Miracle

My daughter was in a car accident this morning. The car flipped over. It wasn't pretty.

She put the car in PARK, undid the seatbelt, got her purse, and climbed out the passenger window.

She called a friend, them me. It is a miracle. Contusion to the back, bruised ribs, and scraped toes. ER was crowded and we weren't home till late afternoon. It happened early am. Have to monitor of course, and I was in shock most of the day.

Got one of those 'miracle' emails yesterday. Thought it would be about a job! I'll take my daughter.

We are down one car - ++ our daughter. I will take my daughter.

Collapsing sounds very good right now.

xo Lydia

ps-Feel it was the flat tire that caused it.

Happy 4th !!!...and Remember, that Freedom isn't free

You must pass through the Golden Gates.....

Some things on my table....(click to enlarge for better view)

This kitty's face is vintage. I bought about 70-100+(in a boxed lot) at the first flea market that I went to as a young Mom. I always wanted to make them into little dolls, but never got to them and sold most of them through the years. I have maybe about 25-35 faces left. They are printed from the 1930's-40's. This cat doll is almost done and has more detail not shown here.

The girl is painted and is from an old sketch of mine. She's got long arms and will probably hold flowers or a kitty. Her body is from the vintage red , floral barkcloth that I got at Frizellburg Antiques, in Taneytown , Md..This little head will go somewhere, but for now, I don't know where. I uncovered a bunch of sewn doll heads and body parts from fabric, that I'd sewn years ago,(and actually had sewers helping me out). I glued a thick tissue paper onto the head, then painted it-thus the wrinkles, which I kind of like. I liked the cut flowers and their colors near these items , so I was just fooling around here.

The orange 'thing' will turn into a little kitty, but will have a face sewn on in some way. Not sure about the limbs yet. This is small, and I'm looking for little bodies to make to put onto some children's puzzle blocks that I recently purchased at a yard sale.
This little girl's head is made with a stuffed cotton batting head that I had had. I painted her head, then sewed it onto some Matryoshka arms that I had from a previous Matryoshka doll that I developed and used to sell. I painted, then sewed the 2 arms together, and thought that they looked like legs. I was thinking Halloween. So, here I've taken the leftover of the American Eagle socks that I had, and draped them . I envision a striped dress on her in some way. She has a pair of shoes that are not in the picture.

These feet/legs go to the painted girl doll in the first shot for this post. These are vintage black, suede-tte booties, that I bought about 15 years ago.
And this little kitty, was drawn to be a puppy, but looked more cat like. Her face is just sketched in w/a smidge of paint. She needs way more paint.
Just a few things that I am working on............and what are YOU working on???

Oh yeah.........(see last post below)

...the cell phone still isn't right. They gave me a new refurbished phone at my local center. I just thought they could work it a little, but it didn't accept my pictures from my previous phone. Then I get it home and realize that I cannot send or receive picture texts. So, WHY am I spending the money ???

That's when I called Verizon.

Gina was very nice and is calling me back this week. She tried everything, and thinks that there's a problem in my cell phone line, as well as a picture transferring related problem. So, it looks like they may be sending me another telephone. We'll see. I just want them to get it right.

You see, my family says that"it's just your phone w/the problems , Mom". Only, I don't do anything. I call, text, picture text, use my calendar & alarm clock, and occasionally my calculator. It never falls, gets any water on it or ANYTHING!!!

I had other phones that constantly deleted contacts arbitrarily. This went on through about 7 phones. With my current carrier, I didn't transfer any info, in case that was some kind of virus in the cell phone. I knew about cell phone viruses before Paris' debacle.

Sometimes, it's just a BIG FAT PILE of all the LITTLE things that makes me go bonkers-ie. get frustrated. On top of other things, it is quite unnecessary. Big things I can handle extremely well- little can go jump off a cliff. So when you pile the little on top of the big, it may all tumble-ahhhhh!!!!!!!!

That's why I had fun while talking to Verizon, and putting my speaker phone on a lot:)

What do you do during frustrating and long phone calls to these companies that we live and deal with?

So what do YOU do when you call your wireless company, and you know that you will be on the phone for 45min.-an hr. and a half???

So I got these cute striped socks from American Eagle on sale, and started to cut and sew while on the phone w/3 people from Verizon wireless. We don't always get the best reception out here, but my oldest has almost all her friends w/them, and so it is WAY cheaper as we always talk or text one another .
So I let the stripes dictate the body positioning.
Now the feet are on board.

Can't forget the tail!
...nor the head...

Oh, this other toe cap would make a cute cap. Just need the holes for the ears.The head is positioned in the cap.

Well, need an eye, no?
Let's pin two.
OK- so Serge said a round nose was needed.I love my new scallop edge scissors. They are so much fun cutting these wool felt and wool flowers.

I just love the colors on the body!Had to put him(?) together! Body and paws sewn. He's just pinned together a little.
These are just laying on his face- what he'll actually look like is , right now, a slight mystery, perhaps.

But, he will have some expression, just not sure which at this point. But, he is kinda' cute for a little softee, don't you think?
And see, NO FRUSTRATION!!! for spending 1 hr. and 32 min. on the telephone with my wireless carrier- well, a bit, but it certainly made the time less frustrating:) !

Ocean City- wanna' meet up?....:)

Pictures from last year's trip with the wild horses of

nearby (to Ocean City), Assateague Island, in Berlin, Md.. (click to enlarge and to see horses in the distance).
This guy seemed to have been excited by everyone who came by.Larissa is not trusting him much, especially since he was feeling rather virile.

This marshy grass is so pretty, especially when you click for a closer look.Beautiful paint in the road where people were exiting the park.

We just had to get this shot, although the others were yelling at her so they could get home and probably go out to eat. I mean, really, we just HAD to stop for this shot!!! Wouldn't you?

They know that it's the end of the day when the alarm sounds to close the park, so they all start coming in from the marshes (click to see the horses in the marshes in the distance on earlier marsh shot), because the tourists are leaving. You will see this at the end of the day or early am we were told.

Larissa was about to pet one, when they decided to leave. This all just happens suddenly, so one must take the opportunity to get the shots as soon as they occur. (see Victorian Vignettes recent post to see baby and Mama).
Hubby called to tell me about Ocrean City between 9-15 July. Friends have once again offered their beautiful place for a few days-just a minute's walk from the beach. We'll go sometime during that time,probably just for 4 days.

We'll definately have crab cakes at the Crabcake Factory- the BEST, OMG!!!

I'm bringing artwork to work on. Have to watch the sun with the antibiotics- although I will be out there. Love walking up and down the shore to find pretty little shells w/my daughter.

So, if you're planning a trip at that time to OC, and want to meet up....I'm just sayin':)

Favorite Places...

(This is what my kids do when they have nothing better to do-like jump into the air & catch the shots with the new camera. hahaha...cool..we have a few of these shots taken all over the house).
So I have once again updated my Favorite Places -on the right, down a little bit. Jump on over and have some fun!

Later Alligator:)