Saturday, May 24, 2008

Memorial Day...

This weekend is the unofficial beginning of summer. I hope every one has a peaceful Memorial Day holiday weekend and that you remember those that have given their lives so that we may have freedom in this country. God Bless Our Troops and God Bless America!

Legal Disclaimer:This Eagle Door Hanging was made with my own two hands from my own design. Any resemblance to the work of any one or any thing/any one, living or dead, past, present or future is strictly coincidental. ©2008 Edna Bridges/Plum Thicket Primitives

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Chicken on the grill...

Lemon Pepper Chicken is on the grill. Broccoli, carrots and potatoes are in the steamer. A sweet potato pie is in the oven. The sun is shinning brightly, the birds are singing and a gentle breeze is blowing through the pines. After lunch, I plan to sit on the front porch swing, do some knitting, talk to the Lord and let the rest of the world go by...

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day and It's Good to be back...




It feels good to be back at my worktable after such a long absence. There are so many sweet unfinished pieces just laying here begging for my attention. This is a 12" Uncle Sam Make-Do that is made of painted muslin. He is my own design and was inspired by the "Uncle Sam Wants You" poster of many years ago. He has been sketched, stitched, stuffed and color washed with several layers of artist quality acrylic paints then attached to a rusty bed spring. His hair and goatee is needle felted Romney wool from the Texas Hill Country. He is signed/dated and in *my private collection* for now. ©2008 Edna Bridges

Legal Disclaimer:This Uncle Sam Make-Do was made with my own two hands from my own design. Any resemblance to the work of any one or any thing/any one, living or dead, past, present or future is strictly coincidental. ©2008 Edna Bridges/Plum Thicket Primitives


Monday, May 5, 2008

Bloom where you are planted...










Saturday, May 3, 2008

New Four Wheeler...

Many, many years ago, when doctors still made house calls, my doctor told me I had inner ear problems; damage caused by ear infections and allergies. The four medications are worse than the disorder as they zonk me out and make me sleepy, so I take them only when ABSOLUTELY necessary. Over the years I have learned to live with vertigo but a bout with sinus/ear infection over Thanksgiving has left me reeling at times, especially when the barometric pressure changes. I am blessed to be one of the 70% of folks with vertigo that are affected by changes, up or down, in the barometric pressure. By the way, the changes in pressure also affect many other things like vision, sinuses and arthritis, just to name a few.


While walking in the house I am able to hold on to things if necessary but I am afraid to walk outside very much, even with a cane, for fear of falling and breaking bones. So, Poppa got my Four Wheeler Sports Car! It is a walker on wheels with handle bars and brakes and I can turn around and sit if need be. It even has a basket on the front. Now I need a horn and a license plate that reads *Here Comes Trouble*. He did tell me I CAN NOT sit on it and coast down the concrete drive way 300 feet to the mail box! Boy, that would have been fun!!...and...he's not always looking...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

My worktable...

I finally found time to do some painting. Here are some things on my worktable in various stages of disarray. I like to use gesso and acrylic paints for my staining instead of the tea/coffee/spice mixtures that a lot of primitive folk artists use. It took a lot of experimenting and mistakes to find out what worked best for me. Every new design that I do calls for something different so it is a constant learning/growing process.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Frog Dog...


Poppa found our *Bear* up by the mailbox one hot July Sunday morning in 1997. He was a tiny, tiny baby. Ever who dumped this baby out certainly missed out on a great companion. He is a sweet mess and loves to hunt frogs in the pond at the front of our house. I think he gently catches the same frog every day, buries it in the grass nearby and goes back to the pond to look for more frogs. In the meantime, the frog he thought he buried gets back in the pond and they start all over again. They are fun to watch!

All of our four dogs and three cats are strays or have been rescued. All of our strays have come to us on a Sunday so we feel like they were sent from above. Please give an animal a loving home!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Keeping the Sabbath...

Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. Deuteronomy 5:12-13

I love my Sunday's. Since I am housebound, I attend church in my pajamas via satellite; In Touch Ministries from The First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia with Senior Pastor Dr. Charles Stanley. I have watched him for years and recently have started watching our Texas based Joel Osteen from Houston. Two entirely different pastors and both inspiring.

Sunday is a day of rest in our household and today I hope to soak up some sunshine this afternoon when the temperatures warm a bit and before the clouds roll in again. It is beautiful outside with all of the flowers in bloom and it smells delightful. Thank you Lord for your many favors, mercies and blessings...

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Tagged, again...

This time I was tagged by Mae aka http://tatteredcowwings.blogspot.com/

I have to come up with six words that sum up my life. Ernest Hemingway was bet $10. that he couldn't sum up his life in six words. He won that bet when he wrote, "For sale, baby shoes, never worn."

My words are...Be frugal, stay home, enjoy life!

The rules are:

1. Write your own six word memoir
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible, so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere
4. Tag Four more blogs with links
5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

Let me see...Who will I tag?..Will it be you?

Sunday, April 13, 2008

A Peaceful Sunday...


The weather is beautiful but a wee bit cool for this time of year where we live and the weather folks say we may even get a frost tonight and tomorrow night (not good for the garden!). I am watching the Master's Golf Tournament and working on an angel. She will have to tell me how and when she wants to be finished.
Disclaimer:
This angel is from my own design and has been sketched, stitched, handsewn and stuffed by me. Any resemblance to the work of any one OR any thing/any one, living or dead, past, present or future is strictly coincidental.©2008 Edna Bridges

Saturday, April 12, 2008

One down; more to go...


I have been knitting and Spring cleaning and cleaning and knitting. I finally stopped and hand stitched some of the knitted squares together and finished one afghan. I still have several more afghans that I would like to finish before the end of the year. I do like the way this one turned out and so does Miss Dinky Sugar, my constant companion. I have also hand stitched an angel ornament. I put away my sewing machines when I started cleaning the house before Thanksgiving last year. I think that is one reason I have not been creative; everything is still put away and who can work in a clean studio!? The angel is patiently waiting to be stuffed.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Be Kinder...

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle...