tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22601233349669157702024-03-27T02:37:55.605-04:00My SandboxKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.comBlogger643125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-71789373570435636222024-01-01T10:05:00.001-05:002024-01-01T10:05:16.284-05:00FrustrationI've tried Safari, <i>and</i> Firefox, <i>and</i> Chrome and Blogger is equally difficult in each. I am <i>trying</i> to change the order of items in my sidebars and the wheels just spin and spin and nothing happens. <div><br /></div><div>Sigh. Any insights will be most welcome. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: repeat; border: medium;" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-51252487548149092762024-01-01T00:43:00.003-05:002024-01-01T09:20:24.991-05:00Happy New Year 2024!Time is flying and I'm not keeping up with it! Too much to do, too little time. Just one of the reasons I haven't blogged in quite a while. No more excuses though. As one of the <a href="https://chookyblue.blogspot.com">Chookshed Stitchers</a> I'm supposed to be a blogger. Not fair if I don't!<div><br /></div><div>I joined the <a href="https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2023/12/chookshed-stitchers-2024-challenge.html">2024 Chookshed Challenge</a>. My deadline was before midnight, but oh well. I'm here now. I need to make a list of ten sewing related items I want to work on in 2024. That seems easy enough, I sew almost every day! I sewed up to midnight making myself a new purse. Yesterday I made a wallet. One of those projects I kept putting off but are finally done!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFYWh4iSbQRs69sQdJ4WLF6mCJsBlkCdTkB4zoQ8Axo6wUTgATCtUjirU3vbHBMnufuK_iAh3cNbIm5uxsWkE0WD42leAhHv-EjXEw1eucLY7-OvRO0J8ZTdAFcq7FjV5oTJtfFCVorJPFw0ssV5X0BWZFn2b0ACuBufPRQR8orEee08gsursoZVnyRxY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFYWh4iSbQRs69sQdJ4WLF6mCJsBlkCdTkB4zoQ8Axo6wUTgATCtUjirU3vbHBMnufuK_iAh3cNbIm5uxsWkE0WD42leAhHv-EjXEw1eucLY7-OvRO0J8ZTdAFcq7FjV5oTJtfFCVorJPFw0ssV5X0BWZFn2b0ACuBufPRQR8orEee08gsursoZVnyRxY" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhODirdR93jhexJDZI9br8y8uy0LrLchkJWIMI-N8hPPbpujmJTAOix5DMBGpqAJKGoCf6wqfzaJecGQAHAyBDpOFArZODf4KUxSWu6uVwIM-WBWMs9uOJExozwOjtdQYJOjlwRiWg1V6guyzeldDghbQRO5HcqBO_L_1TgCRumrEMgdy30XBHk7At3P_s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhODirdR93jhexJDZI9br8y8uy0LrLchkJWIMI-N8hPPbpujmJTAOix5DMBGpqAJKGoCf6wqfzaJecGQAHAyBDpOFArZODf4KUxSWu6uVwIM-WBWMs9uOJExozwOjtdQYJOjlwRiWg1V6guyzeldDghbQRO5HcqBO_L_1TgCRumrEMgdy30XBHk7At3P_s" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHsRQf88OLLvjmMuDOLPiGlWtqBD22AWy9s7nCjGocXsfmidRnXmTOQ_Rn_O1WGe-6rdrr9yqN7gZ0Lu0wCagDgGxJCYeM78_OxDkRj_nR6_01bFmCdLwLw3ChIl_vI3fM5RAhCYo94Vyl5NAdxTsvJRkf4lwt3P1Qqm6HDHKhyjrTDKZXR33dd-b2y8I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHsRQf88OLLvjmMuDOLPiGlWtqBD22AWy9s7nCjGocXsfmidRnXmTOQ_Rn_O1WGe-6rdrr9yqN7gZ0Lu0wCagDgGxJCYeM78_OxDkRj_nR6_01bFmCdLwLw3ChIl_vI3fM5RAhCYo94Vyl5NAdxTsvJRkf4lwt3P1Qqm6HDHKhyjrTDKZXR33dd-b2y8I" width="180" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So. My list.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Making curtains and appliance covers for my kitchen. The fabric sits waiting to be used!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. I have a challenge quilt to finish. It combines a churn dash challenge, the Molli Sparkles Cut It Up QAL, and the 2023 Cary Quilting Company Challenge, all of which I'm too late for. But I'm not too late for getting this quilt in the quilt show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Also for the quilt show I've got to come up with something for the President's Challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. My 2021 temperature quilt languishes without it's borders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. I don't even remember how old my chicken quilt is. Time to finish it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Quilting the redwork santa quilt....before another Christma goes by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Continue working on Bonnie Hunter's 2023 mystery quilt, Indigo Way. I'm making all the components half size. Nothing like making things difficult!