angelface, thank you very much for your comment.
As the sazanka camellia bloomed so a lot in this season with a few flowers, I am moved.

Sachiko as I read your post I again recalled your "Singing in the rain"  Do not know if I ever told the story but I lived in Pittsburgh and a cousin of my wife,  lived several blocks away, and would tell the story of going to the door one day and there was Gene Kelly, who said he once lived there and wanted if he might visit.  What a joy that would be.  Here is a link to his singing "Singing in the rain" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCpOKtN8ME

Sandy, what a wonderful painting! I am convinced that Maggie has splendid talent.

Jack, thank you very very much for the link to Gene Kelly singing "Singing in the rain" !
I am moved very much. I enjoyed this movie many times. The video of that movie is made! I thought I could see it only by a rerun with TV. I love that scene in the movie most. I can enjoy it anytime and am happy from now on. Thank you very much!

Still do some decorating for the holidays, not a lot but have to do a bit for old times.   I do my mantel the same as this photo but no longer light the candles.  Added the message.

               

Sachiko, beautiful flowers in your yard!  You look the picture of health in the photo but it sure takes a long time to get back to normal, doesn't it?   Good that your husband helps.  When I had my heart surgery my husband was already so ill he could not do much, and died 5 months later.   Will soon be 4 years since my surgery.  Hope you get your strength back so you can hike again. 

Sandy, Maggie has your talent "for painting outside the box".... different!   Hope she continues and makes a career of it.  Do you still have any of those paintings/drawings you did?  They were very impressive. 

Jack, the photo of your mantle is beautiful, would make a perfect e-Christmas card.... I love lots of candles, still burn some now & then, mostly the ones in votive glass so they don't drip.  I really like the painting, any chance of seeing a close up of it? 

Mary Ann, these computers seem to have taken over our lives.... I used to paint & do art shows & commissions and since getting a computer have not painted hardly at all.  Lots more work these days & takes longer to get all the jobs done.... but not really a good excuse, I spend hours on the computer. 

I lost interested in doing art work, once I lost much of my sight,  after the strokes.   

I found it a strain on  my eyes,  what
little vision I have left...   There is some art work of mine floating around on the internet...  and my kids have some that I gave them... I think that I still have some tucked away in my art box...

I have a nephew who is a great artist out in the Hamptons on long island. 
His name is Scott Hewett  and he does
fine art professionally   
http://www.hewettart.com/

And of course my Grand Daughter Maggie
who is still in Art School...   

My Brother Cliff is a Artist also, and
my other Brother Mal was a Poet.   

And my daughter  Erin is a musician..
Lots of talent in my family,  but
much has been hiding  throughout
our life time.

I just enjoyed the peace that working on
my art gave me.    I do miss it,  but
it is just too darn hard on my eyes of late.

So I have to find different ways to
find that peace.     Talking books has
really helped me a lot.   
And fortunately for me,  I can still hear. 

Have a good evening, everyone !
Sandy

Jack, I did not know why it was "Singing in the Rain" suddenly, but understood it. I remembered that I reproduced that scene of the movie "Singing in the Rain" with the pictures which I drew in Word. Not Gene Kelly, it was Sachiko in fact.
I described painting about Sing in the rain and made a video of Sachiko's Sing in the rain.
     

Shirley, thank you very much for your comment.
You suffered from heart failure, too. For the heart failure, the one which there is the paralysis nowhere of my body is saved delightfully. I am glad it undergoes rehabilitation to take photos in particular. But my head become dull.

Sachiko, a cute photo and hope those looking in click on the link to your video. 

Sachiko, I loved your video--so cute and another piece that demonstrates your computer skills.  Thank you!

SCFSue

Sachiko.  I remember you putting in that Video. So Cute.  Now Gene Kelly swung around the Lamp post. I just loved watching his films and such a great dancer.

Jack, SCFSue, JeanneP, thank you very much for your comments.
I was an earnest fan of Gene Kelly and, since "An American of Paris", watched this movie many times. It was time of the first grade at my high school and I wore the dress of this girl well at that time and my hair was long, and my waist was thin, too.

Sachiko, it was so much fun seeing that again and I remember those days when my waist was thin as well!

angelface, thank you very much for your comment.
It was the fashion that the dress thinned waist. But there was not the dress which I liked in the ready-made article, and I repeated fittings, and I sewed my dress by oneself at that time.

