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Moving Forward

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Hello,

  Lots of action and  progress  this week.

Liz and I went to Marcia’s for a play day   Friday.   We sure enjoyed the talk and folks and lots of stories and such.   Marcia is making slow progress on her work.

Jean is working on a self portrait challenge and she is doing an Andy Warhol type thing.

 

 

 

 

 

Deb finished her piece for the Falling Challenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went go off to the SAQA New York New Jersey meeting on Saturday.  It was real informative and I got so see  several old friends.    Cynthia  did a great presentation on the up coming  regional challenge –  Oxymorons.     I am rolling that around in my brain.   I think it will be a good one to work on.

 

Then we did Show and Tell .   It’s always fun I think.

Jean shared her Zebra quilt with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joan put up one of her works.   There were many more , but I did not get permission to put them up on the web at the meeting, so I will  not share them.

The Pixies meant on Wed and shared ideas too.   I will put up my answer to the collage challenge in the progress report.

Progress Report: Lap 7

I worked away on  this piece this week and now I only need to finish the binding.  I plan to do what while I watch the news this evening.

 

 

 

 Scrap Happy    I added three rows of boarders this week and now I am doing the hand work on the binding.  This is a Christmas present so I am not in a rush.   I will additional quilting across the square to help with the suage of the project.

 

 

 

 

SAQA Auction Block    I finished the hand quilting on this project yesterday.  I know that the call for new pieces will not be until next year,  But I was playing and now the job is ready to ship.

 

Bleaching     I did not put as much work in on this piece this week as i usually do.   But I am happy with how it’s going.

 

 

 

Drawing      I got busy with my ball point again this week and this is the result.   I love to draw old people.

 

 

 

Autumn Cuts   The progress is slow, but I enjoy the handwork.   I try to limit the different types of stitches.

 

 

  Collages-  Hatching       The pixie Challenge for this week was to do a collage and use blue in it some where.  When I saw the blue eggs I knew   this was it.  ( I know too,  that Cardinals do not have blue eggs- but this is what I had)  I also have a little personal challenge to use something I have Gelli Plated  printed in the works.      The brown leaves fit that part of the bill.  Play Time    is a second work  that follows my two rules and I had fun with it as well.   The blue printed on black is the Gelli plate work  in this one.    When I get going they just go together for me.

 

 

 

 

Glove Nine Patch     I finished the quilting on this block at   Marcia’s on Friday.     I don’t have to think much when I do this step and I enjoy the process.

 

 

Pillow      I finished another pillow this week too.   It is made from an exploratory piece form my class two summers ago.

Have a creative week.

Carol

 

Applique, Drawing, Fish, Lap Quilts, Pixies Group, Rough Cut, Scissors, Scrap Happy Quilts

Cooler Days

Hello,

I am experiencing the cooler days and nights that come with fall.   It is raining here today too, so all I want to do is cruel up with a book.

It has been a quiet week.   Victoria, Liz and I did go to Angelia’s house a play in her studio one day.    We were doing a second day of Gelli Plate printing fun.  She showed us how she printed these  colorful cards. 

 

I spent the time printing on fabric for a new Scissors quilt.

 

I did the Textile Talk this  week and  Zoomed with the Pixies too.

Progress Report:  Scrap Happy   I finished this queen sized quilt for my daughter this week.   I still have enough squares to make a second so I did the row line up work for that  and I am working on a new backing.

Rough Cut  I am quilting away on this scissors piece now .  The wool is fraying out like I had hoped too.   I m sure I will finish it soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical Floor   I can see the end of this project too.  I sure enjoyed doing the bead work here.   The piece has lots of textures  that I love.

 

 

 

 

 

Lap #4 series 2   I cut the 2.5″ and 4.5″ filler strips yesterday .  I will sew them together and then begin the building of this  project.

 

 

 

 

Drawings    I did a drawing of my last  Geranium blossoms this week .   I hope I can keep it going over the winter tis year.

 

 

 

Sometimes it is difficult to stop drawing when I get started.

