Hello, I'm Patty, and this is my blog.  Tonight, I'm checking out all the links I have bookmarked, trying to find a recipe for a fru...

I just saw this project for a cute felt needle threader from Wild Olive linked on Craft Gossip's needlework blog (thanks, Denise!) an...

Stitching Corp is a group that started out sending cross stitched Christmas ornaments to the troops and their families, and now they're...

I know I tend to go on and on and on about adopting dogs, especially on Facebook, but I can't help it.  About ten years ago, I was a vol...

Thanks to For The Love Of Dog Blog , I just read this very interesting post at Hollywoodland about Toto from The Wizard of Oz and her trai...

I do believe my blogging, crafting, reading and cleaning days are temporarily over for now. (I crossed off cleaning since I do believe pic...

Meet my other new doggie, Pumpkin. (The shelter volunteers called her Rosie.)

Meet my new doggie, Lucy. (Minnie was her shelter name.)

Edited To Add: It passed! Yay! If you live in Missouri, please consider voting Yes on Prop B. "The Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act ...

I know this has over four million hits on You Tube so you may have already seen it. But so what. Go watch it again. You know it will make...

I just read the latest post from Teresa on the Lone Star Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso Rescue blog and it made me really sad. Teresa wrote about...

UPDATE: Sammy has been adopted. Yay! Sammy is a 15 yr old Shih Tzu in Maumelle, Arkansas who needs a new home because his owners are moving ...

It always kills me when I hear about an older animal who needs a home. My dog, Maggie, is 16 years old now and I just think it would be so s...

Is this not the cutest goat you ever saw? Please vote for Kellie's dog, Mya! Thanks!

For two days now, I have been meaning to take some pictures of my recent cross stitch finishes but haven't gotten to doing it yet. I...

I posted this image last year. I like it because it has Lassie dogs and the tree makes me think of cotton candy. Happy Easter!!

Up until just a little while ago, the skies here were blue but now we can see smoke in the distance. There aren't any fires close by us...

Update: Ratchet was cleared to leave the base but he missed the flight sponsored by SPCA International. They plan to return to Baghdad on Su...

Thanks to Hurricane Gustav, I've been thinking a lot about Katrina and what happened with Nemo. After the hurricane hit and the recovery...

You how I recently said I couldn't pass up clicking a link to a blog named CorgiPants ? For one thing, I love Corgis with their short le...