ANOTHER QUILT

Ah, for the joy of seeing another quilt come together. Took a few days off because my shoulders were getting tired. Guess I was getting tired also. After the Thanksgiving dinner at my daughter's home, I really was ready to stop for a few days.

We watched a movie, before I came home, about the earth. It was great! Little Animals, Medium size animals and large animals. There also were fish and birds. Whales and sharks in the sea, exotic birds in the sky and flocks and flocks of birds we couldn't recognize.

Peewee is a Jack Russell mix. Both parents were JR's but was a family situation, there fore I can't claim a true JR. She is still very pretty and the best companion I could ever have. We are both hyper, she being 10 yrs old now, I can't keep up with her. Oh, My achin'back.

Anyway, following that day, since I had straightened up my house before going there, I was tired. Was in bed before 10 and slept really good. Got up at 6 to take care of Peewee, I went back to bed. Then went back to bed, got up, had breakfast and went back to bed, got up had lunch and went back to bed, got up, had dinner and went back to bed to sleep for most of the night Friday night. Same thing Saturday but not so much sleep.

This morning, I woke up felt, acted and looked like a new person. Oh, what a little rest can do for one.

Anyway started on my 3rd quilt since September. This one is a musical theme for my oldest granddaughter. I'm looking forward to the quilt slide show when the three are finished washed and photographed. Keep watching!

Remembering "Jack"

JACK

As we headed down hyonder lane

In the old black Model-T Ford

We saw a movement in the grass

'Twas old Jack Rabbit runnin' along.

The light of the Ford followed his gait

As he went a'runnin at quite a Clip,

His ears were floppin', as his tail following last

Down that yonder lane, he went to roam.

Now this went on for 'bout a mile

Then old Jack, he started to smile.

He knew he had outrun that Ford,

He sat on the step in the church yard.

It's time, the Parson opens the door,

Jack skittered in right on the floor.

To the organ he ran, jumped upon the seat

So his long ears could keep the beat.

If you haven't seen Jack in Church,

I know why. He told me "I become invisibly."

Now, you can't really tell if this story is true,

He knows he left some fur under the pew.

copywrite RVF 2007

Harold Estes-On Shape up or Ship Out

President Obama, this is not the time to be a smart ---, but time to start listening to the American people. WE DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING! JESUS TELLS US THAT ALL WHO FOLLOW HIS WORD WILL BE SAVED. THIS IS IN THE BIBLE THAT WE USE, NOT THE KORON. Whatever it is or how it is spelled, I don't care. If it is not the Word of God, it is false.

Well done/right on


This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii
for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.



Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly
before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one,
is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man.

So here goes.

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish.

I can't figure out what country you are the president of.
You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: " We're no longer a Christian nation" "America is arrogant" - (Your wife even announced to the world,"America is mean-spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.

I'd say shame on the both of you but I don't think you like America nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.
After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her
ideals. Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War ? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers,husbands,and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII,because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around because we stand for freedom.
I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected.
Take a little advice from a very old geezer,young man.
Shape up and start acting like an American.If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue .You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves.
And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts who was putting up a fight ? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are,terrorists.
One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life but you're the Commander-in-Chief now,son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of.
You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president.
You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.
Sincerely,
Harold B. Estes
When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation"
stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it to him to send his words to as many Americans as we can.

He Did it Again!

I just can't get over what Obama is doing. He is supposed to be a well educated man but why in the name of our peace is he doing some of the things he has done. The latest is the Gitmo project. Why not just leave them where they are? They are criminals, they are terrorists. Why bring more to us. We have enough terror in our own back yards today.

Everyday in the news, another child is shot by a gang member, or a family is killed during a burglury and robbery or a woman/girl not matter her age is raped, beaten and killed. The latest I read about was a teenager who murdered her 10 year old friend and said: "I just wanted to see what it felt like."

Are so many people in the world demon-possessed that it has become a way of life? In Luke 8:30 it is related that Jesus met a demon-possessed man. Jesus asked him his name. He replied: "Legion," full of demons.
Jesus commanded that the demons leave Legion and enter into the pigs.