Keep Creating

Carol

Drawing, Finger Lakes Fiber Artists, Fish, Lap Quilts, Pixies Group, Rough Cut, Scissors, Scrap Happy Quilts, Stretched Works

Sky Light

  Hello,

We have a sky light in our bathroom  and this morning when I was there , I saw a squirrel  on  top of  the space.  He stopped to check his front paw and I admired at his soft white fur in contrast with his black feet.   He did not stay long and my eye then moved to the branches of the oak above.  It has grown from a small finger sized twig that we planted over thirty years ago to a wonderful tall full tree that nearly crossed that sky light that in near the center of the back of the house.    That thought lead me to think of the many trees that we have planted in our yard  over our long lives here.  We have so many now that a vegetable garden is impossible.  I did have one in the back for many years and the tomatoes were so plentiful, I had  to give them away to the neighbors.   Over time I have traded that for hours of shade and lots of raking.   I love the trees so I would not trade any of them and the squirrel that they attract.

Last Saturday was the Flinger Lakes Fiber Artist meeting and although we were a small group, folks had lots to share.

Victoria has finished her box project and it is wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne is still   working with her challenge piece, and  making progress.

 

 

 

Maureen dusted off her  watercolor paintings shills .

 

 

 

And because it was there I had to take a third look at the wonderful show at the Schweinfurth.    It is so powerful!

There was the opening of the Assiated Artist show on Sunday and I was handed a nice prized along with the promise  of s solo show in June.

 

 

 Sharon, Victoria and I meant to do some planning for the La Moyne show  in Jan .      Sharon is working on this piece to be a part of that event.

 

 

 

 

The Sisterhood of the Scissors and  the Pixies had on line meetings as well.

Progress Report: Stream Bed     This piece is 24″ wild X 20″ t.  I finally decided what way was up  on this piece and added the wire to the back.     I sure enjoy ding these  hand pieces and  I pulled out the stuff to start another this morning.

 

 

These works really play to my strong interest in textures.

 

 

 

Rough Cut    I have moved on to the next scissors project.  I sure hope the wool frays a lot when I wash it so there is even more texture here.

 

 

Tropical Floor     I did the free motion drawing on the roving and Angelina to create the fish and stitched them down.   The sea weed is made from some of the dyed wipes I did earlier this year.

 

 

Scrap Happy    I am doing the hand stitching on the binding of this work now.  I am sure I will finish it  this week.

 

 

 

 

Lap quilt   I got this work all assembled this week and  I am working on the quilting here.

 

 

 

 

 

 Drawing     I did this  with ball point pen, my favorite  tool.     Susan of the Pixies challenged  us to draw plants.     Not sure what I will try next.

 

 

 

 

Take good care of yourself.

Carol

Drawing, Hand work, Lap Quilts, Pixies Group, Scissors, Scrap Happy Quilts, Short Cut

Full Week

Hello,

I am having a full life at the moment.  I started on Friday by going to meet with my fellow retired art teachers to the Everson for lunch and a view of the galleries.     Many of them are being set up for the next exhibition, but one of the  open ones  was loaded with  work from the perinate collection.  It was a joy to see some of the old pieces that I recall and some I had forgotten about.

There was a great ceramic show too and I loved this owl plate.

 

 

 

Then on Saturday I went off to contribute my work to the Associated Artist show  and  I  helped with the hanging.

 

 

 

This work is by my friend Adam Vural  and a part of the show.

 

 

 

Sense I seem to see owls everywhere, I took this photo of another of the artists work.

 

 

 

 

 

On Sunday I discovered that I had won the Best of Show  award for Tide Pool .  I was amazed.

On Tuesday, I went off to a play date with Angela’s.    She continues to create wonderful felted work  and she won a Purple ribbon at the State Fair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a good time playing with printing with  Gelli plates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela also showed off her latest piece that  she did in memory of her dog, Jetta of 17 years who passed away .

 

 

 

My last adventure this week was a trip to the Syracuse University Art Gallery.  I was especially taken by this work of an Indian woman artist .  It is about how life for the women changes when she becomes a widow.

I did sneak a pixie meeting and my on line  class  in this week too.   It has been a bit crazy.

Progress Report:  Short Cut  This work is 35.5″ w X 46″ l.      The scissors them selves are cut form a metallic fabric .      The edges are zig zag appliqued down with a  yarn captured with the stitch.

 

 

I have several more ideas for this series.

 

 

 

 

Lap # 13    I am building away on this project.

