THE LITTLE TEA POT

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A STORY I WROTE A FEW YEARS BACK, IT'S A CHILDREN'S STORY. IT IS CALLED:
THE TEA POT


THE STORY IS ABOUT THE BLUEBIRD FAMILY, MAMA AND PAPA HEARD A NOISE OUTSIDE. THE WEATHER WAS HORRIBLE, COLD AND RAINY AND A POOR LITTLE MOUSE LAY ON THE GROUND SOAKED AND CRYING.

MAMA LOWERED THE BASKET DOWN TO THE LITTLE MOUSE SO SHE CAN CLIMB IN, AND MAMA COULD PULL HER UP. WHEN SHE GOT HER TO THE TOP SHE GAVE HER SOME WARM SOUP AND PUT A SHAWL AROUND HER.

EVERYONE IN THE BLUEBIRD FAMILY WATCHED HER SLEEP. HER NAME WAS TINA.

THE NEXT MORNING MAMA AND TINA LOOKED OVER THE PORCH, AND TINA SAID 'THERE'S MY HOUSE."

"THE TEA POT!" SAID MAMA.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TEA POT, WITH A FEW CRACKS.

TINA WAS EXPECTING A BABY, MAMA PUT HER TO BED

AND GAVE HER A CUP OF TEA.

MAMA CALLED MRS. MOLE AND SAID 'TINA NEEDS FURNITURE FOR HER HOUSE."

ALL THE ANIMALS GOT TOGETHER AND COLLECTED FURNITURE FOR TINA.

MAMA TALKING TO PATRICK GRASSHOPPER.

MAMA BLUEBIRD SITTING AT HER WINDOW WATCHING THE MOON AND THE STARS, AND THINKING BACK ON HER DAY.

THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THE STORY, MY GRANDKIDS LOVED IT. WELL, THANKS FOR READING IT. RIZZI

SUMMER BEGINS

WELL, MATTIE AND MAKAYLA CAUGHT THEIR FIRST
TURTLE. IT HAS ONLY THREE LEGS, BUT HEALTHY. AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW HE LOVES TO EAT WORMS.


MATTIE (IN HER NEW HAT)..............................>

WELL, THAT'S OUR FIRST NEW PET OF THE SUMMER, THEY KEEP THEM FOR A WHILE, THEN THEY LET THEM GO. BY THE END OF THE SUMMER ALL THE ANIMALS ARE BACK IN THE WOODS.

MAKAYLA AND HER BABY BIRDS

MY GRANDDAUGHTER MAKAYLA HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THESE BABY BIRDS TO HATCH. THEY MADE A NEST ON TOP OF THE DRAINPIPE, UNDER THE EAVE OF THE HOUSE. WELL HERE THEY ARE, SHE LEAVES BREAD FOR THE MOTHER AND FATHER BIRD, AND THEY EAT IT RIGHT UP, THEN FLY UP TO THE NEST TO FEED THE BABIES.




MAKAYLA AND MATTIE ARE FINISHED WITH SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER, NOW THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BOX TURTLES, AND FROGS. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT WE WILL HAVE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. RIZZI

TURQUOISE

REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED CROCHETING THIS AFGHAN, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE DRAB, SO I TRIED DIFFERENT COLORS WITH IT, AND THE BEST COLOR WAS TURQUOISE. I TOOK IT ALL APART AND STARTED FROM SCRATCH.

I REALLY THINK IT BRIGHTENED IT UP..................

I HAVE QUITE AWAYS TO GO WITH THIS, BUT I AM SO GLAD I PUT THE TURQUOISE IN, ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT ABOUT THE TURQUOISE TOO. RIZZI

PAIGE...8TH GRADE DINNER DANCE

MY GRANDDAUGHTER PAIGE WILL BE STARTING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL....THE YEARS GO BY SO QUICKLY,
AND THEY GROW UP SO FAST. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU PAIGE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE NEW LOOK....I THINK. ALL THE GIRLS HAD THEM......THE DANCE TURNED OUT GREAT, AND NOW THE BIG STEP....."HIGH SCHOOL." RIZZI

DANCE RECITAL

MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S HAD THEIR DANCE RECITAL THIS PAST SATURDAY. THEY WERE ALL WONDERFUL.
THEY EACH RECEIVED A TROPHY.

PAIGE, 2ND ROW, 2ND FROM THE LEFT...........................
JENNA, LAST ROW, 2ND FROM THE LEFT........................

MAKAYLA........JAZZ
JENNA.................HIP HOP

MATTIE.............JAZZ THEY HAD A GOOD DAY, AND EACH GOT A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. THEY WANT TO JOIN NEXT SEASON TOO.

