So here we are coming up on Thanksgiving, a traditional season of cooking and baking, and sure enough is the same for us here at our "farmhouse" in Emmett.

Some of our favorite traditions for goodies, include Peanut Butter or Chocolate Fudge, Lemon - Ginger Jam, Jo-jo's jello salad, Snowball Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Snicerdoodles, and lastly and beastly is "PEIGI'S C.O.W. Cookies - Cranberries, Oatmeal, and White Chocolate Chips!

    

                                                              

                                               

        

 

So I get that my blog is called "peigi-m-outofthewestDESIGN" and mercy! I haven't actually added any previews of my designs-so I thought I should make a little more effort to show you some that I do have.

Above you see a collection of flowers, that I grew to love, while living in the state of Utah; out in the southwest area is a vast high plains desert, that I initially dismissed as having any beauty of any kind!

Bit by bit I allowed myself to be educated about plants and animals growing in the desert! My heart took a big turn around from learning and seeing first hand, the desert tortoises that loved to eat the beautiful hot pink cactus flowers! After only a few of them, they looked like they had applied a lipstick that was quite "fetching" for the look of the turtle!! This design can be found in my "Spoonflower" store, and can be ordered for a really large variety of items for home decor, or apparel.

 

Some more "neighhhhbors"😀 of ours...live up in the hills north of us here in Emmett. I don't know the name of this bunch, but it was exciting to see them out in the wide wide open lands.  And like the few and far between ones I saw in Arizona, it is my hope to fide out a horseback, just to observe and photograph a BLM herd.

It reminds me a little of the following Scripture art I did for myself, that included a photo of the motorcycle I had a couple years ago: a Yamaha V-twin 250.  Just a reminder of pleasures I've had from time to time to the glory of my Lord.