The Good Ole Days..........

Do you ever long for the good ole days. I find myself longing for them quite often. I dream of sitting and quilting while listening to the radio. Kids playing quietly with toys that don't make their own noise pollution. Hubby sitting and doing some woodworking or repairing leather on a harness. Really doesn't make a difference what we would be doing, I think it is just that we would be doing it together. As a family, we do most things together. I think that way the kids grow up in situations that require good behavior even when they are bored. We have always taken the kids with us to events we attend when possible. I wonder if we had family resources if that would have still happened. I hear so many people saying that they won't go since they would have to take their kids. I think that is so sad, but goes to prove the fact that families tend to go in one thousand different directions.

Well sorry to stray off track, but back to the good ole days. I love hard work and the feeling of accomplishment when the day is ended. That feeling of I cannot do another thing without crashing, makes me appreciate all the things my grandparents had to do just to live. Think about cooking over a wood burning stove when it is 95 outside. Or putting in crops with a mule and hand plow. I am not sure I could have survived, but I think anyone can learn to do the things needed to get by.

I often try and keep some of the old traditions in place so that my kids have a fairly good work ethic in place when they grow older. We use a regular washer but from about March thru October I try and hang all of my laundry outside to dry. The children have "chores" even though they are only 6 and 3. These chores include picking up their rooms, making beds, helping in feeding chickens and the oldest is able to help with dusting and such. Every year I put out a garden and can the extras from that. Last year's garden was a bust, but most years we have veggies to last us all year. I have incorporated the kids in working in the garden with me and helping me with planting. This helps them to become excited about eating what they have grown and in turn helps them learn you reap what you sew.

Well enough of my sentimental rantings and on to the quilt stuff.

I had talked about a baby quilt I was asked to make for a little boy. Even posted that I had found material that I was going to use. Well those plans fell through since that material was only available on line and we do not have/use credit cards.

So on to plan B. With no local elephant material, I got the idea to applique elephants onto white backgrounds and go that route. I got the material on Tuesday and worked on them Thursday.

Here are pictures of the material I picked out and found the cutest white on white background material with bubbles on it.

Here is also a picture of the first semi completed block. He still needs eyes appliqued on.

Well I had better get busy doing something, even if I do it wrong!

Poof!