My mother and my sister were both like that. They simply looked at a dress or picture of one and then could go home and make it the same or even better. I wore holes in material, taking stitches out for redos so I gave up on sewing. It is a very handy talent to have and a special one.

While I took Sewing in high school, I never was a seamstress.  I did make myself a couple of blouses but I liked to make aprons and curtains that I smocked out of gingham.  I could follow the straight lines of the material.  My mother would take old dresses of my aunt and remake them for herself.  She also made clothes for me and I don't know how old I was before I had a store-bought dress.  Probably in early high school.

I don't know how we got started with sewing in the Photo folder.

Mary Ann

angelface, Mary Ann, thank you very much for your experience. The favorite jacket which I sewed is left. And I sometimes wear it.

Good morning! It is a very comfortable day this morning.

My husband harvested potatoes from his field. There are them for my home for one year.

Sachiko.  Nice small potatoes. I love them cooked anyway I get them but the small one boiled with lots of Butter. My Favourite. 2 things I just can't give up. Potatoes, Bread along with good butter. I will never be skinny again.

Well we are getting our first big snow.  Been coming down all day and heavy but I don't think will stay. Sort of that Wet snow. As long as it doesn't freeze will be.O.K
I have not even gotten out of my "Evening clothes" today. Daytime Pajamas they call them. Feels good.

Quote from: Sachiko3 on December 02, 2016, 06:10:35 PM
Sandy, what a wonderful painting! I am convinced that Maggie has splendid talent.

Thank you Sachiko !

I am very happy that she is pursuing
a future in the Art World !

Sachiko, I loved seeing that video again.  It is so pleasant to go back and visit the good memories. 
Jack, that is such a pretty Christmas display.  I usually put up a display of the old English era houses, but they are so nicely packed I hate to unpack them.  We will probably just have the little Christmas tree.  Anyway, our very nice neighbors are doing us proud.  They even decorated our Camellia bush.

JeanneP, Sandy, Jean, thank you very much for your comments.
As for the potato, a lot of usable dishes are very useful. But my husband seemed to forget to plant onions.

SACHIKO....
...that is a good crop of potatoes, should last you both some time....nothing better than picking fresh straight from the garden, or from the allotment.....Not forgetting the amount of money one can save from buying from a supermarket, or from a store....

Vinilla-Jackie, thank you very much for your comment.
I have not bought the potato as 20 years. As the kind of the dish has abundant potatoes, I am glad. My husband has the harvest of onions, too, but uses it before a lot of recipes of the onion pass for one year.

Sachiko.  Now can't you plant and get onions all year long? I use a lot of them but buy in the stores. Must remember to get some today.Should still be the sweet ones from California.

Jackie.  I noticed when last in UK that some people still have the Allotment gardens. Things dont change to fast up in the North.  I remember most everyone had one years ago.  Would see all the men on them on weekends. Was their  meeting places. Had their  little sheds. My father use to have some chickens and Rabbits on his. could get away from their wives they said. (Kidding of course). Bet the young don't have them now. Now that I have gotten older I think I would like a Allotment now..  Nothing like that allowed in this town.

Well I see the sun is out a little and so I am out to get some Vit. E. Can't stand to take tablets.

My son visited today with his 5 month old Leonberger.   He already weighs 40 pounds and in a few months will be as large as Mimi.  Good little pup, Mimi was a bit nervous but they adjusted.   She met the adult 75 pound Leonberger yesterday, but there were several other dogs present and she stayed too close to me for photos.  Here she is with the pup.

               

Sachiko, we always had an acre garden when I was growing up. I remember we would save some small potatoes for seeds, quarter them and place a few inches down and about a foot apart. We grew scallions rather than bulb onions.

Jeanne, have you tried new potatoes and peas, so good!

Jack, Mimi, and the pup both look happy and healthy! Mimi looks more relaxed than from the earlier ones.

Patricia, I asked the breeder about Mimi, she said Mimi had 3 litters, 17 pups.  Her last litter was 4 years ago.  Said she was a fantastic mom.  I know she is a fantastic companion.

Jack.  She is most probably glad to be past the being a mother time.  Wonder how many pups she had at a time. I think Julie just having pups from one dog this month.  It is a first time for this dog.  I think she lets hers have 3 times also. Hers seem to have about 9 pups at a time.