Gout? 🤬

Morning to all, 

I have now been fighting Gout! What is it? Oh, the stories I could tell you each 

and every time it rears its ugly head. YEP! Once again, I got the big head and decided 

that I could eat a little more meat than I should have. Not that I am overeating, not 

that at all. It means that I made several different dishes using hamburger meat 

instead of ground pork. I did these meals in a row, so to speak. All it took was me 

having a small "steak" one night, then the next night we had a hamburger dish, 

and I had some of that, then another a few days later. Needless to say, that is all it 

took. My right foot has swollen up and has stayed that way now for over a week. 

No need to see a doctor because they can not do anything for it. I just got too comfy 

eating the red meat that I love. That is all it took. 

Now, for over a week, a very painful, swollen foot. I think it is about to run its 

course. I hope so. Will be a long time before I eat red meat again. I was doing great 

for about 5 years, no problems, but you have to allow me a steak on my birthday 

now and then. It had been so long, though it would not happen any longer, well, I 

guess I proved that wrong. So for the rest of my life, it is red meat only once a 

month, never any more than that. I should then be good to go. 

I know one thing. If I could get my foot high enough to kick me in the butt, I would. 

I was being very reckless and did not even notice it. Got to admit, 5 years is a long 

time, but I just proved it can still happen if you get a little too complacent.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

The Eagle 🦅🪶

Hi all, 

I wanted to share with you all the pic of the Eagle that Larry T. and Nita T. 

did together, and placed it on the garage doors, or at the top between the 

two doors. This thing was huge, I am not sure where it disappeard to by the 

time we got here. But I have the pattern and will be trying to make it. 

I love it so much. Larry cut it out, and Nita painted it.

I hope to do this in the coming summer. 

I would love to make some for sale this summer.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Orange Pearl Pied Ringneck doves

Hello to all, 

Today I have my next two doves looking for their forever home. They are 

4-5 months old and healthy. Not sure of sex as of yet. Neck rings don't show 

because of their age. They are listed on Craigslist and Hoobly to help get 

the word out. 

They are trained to drink out of a tube for water, to help keep water clean. They 

are friendly. The person who adopts them will need a large cage. I hope they 

will find a nice home with people who really love them and will take care of 

them. 

I prefer their forever home to be a non-smoking home; their tiny lungs don't need 

to sit in an environment that is not healthy. 

Orange Pearl Pied Ringneck Doves

They will need a large cage so they can be comfy. Large enough to take a bath in.

They make the neatest sounds, cooing all day long. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Crafty Rose Angels NEW design 😇👼🏻

Dear members, 

NEW DESIGN

Today we have another new design, she is called Crafty Rose Angel, she is for the 

5x7 hoop. She is in OL (outline) design. Very easy to stitch out in colors of your choice. 

Crafty Rose Angel
5x7 hoop size.

You can find the design under the "New Designs" tab.

Later, it will be found in the "Frosty's Club".

If not a member, please join.

All my designs are copyrighted by Margaret Phillips of 

Crafty Rose Angel Embroidery.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

New Design 💗

Angel Design

I hope you will love this new design. I enjoyed making her.

She is called "Margo Angel".

Margo Angel

She is for the 4x4 hoop

You can find the design under the "New Design" tab.

Later, it will be found in the "Frosty's Club".

If not a member, please join. 

All my designs are copyrighted by Margaret Phillips of 

Crafty Rose Angel Embroidery.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Chicken's daily treats 🐓🐣

Hello to all, 

Today, between the snows we keep getting. 

I have uploaded the video from my YouTube

channel, so you can see it. We do spoil them. 

Yes, we do. I love them. I also love the fresh 

eggs we get. I hope to get a few more in the spring. 

Enjoy the fun of watching them. 

You can always click the link to go and see it on YouTube, and you will then see 

a much larger picture than you view here. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

What is blooming 🌹🌸🪻

Hello to all, 

Today, I am sharing some new pics of what is flowering for me right now. I love my angel trumpets. I have an Apricot Sunrise and a White one in flower. Oh, how they smell up a room. Love it. 

White Angel Trumpet

This is a huge many-trunked plant loaded with white blooms and lots more yet to open. 

You should be standing in there to smell all the goodness. 

Apricot Sunrise Center

Apricot Sunrise

Oh, the smell, so sweet, this is a very small plant yet, and only one flower so far. But it will grow.

Christmas Crown of Thorns

I have two that are orange in color for Halloween. This is the new one, colored for Christmas. 