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Finish the Christmas tree skirt before next Christmas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. Quilt the snowman panel before next Christmas. And maybe before the quilt show!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. Finish Omigosh. It's almost there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some of these have deadlines, so I don't promise to work on them in the assigned month, but I'm gonna get them done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Scary that this is just a drop in the UFO bucket, but hey, progress is progress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy New Year all! </div></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: repeat; border: medium;" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-90713019179580010312023-07-31T20:21:00.000-04:002023-07-31T20:21:03.892-04:00Accomplishing thingsIt's nice to accomplish something in the sewing room even if it's only mending. The Snoopy flying his doghouse as the Starship Enterprise shirt was a bit snug. I added wedges of shiny red and also trimmed the sleeves.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CZ8uI689gY0cBYXjCK4LDnOVLsmPm1UlDs07ED1zIRxDW0KU74cLvp9ievW5f_iGWlngrATu3o5D9Tmice5aeALsfptSlQyI_3h7UmZQKK1JaX6y8DVZPEm4krGRnsf63eDwd_xu-czBn9WoVDnvImaqGLGL14l03wBpaWADLSkjWLXXGXkYqdoV6J4/s4032/IMG_3285.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CZ8uI689gY0cBYXjCK4LDnOVLsmPm1UlDs07ED1zIRxDW0KU74cLvp9ievW5f_iGWlngrATu3o5D9Tmice5aeALsfptSlQyI_3h7UmZQKK1JaX6y8DVZPEm4krGRnsf63eDwd_xu-czBn9WoVDnvImaqGLGL14l03wBpaWADLSkjWLXXGXkYqdoV6J4/s320/IMG_3285.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>This shirt got wedges too. The neck was too high as well so I cut it down and hemmed the edge with the coverstitch machine.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n6YQxcuwya4PIKmbSDLRmlIDmxkKFqnu2C03M7Xkn0W3vb1gY42Qb2yjhqwZdandS6Q07iVz_cB4Xh5Gf40To-AvV31amFfo2fOVyPyBa_BO7MZEV8m4YXI9vaz9ibZKvfrNOeUePIZwrmIuDeumeRr7hv8TPgMAWRznhXEDmT8Hzhe6SGems-bUOKs/s4032/IMG_3286.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n6YQxcuwya4PIKmbSDLRmlIDmxkKFqnu2C03M7Xkn0W3vb1gY42Qb2yjhqwZdandS6Q07iVz_cB4Xh5Gf40To-AvV31amFfo2fOVyPyBa_BO7MZEV8m4YXI9vaz9ibZKvfrNOeUePIZwrmIuDeumeRr7hv8TPgMAWRznhXEDmT8Hzhe6SGems-bUOKs/s320/IMG_3286.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jeans were also hemmed and holes repaired in shirts. After lunch we all settled down for a Sunday afternoon snooze. They are all sound asleep and apparently comfortable. 😴</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLylcEoFEhQ9AGlZzvBPnpsnlYsuvH48VtWnr68ri7OpoNv2laTHydUmTRTqi135tNP3CGkbl4BabutYgNwJxAVmdIri3k514DNYtfmyKuTpSVllgEfObAucHIb13L8-_uYmqoH9nU4XWt1PB2F6rRxtwvE6-47SNub3m4mBEoxmpjajvbiJTZMcpmt2k/s4032/IMG_3296.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLylcEoFEhQ9AGlZzvBPnpsnlYsuvH48VtWnr68ri7OpoNv2laTHydUmTRTqi135tNP3CGkbl4BabutYgNwJxAVmdIri3k514DNYtfmyKuTpSVllgEfObAucHIb13L8-_uYmqoH9nU4XWt1PB2F6rRxtwvE6-47SNub3m4mBEoxmpjajvbiJTZMcpmt2k/s320/IMG_3296.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcT-AEPMCKRHTU1CYUhfvy-UzpbATdyH9vhEywfxv9ILGQb8cGGvZQcnjl1qp6SA7Pp9VNAnXcR9qLjxTrq4caXI5doS74xjk_EGpBM2UyRQf06YoTPEsRpg-b4aMoXLGXbMgxNkaN6RdYrMn7G4JowFAvdD6yaRCgnXNaHkBiyyKzKK9ECD-DEhIbm8/s4032/IMG_3298.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcT-AEPMCKRHTU1CYUhfvy-UzpbATdyH9vhEywfxv9ILGQb8cGGvZQcnjl1qp6SA7Pp9VNAnXcR9qLjxTrq4caXI5doS74xjk_EGpBM2UyRQf06YoTPEsRpg-b4aMoXLGXbMgxNkaN6RdYrMn7G4JowFAvdD6yaRCgnXNaHkBiyyKzKK9ECD-DEhIbm8/s320/IMG_3298.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5noWpTQzoxGh37fBmCzGwNNSewoJ01Tf-bFEb2zia1zzd44BBvqun2pCGg2lVNqxxYv5elmdArbmJubXJJkBXe0gKVPUuKjIn3yhhzzpWzPQDNoacU_ua_XdzrkcaR5q_IHyFMXKnzUWSti4g_8EVhsgNSfN_Xj1MzXJd5Ht0Pwnlu4tqTKMR2buFx8/s4032/IMG_3300.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5noWpTQzoxGh37fBmCzGwNNSewoJ01Tf-bFEb2zia1zzd44BBvqun2pCGg2lVNqxxYv5elmdArbmJubXJJkBXe0gKVPUuKjIn3yhhzzpWzPQDNoacU_ua_XdzrkcaR5q_IHyFMXKnzUWSti4g_8EVhsgNSfN_Xj1MzXJd5Ht0Pwnlu4tqTKMR2buFx8/s320/IMG_3300.