 

 

 

 

 

Scrap  Happy   This Scrap Happy is for my daughter.  It is all assembled now and ready for  the extra  quilting.

 

 

 

 

Stitch Club     I worked on this bit of hand work this week .   Limiting the pallet to white is a difficult thing for me, but I sure like the texture challenge.

 

 

 

 

New Work    I got out more of the roving and  did  a bit more work capturing it under wash away and stitches.   It is ready for the water now.

 

 

 

 

Drawings   The pixies have a bit of a push toward drawing now.      I did these two this week.  Robert suggested storms so that is were this one came from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura, wanted to try scissors. drawing .

 

 

Hopefully this week will be a little bit calmer .

Keep Creating  my friends

Carol

 

 

 

 

Drawing, Farctured Fragmants, Hand work, Lap Quilts, Pixies Group

It’s May

Hello-

Spring is every were around here.   So many fat buds popping out form one day to the next.    And the dandelions are going to seed already.      I started a new Art Take 2 class this week called Naturally Inspired with Tara Afford.  So I am paying special attention to natures changes.     I am still finishing up projects from  Finding Fragments too that I will add later.   I love all the changes this season brings so very quickly.    I was a part of our local park clean up this week as well.  It always amazes me how careless folks can be with their waste.

Last Friday there was a play day at  Marcia’s .     Deb  worked on the binding of this challenge piece.

 

 

 

 

 

I worked on the quilting of this block for the lace  and glove project.

 

 

 

 

 

We decided to try to make Bog Coats at our next play day .     This shots shows three of the gals looking at  a started Bog Coat by Perilla.

 

 

 

 

 

The Pixies also meant this week and  there was a challenge to draw the fellow members from the screen shots.  Here are Robert, Susan and Lora  as I saw them.

 

 

 

 

Progress Report: Swoop   I am quilting away on this project now.  I only need to finish the corner areas and this step will be complete.

 

 

Lap 2   I pin basted this piece yesterday afternoon.     I have decided to send this one along with two others to the nursing home were my Aunt Marce  is living.    It has some of the printed blocks from last years  100 Day challenge in it.

Lap 3   I pin basted this piece this morning and it too will go to my  aunts as well.     It is so good to have a goal.

 

 

 

 

 

Ethel 5   I have now started to assemble the last  blocks that my friend Ethel started.  She passed away 11 years ago.   It is both a happy and sad act for me.

 

Fragments 1    This is the fragments project with the plaster overlay  on the parts.  The  plaster does do a good job of unifying the work .   It is very difficult to stitch through.

 

 

 

I don’t think I will apply this technique to much of my work, but one never knows what the future may holds.

 

 

Grandmother’s Fragments    The really strong point of this class for me was seeing a way to add new life to the bits and pieces of my Grandmothers’ work that was torn , worn and unfinished.   That’s the main purpose of this piece.

Drawing     I did this drawing from one  of the images that Tara  shared with us for the  Naturally  Inspirited  class.

 

 

 

 Post cards    I did a little work on post cards this week.    I always like to play while I am on the phone.

 

Enjoy the seasonal changes.

Keep Crating

Carol

100 day Challenge, Drawing, FAD (Fiber Art Dames), Finger Lakes Fiber Artists, Pixies Group

Home Again

Hello,

  I am back from my travels and set to stay home for a while.  I did have a good time and the Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum were amazing.    So many and only about 25% of the collection is on display.   I just could not look enough.   Taking in all that new imagery was  exhausting to me.   I am sure some new work will come out of that experience.

Before I went away I had some adventures too. I went with Victoria and Liz to Angela’s for a bit of creative play afternoon.   We were   adding surface treatments  to our handwork.  Angela had the plaster all mixed up for us as well as the softened paper clay.      Victoria had a difficult time  deciding what pieces to alter.

 

Liz did too.       It was a fun thing to work with and I added color on top of the plaster with my piece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some of my pieces before the add on treatment.

 

 

 

 

 

Angela had been doing more felting sense out last visit and she sharded her new felted vase with us.   I really like the gradation of color her here.

 

 

 

We also had a FLFA meeting on the Saturday before departure.

This is the work Sharon had done to add to the project from the retreat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat had a lot of new work.  This is her most recent.

