SALMON ANYONE?

Well my husband has been fishing everyday for the past week and just today landed his first salmon of the season. A 20 lb Jack Salmon. He caught it in the Coquille River.


This size Salmon was cut in to 13 steaks.

Here is a smaller salmon that was caught by our neighbor who is my husband's fishing buddy. He keeps asking me to go fishing with him but I will have to think about that one. I don't like fish much so I don't know that I would enjoy fishing but I might give it a try someday.

These are Salmon Eggs....interesting. They are going to be treated with Boric Acid and raspberry gel and then they are used for bate in Steel Head Fishing.

From the smile on his face I think he had a good time...what do you think?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART

Today is my sweet husband's birthday.
He loves to fish since we moved to Coos Bay a little over 2 years ago.
Here he is in his boat just as happy as a clam. Yeah he even digs for those once in awhile.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart

He Is Going To Kill Me !!

Remember when I told you a few months ago that my son D'Angelo had a problem with his leg from a flesh eating disease he got years ago? Well the infection is back with vengeance again !

He has been running a fever and chills and red marks going up his leg. Very scary stuff. Even though he is hundreds of miles away, my daughter in law is so good about keeping me in their lives she sent me these pictures of D'Angelo in his hospital bed with my grandson, Donovan next to him. He is going to kill me for posting these pictures but I think they are cute. They were sent via phone camera so the quality is horrible but the subjects are cute!!


He was given several different antibiotics over the past few days with no change. Yesterday they did blood work and an MRI and found that it is not in the bone...Thank God! They finally found out what antibiotic to give him and sent him home to do this through an IV for the next 5 to 7 days. He can go back to work but has to do the IV in the evening. He is not too happy about all of this and I am just so worried about him but we have been praying and hopefully they can find a cure.


At this point the doctors say that with the flesh eating disease that he had he is prone to infection in the tissue at the site and will have flare ups throughout his life. I am praying that God will take this infection away for good.

GET WELL SOON D'ANGELO !

THE MOSSY ROSE

Oh My Goodness! Today I discovered the most unique shop right here in Coos Bay!
It is called the Mossy Rose and I actually went in there because one of our Etsy members said they had wonderful handmade paper.


When I went up to the front door this was right outside.
This beautiful dress that you would probably see Laura Ingles Mother wear.

This store looks so small outside but inside there were rooms and rooms of so many neat things.
My eyes couldn't look fast enough.
Just look at these beautiful dresses and wigs.


Cloaks, dresses and shirts that look like they were from the days of King Authur.

Oh yeah...here is a handsome gentleman. Just look at the things in this room!
Knights in shining armor.

This room was full of flowers hanging from the ceiling to dry.

Can you just picture yourself in this outfit?

Oh I just love this lace blouse and umbrella !

I just love this Victorian lamp with the black tassels

Wow what beautiful green glass. This store has such wonderful displays.

Oh I am just in love with these beautiful lace umbrellas! Hanging from the ceiling of course.

The sewing room. Neat stuff in there.

Another gorgeous corner of the store. Check out that lamp with the feather trim.

Tassels lamp. Beautiful crystal pieces. Check out the dress. Love the waistline

Masquerade mask anyone?

Pretty fairy #1

Pretty fairy #2

Fur capes, coats and more

A lovely green silk gown

A beautiful damsel looking out the window, Her top reminds me of Wendy in Tinkerbell

Well there you are. I hope you enjoyed the visit to the Mossy Rose as much as I did.
I will be stopping by this wonderful shop often.

Oh by the way...I did find the most beautiful handmade paper I have ever seen. Made by someone right here in our small community of Coos Bay.

WHAT THE HECK IS SHE DOING ??

You have probably notice for the past 2 days that the look of my blog has changed many times and said to yourself What the heck is she doing ?

Also you may have noticed that Blogger has updated their site. Since this has happened I cannot change my background to whatever I want. I am very frustrated and think it is unfair that they have as far as I can tell prevented this.

If anyone out there can help me I would appreciate it. I used to be able to go into the HTML and find where the background color code was and change it. Now there is no code to change. I am not a computer guru so I probably am overlooking something here.

I don't like the choices I have for background from Blogger so if anyone can tell me what to do I would reallllyyyyyyy appreciate it. I spent all day yesterday trying to figure this out. Soooo, it's black for now until I can change it.

Love you all
Thanks for listening and for being such good friends

THE FUTURE PASTOR TONY

This is my youngest son Tony. His dream for the past 10 years has been to become a pastor. He has been studying Theology and taking classes online while working at Quest Phone Company . He said to me not too long ago that he wished he could go to school full time and become a pastor and have his own church and congregation. Well the Lord heard his prayer. Here is his story posted by my daughter in law Mica over at Garb-oodles this morning.