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />This afternoon I reviewed my DVD lessons on making ballroom dresses and got on with the first step. Drafting the pattern for the leotard. It made my brain tired! The<a href="http://www.simoneonnis.com/about"> instructor</a> absolutely</div><div><a href="https://ballroomdancefashions.com/about-us/">knows what he is talking about</a>, but he has a strong Italian accent and I'm not sure he's the best at teaching in video format. It's hard to find patterns and instruction without spending <i>buckets</i> of money so I appreciate his expertise and will press on. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3BUzNXgWoLbaQlDKTR5Jz-CuL1zqON_fankpCAJaT2iYiPWjvd49-tZgxT3SB177chIX2EFhXkgDL2Sim7K0WTGeeUZcWVSDmNpVNsaG77Eb1C_uFrXwPw2RZ-n5WYgWK0mADsKB3_iyt9CvBwvWzYDcTr1EIdSsRCp_PuZFIjGwb2PhOtCFGMmAncE/s4032/IMG_3337.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3BUzNXgWoLbaQlDKTR5Jz-CuL1zqON_fankpCAJaT2iYiPWjvd49-tZgxT3SB177chIX2EFhXkgDL2Sim7K0WTGeeUZcWVSDmNpVNsaG77Eb1C_uFrXwPw2RZ-n5WYgWK0mADsKB3_iyt9CvBwvWzYDcTr1EIdSsRCp_PuZFIjGwb2PhOtCFGMmAncE/s320/IMG_3337.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First draft of the front pinned on Betsy. I think it may fit me! How about that!! 😃</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj908XC61NPaPLyQHMwler9JKbahSAzH0Pbh0gBHrDS_HLE-3swKMv0bPJx4H-ASYJnqQjeg0tU7k0lqlJXYlEIJwV946_kfm2X3Jv5r8XwlCf_y-lKoNqXFW5t7yqN76Br8a0md0wAnXSow2wtJCukHN1L_-Yk14tuxYjIpq6EomrKQRLjryO9Nc7eMw0/s4032/IMG_3336.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj908XC61NPaPLyQHMwler9JKbahSAzH0Pbh0gBHrDS_HLE-3swKMv0bPJx4H-ASYJnqQjeg0tU7k0lqlJXYlEIJwV946_kfm2X3Jv5r8XwlCf_y-lKoNqXFW5t7yqN76Br8a0md0wAnXSow2wtJCukHN1L_-Yk14tuxYjIpq6EomrKQRLjryO9Nc7eMw0/s320/IMG_3336.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: repeat; border: medium;" /></a></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-28631469893105525862023-07-29T23:33:00.001-04:002023-07-29T23:35:04.857-04:00TimeTrying to find time to blog. And what did I do? I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to sort out the layout of the blog. I wanted to add the Chookshed stitchers and also update the status of our dogs in the sidebars. Grrrrrr. I figured it out finally. 😏<div><br /></div><div><i>Quilting:</i> Nada, nope, nothing.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Sewing: </i> Six more diaper covers for Piglet are done. We were going through them too fast between laundry days. They are pretty boring to sew, so it was fabulous to have the <a href="https://chookyblue.blogspot.com">Chookshed Stitchers</a> to chat with on Zoom while I got the job done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ8Lx2jN3vDQHkof8lubMDpy5BcRPTDzI4D_FyWgqKf6gz7ziCKEw5S3PrdDFCe9InbhInBbumy0kIn1l1iGo5T89X6cmItjsEEBdLY0ByKwUEThyg96iIYLDyNyMIoPVP4JsjniviyXQdV0sVra3je-gzX3jyigWhmBeovFTVdgYpvimwDRPVookQ6c/s4032/IMG_3270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ8Lx2jN3vDQHkof8lubMDpy5BcRPTDzI4D_FyWgqKf6gz7ziCKEw5S3PrdDFCe9InbhInBbumy0kIn1l1iGo5T89X6cmItjsEEBdLY0ByKwUEThyg96iIYLDyNyMIoPVP4JsjniviyXQdV0sVra3je-gzX3jyigWhmBeovFTVdgYpvimwDRPVookQ6c/s320/IMG_3270.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Piglet sleeping soundly in her old age.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IjmNQ9uZkK77pp6F6p-WNNVNp-q8fRCXnQBcfZ1gQlH6FDTKXegsHYK8s2NNSyLvi4AaPlPKFSPQO_ibpNKjodMM_MEexYVhjwdbNKfN9HpEHr3FoxSJ79q6isbCtpiseu69_I2UGyvhi3_XfCkvCFXmwx1WMUBVctVJwip0w0KQtdJACv9dM9h2710/s4032/IMG_3272.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IjmNQ9uZkK77pp6F6p-WNNVNp-q8fRCXnQBcfZ1gQlH6FDTKXegsHYK8s2NNSyLvi4AaPlPKFSPQO_ibpNKjodMM_MEexYVhjwdbNKfN9HpEHr3FoxSJ79q6isbCtpiseu69_I2UGyvhi3_XfCkvCFXmwx1WMUBVctVJwip0w0KQtdJACv9dM9h2710/s320/IMG_3272.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is the diapering station by the back door. Diaper covers, baby wipes, incontinence pads, scissors to cut the pads in half, and tape to close up the cut end. Outside on the deck is a small trash can for the used pads. It's a process. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKJB97BbnR2zzp7nRGWyaJ-srOc9DMUWJsextVHNfH5NL8bQ9j41zFlwaZQMRWuUvpjJdyWDZIs3nyfjNqOGwUzOmVm0BpxjgGGs8F2JYG5MvOWGsHhsUOQl2Buq1RL6CSiztNLBnQcRXmwKc1BeJneQUCmvU3yPhEC1rZOkS6lnGv7m6fD5YDTBR7FI/s4032/IMG_3273.