LC's Cottage

A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on August 22, 2025 | 6 comments

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. -Denis Waitley

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I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. -Groucho Marx

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. -Martha Washington

Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. -Guillaume Apollinaire

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. -Zhuangzi

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. -Bernard Meltzer

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. -Oscar Wilde

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on August 15, 2025 | 6 comments

I’m a perfectionist, so I always feel there’s room for improvement. -Ludacris

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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. -Barbra Streisand

Sometimes it’s not always perfect, and there are mistakes, and you pick yourself up and move on. I’ve learned you can’t be a perfectionist. I still strive to do my best in every area, but I’ve learned to let go. -Lacey Chabert

I don’t like the word ‘perfectionist,’ because it’s self-flattering. It’s tooting your own horn and implies that you actually can achieve perfection. I prefer ‘particularist.’ -Whit Stillman

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things. -Nicolas Berggruen

I’m such a perfectionist. I can be like, ‘This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.’ But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don’t matter. -Ciara

It’s a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You’re never satisfied. -Cherie Lunghi

See the world around you!

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HQAL August 2025

Posted on August 10, 2025 | 10 comments

I do have forward progress to share, and any forward progress is a good thing!

Here is a reminder of where I was in this quilt-along (I do plan on making a quilt from these stitcheries):

The block is finished and here is how it looks now:

And the next block ready to stitch:

My new progress:

If you need incentive to work on your hand quilting, then consider joining up. Having to show my progress definitely helps to keep me going on a project!

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, and Laura

Have fun and carry on!