A little more progress.......

Did a wee bit more sewing....   Covered a pillow, with the same material, I had used to cover a lamp shade.

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I purchased this material, a long time ago.  Wish I had a lot more of it, now.  -sigh-  Love the "tea stained" look, it came with. 

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We don't have a complete sewing/fabric store right here.  Need to go down a few miles, to get to one.  Hope to do this, this coming week. 

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Oh my!  I will be like a "kid-in-a-candy-store"!!!!  Soooo many fabrics.  Ohhhhhhh!!!   :-))))

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Our social media ego...

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Something that has been nagging at my mind, of late, is what is called our social media ego.

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A search, brought up this article... "Social Media, the ego, and the self".   Naturally I would love for you to click on that link and read it yourself.  Also naturally, I have no idea how much time or inclination you have, to do so.  So I'll grab some thoughts from it.

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If you are blogging, you are in social media.  Most of us are in more than one kind of social media.  For me it's just blogging and IG. 

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"The phrase “social networking” itself contains the basic elements of relating and technology; the technology is the “network” and the social is the human bit. We use technology to do human things: to relate."

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"The word "self" is the wider concept, and is inclusive of everything that comes together to create a self..."

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The "ego" is more discrete.  It is the part of us that identifies as “I” or “me” – it is  .......... our conscious “identity” how we understand ourselves; it is also the part of us that defends us from slights and hurts."

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"The self seeks recognition from others ......... – the ego, however, likes its recognition to be conditional upon its own expectations and desires."

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Our ego needs recognition, and social media can meet this need, via...

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Number of Friends
Number of Followers
Number of Comments
Number of 'Likes'
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When our ego gets recognition, it is called getting strokes. "...every time your ego receives recognition, it purrs just a little, as if it’s been stroked."...

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"...and when it doesn’t get the strokes it thinks it needs, it can feel pretty bad."

Have you ever considered how much you have invested, in the recognition you get, from social media?

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Your thoughts on this topic, please....?

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Full Snow Moon... Tonight...

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Here comes the Full Snow Moon...

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Read here, why it is called by that name.

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"Tell me what you feel in your room

when the full moon is shining in upon you

and your lamp is dying out,

and I will tell you how old you are,

and I shall know if you are happy"

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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It's that time of year, again....... :-) :-(

Yes, it's that time of year again.  When we are inundated with adds for Cadbury Easter Eggs.

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Oh my!  Oh sigh!  Look at that delicious, creamy, chocolaty goodness.

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And they are on sale, everywhere!!!  It's very hard, to avoid them.  It's so easy to be able to buy a couple here, and a couple there.  >,-))))

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When I was growing up, a Fanny Farmer Easter Egg was always gotten.  It has been a long time, since one could find a real Fanny Farmer Candy Store.  That is one of those childhood memories, which have flown.  -sigh-

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(What ever happened to Fanny Farmer Candy???)

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Fanny Farmer Easter Eggs were not mini.  And they weren't huge either.  They were purrrrfect.  :-)  As anyone old enough, to truly remember them, can attest.   :-)

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It was so cold here, on Monday, that I couldn't get warm.  So I turned on the oven and baked the above.  :-)  A Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread with added walnuts and cherries.   It warmed the house and tasted delicious!  Win... Win...

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A cold twilight sky....
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An over 20 year old picture.  'Pop' and our first Grand Daughter, whom I took care of, while Mommy/Daddy worked.  She was always an "I-Can-Do-It" girl.  :-)  And you can see her above, taking over the cleaning of potatoes, from 'Pop'.

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She is still an "I-Can-Do-It"  girl.  She is an Electrical Engineer, in charge of building sites.

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A dinner of left-overs.  Organic baked potatoes, which were hash browned..  Left-over slices of grass fed beef meatloaf.  Quite yummmmy.  :-)  One of those "even better the next day" kind of meals. 

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Thank you for liking my every day dishes.

They are Westbury Court, by Jessica McClintock,

'Christina'

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"The color of springtime is in the flowers;
The color of winter is in the imagination."
~Terri Guillemets

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A peek into the Hearth Room...

I love, love, love to see peeks into the homes of bloggers.  So I thought I'd show a couple, myself.

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Looking up, from the bottom of the picture...  The railing is between the Kitchen/Eating area, and the Hearth Room.  There is one step down, into the Hearth Room.

The table next to the railing, is an old Kitchen table, from my side of the family.  On it, at the left, is a child's toy iron stove.  Which belonged to my husband's mother.  

Past the table, is my husband's chair.  (I still have to make a lamp shade skirt, for his light!)  To the right, is my chair.  With my little book table, beside it. 

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Taken from this direction, it shows my husband's chair, the tv, and the patio doors.  From my chair on the right, I can always see the changing scene, of the back yard and beyond.  I love this view, all hours of the day and night, and all year long.  :-)

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It you love peeks into blogger's homes, as much as I do, please consider giving us some peeks into your home.  Please and thank you.

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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

~Edith Sitwell

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SNOW.............................. :-))))))

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I finally got some snow!!!

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It began last night...

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And it is still continuing today...

Ooops, it stopped.  Just as well.  Don't need a lot.  :-)

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"Out of the cloud-folds

of her garments shaken...

Silent, and soft, and slow

Descends the snow."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Would you know, please...........?

The painting in the picture above....

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It is a poster, from a French Museum...

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Would anyone know the name of the painting?

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Or how to go about finding out, the name of that painting?

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Without a name, or the name of the painter, it is difficult to go about tracking down a particular picture.

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No snow........ :-(

No snow.

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I think it's time to give up on any real snow this winter.

I don't miss having to be shoveled out.  Or walking or driving in ice/snow.  So what am I complaining about???

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I miss the pristine beauty of snow.  I miss watching it snow, while inside my home.  I miss how snow fall, makes inside seem even more snug and warm and cozy and inviting.  Like a warm blanket around me.

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I miss those things, about a normal winter, of snow.

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And it is too late now, to expect any real snow...  So, yes...  I am sad.  About this.  About missing a real northern winter.
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While apologizing to those who have been deluged with snow...   I still post this entry.   :-)

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Do we really get...............?

(Susan Branch's Mini Calendar...Feb.)

Leap Year this year.  February 2016 has the extra day of February 29th.  And as the calendar above says...  We get an extra day.

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But......  Do we really get an extra day?  Does our lifetime expand, every Leap Year?

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Every 24 hours, the sun rises and the sun sets.  The sun doesn't care about our calendars.  Or about how we "tell time."  The sun had been rising and setting an awful long time, before any sort of time telling was thought of.  So.............

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Do we really get an "extra" day, every 4 years?  :-)

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Not an earth shaking question, I know.  :-)  But the world presents us with so many really earth shaking questions, every day.  Or at least, "The News" tells us it does...  Maybe it would be fun to ponder a tiny, silly, little question for awhile.  

Do we really get an "extra" day, every 4 years?

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What-cha' think???

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