Update on My Absence from Buttons for Baga

Dear Friends and Faithful Followers:

Over the past 6 months or so, I have found I'm unable to keep up with three blogs all running simultaneously. I totally deserted the "Counting My Blessings" one a year ago, but did try my best to post here at least every now and then...through July of this year.  I now realize that this is not going to work out, either. Due to the arthritis in my thumbs and wrists, I have almost completely stopped my knitting, quilting, and sewing. I still do a bit of crafting when I need to give a gift, but that's about it. All of my time has been spent on my photography blog over the past 6-8 months, and I am totally absorbed in learning about my camera and art of taking and processing artistic photographs. Consequently, I am going to put this blog to sleep for a bit, or at least until my my joints will let me get back into the hand work that has been such an important part of my life for over 50 years. In the meantime, I would love for you to come and visit me at my active blog. I miss hearing from you all so much, and am always wondering in my heart how you are doing.  My active blog is:

                                      http://climbingthedigitalmountain.blogspot.com

If you do find the time to stop by, I will send you little notes back. Do take care and have a wonderful fall and winter. I hope that we will all be able to enjoy some of the beautiful colors that Mother Nature has to share with us. Take care, and I hope I will hear from you in the future.

Hugs and love to all of you who so faithfully followed me through the birth and development of my blogging way of life on my Buttons for Baga.

Hugs and happy thought to all of you,

Genie

Experimentation of the Day 7-28-11

Playing with the Iris

I did the manipulation on my iPad,  brought it into my Mac, and finished up in  PSE9.

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." ~ Walt Disney

Macro Monday ~ 7-25-11

Fastening Bolt on Old 1916 Bridge
Rockbridge County, Virginia

I have posted shots of the bridge on my other blog for Louis Lavache’s “Sunday Bridges.”

If you are curious, here is the link:
Climbing the Digital Mountain One Step at a Time


"Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to

 build bridges, not to create conflicts. “ 

~Kiell Magne Bondevik

This post is linked to Macro Monday.

Mosaic Monday ~ 7-18-11

Everyone Needs a Bit of Lavender in Life

The yellow blossoms are on my tomatoes, and the little lavender ones are on my beans.

"Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts.” 
~Dodinsky

This post is linked with Mosaic Monday.

Take a Ride on the “Yellow” Side ~ 6-27-11

Take a Ride on the Yellow Side
Stella de Oro day lilies from my garden, & a yellow motorcycle at a rest stop on I-81.
"There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
 ~Vincent Van Gogh
This post is liked with Mellow Yellow Monday and Mosaic Monday. 

Genie’s Walnut Doll~ Rednesday & Ruby Tuesday 4-21-11

These little dolls are not hard to make. My sixth grade students used to make them. All you need is florist wire and green florist tape, a walnut for the head, glue, material for the dress, apron, and hat, a needle with some thread, and some cross stitch  material and floss.The rest is up to you. 


"The only place where housework comes before needlework
 is in the dictionary.”
~Mary Kurtz  


This post is linked to 
Ruby Tuesday at Work of the Poet

and
Rednesday at Sue Loves Cherries