 

 

Anne has finished putting together her Robin quilt  top from her class at QBL last summer.

 

 

 

 

 

Linda, our newest member, show off her finished migration piece.

 

 

Maureen is still doing handwork on this powerful piece.  It is  nearing completion she says.

 

 

 

 

Liz has pulled  out some of her older work and is ready to begin to finish this one now.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a shot of Liz wearing Pat’s spring coat that she made for a fashion show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a FAD meeting on Monday this week and Sharon had a new mini land scape to share.

 

 

The Pixies meant as usual and we are going to do portraits for the next assignment.

 

 

 

My husband and I walked to Syracuse University on Wed and went to the art gallery there.  I was wowed  by this bit of  work that mixed thread with leaves.    There were 24 leaves surrounded  by thread  and suspended  in a frame like a table top. ( yes, those are my toes on the floor below the work.

 

 

We also walked around  the little lake in Berry  Park this week.    Spring is sure here  in our part of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress Report:  B4  This is the last block I made for the SAQA 100 day  Challenge.     I am delighted to say  that I got it done before the trip.   It is 32″ X 50″.   I really learned a lot building this block with the change in curves in the center strips.

 

 

I also  had  very  good  time  with  the  quilting on this one.

 

There are enough blocks remaining for another small piece.  The challenge is over now, but I will put all the left overs into pieces.

Art 2    This work is 34″ w X 52.5″ t.   It is made from extra blocks from Art Blocks  the third of the SAQA Challenge. 

 

Doing the challenge was a good thing for me and I hope to apply the ideas from it to my future work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BV 2  This too is a second project that is a result of the SAQA Challenge.   It is created from leftover blocks from the BV Block.  This block was designed with my good friend Barbara Vural in mind. 

 

Again there are blocks remaining for another small project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing  The glass flowers were inspiring and I did a bit of drawing from some of the close ups.  This is a close up of a Lilly.

 

 

 

 

 

Swoop   I stated this quilt top at the spring retreat.  I go a lesson in how to do curves from Liz and Linda.   I am very proud of how very flat this quilt top  is and  how the curves all lie down very nicely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Fragments Piece    This is my piece showing the fragments that I altered at Angela’s.    The plaster dose make it difficulot to add more stitching.    I did added color on top of some of the  units   to unifly the idea before I mounted them.   The units are a result of my interpretations of the assignments in   Finding Fragments class as a part of Art Take 2 .    I am now ready to begin a new  on line class called Naturally Inspired- also from Art Take 2.

I hope that spring is filling you days with new sights.

Keep Creating

Carol

I am attaching one last glass flower for your enjoyment.

 

100 day Challenge, Coral Shore, Drawing, Hand work, Pixies Group

Eclipse Week

Hello,

I, like many Americans got excited about the  Solar Eclipse  this week.    This is a shot from NASA from one  of the satalights .   We unfortunately  had cloud cover and only caught a glimpse as the moon moved away from  the sun.    I am glad so many folks have generously shared their images on the net.

My personal event of this week was  the Spring Retreat at the Schweinfurth Art Center.     I along with lots of friends got a lot of work done.

Liz worked on  her quilts for  the Beds for Kids project.  She made four tops and Pin basted three of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan  stated a  new project.  I love how she uses color in such a unique way.

 

 

 

 

Victoria worked away on  a new project that is based on a collage that she did in David Horning’s class last summer.   It is so different from her usual work , I am excited to see how it develops.

 

 

 

 

 

Linda  worked on this dye painted work and spent most of the time shading and quilting it.

 

She also shared her daughter’s cookie art with us.  Very tasty!

 

 

Sharon worked on her flower quilt and did some dyeing too.

 

I had my Pixie meeting and  I worked on the  assignments for  Finding Fragments the week..

 

 

 

These little fellows will go off with me to Angel’s for some surface alterations this afternoon  as a part of the Fragments class work .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress Report:   B4  I got this quilt top all assembled at the retreat.   The I started quilting on Monday.

 

I am sure I will finish it before the 100 day challenge is over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art II     At the retreat,  I moved onto putting together the leftover blocks from the Art Blocks project .  This  top got put together too.

 

 

 

BV II     I also put leftovers together from   the BV project.    I have started quilting this one.

