New beaded bracelets

Hi everyone, 

Here are some pics of my new beaded bracelets I made. These are called 

Country Garden Paths. Lots of fun to make.  They use a round, sparkly, 

strong magnet for a closure. 

While Gout is keeping me from walking so much I sit and make some 

pretty to wear. 

purple & lavender 

Gold & green-purple

Silver & Black-White

Click on the pics for a larger view.

I love them, easy on and off. Fast and secure. 

Love and Prayers,

Margo

Flowers in Winter

Hello all, 

Today this is the 3rd or the 4rd year for my orchids to bloom. I do nothing 

special for them only water when dry and overhead light in the plant room. 

I have not even fed them yet, and I'm not sure what to use. 

Here is a pic of them again this year

Yellow Ochird

Purple Ochird

Love and Prayers, 

Margo

🥶Cold🥶

Morning to all, 

Well, it was -4 this morning. Now it is 3 degrees out. The sun is out but not warm. 

Our nasty winter this year has ice and snow going, and we still have ice on the limbs 

of the trees right now. Never gets warm enough to melt it off.

We are feeding birds like crazy right now, doves, woodpeckers, red birds, and 

all the rest of them thick right now wanting something to eat. So we feed them. 

We are warm and cozy, even if the electricity goes out, we have back up and don't have 

to worry about anything. Thank God. 

Summer is coming, and I need spring real bad, have a huge log of marigold seeds 

saved from last summer, I plan to plant them all this spring. 

Been working on some more blocks yesterday, and today I will add lace to them.

My Gout is getting better and better. 

Love and Prayers,

 Margo

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