitch a long

well ... i love me some moons 

so i signed up and started a notebook to collect the charts 

it was an ugly black three ring binder that was loaded with just enough page protectors

did i mention that it was ugly?

knowing that i was gonna be looking at it for at least a year 

now going on TWO 

i raided the Great Pile of Stuff

 and made a cover

that's better...

at heaven's gate

rest in peace, Mr. President, and thank you...

paranoid much?

have you ever felt that someone or something is watching you?

the Helix Nebula captured by the Hubble telescope

Make sure your worst enemy is not living between your own two ears.

Unknown

toad ... stool

up north...

twenty-five of twenty-five

 celebrating this christmas day with my person

dandelion book and book bag and tote bag (BIG BEAUTIFUL tote bag) and gnomes and coaster and microwave-a-bowl for me and two lonely cross stitched hippos (only one is actually fully finished) for Melissa

merry christmas from me and mine to you and yours!!!

yes, Virginia

Yes, Virginia ... design by ByGone Stitches

stitched on 28ct Aztec Red linen with DMC floss

twenty-four of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

steam punk hippo microwave-a-bowl, coaster, snippet and a solar dandelion puff garden stake

twenty-three of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

hippo needle minder, two (not fully finished) cross stitched hippos and a dandelion card and envelope 

Lady Justice

 I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose

 any voters. OK?

Donald J. Trump

twenty-two of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

princess ballerina hippo t-shirt and dandelion wind chime

the fourth estate

so incredibly disappointing...

twenty-one of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

Moo Deng t-shirt (i 'm overstimulated - ha ha ha!) and dandelion composition notebook (yay!!!)

snowflakes...

i am not a liberal snowflake

my feelings aren't fragile 

 my heart isn't bleeding

i am a badass believer in human rights

my toughness is in tenderness

my strength is in the service of others

there is nothing more fierce than formidable, unconditional love

there is not a thing more courageous than compassion

but if my belief in equity, empathy, goodness and love makes me

 or people like me

 snowflakes

then you should know...

author unknown

On a positive note, I haven't seen a fly in weeks.

anonymous

twenty of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

hippo zipper pull and needle minder and a dandelion puff crocheted afghan

homework assignment page two

 using a green marker draw a circle around the banned item

for extra credit write a sentence using the phrase "common sense"

nineteen of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

hippo microwave-a-bowl and scissor fob and a dandelion vase with firefly lights

homework assignment page one

using a red crayon draw a circle around the item that has been banned

for extra credit write a sentence using the phrase "guns don't kill people"

eighteen of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

a folder filled with dandelion crochet patterns (yikes) and a mini hippo with an (unfinished) cross stitch hippo

and again...

hurt people hurt people 

end gun violence

seventeen of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

dandelion stickers (!) and Moo Deng stuffie

again...

hearts broken every damn where...

end gun violence

sixteen of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

dandelion window cling and a rose quartz hippo

it will show up better on a window

fifteen of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

beaded cross stitch dandelion hanger and a hippo in an inner tube needle minder

for better

 It's a victory when the weapons fall silent and people speak up.

Volodymyr Zelensky

fourteen of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

hippo microwave-a-bowl, coaster and snippet and a dandelion puff crocheted stuffie

Slava Ukraini!

 Heroiam Slava!

Because freedom is not about having unshackled hands.  Freedom is about having unshackled minds.

Volodomyr Zelensky

thirteen of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

Hungry Hungry Hippos game and a dandelion wish board

golden boy

 You can do anything.

Donald J. Trump

twelve of twenty-five

 celebrating the days till christmas with my person

2024 Hallmark hippo ornament and a string of solar powered dandelion puff lights

believe it ... or not

and what does Santa have to say about this?

yeah, Santa - i gotta agree with you on this one

just sayin'

eleven of twenty-five

celebrating the days till christmas with my person 

valentine mini hippo and hand crocheted dandelion puff bookmark from Ukraine

christmas spirit

christmas past

christmas present

christmas future

just sayin'

I'm working...my ass off on the Christmas stuff, that you know, who gives a f*ck about the Christmas stuff and decorations?

Melania Trump