Spring

Spring is in the air in Manitoba. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and warm temps enough to melt some snow. The walkways are becoming dryer so that it is easier to walk on them. We had a very nice walk from 5:15 - 6:15 this evening before supper. It is unusual for us to put supper off but I wanted to enjoy the fine day before the sun went down. Didn't even have to wear long pants today could just go out as I would dress for in the house except that I did have on a coat & toque.

No our tulips are not up and blooming yet. The picture was from last April just before we left for Germany. that patch of garden space is clear of snow now but nothing is shooting up there yet. There are also chives in that area and they usually come up before the tulips.

Company arrived safely - they and A. & R. all went to M. & C.'s for supper. We haven't had much chance to visit yet.

Isaiah 53:5

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Juan 3:16

Porque de tal manera amo Dios al mundo, queha dado a su Hijo unigenito, para que todo aquel que en el cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna.

Recent Projects

Thankfully everything about this process of uploading pictures and blogging has gone without a hitch today so far.

These pictures represent a little of the activities that have been taking place around our house in the last week or so. Last Sat. Andrew and Helmut started rearranging the family area of the basement. In the picture where Helmut is working on something and you see a large empty space under some shelving you can imagine that the entertainment unit used to sit there. Since Andrew acquired a new very large TV it wouldn't fit in the space of the unit so all the changes were made. The unit was cut down and moved to the place where you can see the TV then the shelf part of the unit was remodeled and is sitting on the floor to house the other components. The big orange couch was moved into the space under the shelving unit on H.'s right. The other hide -a- bed faces the TV along with two chairs. Behind the hide-a-bed is R.'s drum set. Sure looks like a mess in these pictures - it is a little tidier now.

The little dresses and skirts are hanging in front of the mattress only for the photo taking so that you can see some of what I've been making. On the back of the orange couch are a few of the vests that Helmut knits and I crochet the edges of.

Yesterday I finished the calendar project for this year so they are ready to be mailed.

Children's Clothing Project

In the spring and the fall our assembly packs parcels for the mission work in Zambia. One of the things that they particularly like to get is children's clothing. I really enjoy sewing up girl's outfits such as you see in this picture. ( P. VE. do you recognize some of these prints?) The short dresses are about a size 3 and the longer ones are size 7 or 8. I recently made some red skirts from the "Christmas" print that P. gave me. They weren't completed when the picture was taken.

Double click the pictures to see the detail.

The Egg Tree

The hand painted egg shells crafted by one of H.'s cousins in Germany travelled all the way home with us and remained packed in the boxes until quite recently. The long delay in displaying them was because I didn't have a display rack for them and I didn't want to just put them in a basket or dish. The middle photo is how the cousin in Germany displayed her eggs. It is a very handy "tree" but I didn't know where to get one and couldn't interest H. in building me one.

Recently I thought up the idea of using some apple branches from one of our trees and making my own arrangement. Here are a couple of pictures of how it turned out. Unfortunately two eggs fell off of my tree last week when I had to move it - one became a "Humpty Dumpty" but a few days later when I moved a house plant the other egg was found in the pot unharmed so it was placed back on the tree.

The browser doesn't want to wake up today so I haven't any picture for this post. I have to look at the pictures to decide what the next story will be about. This has been a quiet morning around here.