Laura's Tatting Muse

Bill and I said a temporary goodbye to a dear friend Friday. Karl lost his battle with Leukemia early Tuesday morning. He is free from suffe...

I have no proof, but I'm pretty sure my car a/c was shouting obscenities as I snapped this photo. I was in the car 30 minutes with the a...

WARNING!!!! I understand some people in my address book at getting spam emails from my yahoo email account. Sorry. I have done all I know ...

  Another beauty in the new garden.  I'd never seen a hydrangea with flat blooms before.  Much less one with two different kinds of flow...

    Proof that I really am tatting!  This is the first tatted row and I have really disappointed myself.  Note the 2nd picture and the very ...

  My garden continues to reward me with new, mysterious blooms.  Any ideas?

  I don't know if my cats love this box because it smells of Gevalia coffee or if they love coffee because it comes in these boxes!

  This picture is my dad, Robert Jason Slaughter, approximate age five and his sister, Eva Slaughter.  I will have to look at my ancestry...

Skinks are of the family Scincidae. They have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. I am so glad they chose to live in my yard and...

This is a picture of my latest, male conquest. He is a Broad-headed skink indigenous to North America. This one is about 14" long,...

Good Monday morning, or evening, to you all. I wanted to say I am still working on my mignonette tatting handy. I need to make a picture o...

I would like to introduce a very new tatter and his amazing interpretation of my pattern, "Georgia's Rose." Christopher is bu...

Hello tatting friends. Remember me? I still can't repair the background on my blog, but I have news. I am tatting - a little at a t...

I know I haven't been here in forever, but I really miss you guys. I miss my tatting and sharing with everyone. Besides, Grandma Lala ...

The view from my window is a lovely dream. Colors are popping, blue, purple, white and green. Spring adds new colors and the promise of life...

Check out the Lep blog. Oisin and I have visitors!

Isaac is going to be a big brother! Of course that means Bill and I get one more grandbaby. We are all so excited, for our daughter's ...

This link is for diehard Isaac fans only! The rest of you might be bored to tears. These pictures are of him showing off with his new guit...

Not often do you find a friend as good, caring and selfless as our Jon. She sent me these beautiful snowflakes last week. In the card she ...

Our precious Boudreaux has gone to a better place. A place full of joy, friends and no pain. We will miss him terribly but he lived a very...

I'm going to be "Lala" again! Our youngest daughter and her husband are expecting their first child. They just came over to ...

No tatting to show off yet, but I have to show you these pictures of my heart. He brings pure joy into the house when he arrives. Wednesda...

Yes, that's right. I tatted FIVE rings last night. I know it is very little. However it has been since December and I am pleased to h...