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Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today. 

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today. 

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

It has been a crazy week, with multiple cooking contests and lots of entries to find in the Expo building. Today, if you can tolerate the tooting of my own horn, I’ll show you a few more ribbons in other divisions. In Senior Crafts, this holiday theme table topper won second place in Holiday Decorations. I love this sentiment! It is perfect for the holiday season. Used a baking print for the wide border.

In Senior Crafts Embroidered Item Hand or Machine, this set of hot pads with the chicken fabrics and the “Cluck It” saying won first place ...

Good morning, my friends. It was another easy-going day. Today will get a little busier. We need to do our grocery shopping. We had a short list last week, which means this week's list is longer. Oh well. As a team, we can get through our shopping excursion pretty quickly. After that, I'll get back to the Merry, Merry Snowmen. 

There was good progress made on yesterday's block. I expected to get the fusing finished, and I did.

Good morning, my friends. It was another easy-going day. Today will get a little busier. We need to do our grocery shopping. We had a short list last week, which means this week's list is longer. Oh well. As a team, we can get through our shopping excursion pretty quickly. After that, I'll get back to the Merry, Merry Snowmen. 

There was good progress made on yesterday's block. I expected to get the fusing finished, and I did.

The NC Mountain State Fair this year has been as much fun as ever. I worked the quilt take-in table for a shift on Labor Day, then back to the Expo building on Wednesday to work as a judge for the Professional Crafts Division. Both days were fun, and so inspirational to see the wonderful projects and quilts coming through. Back to the fair on Friday evening for the first cooking competition, I had a chance to look around the exhibits to see how my entries fared. I was so excited to see Koi Pond with a First Place ribbon ...

Good morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday, I was getting ready to have breakfast with my friend, Sue. She has a birthday today. I arrived at the restaurant before she did, and I wandered around the parking lot looking at their natural garden. They had pretty anemones blooming...

And I like that they have a quilt block on their pump house.

So breakfast was good. They make a mean bowl of oatmeal there with lots of fresh fruit. Sue and I hadn't seen one another since before our Alaska trip. She's done some traveling ...

Good morning, my friends. When I wrote yesterday, I was getting ready to have breakfast with my friend, Sue. She has a birthday today. I arrived at the restaurant before she did, and I wandered around the parking lot looking at their natural garden. They had pretty anemones blooming...

And I like that they have a quilt block on their pump house.

So breakfast was good. They make a mean bowl of oatmeal there with lots of fresh fruit. Sue and I hadn't seen one another since before our Alaska trip. She's done some traveling ...

Good morning my friends. Our truck came home yesterday. Unfortunately, it has to go back again today. The air conditioner is working again, but not cooling very well. Probably it needs more refrigerant added, and we're hopeful that will fix it for good. If not, then I don't know. We're told it was an electrical issue, which would explain why it came on at times for a few minutes, then shut off again. Possibly some critter had chewed the electrical harness, but I'm no expert. It's a common occurrence here. Critters. Can't live with ...

Good morning my friends. Our truck came home yesterday. Unfortunately, it has to go back again today. The air conditioner is working again, but not cooling very well. Probably it needs more refrigerant added, and we're hopeful that will fix it for good. If not, then I don't know. We're told it was an electrical issue, which would explain why it came on at times for a few minutes, then shut off again. Possibly some critter had chewed the electrical harness, but I'm no expert. It's a common occurrence here. Critters. Can't live with ...

Good morning, my friends. We've seen a big shift in the weather since we chatted yesterday. We even got a little rain this morning. There have been a few lightning strikes, and we've heard some thunder. That sort of thing isn't good when the landscape is so crispy and dry, and so we're hoping it doesn't spark a fire somewhere. We're not too worried about it where we are, but no new fires would be a good way to end the summer.

A good portion of my day was spent running around. I got ...

Good morning, my friends. We've seen a big shift in the weather since we chatted yesterday. We even got a little rain this morning. There have been a few lightning strikes, and we've heard some thunder. That sort of thing isn't good when the landscape is so crispy and dry, and so we're hoping it doesn't spark a fire somewhere. We're not too worried about it where we are, but no new fires would be a good way to end the summer.

A good portion of my day was spent running around. I got ...

Good morning, my friends. Finally...writing at a leisurely pace. I can write slow through the weekend, but then it'll start back up again next week. We're taking the truck in Monday to have the air conditioner fixed. It's a little late for the hot weather, but oh well. On Tuesday, I'm getting my hair cut and colored. It's badly needed. But, hey...we have groceries to get us through the first part of next week, and that's always a good thing.

Before we left home yesterday morning, I was just a few stitches ...

Good morning, my friends. Finally...writing at a leisurely pace. I can write slow through the weekend, but then it'll start back up again next week. We're taking the truck in Monday to have the air conditioner fixed. It's a little late for the hot weather, but oh well. On Tuesday, I'm getting my hair cut and colored. It's badly needed. But, hey...we have groceries to get us through the first part of next week, and that's always a good thing.

Before we left home yesterday morning, I was just a few stitches ...

Good morning, my friends. Our window guy is coming today. It's been over a year since he's been here. With all the dust stirred up when Mike mowed our overgrown field recently, the windows can use some work. Our "window guy," Scott has been washing our windows since 1990. He's kind of like family. Still...I'd like to be dressed and showered when he gets here. It'll be nice to have clean windows.

Yesterday's slow-stitching had me finishing up the 11th of 12 blocks for Grandpa's Bridges.

Good morning, my friends. Our window guy is coming today. It's been over a year since he's been here. With all the dust stirred up when Mike mowed our overgrown field recently, the windows can use some work. Our "window guy," Scott has been washing our windows since 1990. He's kind of like family. Still...I'd like to be dressed and showered when he gets here. It'll be nice to have clean windows.

Yesterday's slow-stitching had me finishing up the 11th of 12 blocks for Grandpa's Bridges.

Good morning, my friends. Day by day the place seems a little more back to normal. We've moved from the big jobs to the small jobs, including little bits of housework. 

Yesterday's small gardening job was to tie up the echinacea into a tidy bundle and let the light shine on the plants hidden underneath. If you look closely at this image, you'll see black spots on the flowers. Those a bumblebees. They aren't aggressive, but I put on long sleeves just in case. You can see the size difference between the pink echinacea and the ...

Good morning, my friends. Day by day the place seems a little more back to normal. We've moved from the big jobs to the small jobs, including little bits of housework. 

Yesterday's small gardening job was to tie up the echinacea into a tidy bundle and let the light shine on the plants hidden underneath. If you look closely at this image, you'll see black spots on the flowers. Those a bumblebees. They aren't aggressive, but I put on long sleeves just in case. You can see the size difference between the pink echinacea and the ...

Good morning, my friends. It's dark as I'm writing, although it's well after sunrise. Clouds moved in last night, and it rained a little this morning. We're told we could get about a half inch of rain, which would be great. After several hot days in a row, a good wetting down would work wonders for the landscape and green things up.

I was lazy again yesterday. My only excuse is that I'm still recovering from our trip. On a positive note, I actually did a little housework yesterday...emphasis on "little" part of that ...

Good morning, my friends. It's dark as I'm writing, although it's well after sunrise. Clouds moved in last night, and it rained a little this morning. We're told we could get about a half inch of rain, which would be great. After several hot days in a row, a good wetting down would work wonders for the landscape and green things up.

I was lazy again yesterday. My only excuse is that I'm still recovering from our trip. On a positive note, I actually did a little housework yesterday...emphasis on "little" part of that ...