Odds and Ends

I have a small bit of fever few that has survived the frost and the cold. It is looking a bit battle worn but when there is no flowers to speak of I will take anything I can get. Even these seem to lift my spirits. It is snowing all around us and the weather report said we would be getting, "showers around." I am glad I am not traveling today.

I wanted to show you the present my son made for his Dad this year for Christmas. Our son among other things is a machinist. When he was a little boy he would make swords and things in the garage with just a grinder and a hammer and he would use old scooter parts to make what he saw in his head. He became a welder and then he became a machinist. He has a lathe in his garage and he makes beautiful things. This is one piece of aluminum and he made this design It is four sided and each is completely uniform. My husband is so proud of it. Well we all are proud of it.

Here is another view of it. My husband is going to take it to work to put on his desk  I am always so thankful that my kids can express themselves artistically. It always makes me sad that they have removed that art programs from the schools here. I just feel that if people can do something creative, it helps rest the mind in a good way. 

I finally finished a counted cross stitch I was working on, not before Christmas but at least it is finished now.

This is from Pineberry Lane. I don't know what I will do with it but it was a nice pattern to make. I never had to rip out anything, now I can see. I thought my seam ripper was going to have to be permanently attached to my hand.

My daughter has some pictures of Christmas Eve if you want to visit her blog. netraptor.org She remembered to bring her camera and I was so busy I never had time to even think about pictures. When I look at the pictures it just amazes me how our family has grown. There is a tiny bit of me in a picture cooking clam chowder. :)
So that is it for today. It is so nice to have a stormy December after not having winter last year. I am enjoying ever bit of it.

Have a lovely day,
~Kim~