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKJB97BbnR2zzp7nRGWyaJ-srOc9DMUWJsextVHNfH5NL8bQ9j41zFlwaZQMRWuUvpjJdyWDZIs3nyfjNqOGwUzOmVm0BpxjgGGs8F2JYG5MvOWGsHhsUOQl2Buq1RL6CSiztNLBnQcRXmwKc1BeJneQUCmvU3yPhEC1rZOkS6lnGv7m6fD5YDTBR7FI/s320/IMG_3273.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><i>Family :</i> The local grandson has been tracked out of school for a few weeks and we have filled our time together with lunches out, lots of Minecraft on the computer, a visit to the <a href="https://www.lifeandscience.org">Life and Science</a> Museum in Durham, as well as the pool and the lake.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDPBVA341E9liyIdUNQMF5i3Fk2FRfuqQ9RNBwGleOabZyWQB5GcVA3uwi7_GBqA59GKNR1lpkSnBcIvkKpkkFXEr8RozAsTOK9lc_seRm5Djf8Bk5VvAQainw_wEkm_3PRVIaWyaCEUYhN3GoxxvC874ZRMxyTue0NXXxwJNE25r8Obf47tCg2I9nis/s4032/71139500628__A6F2F539-C267-414A-9EE7-3155D4ACE94D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDPBVA341E9liyIdUNQMF5i3Fk2FRfuqQ9RNBwGleOabZyWQB5GcVA3uwi7_GBqA59GKNR1lpkSnBcIvkKpkkFXEr8RozAsTOK9lc_seRm5Djf8Bk5VvAQainw_wEkm_3PRVIaWyaCEUYhN3GoxxvC874ZRMxyTue0NXXxwJNE25r8Obf47tCg2I9nis/s320/71139500628__A6F2F539-C267-414A-9EE7-3155D4ACE94D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We particularly enjoyed the butterfly house at the museum.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCDUxHNCGlu61aBodGancB40KAF_pcm-_uStsaOa4VWAxJyztYceHFOq2QL3k9OZt4PRtnYQAbXoOYko6s12yHUxII4bbh4-oxQEmtYClaR3rvYDbtEtqTYtIEHJgoN7M8AEdIrXP3ZcWw7S1lSB8wmgQY3ZFfFx9rYOLIzy8PFCy2qko6LNO-SF4Q04/s4032/IMG_2951.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCDUxHNCGlu61aBodGancB40KAF_pcm-_uStsaOa4VWAxJyztYceHFOq2QL3k9OZt4PRtnYQAbXoOYko6s12yHUxII4bbh4-oxQEmtYClaR3rvYDbtEtqTYtIEHJgoN7M8AEdIrXP3ZcWw7S1lSB8wmgQY3ZFfFx9rYOLIzy8PFCy2qko6LNO-SF4Q04/s320/IMG_2951.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lots of life sized dinosaurs too!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczwXprJcwpWwc-LjIQyPwB56O7Al0MlpjA_GCZ6BzSd1-R33fCIXvrrgP5CxUXBae5XM0X3tBTomDxTQvQGsM0MHf7BnNBvyD0GhxXefUCYp1p0-g-E_U01fyIzWGEz06jSiqnKhJqnYqoRUyD_USspV1IRwBn_dMtJnSSeQy8kXVbXTUKWEjblw4uRs/s4032/IMG_2964.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczwXprJcwpWwc-LjIQyPwB56O7Al0MlpjA_GCZ6BzSd1-R33fCIXvrrgP5CxUXBae5XM0X3tBTomDxTQvQGsM0MHf7BnNBvyD0GhxXefUCYp1p0-g-E_U01fyIzWGEz06jSiqnKhJqnYqoRUyD_USspV1IRwBn_dMtJnSSeQy8kXVbXTUKWEjblw4uRs/s320/IMG_2964.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Smashing day at Jordan Lake.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt7nbU4ywZfvPX3d7sOcNi7oEudjJj1fEJHLRF2pp7g88TB_zAe4ZVWf_ndE_cxTM0PL8zHrxirmjTT-JbMe5aUJBgrI8ap7BvdC_5ISXxm0dCvD-5mLduFoF3nnz-qQKGl1Q1Yao__WUXLvOmIIvKLt9GbAOORJY2WxJyzzoX8Yv9vq07xY_Pdkt8iw/s4032/IMG_2993.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt7nbU4ywZfvPX3d7sOcNi7oEudjJj1fEJHLRF2pp7g88TB_zAe4ZVWf_ndE_cxTM0PL8zHrxirmjTT-JbMe5aUJBgrI8ap7BvdC_5ISXxm0dCvD-5mLduFoF3nnz-qQKGl1Q1Yao__WUXLvOmIIvKLt9GbAOORJY2WxJyzzoX8Yv9vq07xY_Pdkt8iw/s320/IMG_2993.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And our last lunch before he goes back to school on Monday. New grade, new class!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU3rqDeTKjjwQ9K_XhIfyj4EkXAP14Ibi32c_sPOPkANbt-2AonTY9XhBlMAoPCX-OgFHFE3IVhk3yD8ieidYtcygKjF4XWG0vIYJcGeTgI_NCxzYi3TQe31OwBj5n3oOzjM5BrOs9DL2DeriNBu7ht_Lya3t3Be09ytlfqe1rBR4AuFI6qQFF7-cbAI/s4032/IMG_3255.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU3rqDeTKjjwQ9K_XhIfyj4EkXAP14Ibi32c_sPOPkANbt-2AonTY9XhBlMAoPCX-OgFHFE3IVhk3yD8ieidYtcygKjF4XWG0vIYJcGeTgI_NCxzYi3TQe31OwBj5n3oOzjM5BrOs9DL2DeriNBu7ht_Lya3t3Be09ytlfqe1rBR4AuFI6qQFF7-cbAI/s320/IMG_3255.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also had a few lunches with my mom. I fixed this stuffed elephant for her and made "Ellie Phant" a pretty vest to surprise her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidil5octJvTeqj4122LfUxg3YykP5KUp-mqggAG_JCd0QrW2U79-r1K-7pDJ-DYF0CIYif_wtpwn_nUYKmkg-WBxqWyvM2pdM_eWABxQrx24fg6hEDuNfGPwxT9II5DGY2GvhnerZUYO9Yzmum4SjRhSsF-pxA6YqCKlWOrRr2PJnosTSrUthhUvQTh2E/s4032/IMG_3022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidil5octJvTeqj4122LfUxg3YykP5KUp-mqggAG_JCd0QrW2U79-r1K-7pDJ-DYF0CIYif_wtpwn_nUYKmkg-WBxqWyvM2pdM_eWABxQrx24fg6hEDuNfGPwxT9II5DGY2GvhnerZUYO9Yzmum4SjRhSsF-pxA6YqCKlWOrRr2PJnosTSrUthhUvQTh2E/s320/IMG_3022.