Seems like I've been here, there and everywhere this summer, but my favorite was the blissful time spent with my grandchildren at the family cabin in the forest near
Yosemite.
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and yes, I used that time for some shameless
fabric promoting photos!
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I talked Samantha into a little dress up time with these adorable skirts from one of
Cindy Taylor Oates' Patterns
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don't ya love the touch of tulle!
But now onto the fun stuff: collecting the pine cone babies
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that go to bed in their
bark beds with
moss tufts for pillows.
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what looks like a
twig to the untrained eye is really a
"toy" to help them fall asleep.
.........these are the good times........