Day Tripping Renegade

Renegade Craft Fair
This weekend Los Angeles. Next weekend San Francisco.


My sister-in-love, Ginny, has a grand home.  Mr. Lee and I have
always thought a table like this would be amazing.

One of our favorite venues, I have to walk a bit, but totally worth
it.  It's hard when the aisles are tight or bumpy. The Grand Park offered
a flat surface and plenty of room.

Across the street, a rally for the celebration of  the 25th Anniversary
of the American's with Disabilities Act was held.  It's a great reminder
of how far we have come and how far we still have to go.

Jacob's first stop for t-shirts Maiden Voyage Clothing.  Alas,
no photo this time but you can click on the link above to
find them on Etsy.

Jacob also received the t-shirt below
compliments of Mr. Lee who's basketball
hero is Larry Bird from Purehoop.

Yardsale Press
You have to check them out.

Library Store on Wheels

FOOOOD Trucks..... The Deli Doctor
Boy is so happy.

The Get-Along is all about tradition, so a visit to LA
includes french dip at Philippes. 

There is something so awesome about old fashioned
good service and consistency that keeps a host of
fans returning for more.

A perfect family event.  The other things we discovered:

Ron Finley - the Gansta Gardener
Farm Fresh to You - we signed up for home delivery

2015 One Little Word journey with Ali Edwards

Seed: my one little word.

Oh, what a journey my little word has taken me on.
Working on the assignment for July.
Seeking songs with my word in the lyrics, title or the band.

I discovered the Stella Sisters' song The Seed.
Lyrics that took my breathe away.

When you left your memory
And flew off into the stars
You know what that meant to me
Now I look with my heart 

 

Pumpkin Cottage's Garden

Kathy Mattea's Seeds 

We're all just seeds
In God's hands
We start the same
But where we land
Is sometimes fertile soil
And sometimes sand
We're all just seeds
In god's hands

Verses from the Bible

Mark 4:2-8 NIV

2He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, 
and the birds came and ate it up.  
5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. 
It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, 
and they withered because they had no root.
7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, 
so that they did not bear grain.
8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and 
produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.


A blog to visit and ponder:  Seeds and Stitches 

On MANTRA making.  

Bible Journaling

Marginalia - Marginal notes or embellishments (as in a book)

How cute is her hair?

For as long as I can remember, I have been
writing in the margins of
Bibles and in textbooks. 
It appalls some of my friends but I can't
resist: it helps me retain what I learn.
It's a way to deepen my understanding,
to easily recall poignant concepts,
related history, and definitions of words.

I am a auditory and visual learner. 
Listen and rewriting
verses ensures they stay with me.
Simply rewriting notes/verses deepens the experience of study.

So when I learned of the journaling Bible it was love at first
sight.  Right now I am taking an online course with Stephanie Ackerman,
Bible doodler extraordinaire.  The Illustrated Faith blog link is
on my blog roll.

This morning I found my first Bible verse,
isn't is amazing how the
perfect verse always presents itself?

You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.  You have seen the wrong 
done to me.  Uphold my cause.   Lamentations  3:58-59 NIV

Southern California Quilt Run II

Cookoo Clock near the Busy Bee Quilt Shop 
and a used book shop next door.   

 Temecula Quilt Shop

Ideas abound.

Quilter's Cottage

Inspirations Quilt Shop
 

Southern California Quilt Run

Whatcha doing for the weekend, they ask?
The Quilt Run, confused looks, then I explain.
The Get-Along has been doing the run for years.
We are all creatives, crafters  - of all types
are, for the most part, a welcoming group,
along the way there are all kinds of fresh
ideas, decorating loveliness, restaurants and
thrift stores in the surrounding areas.

Here's a sampling:

 The Quilter's Faire

Ceiling 

Monica's Quilt and Bead

Quilter's Cocoon

Isn't this a great idea,  the Pumpkin Cottage is seeking a wine
bottle holder at the thrift stores we visit. 

More tomorrow.....

Happy Father's Day

“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.”
                                
                                                             Anais Nin

This is the truth.  Shake off the lie.
Make your own truth and live it.

The most important man is a girl's life
is her Daddy.  My father set the tone
for how I would allow a man to treat
me.

I kept going until I found the
man who won't hit me, won't put me down,
who would care for me as my body
failed and be a full partner.

Happy Father's Day

What's Keeping You Up?

The most beautiful people we have known
are those who have known defeat, known suffering,
known struggle, known loss,
and have found their way out of those depths.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Reading Elizabeth Kubler-Ross'
On Death and Dying
changed my life for the better.

Just recently, Uncle Joe and I were
considering all the people who really want to live
and die too soon.  We also considered others
who would easily trade places because
they are ready to go. Life is a mystery of ironies.

We were raised to consider these things, to not
be scared of death, to understand death
is the normal course of life. 

4Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,

burst into jubilant song with music;

5make music to the Lord with the harp,

with the harp and the sound of singing,

6with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—

shout for joy before the Lord, the King.

                                     Psalm 98:4-6

For me, there is still a lot to be done, 

God willing.  Chronic pain ignored.

As long as I can watch my children 

bloom and hold my husband's hand.  

As long, as there is an ocean, 

a foggy day, dew in the morning, 

thrift stores to wander, 

vintage and antique venues to visit, 

crafts to make, 

or a seeds to plant, I am good.