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Dance:</i> Still going to ballroom dance lessons regularly. We enjoy it immensly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With three of our instructors at the Tropicana party.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvCiS8W07o1xuwvqMXGJr_f_otIILdfc1hssfbn7Gtab98lmWSHBzojXbvUeS0e6nyrCdGvhkPqt0KUYph4aT-e-MLA5dAz2QUuJuMz20jEV4LHvl9d6sHstJXYEmMRjk5zp0gjGqN1Bocjmyp91ut_hlrffXnnJmiyCduYPGa_6PtztBO_zPYpHdstU/s4032/IMG_2639.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvCiS8W07o1xuwvqMXGJr_f_otIILdfc1hssfbn7Gtab98lmWSHBzojXbvUeS0e6nyrCdGvhkPqt0KUYph4aT-e-MLA5dAz2QUuJuMz20jEV4LHvl9d6sHstJXYEmMRjk5zp0gjGqN1Bocjmyp91ut_hlrffXnnJmiyCduYPGa_6PtztBO_zPYpHdstU/s320/IMG_2639.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>All of the partiers. (Is that a word?)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH-B9acIh2iSN4EKiwdI4uDnzKw-Fyo88U23jFJPVrCmTV919nu-OutENH9r7rAZoC7kcJ817bv7RVdajqPRqb4wYnvWb0u8SHd9Q08KJCnZklUCO9EQ89SthtI70AZuUarpZUhdPEEFFCKr1G1uGNuzEHzUymjajMZ_N5Ax2Ko6GTRKlKnfIo9J5v-A/s1440/IMG_2643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1440" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggH-B9acIh2iSN4EKiwdI4uDnzKw-Fyo88U23jFJPVrCmTV919nu-OutENH9r7rAZoC7kcJ817bv7RVdajqPRqb4wYnvWb0u8SHd9Q08KJCnZklUCO9EQ89SthtI70AZuUarpZUhdPEEFFCKr1G1uGNuzEHzUymjajMZ_N5Ax2Ko6GTRKlKnfIo9J5v-A/s320/IMG_2643.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div> </div><div>We have "intensive" group classes a couple of times a month. Kind of like aerobics with ballroom dance moves. It certainly works up a sweat!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OB6BxCCyQhLXqwYIQ2AKIaarrob0k2doZlffN3__JoKzmB--mL_bML_NvA0AE4KgeUhIlohx5niViiKuRCiqghpz-FYLF9dY4g-MmSqWyDCd_a0Wdc0W8yvPDXrcS1Mk4642kR0yYxTVM4p3oomT-I6dvQpAZFmfckM9NvnQGHboW0OfTg8bo4YEALw/s804/IMG_3025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="804" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OB6BxCCyQhLXqwYIQ2AKIaarrob0k2doZlffN3__JoKzmB--mL_bML_NvA0AE4KgeUhIlohx5niViiKuRCiqghpz-FYLF9dY4g-MmSqWyDCd_a0Wdc0W8yvPDXrcS1Mk4642kR0yYxTVM4p3oomT-I6dvQpAZFmfckM9NvnQGHboW0OfTg8bo4YEALw/s320/IMG_3025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div> </div><div>The Gatsby party. It looks more like Halloween with the interesting lighting! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFIoNFBa8JlwRdl6GnwTnF_uTiNJHQNtMd_QjejsG1IbhFoZbdgv1Qxk9qpzBwXrPkjnq2rONVxOETs8oTmagzNzHN3sM6u3hQJpC4865EMnegpMfwTH_QgpzKfJZwPklYNnPrOQecTeAwgi__zk2n-TQYvn4WywajiRufqVpRizs3BrFhUQ4EqeDmh0/s4032/IMG_3193.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFIoNFBa8JlwRdl6GnwTnF_uTiNJHQNtMd_QjejsG1IbhFoZbdgv1Qxk9qpzBwXrPkjnq2rONVxOETs8oTmagzNzHN3sM6u3hQJpC4865EMnegpMfwTH_QgpzKfJZwPklYNnPrOQecTeAwgi__zk2n-TQYvn4WywajiRufqVpRizs3BrFhUQ4EqeDmh0/s320/IMG_3193.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a good excuse to practice with the makeup and hair. Especially the false eyelashes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpewOT65EqL6PiovIwWuUb7sIMWX-1OHWULSFle4qQXR4l380H1TY0ubGyZ1zhQrUKVBv6nQHPAqFfTQ-YM8WW5zVU28AHiIHYk2TcYmzfMtm0_AjDm9fdrIxuy2iTBXskiIvcvYzXD6sluOhxpIqoba530FsxDT4Q6hhEM--Ow-sbwhEUnAKMi9Roh8/s3086/IMG_3172.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="1981" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpewOT65EqL6PiovIwWuUb7sIMWX-1OHWULSFle4qQXR4l380H1TY0ubGyZ1zhQrUKVBv6nQHPAqFfTQ-YM8WW5zVU28AHiIHYk2TcYmzfMtm0_AjDm9fdrIxuy2iTBXskiIvcvYzXD6sluOhxpIqoba530FsxDT4Q6hhEM--Ow-sbwhEUnAKMi9Roh8/s320/IMG_3172.jpeg" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>The Carolina Classic is coming up in October. I've signed up for 14 heats. Two each of hustle, salsa, cha-cha, rumba, east coast swing, waltz, and foxtrot. 😳 Shoot me now. 