WELCOME LIAM THOMAS!!!!!

Thanks to daughter Amy's friend, Lori.....we have pictures of little Liam Thomas when he was just a few hours old!! This precious little one arrived this morning, a couple weeks before we were expecting him, but is healthy and all is well!! Amy is just fine, also!! Big Sisters Madison and Mackenzie have been to see him this afternoon! Amy says the novelty of him lasted about one minute!! HA!! Liam does not look at all like either of the girls when they were born. They looked almost exactly alike for the first several months. Genetics are interesting, for sure!! Liam is the smallest, too. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 13 oz., and 20 1/2" long. Congratulations to all!!!!

THE DAY AFTER THE SPRING SNOW!!!

When the sky cleared today, and the sun came out, the mountains and the countryside were beautiful!! Everything looked so fresh and clean, and green!! The contrast was wonderful! I hope you will enjoy a peek at the beauty of the Colorado scenery!! Enjoy!!

HELLO, SPRING!!!

Spring in Colorado can take on a strange look and feel........like today...heavy, wet snow!! Yep!! SNOW!! Thirty degrees and snowing like crazy!! But, as I have said many times, this too shall pass...and soon the flowers and the fresh buds, the green grass and new growth will all be visible again!! I guess our depth is about 5-6" now...and still snowing...... Enjoy the pics!!

Flowers Following an Early Morning Earth Day Rain!!

As some Spring storms are passing thru, I took the opportunity to visit some of the flowers here at our little piece of Planet Earth. Enjoy!!

A Robin Celebrating Earth Day!!!

I LOVE the robins, and especially the ones that chose to inhabit my yard, build their nest, and raise their young! After the rain, this one stopped by to say hello!!

CELEBRATE THE EARTH TODAY!!!!

Earth Day was first celebrated 40 years ago, as a means of increasing awareness of Mother Earth and how we can do our part to take care of protecting and preserving our environment. Perhaps today is a day to take a personal inventory of what we each are doing to care for our own little piece of the world, make changes to reduce our own personal carbon footprint, and increase our participation in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle efforts. Perhaps this is a day to plant a tree, plant some flowers, clean up some litter in a public area, or do something else to make our planet a bit nicer! Think GREEN!! Enjoy the day!!

SOME OF THE LATEST RAGGEDIES NEEDING HOMES!!!

Happy Tax Day to all!! What a great time to go shopping!!! HAHHAHAA!!!! Here are some of the latest raggedy listings in my Annabelle's Attic Shoppes on The Primitive Gathering and Simply Primitives.

These sweet rag dolls are listed nowhere else but on these two wonderful sites for the next month. You can keep up with all the things going on in my raggedy world over on my other blog, Annabelle's Attic, too!!

Please sign up for the mail list on both blogs, and become a follower of both, as well!! You never know what might be in store for followers!! Raggedy Blessings to all!! Trudy

CHECK OUT THESE PATTERNS!!!

As I struggle with making time to publish patterns, more and more creations are being brought to completion!! Here are a few of the latest released designs.....all available at the links for patterns on the left!! Thanks for taking a peek!!

THE ROBIN FRIENDS..................

As I was visiting my friend, the red tailed hawk, I hiked up the trail a bit and found a huge flock of robins!! Enjoy the shots!!

APRIL SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS.............

The snowfall of yesterday was gone, for the most part, by mid-afternoon. This morning we have the most beautiful mountains, shining in their new white coats! Love it!! Enjoy the pics!!

APRIL SNOWS......BRING JOY TO SOME!! :)

MORE SNOW!!! YEA!!! Spring snow is just as beautiful as any snow!! As many of you know, I LOVE the snow!! As you can see from the picture, we had somewhere in the range of 5" of the beautiful, but heavy and wet snow fall during the night and this morning. The snow has stopped now, though, and the sky is clearing with the sun shining brightly. Weather in Colorado is so refreshing! We have had LOTS of wind recently, though. The wind stirred up the dust, filling the air, so when the rain came two night ago.....it rained MUD!! Yep!! Cars, windows, etc.....are now covered with a strange red-brown mud!! Enjoy the pics!

WELCOME TO APRIL!!!

Goodness!! March is gone, April Fool's Day has come and gone, Easter has come and gone, I have been to Austin to play with the grand daughters, PRIMS magazine has been published and is out on the newstands, the first of the month listings have been posted on the various sites that I sell my wares on.....and much, much more has happened!! Where does the time go???!!!!

Tonight I am sharing some pictures, from this past weekend, of my horse friends that I love to visit. And.....somehow.......I failed to realize that the horse I have named Snow Queen......would actually be better named Snow KING!!! HAHAHHAAA!!! Enjoy the pics!!