Did anyone else, as a kid, spend lots of Sundays visiting their grandparents? As I remember it, we spent nearly every Sunday with one set of grandparents or another and it was usually great good fun. (Okay, I will admit that I remember being bored out of my wits from time to time, but my brother and I usually created some adventure if nothing else came up.) Anyway, yesterday we spent a very pleasurable afternoon visiting Niek’s parents and his grandmother. I really love doing family stuff like that. 
I took over 50 pictures (!) but I’ll spare you and only show one collage.
And, hold on to your hats, some stitching has been done. When I saw this freebie from Plum Street Samplers, I pulled out a piece of linen and my little orts box and got right to work on it. I haven’t stitched the ‘bok bok’ part of the design because I’m thinking of making this into a 2-sided ornament and putting that part on the back. I blended threads to try to create an overdyed look. I’m not sure I really succeeded, but I had fun trying. (Excuse me for not ironing this before taking a photo.)
The linen is white 35 ct HDF linen that I abused first with Chinese herbal dregs and then with a wild concotion that included red onion skins and chestnut shells. It’s dyed, overdyed, and then rinsed out (becasue it came out too dark). The many shades give the larger piece of linen a really nice depth, but I like my smaller, first experiment better. Sigh…
Today’s showing number three on our house. Please cross your fingers and toes for a sale!
November 9th, 2009 at 10:57 am
What a fun weekend you all had! It looks like Arden is finally over his flu, which: hooray!
Love, love, love Bok Bok and will go and look for the freebie NOW. You did a fabulous job with the mixed threads, I always love how that works out. And your fabric looks good to me…
November 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
What a fabulous rendition of Paulette’s Bok Bok! It looks great.
Love the family pics… what wonderful memories the kids will have when they’re adults.
Fingers & toes crossed that you get a sale soon.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Fingers, toes and everything else crossed!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Oh Barbara, I have been reading all your posts about cleaning and such for the sale of your home and it brings back such painful memories of when we sold our first home three and half years ago. Ellie was a baby and we had to keep the house in perfect condition so that anyone that wanted to see it could walk through. We were lucky, though, ours sold in four days and then everything could go back to being hell in a handbasket
Wishing you much luck!!! Cause I know the pain in the rear it causes with keeping a house perfect and 4 little mess makers….
November 9th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Oh what fun with the grandparents! We used to visit my husband’s parents with the kids every or every other Saturday, not Sunday.
And your Bok Bok! Great stuff! I love the colors!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I remember all of those Sundays visiting relatives. I especially remember wiping wet kisses off my face with the back of my hand! Looks like a fun day.
The turkey is the cutest and I love your colors. I saved that one and a couple of others. Not sure if I’ll get to them this year, but maybe I’ll slip them in, especially now that I see how cute yours is.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
It looks like you guys had a wonderful Sunday! I love the new finish, so cute!
November 9th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Great Sunday collage! It looks like a fabulous day visiting with relatives. Good luck with your house sale. Arden has grown into such a cute little boy – he doesn’t look like a baby any more!
November 9th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
A fun family time for sure! A very fine looking turkey indeed! Fingers and toes crossed for you.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I love your little collage. We used to go to my Uncle Bill’s most Sundays from NJ out to Long Island which took some time I can tell you but I used to love it. My grandpa only lived next door so until I was 10 I saw him every day and then he passed away. What a great photo collage you have given us. Arden looks so happy.
Love
Patti xxx
November 9th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
We did not visit with grandparents on Sundays because we live in NB and the grandparents lived in Toronto and Washington DC, but as adult children we visit with my nephew and Mom on Sundays. It is a rare Sunday evening when we are not all around the dining room table.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
They say third time’s a charm. Good luck with the showing.
Bok Bok is adorable.
Chris in NY
November 9th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Looks like you all had a great time visiting. Love the picture of you finish. Keeping fingers and toes crossed that you get a buyer soon.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
If I close my eyes I can remember the old steep, narrow , twisitng staircase in my grandparent’s rowhouse in Newark, New Jersey. I can smell the tomato sauce and various spiced meats and sausages cooking. I can here the voices of the old aunts chattering in Italian. I remember the beautiful crystal candy jar gleaming with M&M’s…our house never had candy! I would sit for hours and stitch doll clothes under the watchful eye of my grandfather, a retired tailor. The old aunts and uncles would dote on me because I was the only grandchild who did things “in the old way”…stitching, knitting, gardening. All my cousins ran wild up and down the porch steps from my aunt’s apartment, to my grandparent’s and then back up to the roof. I prefered to try on the sparkingly wedding crown that my Aunt Janice wore in 1962.
Thank you Barbara for bringing back these treasured memories.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Great family pictures!
Hope the showing went well today!
November 10th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Yes, every Sunday we spent at grandparents…we had Sunday lunch after church with my dad’s parents
After my grandfather died and all of us youger kids grew up and started our own families we kinda got away from that….I think we should bring it back 
We DO still have EVERY Thanksgiving at my grandmothers as well as one day during the Christmas holidays where ALL the kids and grandkids come together-It’s a huge crowd-It’s the BEST kind of family time 
I LOVE that time of year 
Again such LOVELY pictures
hugs to you
November 10th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I have some very fond memories of visiting my Grandma (my Mums Mum). She had a sprawling backyard, just your average size but it was filled with all sorts of plants and shrubs. I had lots of hiding places so all of the grandkids played hide-and-seek. My Mum was one of eight so family gatherings were huge!!! Gran would have us all there for Christmas, do all of the cooking etc, I don’t know how she managed.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Lovely photos! What a fun weekend. And your Bok Bok is sooooo cute – love it!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
McDonalds can be a great place sometimes for sure!! Love all the pics and looks like they enjoyed! Love your stitching, to cute!
November 10th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
That last comment was suppose to be on the above post and not this one! LOL Sorry, anyway I am trying to get caught up on my blog reading!
November 11th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Don’t turkeys gobble?
While my cousins went to my grandparents every weekend, my father never wanted to go to his parents–since he spent the whole week working with my grandfathers. Family business, it’s a relationship killer. We were always with my maternal grandmother, whether it was dinner out or a shopping excursion. Even family vacations, despite the fact that my mother agreed every year when my father said, “I am not taking your mother anywhere ever again!” (He started saying that when I went off to college. He still says it 20+ years later.)
Of course, we Pennsylvanian Alexas get together every Sunday for dinner now. With the dogs. And unfortunately, sometimes the gerbils.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Just one grandfather.
November 12th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I absolutely love the concept of a family dinner that includes dog and gerbils!