😁</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuE7IXNrNSRgOHyhV7xU5zEFVvX2HVpormTiVrQw2Zrk8bXHHdZszeOvmeMO1-MY4RcEY7yOshkgkpy0SvKCY1wcsqiI0r3pXUjqhh4vGOm7vO2u8WPFP8JbUOBvAEd6WxAjoGOfLEqIgxCrRUL-j1C7ULk-Fg0IfzlDyBNSN74Nkkbncb641qHZsWKI/s1988/356854171_715768917021993_6230128829757687029_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="1591" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuE7IXNrNSRgOHyhV7xU5zEFVvX2HVpormTiVrQw2Zrk8bXHHdZszeOvmeMO1-MY4RcEY7yOshkgkpy0SvKCY1wcsqiI0r3pXUjqhh4vGOm7vO2u8WPFP8JbUOBvAEd6WxAjoGOfLEqIgxCrRUL-j1C7ULk-Fg0IfzlDyBNSN74Nkkbncb641qHZsWKI/s320/356854171_715768917021993_6230128829757687029_n.jpg" width="256" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With that in mind I've purchased a dressform and a six DVD set of lessons on making ballroom dresses. I've expanded and padded out Betsy to resemble my shape (always a humbling experience) and I'm going to take a crack at making at least one of my dresses for October. I need a smooth competition dress, latin competition dress, nightclub competition dress (don't know the theme yet), and something for a fancy dress dinner. Yikes!</div></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiet4jgbkNVx_H8GEmA1Hrgnhu1f6_pkeHVLfyOOE0pJH57aizgbo8HhHLJ6mYjduWBoR9VcbawHMNttZ8Tdntrvf6bceLp6exllS3FMUhGC4pDGWNqRk1iNNv_Ui-p4f6qgUCApiwl79zVL00a3M3ccvmSpLkjjrWIO8NJ3U5MpDQGh7y18GYEG0WTDp0/s4032/71176467320__B6911373-9923-4096-B02B-A442B7674C31.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiet4jgbkNVx_H8GEmA1Hrgnhu1f6_pkeHVLfyOOE0pJH57aizgbo8HhHLJ6mYjduWBoR9VcbawHMNttZ8Tdntrvf6bceLp6exllS3FMUhGC4pDGWNqRk1iNNv_Ui-p4f6qgUCApiwl79zVL00a3M3ccvmSpLkjjrWIO8NJ3U5MpDQGh7y18GYEG0WTDp0/s320/71176467320__B6911373-9923-4096-B02B-A442B7674C31.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU38WVrEOlLdDHNuXR-Wyn1p1eTvMjh4GdgiATwvbuCpi0Eu9vHnZ3A6EplTZQS0g0Xh_u8GhMgf7m3AC9nYl9618h5X2Ub9v7lIpVUpJcR0qpzhhQIZKQRO-AvDzdzcdxfgSOfNTC3LDWuCzclz0KjPmeOYcVyws7_3UEap0bEcUMoVFOFJyz7okbDg4/s320/IMG_3248.jpeg" style="text-align: left;" width="240" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also gave My Sandbox a good sort and clean!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH-rshXGD7YawYVK7IUg2FayAKpJvIshRZu73PtmK9wc6sLxuM533GeG2cz_uG79wBbuEt1GivZsOpiRmD79Lvc_whVqY-g9vz4uWe2u66bjuSruqUWip0PPEgHePzTwrX6dp34S3BHj-f9Edx72QjlRiatsFQ-0OBVwJmzduE5xyQ8P4-6Cd5-n-Ibw/s4032/IMG_2967.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH-rshXGD7YawYVK7IUg2FayAKpJvIshRZu73PtmK9wc6sLxuM533GeG2cz_uG79wBbuEt1GivZsOpiRmD79Lvc_whVqY-g9vz4uWe2u66bjuSruqUWip0PPEgHePzTwrX6dp34S3BHj-f9Edx72QjlRiatsFQ-0OBVwJmzduE5xyQ8P4-6Cd5-n-Ibw/s320/IMG_2967.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>More Sewing: </i> I'm still playing with garment sewing. Some things work out better than others. I'd had my eye on this pretty striped fabric for a while and finally ordered it from <a href="https://olgascloset.com">Olga's Closet </a>to make <a href="https://www.ellieandmac.com">Ellie and Mac's</a> Oversize Tee pattern. Nice and simple. But nooooo, the fabric was so wonky I was tearing my hair out lining up the stripes. It took me at least an hour to pull and shove and beg and pin it all into alignment. 😱</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZP4pjXx_DVa3BFY8GSTsaMCwxXuA7NFV_cl6eJ_daZgxKYnploSId8eoKjhheYJ3RtX3MabVGsjVaG2JD3ISVpjsYWEOZun-8OkLufvdAS9DxmhaRLZ5Jme3dMZmbWCNyhEcUJlPSe04oluD7fefZllOVXGP1Hmrz2rYoeZbX-IUxDwiWKMTEP3k03Nc/s4032/IMG_3116.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZP4pjXx_DVa3BFY8GSTsaMCwxXuA7NFV_cl6eJ_daZgxKYnploSId8eoKjhheYJ3RtX3MabVGsjVaG2JD3ISVpjsYWEOZun-8OkLufvdAS9DxmhaRLZ5Jme3dMZmbWCNyhEcUJlPSe04oluD7fefZllOVXGP1Hmrz2rYoeZbX-IUxDwiWKMTEP3k03Nc/s320/IMG_3116.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktDukmsZ4L1-sgwdlee2Sxkhyr98bGr0MCo4gLa5xRGCHXLO6VudWWbU31fBE0Z2CrycIFICoU4GSqxufauOvqMUhxS5gpBvcXY0qvprOsU0UMKmOtticHCzhD_zccYFQ7ETDeD9DfcbDFo5XU7ab2v19nOBU-JiNLJJeEJGtJDI4RpPZqVMdGMDDFJQ/s4032/IMG_3118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktDukmsZ4L1-sgwdlee2Sxkhyr98bGr0MCo4gLa5xRGCHXLO6VudWWbU31fBE0Z2CrycIFICoU4GSqxufauOvqMUhxS5gpBvcXY0qvprOsU0UMKmOtticHCzhD_zccYFQ7ETDeD9DfcbDFo5XU7ab2v19nOBU-JiNLJJeEJGtJDI4RpPZqVMdGMDDFJQ/s320/IMG_3118.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I did it!! The side seams are almost invisible. 