I am so proud of him and excited for his future.

Leap Of Faith...

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

I never thought I would be saying this... But we are actually moving to California. I was originally born in Washington yet raised almost all of my young life in California. That's where Mr. Darling and I met, that's where we had our first child, that's where we lost our second child. Life became turmoil for us so we moved to Washington 10 years ago to start over. Things were set in place, Mr. Darling got a great job for the Phone Company, found an awesome Church, started a Church Plant, I gave birth to our daughter here, we bought our first home, Mr. Darling got his degree and started Seminary over the internet. Things have been great.

Yet, in our prayers and dreams Mr. Darling had always said it would be great to just quit his job and go to Seminary full time. Yes, we thought that was only a dream. Until three weeks ago when we found out that a dear friend of ours named Leonard

( who passed away three years ago)

left a will... one in which he left his Theological books to Mr. Darling and full tuition to live his dream and go to Seminary FULL TIME !!!

Yes dear friends, a man of God our friend Leonard was. He was fond of our family and had a sort of kindred spirit with Mr. Darling. He saw great potential in my husband to become a Pastor.

Will somebody please pinch me... are we dreaming here???

No, we are not. This is truly an answer to our prayers. The good Lord has shown favor in Mr. Darling... He has opened the doors wide... and we're going to walk right in. Okay so, I said all these years I would NEVER move back to California. Not me, no way, no how. But, truly the Lord has softened my heart to a wonderful future for not only my husband , but for all of us.Opportunity like this does not happen all the time.

Yes, I will go, I will leave my comfort zone, my little homie home which I will truly miss, my many friends from Church and my dad, I will miss dearly.

This is what the Lord has willed... we are humbled, we are greatful for this gift.

So now Mr. Darling is working his very last day at the Phone Company and will soon be a Westminster Seminary Man in California . I am so excited for him. He is tickled with joy and jubilee like a school boy.

One thing is we still don't even know where we will live there... A leap of faith, indeed. Our faith is in the Lord. I trust that the Lord will open a doorway to a new home.

Please keep us in your prayers. I will keep you updated on the coming events as we endeavor into a new chapter in our lives.

Blessing !!!

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It sometimes takes a leap of faith

To give your life away

To someone that you cannot see

To whom you blindly pray

Faith is built on things unseen

The knowledge that He's there

To guide you through this potholed life

Away from satan's lair.

Knowing what He's done before

Should fill you full of hope

No matter what the world may bring

Together you will cope

So carry on that journey dim

He's with you all the way

To where your destination lies

To where your future lay.

WE DID IT !!

We did it!
The Black Berry Festival was a hit.
We worked as a team having a dry run in the park a few days prior to the festival on setting up our tables and canopy's. We set up on Friday evening and then we all put our things out early Saturday. The weather was perfect for the festival and we had a wonderful time.

We all had sales as well as much exposure to Etsy. Not to many people have heard of Etsy so there were plenty of questions from the customers.

Our team really got to know one another better and I think we have all bonded with each other.

There was quite a big crowd both days. There were many vendors there and a band and food court where they of course had black berry shakes and black berry pie.

Here are a few pictures of our booth and our team.



Kae makes the most beautiful jewlery as well as the display to show them. She is a very talented lady.
Hop on over and take a look at her shop at Kae 1 Crafts

Jann and her twin sister make these unique ornaments as well as many other items. You will have to check them out on Etsy at jantasticcreations.etsy.com

These are my collages, collage note cards and clay art. I got lots of complements on my collages.
You can see my work at Patricia Creations


This is Pamela and one of her quilts. You can see all her work at Pamela Boatright Quilts


Pamela is a quilt maker and she does the neatest things with her talent. Here are pictured quilted post cards, pot holders, wine bottle bags and the most wonderful journal covers.


This is our booth...all ready for the weekend.




Lynn's note cards were a big hit.

As well as her handmade jewelry

This is Lynn...she is amazing!


She is not only a jewelry maker and graphic artist but she also belongs to a group of ladies that sing harmony and boy are they good! You can see her work at byLynnea
The Sweet Adolines

These cute little eggheads were created by Nadine and Kathleen. Check out their shop at nadineandkathleen. They also make wonderful note cards.
Sadly Kathleen was a little under the weather with a swollen leg and had to be hospitalized during the festival. We called and sent our love and wishes for a speedy recovery.



These wonderful pieces of jewlery were created by Brenda Salzano. She has some really unique pieces made with beads and glass from all over the world. You can check all of her pieces at Salzano's Design and Decor