https://betzceerambles.com/2017/01/12/im-back-and-on-a-serious-note/2017-01-12T20:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/10/03/reflections/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image.jpgimageThis is my man, Pat, at a birthday party in Quartzsite, AZ in March, just prior to his ordeal.2016-03-29T23:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/03/03/tuesday-try-this-15-easy-cheesecake-brownie-bites/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image1.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image.jpgimage2015-03-05T22:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/02/02/tuesday-try-this-14-pressing-matters/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc03643.jpgDSC03643The finished board fits nicely on the counter, at a comfortable working height and near an electric outlet.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc03633.jpgDSC03633See? Nice and smooth! Especially since I cut off some truly alarming ruffly bits from the ends of the towels.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc03632.jpgDSC03632https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc03631.jpgDSC03631I trimmed the corners of the towels for a smoother cover.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc03630.jpgDSC03630What can she be on about now?2015-02-03T06:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/01/31/fridays-small-comfort-9-important-stuff/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image22.jpgimage2015-01-31T07:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/01/20/tuesday-try-this-13-more-lemon-love/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image21.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image20.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image19.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image18.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image17.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image16.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image15.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image14.jpgimage2015-01-21T05:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/01/15/fridays-small-comfort-8-mmmm-rice-pudding/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image8.jpgimage2015-01-17T02:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/01/12/tuesday-try-this-12-its-citrus-season/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image7.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image6.jpgimage2015-01-13T04:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2015/01/06/tuesday-try-this-11-crafty/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image4.jpgimageThe finished work that inspired my friend and me to ask its creator for lessons. Our pieces will depend on availability of finishing notions.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image3.jpgimageA closer look at my tiny picture.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image2.jpgimageMy first beading project. Much more ambitious than is wise for a first go, it consists of sixty-six double rows of thirty minuscule beads.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image1.jpgimageAn ad-lib item that I just had to try. I will probably attach these little flags to earring findings and wear them to a gathering of Canadians in the desert later this month.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image.jpgimageThis one is destined (some time in future) to sit on my kitchen counter in an attempt to tame the fruit that gathers there.2015-01-08T17:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/12/30/tuesday-try-this-10-sprout-wisdom/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image14.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image13.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image12.jpgimage2014-12-31T03:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/12/22/tuesday-try-this-9-smooth-move/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image9.jpgimage2014-12-23T04:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/12/19/keeping-it-simple/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image8.jpgimageThis year's "tree," a five-dollar fragrance infuser.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02230.jpgDSC02230Our very good friends, Roy and Linda Root. You can read about their Snowbird experience on http//:ourhousehaswheels.wordpress.comhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02200.jpgDSC02200https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02194.jpgDSC02194https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02264.jpgDSC02264Pat and me enjoying a mimosa on December 25, 2013.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02296.jpgDSC02296Donnie and LD, just two of the many talented musicians we count among our friends and acquaintances.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc02199.jpgDSC02199https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/0135b4e2d35b5f790f86e6b94db0b0a42bbdd122de.jpg0135b4e2d35b5f790f86e6b94db0b0a42bbdd122deChristmas "Tree" 2013https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/013a7a6ea7623d22ed09d682c7d31cf5dd871cd075.jpg013a7a6ea7623d22ed09d682c7d31cf5dd871cd075My Matroishka dolls, a small souvenir of holidays in my former 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the time I got the camera ready, the cheese was just warm and gooey, not runny. Just right.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03076.jpgDSC03076I had no dill pickles, so a nice cold lager filled in. After all, it's five o'clock somewhere, right?https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03073.jpgDSC03073Keep peeking, then turn carefully when the colour is right for you.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03070.jpgDSC03070Nothing beats a well-pressed sandwich, or shirt.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03066.jpgDSC03066Butter both sides of assembled sandwich.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03063.jpgDSC03063Don't stop until you are happy with it.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03060.jpgDSC03060Start layering flavours.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03057.jpgDSC03057blackened, blistered peppers ready to enclose in paper bag to steam and cool.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc03054.jpgDSC03054I like a little heat in my food, and I LOVE roasted peppers, so, hello roasted 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up to drive in the paradehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc02721.jpgDSC02721Emergency Services are representedhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc02728.jpgDSC02728Of course there have to be horses!https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc02704.jpgDSC02704One of many local entrieshttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc02646.jpgDSC02646https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc02655.jpgDSC02655Leading the Way2014-10-22T03:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/09/20/scrap-it-part-two-more-confessions/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image16.jpgimagePIP (Project In Progress) "Pinwheels and Polka-dots" Baby quilt under construction for a great-granddaughter, likewise under construction2014-10-29T04:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/09/30/picky-eater-not-me-unless/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cukes2.jpgcukes2https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cukes.jpgcukeshttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cukeslicespretty.jpgcukeslicespretty2014-10-22T03:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/09/18/scrap-it-confessions-of-an-undisciplined-quilter/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image14.jpgimageA block from "On Turtle Pond"https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image13.jpgimageThe original owner of the "Christmas Mushroom" quilt, cozily bringing in the New Year, 1978https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image11.jpgimage"Juicy" For a nephewhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image10.jpgimage"Creature Comforts" My experiment with "chenille" For a grandsonhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image9.jpgimage"Blue Yonder" For a grand nephewhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image8.jpgimage"For All That You Are" Photo quilt made for my Dad's 80th birthdayhttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image7.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image6.jpgimage"Growing Things" My first original quilt since 1977. For a niece.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image5.jpgimage"Going Places" For a grand nephew2014-10-22T03:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/09/16/my-name-you-say-its-who-i-am/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image2.jpgimage2014-10-22T03:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/09/15/why-am-i-here/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_20322.jpgIMG_20322014-10-22T03:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/2014/10/20/tuesday-try-this-2-cap-it-off/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/e-old-tortoise.jpge old tortoisehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image19.jpgimagehttps://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image18.jpgimageA simple start to an easy project.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image17.jpgimageDoubled-up tube.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image16.jpgimageCurved seams make a rounded cap. Straight ones across the double raw edge will give you a cute four-cornered effect.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image15.jpgimageThe top should look like this, sort of.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image14.jpgimageLooks like a half-blimp. Or something.https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image13.jpgimageCarefully stitch down seam allowance on the inside.2014-10-21T18:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://betzceerambles.com/my-projects/https://betzceerambles.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image2.jpgimageIndian Basketry project. Getting there slowly but almost surely.2014-10-08T11:36:16+00:00weekly0.6https://betzceerambles.comdaily1.02017-01-12T20:58:12+00:00