Touch of Nostalgia

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Thank you!

To all the soldiers who have fought and continue to fight for our freedom.

We remember and thank you!

Have a safe Memorial Weekend to all my family and friends!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

I can't believe it's been so long since I posted anything. I've been out here reading and drooling over everyone's blog. But not really anything of importance to post on mine. I been busy getting the yard fixed up this Spring. I swear there is never enough hours in the day.

We've got our vegetable garden planted. Yeah! :) So far the squirrels or birds have feasted on almost every piece of corn that has come up. They pull out the small green stalk and eat off the corn on the bottom and leave the stalk laying in the dirt. We are trying using a garden mat of sorts to tent over them hoping they'll leave our garden alone. Usually after things get a fairly good start they will leave things alone.

The flowers are for the most part all planted. I'm saying for the most part as it never fails I go to the store for something and come home with more flowers. ;) I'm loving the Calla Lilies that I picked up at WalMart this year. With all the rain we've been having (so far it's rained for 6 days straight!) every this is doing great! Including the grass. I swear we mow it and the next day it looks like we never touched it.

I will try to post on a more regular basis...but I'm not guaranteeing anything. I love being outside when it's nice out so a lot of my time will be spent away from the computer. At night when I'm in I'm usually worn out.

I hope your all having a wonderful Spring!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

An award...for me?

Was I surprised to discover this award or what! It's been a bit hectic around here so this is the first I've had a real chance to get this typed out. I was told to take my pick...Versatile or Stylish. I chose the Versatile Award. Yep...this is me versatile...I am all over the place! :D

ver·sa·tile
[vur-suh-tl or, especially Brit., -tahyl]

–adjective

" capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.: a versatile writer."

–adjective

"characterized by or conforming to style or the fashionable standard; fashionably elegant; smart or chic: She wore a very stylish gown to the inaugural ball."

By accepting this reward I agreed to the following 4 rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.

I am honored to receive a Stylish Blogger Award from The cape on the Corner ! Thank you so very much!!

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

...oh where to begin ;)

1. I am divorced mother of 3 grown daughters. I have been with Mr. Touch of Nostalgia....Mr. Bill for almost 9 years now. :)

2. I have 5 grandchildren (2 grandsons and 3 granddaughters) Ranging in age from 15 to 4. Which makes me feel ancient actually writing that out. ;)

3. I was born blonde, then as I grew older it darkened...so we fixed that...I am still blonde with a BUNCH of natural gray hairs. ;)

4. I have lived in Upstate New York for going on 9 years. I was born in Ohio, temporarily lived in Chicago in my youth until my Dad passed away and we moved back to Ohio.

5. I love most anything old. I love the feeling of holding something that has as story to tell.

6. I love gardening. Flower and vegetable. I do not wear gloves when out digging in the dirt planting. I love the feel of the warm dirt in my hands.

7. I am still unsure of myself in this blogging world. I suppose it will come in time. So if you don't see me around it doesn't mean I'm not here, I am usually out here viewing my little heart out. It just means that I'm not sure I have anything worthy of writing at the moment. But I am here... ;)

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers. For those I have given this award to please choose which award (Versatile or Stylish) that you think you are. :)

Wow there are so many and I am fairly new out here so most are new to me. Please pay them a visit!

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

I'm off to let these bloggers know how wonderful I think their blogs are and to expect a visit from you! :)

Have a fantastic Sunday! :)

Saturday, February 5, 2011

A Gotta Have.....

This little mischievous pooch was one of my gotta haves. ;) It's a small picture (5 1/2" by 4 1/2"). It cost me an entire $2.14 on EBay. I had ordered other things from this person and the shipping on all was greatly reduced so I'm sure I only paid a few cents on this for shipping. Right now he sits propped on my desk making me smile every time I look at him. He reminds me of our dog Fritz. Not in looks but in actions. The first day after we gave Fritz his forever home he goes and decides my new bathroom rugs would make a good snack. Wrongo Fritz. ;) He has been the perfect dog since then. It was only a matter of telling him no. He knows what's his and what's ours. We couldn't ask for a better pooch.

My new picture....no sig on it and the back is covered with paper. The photo looks to have a dark area on the right hand side in the white....but that is due to the photographer ;) not the photo. :)

And our Fritz...do you see the resemblance? :)

Here are a couple more old pictures we picked up at an estate sale this summer for a $1 a piece. They both have metal frames. And once again...I know nothing about the history of them. But I do know they have a good 'feel' about them. :) Both pictures are small...neither being larger than 7".

