tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71831455572093836092024-03-13T05:18:35.759-04:00Musings by KAWelcome to my blogKelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.comBlogger805125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-20150898819927821892022-10-10T12:36:00.000-04:002022-10-10T12:36:06.542-04:00Quick and Easy Homemade Tomato Soup Lots of request for this quick and easy recipe...so here it is... Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-69128897999941961232021-10-06T20:56:00.000-04:002021-10-06T20:56:15.546-04:00Recipe - Pecan Crusted Salmon Cooking fish in parchment paper is my new favorite way to prepare any type of fish. Earlier this week I made cod and it was amazing and I promise I'll write that recipe up.Download PDF of Recipe Pat Salmon Dry and lay in the center of parchment paperPrepare topping ingredientsPour mixture over salmonPull the sides of the parchment paper up like a tent and fold down towards fish then Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-86519885582062173952021-07-13T15:51:00.003-04:002021-07-13T15:53:31.902-04:00Stabbing things So...I've been taking this...Sashiko Needle Samplerand this...Wonderfil Perle Cottonand with lots of stabbing....made this...Sashiko SamplersI had totally forgotten how much I enjoyed stitching at night...just stitching for me. For 15 years all of my stitching was done for my business, and while I enjoyed it, it was always under pressure to get it done. I've stitched for as long as I Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-5670886615586613002021-06-30T16:33:00.000-04:002021-06-30T16:33:02.131-04:00Almost Normal We are slowly unfolding our legs and moving around and getting out and about...We did one of our favorite summertime activities last night with two very good friends and it felt...normal...really normal. We took the 1+ hour drive in to Washington DC to see the Washington Nationals play at Nats Park. This was our third game of the season but the first one since we are all fully vaccinated Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-49172461616642781462021-01-12T14:52:00.000-05:002021-01-12T14:52:15.079-05:002021 = Self-Care 2020 wasn't the best of years, it wasn't the worst, but that is behind us and I'm looking forward to 2021 that is full of blank pages.Walk with me, cook with me, read with me, craft with me...just come out and hang with me.Until Next TimeBe KindKelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-27239558559426192082020-01-07T20:24:00.000-05:002020-01-07T20:24:07.320-05:00A Dream
Warning...this blog post may cause some tears, but believe me, that are happy ones.
I had a dream last night, and my father was in it. Now for those of you that don't know, I lost my father in 2013, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him. I'm sure I've had dreams about him, but they never seemed real...this one was real.
Let me set the dream up for you...
I was back in Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-6754948767200071962020-01-07T10:41:00.000-05:002020-01-07T10:41:27.023-05:00Watch Out 2020
Before I even start this post, I want to say how hard 2020 is to type...not because it's the change of the year but because the right hang pinkie that taps the "0" key hasn't memorized that upper reach in a repeat. I find that I type 202 and forget the second "0"...silly pinkie finger.
Okay, so my Watch Out 2020 title to this post doesn't mean that I've come up with a long list of New Year's Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-11700330087797659482019-12-15T18:22:00.000-05:002019-12-15T18:22:39.763-05:00Earth Warrior
While scrolling through Facebook, I came across this picture that my friend, Nanette, shared.
We had a little discussion about doing a challenge, I said I was in...she said: "I love you best because you are an Earth Warrior." This made me smile...and then it got me to thinking...how can we all be earth warriors? What difference can we make on this planet we call home?
When driving the roads Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-2492957767730080482019-12-12T08:28:00.000-05:002019-12-12T08:28:16.904-05:0012 Days of Kindness with Elf
I was browsing twitter and came across this article from CNN on 12 Days of Holiday Kindness
At the end of the article, you can print off the above picture and check off your kindness list.
If you follow me on social media, you know that Kindness has been my "word of the year," and I try and embrace it daily, but sometimes it's hard to remember because people can be such Cottonheaded Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-45665912662029183772019-12-09T09:39:00.000-05:002019-12-09T09:39:58.550-05:00I did it...
I did it...
I finally sat down at my sewing machine and finished a quilt top, took it to the quilter, got it back, and put the binding on.
Baby Quilt
The pattern is from the book, Baby Quilts by Susan Emory, and you can find it on my website. I saw the sheep fabric on the Mountain Creek Quilt Shops website and had to have it. The arrows are from my stash, it's jumbled letters which I Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-8043180132945083152019-12-08T08:51:00.000-05:002019-12-08T08:51:43.561-05:00Cup of Joe
Have you ever wondered where "cup of joe" came from in referring to a cup of coffee? Well, I did so I went to trusty Google and asked...omg...there are a few different definitions, but the one I like is this...
You can read more from Wonderopolis
I stopped drinking coffee a few years ago, I know what is running through your minds right now...WHAT...but between the acid in coffee not agreeingKelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-51513100063922307622019-12-07T13:21:00.000-05:002019-12-07T13:25:14.179-05:00Bird Watching
We moved into this house in 1998, and one of the first things we did was put up bird feeders. I think it's in my blood because my parents have always feed the birds...and the squirrels.
Our feeder stand is a 4x4 buried in the ground with four hooks for four feeders. We have two squirrel baffles...yes two...we have brilliant squirrels. But, we also have bears, and when you have bears, you eitherKelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-12104797218748950572019-11-30T19:08:00.000-05:002019-11-30T19:08:07.197-05:00November Musings
After an afternoon out with Andrew at Tin Cannon Brewery, I had the rootbeer, we noticed Christmas lights up on the drive home. It is so hard to wrap our heads around that tomorrow is December 1st. We chatted about where the month of November went...because it flew by.
