Foggy Morning & Something Raggedy

This morning we woke up to thick fog. I wish I would have thought to take a picture of it.. but I suppose everybody knows what fog looks like. Anyways.. I was planning to head out and get much needed groceries. I tend to let that chore go for as long as I dare.. and we were pretty much out of everything. Poor Mr Attic had to take packaged cheese crackers and left-over potato salad from Sunday in his lunch today, there was no fruit or sandwich stuff. But he didn't even complain so I didn't mention it.
I waited until 10:30 for the fog to burn off! And even then, it was still lingering in places. I thought I'd show you a little bit of my drive. It's very pretty farmland.. even though right now things look drab. Nothing is green yet.. and see the fog in the distance?

Here's a pretty farm. I was driving with my camera on the dashboard, trying to dodge pot holes, and keeping up speed so the truck behind me wouldn't rear-end me very carefully with my camera.. and if you look closely, you can see little puffs of fog in the field..

I love this house.. and I break the 10th Commandment every time I drive by..

When it gets nice and green everywhere.. I'll show you then too. There are a lot of beautiful farms along the way.. makes the job of grocery shopping no so bad.

By the time I got home the sun was shining bright.. and I noticed this crocus in my own flower bed! I had forgotten I moved it here.. and was taken by surprise because I had looked for it yesterday where it used to be and told my dad I thought I probably killed it. It was in a bad place before.

The past few weeks I have really neglected my blog. It just seemed I was so busy with projects, and there was no time for pictures and writing things.. plus several of the projects were surprises. This was one of them, but now the recipient has it so I can show. I made a pair of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls last week using this vintage pattern that I had not tried yet. It was the first commercial pattern for these dolls, copyright 1940.. and I have an original copy.

I really love the old patterns. They are very brief, and one is expected to know what one is doing. Of course I made copies to use for cutting, as my old pattern is pretty fragile. Look how sweet the pictures are in the directions..

Here is Ann before her hair is put on. I showed you a little snippet of her dress the other day. ☺ Keep in mind, this is not my first Raggedy Ann. It is probably more like my 350th.


I like them ☺

Ok.. it is NICE outside.. so I am on my way out to take the dog for a walk. Hope you are enjoying some pretty spring.. (or fall in the case of my friends down under) weather today.

See you again soon..