😃</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-rVmf0Tjxz3k1zXjpuVsQ87nVXtvbyP3L7-Ii4ye7A_azkfueFcgRaHDEQcZEfQmSaL_MPGvLZ4Da9Tn7x9Vv1kqRudsbnNtMIniVN1M7NqnjkyaYgcpFGkLL68fc_WxP9AAWwZTnjJRzM_iv2oPXr0TDjoPFc5oXgmgygdmc9haOT9hfpjBfG9Gd7A/s4032/IMG_3274.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-rVmf0Tjxz3k1zXjpuVsQ87nVXtvbyP3L7-Ii4ye7A_azkfueFcgRaHDEQcZEfQmSaL_MPGvLZ4Da9Tn7x9Vv1kqRudsbnNtMIniVN1M7NqnjkyaYgcpFGkLL68fc_WxP9AAWwZTnjJRzM_iv2oPXr0TDjoPFc5oXgmgygdmc9haOT9hfpjBfG9Gd7A/s320/IMG_3274.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And I treated myself to some glittery sewing clips....because I could. 😊</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3prgBpOJkftcp9D8-aPrfhFjQMOHmflGxOE8U6RwbL2uvUbi5tZI0OCudi2waah7c-rJWkIwJNtubXzaw9BzAvbrXe3E9btt7b16VCW2Vj59zuaMLkAwrBR942In34PP7yd6zDaPoguQpX2nyONnQBrDqdyQl7q7_rAn5ctNnpIFnFybsfaFt-ukZqg/s4032/IMG_3108.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3prgBpOJkftcp9D8-aPrfhFjQMOHmflGxOE8U6RwbL2uvUbi5tZI0OCudi2waah7c-rJWkIwJNtubXzaw9BzAvbrXe3E9btt7b16VCW2Vj59zuaMLkAwrBR942In34PP7yd6zDaPoguQpX2nyONnQBrDqdyQl7q7_rAn5ctNnpIFnFybsfaFt-ukZqg/s320/IMG_3108.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Dogs:</i> The old ladies, Piglet and Maisy, are still hanging in. They have their issues, but they and we deal with it ok. June has been with us a year now, as of today actually! I love her dearly, but she really needed a companion of her own ilk, and age. Bowling over the older dogs trying to play with them was not going well. So in came Holly. The two of them are very much bulls in a china shop, but Holly is settling in fine and they really enjoy each other's company. Unless they are trying to shove each other off the sofa trying to be the closest one snuggled up to The Tramp. 😄</div><div><br /></div><div>I've sewn up two fleece sofa covers I can change and wash every week. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdLusVZkjOR8ysrgH-sXpFy1Yjkl0eJS1Yho_qLyz5KUf590uS5cF7zXk9g5TxgzJ81_A9aDdkmuMLg_df5m1_2phTPqMFCEukJ1eeC7mbF8vvj8bBLlQBl1rWp8OR__V8RWhiINiycLiImL9A4_UtaFya5eoahuzgcwFK_qdvOtVLoCESfs049jBeGU/s4032/IMG_3622.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdLusVZkjOR8ysrgH-sXpFy1Yjkl0eJS1Yho_qLyz5KUf590uS5cF7zXk9g5TxgzJ81_A9aDdkmuMLg_df5m1_2phTPqMFCEukJ1eeC7mbF8vvj8bBLlQBl1rWp8OR__V8RWhiINiycLiImL9A4_UtaFya5eoahuzgcwFK_qdvOtVLoCESfs049jBeGU/s320/IMG_3622.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yes, Holly has her own laundry basket. 😁 We've also discovered, smooth and short coated though she is, the shedding is epic. Thankfully she loves to be brushed, but I've had to put the Roomba vacs on double-time! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax4IXQARWdV8380qJKuoixsF6BHVW8f0dhFRekt9dznUVs3pT_LtHopIz1_IIKUg-YcccJ2p48Iivd2NoQLKQy4f5BOMv1pRD6MoO8sE_E_qcpYy5slbkTGX-3fmCCIW-yeKVxJV3_DKP6-Kt3vyYgAGCDKpKj8M3h5F15G9LLvMZpo4j-lvAimOzEcQ/s3024/IMG_3644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2216" data-original-width="3024" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiax4IXQARWdV8380qJKuoixsF6BHVW8f0dhFRekt9dznUVs3pT_LtHopIz1_IIKUg-YcccJ2p48Iivd2NoQLKQy4f5BOMv1pRD6MoO8sE_E_qcpYy5slbkTGX-3fmCCIW-yeKVxJV3_DKP6-Kt3vyYgAGCDKpKj8M3h5F15G9LLvMZpo4j-lvAimOzEcQ/s320/IMG_3644.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><i>Birds:</i> I'm thrilled to say the hummingbirds finally showed up and now I have to fill the feeder almost every second day. We only have Ruby-throated hummers here. The photo is a female and the short video is a male.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ht3-QbVF8RoXDryj_eftm3rpHBt-AXXQtbUxETFblimA0Aze9sV16VqLuDDJGHRUwa1vi8BTEoBV_3V3b-UFJR1VppaWoG5QVe62DWF0BFAwa97omwKy_houGUIysDjMmFATraPk2VikukMluEd_4q2z-moL2sllDJb6vvnBxVgW05LO-w8JshWJtCM/s4032/IMG_2828.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ht3-QbVF8RoXDryj_eftm3rpHBt-AXXQtbUxETFblimA0Aze9sV16VqLuDDJGHRUwa1vi8BTEoBV_3V3b-UFJR1VppaWoG5QVe62DWF0BFAwa97omwKy_houGUIysDjMmFATraPk2VikukMluEd_4q2z-moL2sllDJb6vvnBxVgW05LO-w8JshWJtCM/s320/IMG_2828.