Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day today. We have a couple of stops to make, and it seems like a good day to get our beloved Egg McMuffin. So I'm writing fast. Try to keep up, okay?
The quilting is finished on the Domestic Affairs quilt. When I pulled it off the machine and headed downstairs, I found Smitty at the top of the stairs guarding against intruders. I'm not saying Sadie falls into the category of "intruders."
Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day today. We have a couple of stops to make, and it seems like a good day to get our beloved Egg McMuffin. So I'm writing fast. Try to keep up, okay?
The quilting is finished on the Domestic Affairs quilt. When I pulled it off the machine and headed downstairs, I found Smitty at the top of the stairs guarding against intruders. I'm not saying Sadie falls into the category of "intruders."
Good morning, my friends. We use the word "finish" around here to describe moving to the next step. Finish doesn't necessarily mean "finished." Just so we're clear. How is everyone doing this morning? We're still into our chilly, willy weather here, although it was a pretty pink sunrise this morning.
Good morning, my friends. We use the word "finish" around here to describe moving to the next step. Finish doesn't necessarily mean "finished." Just so we're clear. How is everyone doing this morning? We're still into our chilly, willy weather here, although it was a pretty pink sunrise this morning.
Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.
Good morning, my friends. It's a bright sunny day, but still very cold. Brrrr. If it weren't so cold out, it might be a nice day for a walk. But it is cold, so...nah. I'll stay inside where it's warm and do my walking on the treadmill. Also, there's plenty of walking between my sewing machine and my ironing board. Quilting: it's good for your health and stamina.
Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. All sewing, all the time, with a little bit of baking thrown in for good measure. What could be better than that? Well...maybe winning the lottery, but first one must actually play the lottery.
Finishing off the stitching for the small Catmint piece was at the top of my list. This will still need borders, quilting, and binding. I have some cute fabrics to finish it off.
Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. All sewing, all the time, with a little bit of baking thrown in for good measure. What could be better than that? Well...maybe winning the lottery, but first one must actually play the lottery.
Finishing off the stitching for the small Catmint piece was at the top of my list. This will still need borders, quilting, and binding. I have some cute fabrics to finish it off.
My furnace went out yesterday, the coldest of the year. A tech came and got it back on. 3 hours after he left it went out again. He’s coming back this morning, but I faced the night — coldest of the year, -3°F with windchill below -20° — with space heaters and a few open taps to keep the pipes from freezing and bursting, and multiple electric blankets for me and the cats. I was freezing and shaking when I went to bed at 1am; I awoke at 5:30 to cloying dry heat, because the furnace mysteriously ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday's post, I completely forgot it was the day a new prompt would be announced for the Project Quilting challenge. Late morning, after I'd done as much quilting as I'd planned for the day, I checked my email, and there it was. The challenge this time around is "Ombre."
Well that threw me. I spent a good part of my afternoon sewing time gnashing my teeth about what I could do for this. My initial reaction was to skip this one, but then I get a bad case of the ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday's post, I completely forgot it was the day a new prompt would be announced for the Project Quilting challenge. Late morning, after I'd done as much quilting as I'd planned for the day, I checked my email, and there it was. The challenge this time around is "Ombre."
Well that threw me. I spent a good part of my afternoon sewing time gnashing my teeth about what I could do for this. My initial reaction was to skip this one, but then I get a bad case of the ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I've taken two projects to the next step in the process. Of course, no day of sewing is complete without first spending some time with my slow-stitching in the morning. I'm nearing a finish of the Catmint piece.
Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I've taken two projects to the next step in the process. Of course, no day of sewing is complete without first spending some time with my slow-stitching in the morning. I'm nearing a finish of the Catmint piece.
Good morning, my friends. Don't let my mention of "troubles" scare you. It's all fixed now. You needn't worry. I took care of it. You're welcome. We'll get to that in a minute, but first...quilting.
The quilting is going well, and my wrist is cooperating so far. Please follow me into the quilting room. Oh, and if you're worried about your safety, you can rest easy. Smitty is on the job, guarding the entire upstairs portion of the house.
Good morning, my friends. Don't let my mention of "troubles" scare you. It's all fixed now. You needn't worry. I took care of it. You're welcome. We'll get to that in a minute, but first...quilting.
The quilting is going well, and my wrist is cooperating so far. Please follow me into the quilting room. Oh, and if you're worried about your safety, you can rest easy. Smitty is on the job, guarding the entire upstairs portion of the house.
Good morning, my friends. Brrrrrr....we're having some pretty darned cold weather here. It isn't cold enough to snow...yet...but I just about froze my tush off yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. I'd been out among the English to get my pedicure. There were no issues during my outing...which is unusual, because I can always find something to whine about once I leave the Three Cats Ranch. My toes were done, and I headed for home without incident. Once home, I got under the covers and pre-heated myself before going out ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. Brrrrrr....we're having some pretty darned cold weather here. It isn't cold enough to snow...yet...but I just about froze my tush off yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. I'd been out among the English to get my pedicure. There were no issues during my outing...which is unusual, because I can always find something to whine about once I leave the Three Cats Ranch. My toes were done, and I headed for home without incident. Once home, I got under the covers and pre-heated myself before going out ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It's still mostly dark out as I'm writing this morning. I read yesterday that we would be getting our first 5:00 p.m. sunset within the next few days. That will be an improvement over the 4:00-hour sunsets we've been getting. The days are getting longer, but it's still dark in the morning. I can see some brightness in the sky, however, and so I'm optimistic for some sunshine today.
We did our grocery shopping yesterday. We were into the low 40's on our return home. The sun ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It's still mostly dark out as I'm writing this morning. I read yesterday that we would be getting our first 5:00 p.m. sunset within the next few days. That will be an improvement over the 4:00-hour sunsets we've been getting. The days are getting longer, but it's still dark in the morning. I can see some brightness in the sky, however, and so I'm optimistic for some sunshine today.
We did our grocery shopping yesterday. We were into the low 40's on our return home. The sun ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. The fog never really burned off yesterday. Mike had to drive into town, and he said it was even foggier at the valley floor. It's foggy again this morning, but I peeked at the forecast. It's supposed to burn off into sunshine. We'll see. It's a grocery shopping day, and so I'll be happy if it just doesn't rain.
When I went downstairs yesterday, I noticed the spider webs and moisture coating the Andromeda just outside our living room window. I took several pictures of it. This was my favorite ...
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