 

 

 

 

 

Coral Shores   I am sorry that I cut  off the frames on this picture.   I had to go out side to take the photo and it is raining now so I can’t reshoot.   I did get this work done and I am quite pleased with how they look together.   They will only hang together in the hall – so I have the same problem  with taking a photo there. 

 

 

 

 

 

I will take a  new set  and repost.

 

 

 

Drawing    I did a little drawing this week.  I always have good intentions , but time gets away from me.

 

 

 

Spring is continuing to open up to us here in New York .   I hope the same is true for all my readers.

Keep Creating

Carol

 

100 day Challenge, Drawing, Hand work, Pixies Group, Sisterhood of the Scissors

Spring

Hello,

Well the days are getting longer,  but today the weather around here is very cold with snow.  It was far warmer last week.   One can not control the weather so I guess I’ll just smile and go on.   I only had two zoom meetings this week with the Pixies and the Sisterhood of the Scissors, so I should have gotten a lot of studio time.  But I did go and get my covid booster, an RSV shot and a shot for Shingles all on the same day.  My body did not like that  and I lost a whole day to feeling tired and sleeping.  Much better now and I remind myself that getting any one of these diseases would be a lot worse!

Progress Report: BV  Blocks project     I am still quilting away on the project.   I’d about half done at this point.   This part of the   SAQA  100 challenge.

Art Blocks ( middle sized)  This is the third quilt in the SAQA 100 challenge  day project.  We are at day 67 and I am even farther behind than I  was before.  I still have seven of the middle sized blocks to assemble and then I need to do the small version.   I am still not happy with my self about being unable to meet my goals and although I put in time every day I am still behind.

Ethel Quilt # 4  I have started quilting on this project.  But sense there is not dead line for it, this is the last project I tackle at the end of the day.  It is also very heavy to get through the standard machine.   My Phaff Quilter is off at the repair shop due to the fact that the bobbin winder is not working.

Pixie Pieces    I decided to call this Pixie Pieces because the base fabric is one I did with spoon flower in response to a push by the Pixies group.  I am using it with the Finding Fragments class because it has to do with altering the surface and I  did not like how the fabric turned out.

Coral Shores    I keep adding to this work and because I had two zooms this week it got more attention than usual.   I like how it is coming together.

Drawing      I put in a little time in the sketchbook this week too.  It is good to switch gears for me  as it really clears my head.  I need to do that more often.

I am hoping for a warmer spring as the days go longer.

 

Keep Creating

Carol

Drawing, Lap Quilts, Nine Play

Cold Moon

Hello,

The moon was full on Wed and it is what is called a Cold Moon to represent the cold dark long nights of December.   It sure was a crisp one here.    The joys of Christmas are still running around in my head and I hope you can say the same.   Now one is considering plans for what changes one will try for the new year.

 I didn’t have any meetings this week but I did put in time on my “Finding Fragments” class.   I still have two more sets of exercises to do but these drawings of the objects I connected on my walk are the best of the bunch from exercise one.

Progress Report: Lap # 21   I have to get these works delivered here soon.  The quilts  are filling up my car so I will get going on this task today. 

 

The best part of these projects is getting to really play with the smaller fabrics that I have created in the past.

 Tide Pool    I picked this work up form the framer yesterday.     It is now hanging in the hall.  

I got to sew so many of the beautiful bits and pieces that I always seem to collect.   It is great fun for me.

I do love how it looks and that has inspired me to work even more on Tide Pool II

Tide Pool II      This is a close up. With this one I am using the textural ideas that the teacher encouraged us to create.   The Pompoms  and the needle punch for example.     It sure is what I love as texture is my thing.

 

 

 

6X6  I realized that the Rochester Art Center will soon be calling for pieces for it’s  6X6 auction, so I started this little one to work on during the news this week.

Orange Peelings  This is the New Nine that I started last week.  I really went crazy with the addition of the pre- fused  fabrics and all the efforts to make the split blocks really got lost.  I am ok with that, but I think I will try again with a variation on that idea.  The other idea that I played with here is doing free motion zig-zag’   I decided to use it as the peel edge of the orange slices.

 

 

New Lap   I pulled  these fabrics for the first lap quilt for next year.   It’s always good to have something in the up coming idea pile.

