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It has been a busy week, and I was feeling it in my bones (literally) yesterday. There was something to do away from home every day this week. Since I'm something of a homebody, it wears on me after a few days of that. Sue and I walked yesterday morning, but my rear-end was dragging by the time I got home, and there was still plenty to do. But first, here is every blooming thing we saw along the way.

It has been a busy week, and I was feeling it in my bones (literally) yesterday. There was something to do away from home every day this week. Since I'm something of a homebody, it wears on me after a few days of that. Sue and I walked yesterday morning, but my rear-end was dragging by the time I got home, and there was still plenty to do. But first, here is every blooming thing we saw along the way.

There was a lot packed into a single day yesterday, and so I'll just get right to it. First, we saw every blooming thing along the Fanno Creek Trail yesterday morning. There is lots more to come, and so we'll walk there again next week. The lupine is ready to bloom, and we don't want to miss it. As for the blooming things along the trail yesterday, I took a lot of pictures. I don't know some of these, and so I'll just let you look.

Of course, I know a wild rose when I ...

There was a lot packed into a single day yesterday, and so I'll just get right to it. First, we saw every blooming thing along the Fanno Creek Trail yesterday morning. There is lots more to come, and so we'll walk there again next week. The lupine is ready to bloom, and we don't want to miss it. As for the blooming things along the trail yesterday, I took a lot of pictures. I don't know some of these, and so I'll just let you look.

Of course, I know a wild rose when I ...

My Fitbit logged more than 20K steps yesterday. Apparently there was a lot of walking. Just my walk with Sue logged over 14K, and so it doesn't take much more once I get home. With laundry going on, and me in my sewing room, it doesn't take long to rack up a lot of stepping.

In the sewing room, I sewed the Pansy Mosaic into a finished flimsy.

My Fitbit logged more than 20K steps yesterday. Apparently there was a lot of walking. Just my walk with Sue logged over 14K, and so it doesn't take much more once I get home. With laundry going on, and me in my sewing room, it doesn't take long to rack up a lot of stepping.

In the sewing room, I sewed the Pansy Mosaic into a finished flimsy.

It seems like it was a lazy Friday, but there's still plenty to tell you this morning. It was the first day of National Embroidery Month. Yeah...who knew? Well, I only knew because Meg Hawkey from Crabapple Hill Studios announced it with a stitch-along that started yesterday. We're stitching an "inchy" sampler. The first one was easy enough to stitch in about 15 minutes, including the time it took me to wind the skein of floss onto its floss bobbin.

It seems like it was a lazy Friday, but there's still plenty to tell you this morning. It was the first day of National Embroidery Month. Yeah...who knew? Well, I only knew because Meg Hawkey from Crabapple Hill Studios announced it with a stitch-along that started yesterday. We're stitching an "inchy" sampler. The first one was easy enough to stitch in about 15 minutes, including the time it took me to wind the skein of floss onto its floss bobbin.

The rain cleared up yesterday after a dismal day on Tuesday. I took the opportunity to get out for a walk in the afternoon. From the top of our hill, it looked like this.

The rain cleared up yesterday after a dismal day on Tuesday. I took the opportunity to get out for a walk in the afternoon. From the top of our hill, it looked like this.

After sewing nearly round the clock for two straight days, I took a day off from the sewing room. That isn't to say I did anything productive, but it was good to come out of my basement sewing room and into the light. We had a nice day of weather yesterday. By "nice day," I mean it didn't rain. It was still plenty cold. Not as cold as you folks back east. Oh my gosh...I feel sorry for you in those temps. I can't even imagine it.

So, anyway...there was a little bit of sewing ...

After sewing nearly round the clock for two straight days, I took a day off from the sewing room. That isn't to say I did anything productive, but it was good to come out of my basement sewing room and into the light. We had a nice day of weather yesterday. By "nice day," I mean it didn't rain. It was still plenty cold. Not as cold as you folks back east. Oh my gosh...I feel sorry for you in those temps. I can't even imagine it.

So, anyway...there was a little bit of sewing ...

Sue and I managed our walk with no rain yesterday. The weather report showed only a slight chance of rain until 11:00 a.m. when the chance rose to 70%. We were finished around 10:45. I stopped off at a grocery store on my way home. When I got back in the car at 11:09, the rain started coming down. Pretty amazing how accurate weather reports are these days. The sky was fairly dramatic as I drove to where we park. This picture was taken from the top of our hill.

Sue and I managed our walk with no rain yesterday. The weather report showed only a slight chance of rain until 11:00 a.m. when the chance rose to 70%. We were finished around 10:45. I stopped off at a grocery store on my way home. When I got back in the car at 11:09, the rain started coming down. Pretty amazing how accurate weather reports are these days. The sky was fairly dramatic as I drove to where we park. This picture was taken from the top of our hill.

It wasn't completely a no-sewing day because I took time to sew the binding on my challenge quilt. That was the only sewing I did all day, however. It was a day to catch-up on all the things I put off so I could sew last week. You might think of it as a day of balancing the scales.

It was chilly yesterday, but sunny. It's the best kind of winter day. We get so much rain in the Pacific Northwest. Seeing the sun for a day or two is a welcome respite from the gray. After I ...

It wasn't completely a no-sewing day because I took time to sew the binding on my challenge quilt. That was the only sewing I did all day, however. It was a day to catch-up on all the things I put off so I could sew last week. You might think of it as a day of balancing the scales.

It was chilly yesterday, but sunny. It's the best kind of winter day. We get so much rain in the Pacific Northwest. Seeing the sun for a day or two is a welcome respite from the gray. After I ...

We're barely into the new year, and I can say I have the first finished quilt top under my belt. With the not insignificant help of my furry furriend, the borders were sewn on yesterday, and It's Raining Cats and Dogs has taken its place on the quilts-to-be-sandwiched pile.

We're barely into the new year, and I can say I have the first finished quilt top under my belt. With the not insignificant help of my furry furriend, the borders were sewn on yesterday, and It's Raining Cats and Dogs has taken its place on the quilts-to-be-sandwiched pile.