Hope you all enjoy looking at the flowers. I will enjoy smelling them for a while. 

Love and Prayers,  

Margo

HAPPY NEW YEAR - FROSTY'S CLUB - 🦜

Hello everyone, 

Wanted to say Happy New Year to each of you. May your new year be happy and 

full of joy. 

I am busy trying my best to grow our Facebook group. If you are reading this and 

have not joined with us, please do. It is all about crafting and flowers outside once 

the snow melts. 🤣 We got more snow today, about an inch or so. But don't worry, 

summer is not far away. 

Be sure to check the "Frosty's Club" tab at the top of my site. If you have any 

questions, email me or post here. I will try my best to answer them all. 

Under the "Frosty's Club" tab, you can read more about it on the site. I am getting 

that started, so if you are not sure, ask me. I will be uploading some zip files in the 

"Files section" in the Facebook group. 

The ones with the (PWP) in the title or name of the ZIP, do not download them unless 

you are in the "FROSTY'S CLUB". This means the zip file is "password" protected, 

and unless you are in the club, you will not be able to open the zip. 

FROSTY is waiting for you to join the club

Join my Facebook group, and all the info about Frosty's Club is in the files 

section. CLICK the tab for Frosty's Club for the link to the Facebook group.

Members of the club will be given the password for that month. Passwords will 

always be different, never the same. All you do is copy and paste into the zip 

when it asks you for the password.  The designs will be opened to send to where 

you want them to go. Make sure you open the zip where you want the files to go. 

Be sure to back up your files once you have unloaded them to your computer. You 

"donate" on my site under the tab at the top called "Frosty's Club". Click on 

samples, and at the bottom of the page, you will find the "donate" button. If you 

have any questions, please don't hesitate to send me an email. 

I will have between 20 and 30 designs (sometimes more) once a month, the new 

designs go up, and the last month will be taken down. I will keep them on my 

computer in order by month. So if your computer crashes, and you have donated 

(records will show), I can resend them to you. 

The club will start in January 2026.

Hope all will enjoy this little club, 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to all,  

Today I want to invite you to my Facebook group: 

Whispering Hobbies ~ Crafty Rose Angel Emb Designs | Facebook

I placed the design below in my group for all to enjoy. 

Snowman with Hat 2025

Hop on over to the group. I am waiting for you all to help make a great new group. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Merry Christmas ~ Tippy Toes 🐈‍⬛

Hello to all, 

We decided to upgrade the living area for the cat that owns us now.  So my 

husband got this new bed for Tippy Toes. We have placed it into the covered 

dog kennel where he was sleeping. It fits perfectly, and I placed the PetSafe 

heated mat under the removable pad inside the new cat bed. 

I thought it would take some time for him to get used to it, but NO, that 

evening he went right in like it had been there all the time. We feel that this 

smaller covered snug area set inside the kennel, which is covered with a 

sleeping bag, also helps keep him warmer in the wintertime. 

So, now, he is comfy in his new home. 

Tippy Toes ~ 2025

Yes, I used one of his pictures and photo shopped him in, not perfect, 

but he wanted HIS picture in the new bed shot, so I had no choice. 😇🐈‍⬛

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Happy Thanksgiving to my chickens

Hello, 

Today it's snowing now and then. Not enough to see on the ground yet.

Today is Thanksgiving, and so I have fixed a feast for them. Today they get canalope, lettuce, grapes, 

tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs along with their treat feed, and some bread broken up into small pieces. 

No, they are not spoiled. Today, they get this each and every day. I like happy chickens. 

They repay me with their colored eggs.

My chickens, Happy Thanksgiving!

I know they enjoy heated water and heaters inside their coop for when it does get cold. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Happy Fall

Happy Fall ya all, 

I have made this, and have not put it on a wreath just yet. But when I do will post a pick. 

Just had to show what I have been up to. 

We had so much rain this last summer, and last winter left us with a lot of snow to melt, so our fall 

colors this year were lovely. Could not get enough of just looking at all the colors. 

Margo's Scarecrow

Happy Fall, everyone.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

A new spot for "Tippy Toes"

Hello to all, 

I have a new picture of our cat that likes to sit on the propane tank when the sun hits it in the fall. 

Also,  Tippy Toes says that he can spot any mice or moles running around in the tall grass while he is up there. 

Tippy Toes, the cat that owns us.

