Making A New Slipcover :)

I'm always finding new things to do . . .

this week it was making a slipcover

for my comfy TV watching chair.

I saw this fabric and fell it love . . .

Brown is okay, 

but all of our upholstered furniture is brown.

It's a good natural color . . .

 but doesn't this look cottage cute?

   Before I covered the foot stool part of the chair,

I added backing and batting and then I quilted it.

I wanted it to be stronger because we all know 

it will get more wear and tear :)

I already had this quilt,

so I pulled it out to go over the couch

and match the colors in the chair.

 Butchy's favorite place to sit is on the 

back of the couch . . . looking out the window.

He doesn't shed, but he's still a dog,

so I like to protect the couch.

*Notice: The light post outside the window,
that is a new addition to our little bungalow,
only a couple months old.  
The post was there when we moved in, 
but the wires were old and there was no light.  
I bought that one at Lowe's :)  

Well, that's one of the things that I've been up to.

How about you . . .

What have you been doing this week?

Keep Smiling,

Connie :)

Sunday Drive

I remember when I was a kid and someone would be driving 

along slowly admiring the scenery . . .

my Dad always called them a Sunday driver.

I guess that's what we were last Sunday,

As we took a little drive into the desert . . .

To one of our favorite oasis. 

This is a wildlife reserve about 5 miles out of town.

We have a migration of White Pelicans, that come in every year,

this must have been too early in the year to see them.

The only thing we saw were ducks,

but I have seen the Pelicans and Deer out here

on previous trips.

I like the old dead trees in the water
and their reflection.

They have a haunting moody appeal.

It was an enjoyable little road trip . . .

not far, but a break from sitting around the house

on a Sunday afternoon :)  

What did you do last weekend?

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Hot Pepper Spices

This is how our peppers looked growing in the garden last summer.

Yellow Cayenne.

This is how those peppers look today.

These were our Jalapeno peppers.

This is them today.

After months of drying them out in the mud room.  

I got out the coffee grinder.

As you can see we have plenty of heat 
for chili and Mexican dishes.

I'm thinking that I may not want to use 
our coffee mill ever again for coffee.
What do you think?

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,
Connie :)