Over 100 years ago, a women planted these poppies around her home.

She planted these roses too.

Her home is gone.  It’s just a shell of rocks and rubble.  But her flowers are still there.

We went there last night to walk among the lovely ruins.

It made me wonder what am I doing in my life that will outlive me?

This woman who planted her garden probably had no idea people would love visiting the ruins of her home to see her flowers.

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In other news, the winner of the Craftsy giveaway was randomly chosen, and the class was put into their Craftsy account.  I have also sent out an email to the winner letting them know.  If it was you, Congratulations!

I’m so excited about my giveaway today.  Have you ever taken an online class?

I just started my first class on Craftsy a few weeks ago and I’m loving it.  I mean, what could be better than sitting in my PJ’s in my cozy home and taking a quilting class!

If you aren’t familiar with Craftsy, they have a wonderful selection of quilting classes, as well as sewing, knitting, cooking classes, and more.  Classes you sign up for are available whenever you want to watch them and you have access to your class content forever.  You can take the class as slow or fast as you want, and re-watch a class at anytime.

Today I’m thrilled to be hosting a giveaway for a wonderful Craftsy quilting class, Precision Piecing with Norah McMeeking.

Norah’s class looks amazing, the perfect class to help you improve your accuracy and learn greater skills as a quilter.  She helps you tackle “Y” seams, large curves, and how to achieve perfectly matched points.  It’s a class I really need to take.

Enter the giveaway for Precision Piecing by clicking here.   You can use your existing Craftsy login or sign up for a new Craftsy account to enter. If you have any trouble seeing the giveaway page, try using Firefox as your browser.

The Details:

• Contest closes on Saturday, June 1 2013 at 10:00 pm MDT

*** Update:  The contest is being extended until Monday, June 3, 2013

***Update on the update:  The contest is now closed.  We will announce a winner as soon as possible!

• Only one comment per person please.

• The random winner will be notified as soon as possible, and Craftsy will put their new class right in their account.

Thank you to Craftsy for sponsoring this awesome giveaway!