We got home from our cruise on November 2nd, my birthday was the 5th, and I celebrated all week.
Andrew left the Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-19563199145684957022019-11-10T10:07:00.000-05:002019-11-10T10:07:16.133-05:00Sunday Musings
On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia passed a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet. This resolution established the Continental Marines and marked the birth date of the U.S. Marine Corps.
There is no doubt that if you've been following my blog from the beginning, you know that I was Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-85790490256825235432019-10-05T09:36:00.000-04:002019-10-05T09:36:03.380-04:00Saturday Morning
Fall finally arrived this morning with a crisp, chilly morning and bright sunshine. Here in Virginia we never thought it would come, I was pretty sure we were going from summer directly into winter.
The leaves are still green on the trees or brown from our lack of rain...nothing like this tree from 2014
October 2014
This tree is across the street from our driveway, and in the early morningsKelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-15177300199003361302019-09-22T08:13:00.001-04:002019-09-22T08:13:47.927-04:00Sunday Morning on the Back Porch
I was enjoying my first cup of coffee this morning on the back porch, the pups were playing tug on a chew, the kitties exploring, birds chirping when suddenly it sounded like a small car was in my backyard. I was thinking what the heck, even Bodhi was thinking, what the heck.
After figuring out where the noise was coming from, the sky, Bodhi and I looked upward, and it was a low flying moped Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-50882014569200298882019-09-12T08:02:00.001-04:002019-09-12T08:02:35.802-04:00Happy Gotcha Day Symon
Someone is very sleepy today...and here is the reason why.
Symon Sez
We welcomed Symon into our home yesterday, and sleep is a little challenged for a few of us. We are kennel training, so that is one adjustment, he doesn't have his pack around him, another adjustment, and now he is the little guy in a house with a big boy, aka Bodhi Good Boy, and two kitties.
His early morning adventures Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-33124229417124911302019-09-10T10:01:00.002-04:002019-09-10T10:01:56.503-04:00Sleepy Musings
Let me get this out of the way and say that I LOVE sleep...there is nothing better than waking up without an alarm clock so you can imagine how excited I was when I closed the shop and knew that I didn't have to get up and get going early in the morning.
Well...after welcoming Jack the Cat and Harper Lee into the house my sleeping in was not to be had. Jack really is the culprit here, he Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-23409161271989708682019-09-07T09:19:00.001-04:002019-09-07T09:19:30.690-04:00Saturday Morning on the Back Porch
The leaves are tinged with a little orange, and the sun is streaming through the trees...
there is a nip in the early morning air
the deer nibble as they walk through the yard
the birds are chirping
a breeze rustles the leaves on the trees
fall is coming
Until Next Time
Be Kind
Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-27647093067061282152019-09-06T21:42:00.000-04:002019-09-06T21:42:42.950-04:00Friday Night Musings
It's Friday Night on the Back Porch...
It's how we do Friday's around here... Washington Nationals baseball and puppy dog snuggles...fingers crossed next Friday we'll be adding another puppy dog to the snuggle time.
Until Next Time
Be Kind
Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-80164704228086439502019-09-06T19:57:00.001-04:002019-09-06T21:33:57.248-04:00Weekend Adventure Part 2
Day 2 of my travel adventure with Kathy started in Charlottesville, Virginia, before breakfast, we made a side trip to see the big butt...
Charlottesville Big Butt
This Big Butt is in a parking lot that is by a crazy art park and brewery, Andrew and I are gonna go back to see more funky art and have a brew or two.
We grabbed a quick bite at Hardee's, can't beat a steak biscuit and hash Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-80078533856043212352019-09-05T10:01:00.000-04:002019-09-05T10:01:29.037-04:00Weekend Adventure Part 1
This past weekend I took off for a girls weekend with my friend Kathy to see one of our favorite groups perform.
Mipso is a quartet from North Carolina, their music is hard to describe, it's kind of like bluegrass meets blues meets southern church revival meets rock. They are the kind of group that seeps into your heart and soul.
We took off Friday morning heading up to Skyline Drive and the Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-73238836352851017272019-09-05T09:48:00.000-04:002019-09-05T09:48:07.454-04:00Sleepy Musings
It was one of those early morning wake-ups that I knew within minutes of opening my eyes that I was going to fall back to sleep quickly...it was 3:33am.
4:05am I moved out of our bed into the guest room with my pillows and iPad.
4:15am Bodhi, Jack, and Harper joined me
4:30am all three critters were asleep, I was still reading
5:00am all quiet except the early morning traffic, Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-9584863135595788902019-08-15T20:10:00.001-04:002019-08-15T20:10:36.556-04:00Sunflowers and Selfies
A visit to Burnside Farms to visit their sunflower fields has been on my calendar since last year. You see while running the shop I never took the time to stop and smell the flowers and I was determined that would change once I had closed and wrapped things up.
Leslee and I have been rescheduling this visit and it was time to hit the road. I didn't know what to expect because I've only seen Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183145557209383609.post-9343518583797952792019-08-11T17:21:00.000-04:002019-08-11T17:21:09.691-04:00FLW - Fallingwater
Every time we travel to Oak Park Illinois I renew my love of the prairie style of architecture and the building/designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. From 1887 to 1959 FLW never stopped designing and re-designing and changing his style. Take a few minutes to read about FLW in the link.
In 2017 we took a road trip to Oak Park to visit family and Andrew and I toured FLW's home and studio. I will say Kelly Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18435791729143433819noreply@blogger.com0