He is turning out to be very nice. He loves getting scratches on the face and sides, just all over. He is getting more and more spoiled each day. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

New Girls 🐔

Hello everyone, 

Today I was able to get pics of my 4 new girls. However, I think one is going to be a "rooster". These little chicks were raised inside in a basement and never saw the sun or the great outdoors. So we had to show them how to enter the coop at night and then how to leave the coop in the morning. This took a few days to get them to catch on. But it worked. But they never left the covered area, which took a few more days. They stayed inside the covered area and were happy. It took a few more days, and then it happened. We found them out in the yard with the other chickens. We also had a few rounds with the old rooster, but now he is getting along with the hens. 

This was my first experience being around chickens that had not been outside yet, they were afraid of everything, walked like something was attacking their feet. Looked funny, but they are getting use to it all and just in time before winter hits. 

Here are the old girls and the huge rooster. 

The old girls and Mr Clouds

These hens don't lay in the late fall and through the winter time. In late spring is when they started laying again. Sure did miss good eggs during the winter last year. 


Here are the new hens, and one of the red ones might be a rooster. 

New girls, two red and 2 black and white.

This pic is not very good. They are in the covered area of the pen getting some snacks for the day. More pics will come later on. 

I am also waiting for 5 more hens about the same age as these, about 5 or 6 months. 

I am so happy to be getting more chickens from friends.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

This is Bai 🕊️

Hello everyone, 

Today we have a new pic of "Bai" (the owner already named the dove). Just a quick snap, not a good one. This little guy is learning to eat on his own. Parents already have another egg in the nest as of yesterday, and she is working on the second egg. The little baby is learning to stay away from them as he still begs for food, but they are teaching him to start eating on his own. 

Named "BAI"

This was the only egg that hatched this time. 

Love and Prayers,

 Margo

October in the Possum fields ☠️🎃

Hello to all, 

Today, we have a Possum in our backyard, next to where the cat stays at night.

We had the family of deer (3) a few nights ago, the baby we have watched grow up right here, he or she has lain on the side of our driveway, just a few feet from the garage door at night. The grass is all mashed down where it sleeps at night. We see in the evening, they turn on the outside lights, and I can watch them for a while. They are so cute, but do be warned, they will eat what you plant, so our fence so far is keeping them out of the yard, and my plants do not get torn apart by them like everything else does.  

October - Possum

Last few nights it is getting into the 40s and 30s for temps. Fall is in full swing now, and showing nice color, and the leaves are dropping fast. The cooler temps feel great to me; not use to the hot summer we have just had. 

I have been working on some new charms. I will have some pics up a little later on, so stay tuned. 

I will have some angels, purse charms, dangles, and other items up.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

New bloomer this year 🪻

Hello everyone, 

Today we have a late bloomer, I don't know the name of it. But very pretty. 

It has come up in the years past, just no flowers.

1st time it has flowered

It did open more the next couple of days, maybe called Monk's Hood, not sure. 

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

Guns and Roses Bookmarks & Bolo Necktie 🔫🌹

Hello everyone, 

Today, we have a gift for some friends who live in Alaska, and he works at a gun shop. 

My husband had the idea of the Guns and Roses theme and the Bolo Tie, which I had never done before. 

Guns & Roses Bookmark (Mr)

Guns & Roses Bookmark (Mrs)

Bolo Tie (Mr)

We think they will get a "kick" out of them. We also sent some other items they will love. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Angels and Halloween or Fall Bookmark 😇🍂🎃👻🦇

Hello everyone, 

Today, I am updating my blog with a few things I have made. Then I am off to make some fried chicken for supper. Can't wait. 

Here is another one I did last night for a Fall Halloween bookmark. This one has a small bookmark with a nice, long dangle. 

Fall or Halloween Bookmark small

   

The small angel for a purse charm, or hang it where you want it. They are so cute. 

Angels for a friend

These angels go with the "Guns & Roses" and Bolo Tie on the other page, where their pictures are located.  

Hope you enjoy viewing them.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Guess who? 🐈‍⬛

Hello to all, 

So here he is, could not resist getting this pic. He is the cat who owns us. 

You see, we don't have a cat. We have two tiny poodles and birds. 

He decided to own us and stay with us all the time. 

We decided to call him "Tippy Toes", so here is his latest pic. 

Tippy Toes

I called him "spot" at first, but I like the name Tippy Toes better. He now lets us scratch his cheeks and around the head, but no other place is to be touched for now. He is spoiled, believe me. 

Just wish he would let us get him to a vet for "shots". But, so far, he is healthy, and nothing seems to be bothering him. 

Better pic coming.

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo