Can you tell that I love working with
pearls???? And these are some very
scrumptious colors.....copper rose, champagne.......like a paisley shawl, perfect for Fall......

Hello fellow bloggers.....I have been lazy about posting in here, but I have been busy stocking my Etsy store with lots of goodies.....sewing and crafting......love it......

Fall continues to be just beautiful here in the Northeast and I love every minute of it.......even raking leaves.....I know, I even enjoy shoveling snow.....get to visit with all the neighbors!!!

Come visit my shop.....designsbycleo.etsy.com.......and the very best to you!!!!

Oh, Happy Fall to everyone!!!! This is my very favorite time of year!!!! All the little kidlets got on the big yellow bus this morning, so excited for the first day of school.....love those little faces!!! Mine are grown and gone, but I remember with great fondness those early days, getting all new supplies for school, packing lunches, getting out the sweaters for the cooler weather......I would have cider and fry cakes ready for them when they got off the bus....and to hear all the exciting news of the new school year!!! Wonderful, wonderful days of my life!!! As a child my favorite new thing was a pencil box, made of wood with a sliding top and all new sharpened pencils, and I still love a brand new tablet of paper, so clean and cool feeling......

I am still recovering from the bronchial pneumonia, but feeling oh, so much better!!! I have quit smoking, which is quite a feat for me....have smoked all my life it seems like forever.....thank God for the strength to do this. My knees are making a very slow recovery, but hey, time will improve that......

We are having a batch of hot weather again, so disappointing after that first taste of Autumn weather, but we still have those wonderful cool nights with heavy dew that is so characteristic of Fall. I am back at my sewing machine, making the cutest pumpkins ever.....come see my offerings......http://designsbycleo.etsy.com........lots of new things, and soon will have some new jewelry pieces for Fall........love those rusty colors!!!

Hope you are looking forward to the change of seasons...always something exciting to offer.....and I wish you many blessings......

My gosh, it's been a while since I last posted!!! I guess I am not that chatty.....this has been the summer from h---, I don't mind saying!!! The heat is oppressive and the humidity unbearable, it has rained every day for weeks now. The sun is killing my eyes, the gardens are overgrown and muddy from the rain. Thank the Lord for air conditioning and that I don't have to use public transportation!!! Summer is just a season for me to get through, I really hate it......there, I have vented and feel better.....

On top of all that, just before the 4th of July, I had an accident.....tripped on my neighbor's sidewalk and landed on my knees on the cement.....wow, that was really something!!! Was laid up for more than a week with swelling, pain, and the most gruesome black and blues......am great friends with the ice packs now!!! I started feeling better, thought I should do some weeding in the front flower bed, can't kneel down so I bent over and strained my back........then I thought, gee, I'll squat down, that should be okay.......wrong again.....re-injured my left knee.....laid up again with ice packs on the knees and heating pad on back.......I am not in a good mood.....

It made me realize I am not as young as I used to be or as young as I think I am. I have to accept that it will take a while to heal from all of this. So, I am limited as to what I can do and have to baby myself, which is not easy for someone who works flat out and burns the midnight oil!!!! Then this week I caught a cold, how does one do that???? It has turned into a nasty event with a horrible cough and fever........then a long time dear friend passed away last week, and I had such a tearful convo with her daughter on the phone.....so sad......enough already!!!!

Yesterday, I had a glimmer of hope......I noticed a slight change in the slant of the sun.....and a difference in how the sun glistened through the leaves on my maple tree......Fall is not far behind....at last......between the 12th and 15th of the month more noticable changes will occur in the slant of the sun. I am a watcher of the changing of the seasons.......the weather, the heart, life itself.....

My creativity should return soon, if not, woe is me !!!! It has been an unusual year so far for me, marked with returning deep depressions and a lack of hope and some general malaise.....and I wonder when it will end.....

However, on a bright note.....I managed to take a load of donations to the Good Will shop......they have been gathering on a table in the garage I call the "loading platform"........even got rid of my old sewing machine, a ton of fabric, trims, clothing and florals. Now that felt good, and I look forward to cleaning out more. I am a warehouse for my children...where are they and why don't they come get their stuff????? I am also a hoarder......I have so many interests....got to get rid of this stuff!!!! How about you???? Are you overwhelmed with clutter???? How do you handle it all???? Give me some hints.......