News, weekly blog posting from Della's Rug Hooking.

I've had my granddaughter Sophie for the past week with me and the above photo about sums up the week, lots of exploring outside enjoying nature at its best.  My sisters horse, Annie, Sophie enjoys watching her.

Yesterday a wonderful rug display was held by the Northport Loopers.  Steady traffic all day came and went, we are truly blessed to be able to get together to enjoy each other's art. Below is a sampling of the rugs displayed.  If you belong to my Della's Rug Hooking Facebook group, I had posted...

Blessings are all around us, if we wish to see.  My dad (Winston Ripley) turned 80 last week and that seems so amazing to me and he has an almost 60 year old daughter (me this October).  Truly blessed we are.

The above two photos of my grandchildren make me smile.  My grandson is styling a new outfit he was trying on at the store.  I was with Sophie most of the weekend and now she is here with me...

We are very blessed to live where we do. A long weekend for most here in Canada as well as the USA.  Be kind to one another, we live in great countries.

The above photo may not be Prince Charles and Camilla but we rug hooked on the same piece that they did when we visited Quidi Vidi Village, Newfoundland last week.  In the photo is Jean Fawthrop, Lynne O'Brien Lines and Carole Fullerton.  These girls are my royalty, we had such a lovely time, they are the best!

I was...

As a maker of 'things', we know we can use our imagination to create anything we would like and sometimes from everyday things. I am always impressed with how people come up with alternate ways to get things done when they don't have what is traditionally used, for example, a sprinkler hose.  You don't have one, take a plastic water bottle, poke holes in the bottom of it, tape it onto the end of a water hose, viola, a sprinkler of sorts.  The picture above is my granddaughter Sophie.  I had...

I know we are all very tired of the pandemic and restrictions, we've been poked and jabbed, isolated, masked some hospitalized, and a lot of deaths.  The above picture popped up on my twitter account, titled BREAKING NEWS, NS Variant, by Andy Bowers!  Until I opened and saw the mans face within the little virus circles, I was worried for a moment, 'oh no, now what'!  It made me smile.  I didn't know how to exchange his face for mine so left it as it was. I have spent the last...