Art around the house

I love being home and admiring the things I have on my walls at home. Besides pictures of my children I have the many things that my grandchildren have made me and my children. My daughter Sally has embroidered many things like clowns and sayings like our family tree and I have cute little ones done by grandchildren. I have a great picture of a rainbow done by my granddaughter Morgan when she learned to color. I have glass ones done by my granddaughter Stacy. A plate painted by my granddaughter Hayden. Some Christmas small decorations by Debbie and Erin when they were very young. I have a large woven one on my dining room wall that we got in Africa and it has stains of jello on it when grandchildren sat in their high chairs and shot jello at it. In the front hall is a large framed cow hide from the grandmother of one of our exchange students from Argentina. A picture by my niece who is quite an artist. Two pictures painted by my sister Helen, of views from the first apartment house in Topeka which we shared. One a great view of the Topeka Capitol Building and the other of her son and my first son and first daughter playing in front of the house. One picture was done by a friend who traded me Christmas socks for it. Three birds woven on a string from the exchange students aunt. Then I get kind of confused by the other pictures but love them. I never was good at art so did things like bead bookmarks and wove table mats. In one room we have clown circus posters and all the rooms have bookcases with many books. I have many bookcases made by my father along with a magazine rack he made me. In my kitchen I have spice racks my dad made along with I think was once a mail separator. I am not sure. I know my son-in-law Howard is also good with his hands as he has made a ramp in my garage for my wheelchair, and redone one of my bathrooms. I guess that is one of the reasons I am very happy here with my dog, Buster. I do crossword puzzles, read and watch TV. Who could ask for anything more? I forgot one great thing my granddaughter Hayden did - a wonderful picture frame of my 13 grandchildren . Now I have on my coffee table my two great grandsons pictures.