BROADWAY HERE WE COME....................RIZZI

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY PAT

TO MY GREAT SON-IN-LAW PAT, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

PAT IS A GREAT GUY, ALWAYS THERE FOR HIS FAMILY, AND TREATS ME WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. HE HAS PATIENCE OF A SAINT. HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF JOY AND LOVE PAT, AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL FATHER'S OUT THERE. RIZZI

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

TODAY IS MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY, HE WAS THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD. THAT IS HOW I LOOKED AT HIM WHEN I WAS A CHILD, ACTUALLY I STILL REMEMBER HIM THAT WAY. DAD PASSED AWAY 26 YEARS AGO. I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF HIM AND MY MOM, SHE IN HER APRON, AND DAD WITH HIS BAGGY PANTS.
MY DAD HAD A LOT OF PATIENCE, HE WAS A FIREMAN IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, NJ, FIRE HOUSE 5. HE WOULD DRIVE THE HUGE HOOK AND LADDERS, AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTER'S AND I WOULD HEAR THE SIREN AND RUN TO SEE HIM, HE WOULD BE SITTING THERE WITH THE FIRE HOUSE DOG BESIDE HIM.
WE WOULD WAVE AND WAVE, WE WERE SO PROUD OF HIM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD.

GETTING BACK TO CROCHETING

CLEANING OUT THE HALL CLOSET I CAME ACROSS MY BAG OF CROCHET YARN. SO MANY COLORS, BUT MESSY.

I STARTED PUTTING MY YARN IN COLORS TO MAKE A THROW {WHICH I STARTED A WHILE AGO, AND NEVER CONTINUED.)

I LOVE THE OFF WHITE AND THE CHARCOAL GRAYS, BUT THEY SEEM THEY NEED A LITTLE BRIGHTNESS.

LAVENDER?

HARVEST YELLOW?

BURNT ORANGE?

THEN I REALIZED WHAT COLOR WOULD LOOK GREAT, IT'S THE IN COLOR THIS YEAR...I'VE BEEN TOLD.............

"TURQUOISE" I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE STRAND. SO!

I WILL WORK ON MY THROW, GO TO THE STORE AND BUY SOME TURQUOISE YARN, AND AS I WORK ON IT I WILL POST IT HERE AND THERE.

I ALSO FOUND MY DO YOUR OWN STITCH PATTERN THROW I AM MAKING. NO PATTERN, I MAKE UP EACH ROW OF STITCHES, AND COLOR AS I CROCHET, I LOVE DOING IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE IT IS MORE INTERESTING, AND NO ONE ELSE HAS A THROW LIKE THIS, IT'S ONE OF A KIND.


I LOVE CROCHETING VERY MUCH. I ONLY CROCHET WITH YARN, AND MAKE THROWS OR AFGHANS. YEARS AGO I MADE PONCHOS, PILLOWS, POT HOLDERS, ETC.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY......RIZZI

MY MOM.....JUNE 10, 1964

THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MOM AND DAD MANY MANY YEARS AGO...EDNA, AND ANDY.......TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY MY MOM DIED, 46 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOM, SHE RAISED 7 KIDS. 4 BOYS, AND 3 GIRLS, I WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE 7 KIDS. EVERYDAY WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL SHE WAS THERE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE HAVING A CUP OF TEA. I MISS HER WITH ALL MY HEART.

HERE SHE IS WITH 4 OF US, I'M THE SHORT ONE, THEN MY SISTER MARY, BROTHER DICK, AND SISTER CAROLINE. SHE HAD 21 GRANCHILDREN, SUCH GREAT MEMORIES, MISS YOU MOM.

SKETCHING.....................

WELL, WITH THE INSPIRATIONAL CREATIVE CARMELINA, I STARTED TO SKETCH AGAIN. I FOUND THIS CARD MY NIECE KAREN SENT ME A FEW YEARS BACK AND THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO SKETCH IT. NOW I AM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CARMELINA'S WORK, BUT IT DID BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE WHILE I WAS SKETCHING. IT WASN'T THAT EASY, A FEW MISTAKES HERE AND THERE.....BUT.....I DID IT.
THIS IS THE CARD.........................................

THIS IS THE CARD AND MY SKETCH.....................................

WELL, I TRIED AND I WILL KEEP ON SKETCHING. LIKE I SAID IN MY OTHER POST MY HANDS ARE MORE ARTHRITIC, SO IT'S NOT THAT EASY ANYMORE.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..........RIZZI