Have a joyous New Year and I will post again the 2024

Keep Creating

Carol

 

 

 

 

Childhood Memories, Drawing, Experiments, Finger Lakes Fiber Artists, Hand work, Lap Quilts, Nine Play, Pixies Group, Re Work, Tide Pools

Winter Solstice

  Hello,

We have reached the end of the earth’s elliptical trip around the sun for one more time.   It is a tine for the return of light here in the norther hemisphere. The long winter nights will now begin to shorten once again.    I also see it as a time to begin reflecting on the events of the last year and star thinking about what I want to do differently in 2024.

This last week included a FLFA meeting for me.  I do enjoy seeing that creative group of gals and the work they do.      This work is by  Julia.  I feel she is really beginning to “speak ” with her own voice.

 

 

 

Bev is doing some wonderful silk work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat is working away too.

She is really a printing crazy lady.

 

The Pixies also meant this week and everyone is busy and happily preparing for  the holidays.

Progress Report: Spores    This work is 18″w X 32″l.   It is another work that came out of the Joyous Embroidery class.   I made the tubes and stuff them with thick yarn and then couched them down.  The pompoms were another suggestion from Flur.

The painted parts in the  background is my own too,

 

 

 

 

Split  This work is 53.25″ w X  58″ l.    I started this work at the Sisterhood Retreat last month.   I put it through the wash to encourage more fraying of the torn and raw edges.

I really like texture and the feeling of depth they layers create.

 

 

 

 

 

Lap #21  I am to the stitch in the ditch quilting step now.  It’s about half done.

 

 

 

Scrap backs  I am working on building backs for the Ethel Blocks now.  I think one of the units is nearly big enough to start layering the first quilt together.

 

 

 

 

New Nine   I am starting a new quilt that is  a broken nine patch design.   This is in the early stages and even not all the blocks are built yet.

Or perhaps I should say broken at this point.

 

 

 

 

Linen Shirt   This  project only gets attention when there is no other hand work that needs doing.   That  happened this week so I put in time.    I am doing the flowers and French Knots on the shoulder area and across the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tied Pool 2   I got a lot done on this new highly textured piece this week.   Starting with a old rock quilt as my base  others makes it easy and fun for me too.   Pompoms again and the frapped circles are some I made in the  Joyous Embroidery class as well.    She also encouraged us to use old bits of handwork that had no use any more.  The green lace  came from an old pillow case.   I painted it and used it in a seahorse  work this fall.   This little bit remained and I recall seeing a bit of sea weed in a tide pool when I visited Korine years ago.

 

 

Christmas Balls   I decided I wanted to decorate some new  balls for our tree this year.     At the RATS  ( Retired Art Teachers ) meeting a few weeks ago , Beth described what she was going to teach at the YMCA class and I took what I remembered and created these fun balls.    I made some as gifts too.

New Work   Last week I was working a project using a technique that was only described to me.   Well,  I think I did give it the college try- but it really is a disaster!    There are so many wrinkles and parts are not fitting together at all.   Not having the true instruction means I am flying blind.

 

 

  So I have decided to admit that I don’t get it and abandon the idea.  There are always mistakes very now and then.

 

 

 

Food Memory. 

Scramble

My Mom was a “stay at home Mom” until my brother, Gene went off to first grade. All that time she was always busy with one project of another . I remember her making and printing silk screen plant images on fabric that she made into kitchen curtains. She painted two big murals in the house in Carroll too. One was in the bathroom in the basement and a second was over the sink in the kitchen. For Christmas she was scenically busy. One yare she mad a little church out of sugar cubes and icing with a foil roof. That project was around for years. One of her seasonal traditions was to make Scramble. She would get out the blue speckled roasting pan from Thanksgiving and fill it with a mix of Rice Checks, Corn Checks, Wheat Checks, Cherrieos, mixed nuts and pretzels. She added some other ingredients and cooked it all in the oven, taking it out to stir occasionally. When it was done she put it into foil lined boxes and wrapped it as gifts to the neighbors. We al ways had some too. Her other seasonal cooking thing was to make chocolate fudge. There was always the candy thermometer and lots fussing with that project. I loved the smell of the house when she was doing that project, and the eating of it too.

Enjoy what the season brings your way.

Carol