This one is has glass on it. I look in the picture...and can see myself in that cottage with the pup with NO snow on the ground! ;)

This one has no glass. I'm not sure if it's intentional or it was broke. The picture has a 'soft' feel...like old paper. I could see myself here too....sipping on a lemonade watching the sailboats. Oh Spring...hurry up and get here! :)

I hope all of you have a warm weekend. We have another winter storm watch up.......I am soooooo excited! NOT!!! ;)

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Enjoying the Snow.....

As long as I'm inside the house with a hot cup of coffee and a nice warm slice of cinnamon bread I'm a happy camper.

It's having to go out and shovel the mess that makes me remember that I'd really rather live in a warm climate. ;)

Anyone for a picnic? Pick your drift and get comfy. ;)

The swing looks to be available. ;)

There is one in this family that absolutely loves this weather......

Fritz....our pup ;)

Stay warm!!

Monday, January 24, 2011

I made Fritz Dog Boots!

This is from a few years back but still worthy of sharing with my friends here. :) We adopted Fritz from Adirondack Save-A-Stray four years ago. He is a rescue dog that came to NY from Puerto Rico. He is the best pal we could of asked for. He knows what's 'his' in the house and what not to touch of ours. If it's not given to him it's not his and he won't touch it.

Fritz loves the snow but his poor paws get so cold when walking in the snow we get here in Upstate New York. It's either the cold or the salt they put on the roads that make his paws hurt. He will hold a paw up and refuse to walk. So I had the bright idea of making him boots. ;)

This story starts out in January of 2009. The day started out with me finishing Fritz's snow boots. I had bought the materials a while back and had started working on them. I thought they turned out good compared to all the different boots I had searched out online. That and I have never made a dog boot before..lol

Back Side of Boots:

Front of Boots:

Needless to say Fritz was not amused with them. I thought they looked adorable on him...but Fritz had other thoughts. If looks could kill...lol

I had to force him to walk with them on. He actually did okay with them. They have as you can see in the pictures white grip pads which kept him from slipping around.

We went outside.

And that's where all went wrong. I took him to the backyard and put him on his run. He just stood there. He was probably so embarrassed that one of his dog friends might SEE him with those 'things' on his paws..lol So I decided just to walk him about the yard on his leash until he was comfortable with them. He was doing good and then I decided it was time to go back in the house.

Well Fritz had other plans and jerked his head and slipped out of his collar and took off running......down the street. Flipping off his boots as he ran. Well I was right behind him running. After about a mile I couldn't run any more. (It was below zero that day) He thought it was this big game. He'd run about a block and wait until I could catch up a bit and then take off like a bat out of hell. I thought I was never going to catch him. We ran/walked for miles. I had people coming out of their houses with treats (which being a picky dog Fritz ran away from them refusing their treats). I had this guy walking his Golden Lab trying to help. He tried for the longest time to help me get Fritz. Fritz would run up and see the dog until we bent to grab him...then he' run off. Ahhh the fun he was having! ;)

Bill had been at home the entire time I was doing all this. He had no clue what was going on. He finally noticed I was gone and my camera was sitting on the truck as I had tossed it up there when Fritz took off. He took off in the car looking for us. As soon as he saw us he drove up opened up the door beside Fritz and jumped out and grabbed him. I couldn't believe it...he didn't run from him. He thought I was just playing a game! grrrrr ;) My lungs felt like fire...breathing in all that cold air.

When we got back home I only had one boot left in my pocket! :( We drove around looking for them. We found 3 total. 1 was still missing. I think these teens that were walking by may have picked one up. We looked and looked and it was no where in site. :(

Speed ahead to this winter (2011) Yes it took me until this year to decide to try them again..lol I had used one of my jar openers for the first four so I had to scrounge around for another jar opener. I had used the opener for the grippies on the bottom of each boot. With another opener found I made him a new boot. He's done well with his boots this year. No running away from me. Although that nightmare fills my mind every time I have him out for a walk with his boots on. ;)

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I found the idea to make these boots at the link below. I used her general idea and changed it up a bit. (higher boot, double elastic and added a warm lining) You'll find the pattern here:

http://domestikgoddess.com/sew-your-own-winter-dog-boots/comment-page-2/#comment-6102

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I am joining Debbiedoos' Pet Partay!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Spring.....

Hurry up and get here! It's cold here today! It's 6 out now and they are calling for it to get -15 tonight with wind chills around -25. I'm tired of this winter. Snow...cold...snow...cold...the weatherman sounds like a broken record. ;)

Have a 'warm' weekend my blog friends. :)