Heartland Creations

I found this sweet vintage framed poem about Mother.

I am going to put it on ETSY

I now it would make a great gift for someone's mom.

Here's Frankie and his Lil friend Fang

New doggie in the house!

This is Khloe, Miss K the newest addition to the family. She is a rescued dog from Kentucky. We have only had her for a week so there is a lot to get used to. She only weighs 20 lbs. my other dog Missy weighed about 60, that is a big difference. I can actually pick Khloe up with out hurting my back.

How long can a broken heart last?

     I'm going to miss this girl. I am still so sad after finding out my dog had a huge mass by her heart. She was having trouble breathing and seemed to lose weight even though she was eating. She just wasn't herself. So we took her to the vet. Some things you just never want to hear. Nothing they could do. Only 2% chance she might survive the surgery. She was 11 years old. Always healthy till this. Having to say goodbye is so difficult. There was no chance of getting better and she would just suffocate to death. I did not want her to suffer through that. I held her till she took her last breath.
     She was with me when my mom was sick. One of the last few words my mother spoke was to Missy, telling her she was a good dog. And when I spent the last few months with my father she was there with me. Giving me her doggy shoulder to cry on. She followed me every where I would go. Always close by, under my sewing table, a few times she laid on the sewing machine peddle and the machine would start sewing really fast until I could get her off of it. It wasn't easy to get a 60 lb. sleeping dog to move.

Missy was a rescued dog. She only had one eye because who ever had her and her litter mates abused them. I wasn't looking for a dog. I just happened to be in Pet's Mart because I just liked looking at the critters there. That day the Franklin County Shelter group was there. I talked to Pat her foster mom. All the other puppies and dogs were getting all the attention. All her litter mates were adopted. No one was looking at her. As soon as I saw this little girl with the swollen eye (because of the surgery) My heart melted. I felt so sorry for her I wanted to give her a home. So within a week we brought this little one eyed puppy home.

Missy was such a good dog. She got along with the cats and my Budgies. She was my constant companion and my little puppy no matter how big she got.

I miss the sound her collar made when the tags jingled together. I miss our sit down and scratch her back at the top of the stairs time, and how happy she was when we came home.. Her begging for treats. Laying in front of the fireplace. Her rooting around in her picnic basket for just the right toy and wanting to play. She slept by my bed, I would always pet her and say good night.

Now her bed is empty and my heart is broken.

I was blessed to have her in my life.

MISSY

June 21 2013

On the Edge with Murphy

It's not easy sharing my work table with this guy. He gets so close to the edge of the table that I had to catch him so he wouldn't fall off. See the yellow fabric there the left, that is a weighted fabric bag to put scrap fabric and thread that has been cut off. Murph took a nose dive head first into that little bag, I caught him again. You never know what this kid is up to.

After his catnap LOOK OUT!

This is one of his favorite lounging spots. I have made my house more cat friendly....trying to save my collectables. Since he has been here my 11 year old dog is getting much more exercise. They play like kids, every once in a while they get a time out. And to think that having a little kitty would help lower my blood pressure. Ha Ha Haaa!

Harley eating Pizza!

Funny thing I took a class called Portraits and Papers with Jane Desosier to learn how to paint people portraits and collage. I have a people portrait in progress, sort of, I am so afraid I will mess up the face, so it just sets around faceless. Feeling more secure with animal painting I did Harley. Janes class is awesome, it's just me!

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