Is it now time for God to command the demons to leave the human race and it be restored and filled with the Holy Spirit?

We know that He is able to do this, but they won't listen and because they don't listen the demons become stronger and stronger until all is lost.

Is Obama within the league of demons? Only God knows.

RAINY DAY

Good Morning. Between the raindrops, I decided to stay in today. Going along just fine of my Christmas Projects. Oh, if you could see them. This one is finished and as you can see, it is based on Sunbonnet Sue with her purple and yellow bonnet and dress. Yes, It's a Christmas Gift. I do make quilts to sell, this particular one would sell now for between $400.00 and $500.00 dollars. It is an individual size because of the pattern. The length is double bed and the width is just over a twin bed size.

The one I'm working on currently and expect to finish today is based on Transformer (the good buy) It is double bed size.

Still one to go. No picture yet. It is based on a musical background. It also is double bed size.

I will be making more quilts, crib, single and double bed size when thise projects are finished.

Within the Christmas agenda, also is a crocheted bedspread. It will be 110 by 118 inches, worked in a diagonal pattern. Takes 14 skeins of yarn and lots and lots of work.

But, enough about Christmas. I got a very pleasant surprise yesterday. Had not really looked at my flower garden since the frost set almost everything in dormancy until spring. My sewing machine sets in front of a window overlooking the flower garden. When I opened the drapes yesterday, there was a beautiful yellow flower about 5 inches in diameter. Looked like a Dandelion but grows on stems that reach about 20 inches high. Spent some time looking up this mystery flower to find out it is a windflower, Rudbeckia laciniata. I haven't the slighted idea of what translates into, but they say the common name is Hawk Flower. The articles I read said is a prolific. It is so pretty, it can come up anyplace in my garden. In fact, I saved seeds from an earlier blossoming.

Read a little poem while looking for the Hawk Flower. It is lovely. A Robert Louis Stephenson adapt tation of a a child in the mother's flower garden.

As from the house your mother sees

You playing round the garden trees,

So you may see, if you will look

Through the windows of this book,

Another child, far, far away,

And in another garden, play.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

So long, for today.

WHAT NEXT?

I recently read an article in a February, 1993 Reaser's Digest entitled "Is Washington for Sale?

The lead into the article states "If you need something done in our nation's capital, all you seem to have to do is spread cash around to the right people with the right connections."

This article told of instances, for example, the Gerber baby food proposition to the Agriculture Department that it's products be included in the US aid package sent to foreign countries. They were refused participation until $$$$$ sign were seen.

Gerber is not the only corporation to join the insiders group. There are lawyers, stockholders, banks and many financial institutions that are mentioned as joiners.

This article quotes: "Together, these new Washingtonians have created an ingrown world, where insiders of both political parties take care of themselves and each other, crowding out ordinary taxpayers."

ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH!

Just look at what is happening to us, the ordinary taxpayers, today. Some in Washington want to take over my health insurance. They have already taken over our tax payments, our mandates on food and it's labeling, prescription drugs and it's usage and much more. Has this been a sneaking up way of taking over our lives? They have taken prayer out of school and allowed it to be replaced with guns and knives with what they say is "ABSOLUTE PROTECTION" from those who wish to terrorise our youth.

Oh, I could go on and on, yes, there is the drug issue, the sex issue, the maritial issue, the divorce issue, the farm issue and if you can think about it, I've just skimmed the surface.

How soon will it be before we are not even safe behind our closed doors? Isn't it getting close to that now?

There is only one thing that we can do now as it is upon us that our lives will be completely controlled by a few who care more for the money they receive that there constituants.

Pray that God will enter into this battle and keep these harbinger's of the unequal rights of human being at bay.

God Bless us All!

Crocheted Bedspread

Somebody up there loves me. Demonstrated to my Book Club, yesterday, the bedspread I'm making. Also, did some complaining that I did not have enough yarn in the correct dye lot. I had ordered additional yarn hoping it would match the portion (almost half) that I had crocheted already.

Oh, Happy Day! The order was delivered this AM. It matched.

The picture is for Shelby. If you need any help, don't wait until December. Give a call.