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6G8kbeVjnPklDKRVnhQkBlERHrjSbWGGHQBKxbIfR2Bpq0GLKrCq6C8EDps1K2H2dKBchSlc3gbyRU9LgZg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i>Misc:</i> Eldest Daughter, the Tramp, and I took the opportunity to go to an open house day at the <a href="https://www.jlbg.org">Juniper Level Botanic Garden</a>. I hadn't been there before. It was awfully hot and humid, but we are glad we went to see what it's all about. Doesn't she make me look short! 😊</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nWZMrfdEvuLcRX9u6rG7CfVh4eiLb9I37fsXeB7QpslH23dmSS0pRd_dzhn0Pc7_552_GeFeOBdOLVFeIxu2CSnDlsEr-eYg6iQ2j2LVlmIQoL_1fqx0kHhXweHK1H-FikBnapLBO6Gox1DbY0ovHr-Ll_X_7dFRA0sCu8miY-pz1U0vOrQtnBXTLxE/s4032/IMG_3034.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nWZMrfdEvuLcRX9u6rG7CfVh4eiLb9I37fsXeB7QpslH23dmSS0pRd_dzhn0Pc7_552_GeFeOBdOLVFeIxu2CSnDlsEr-eYg6iQ2j2LVlmIQoL_1fqx0kHhXweHK1H-FikBnapLBO6Gox1DbY0ovHr-Ll_X_7dFRA0sCu8miY-pz1U0vOrQtnBXTLxE/s320/IMG_3034.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm still having fun with temporary hair color and sometimes it gets interesting. I thought I'd try pink and blue. I took one look at myself and thought OMG! I look like a pink and blue skunk! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRg_UN9XmnnBFEGrKLNXKEYGQ46d72wroLz210kWF-EwwhThTSF4seP2LPqeRo1eUxBAThGIA0dQFWQKkIz_-73yWlGy_Tl5VatYnMoqj11nlZRfJx003deP_jqhsX4NnTnaQl6AdrMBxWKzFHFWoFEocukSt6vNa75JdZgmL_1RpyVVmyvXLZ5URyaM/s3088/IMG_2432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRg_UN9XmnnBFEGrKLNXKEYGQ46d72wroLz210kWF-EwwhThTSF4seP2LPqeRo1eUxBAThGIA0dQFWQKkIz_-73yWlGy_Tl5VatYnMoqj11nlZRfJx003deP_jqhsX4NnTnaQl6AdrMBxWKzFHFWoFEocukSt6vNa75JdZgmL_1RpyVVmyvXLZ5URyaM/s320/IMG_2432.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>So that's it. I'm still fighting the fight with Blogger. It hates me. Many things technology related have been difficult lately. We aren't in Mercury Retrograde so I have nothing to blame it on. Oh well. First world problem. I need to get over myself. 😇😉<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: repeat; border: medium;" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-29870310253992931042023-06-01T17:25:00.005-04:002023-06-01T17:35:14.381-04:00Wow. Posting again!Today is a nice day…despite the clouds, and some surprise rain between the sunny bits. The mail brought two items from Etsy I’ve been waiting for. Hardware from Emmaline Bags so I can make a new duffle bag for my dance shoes.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMNuRCvogZMa0hGmEWK9cDa7HYYyaFF058Wzv5tFowl2P1vtYg-33m0wG5VtougXeQV7vM_fkS9eI6i6KFK_4M1siMiAsrF0hc0yOFed6CzqS673LcMboUIH9DEAfMOk9ZNKwh8c36N3kFMXnsDXTQ0hwKSn2Mkd6L7B0M3GYoeDU3TgLZ6tQ2nUu/s4032/IMG_2337.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMNuRCvogZMa0hGmEWK9cDa7HYYyaFF058Wzv5tFowl2P1vtYg-33m0wG5VtougXeQV7vM_fkS9eI6i6KFK_4M1siMiAsrF0hc0yOFed6CzqS673LcMboUIH9DEAfMOk9ZNKwh8c36N3kFMXnsDXTQ0hwKSn2Mkd6L7B0M3GYoeDU3TgLZ6tQ2nUu/s320/IMG_2337.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And wool blend felt from EpicureanBoutique. I bought several bundles of felt from her in March at our quilt show. However two bundles weren’t enough for my project so I had to order a third.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKp9NxhJ0s0HjCWJjco6gVZAFw19b_gvB2EKTlRgr5Mj6EFBFn7jUrBYHXjVvI3tMuG0tE9mmNzdIlWj5eUga-Fb5sQCye098hvAX2xd2zJIB8XsIH7ZU1cR_GMNxyfUTZZG6MrXHdTSYK9S6_u0-EP0UGPrT-FgT-H1kr0KiMJXIoIBAQUfK5n3g-/s4032/IMG_2338.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKp9NxhJ0s0HjCWJjco6gVZAFw19b_gvB2EKTlRgr5Mj6EFBFn7jUrBYHXjVvI3tMuG0tE9mmNzdIlWj5eUga-Fb5sQCye098hvAX2xd2zJIB8XsIH7ZU1cR_GMNxyfUTZZG6MrXHdTSYK9S6_u0-EP0UGPrT-FgT-H1kr0KiMJXIoIBAQUfK5n3g-/s320/IMG_2338.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>My intention was to sew up Wilhelmina the Wood Mouse while on the Zoom party with <a href="https://chookyblue.blogspot.com/">Chooky Blue</a> and friends last Friday. Winnie was going to be one arm short, hence the third bundle of felt. It’s all good though, I’ll have plenty of felt for some of the other creatures in the <a href="https://www.coolcrafting.co.uk/product-category/luna-lapin-and-alfie/">series</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9bxFA1N0YnSEVqdXHJ7zl8mLSttIoQecytAU9GsveDZKbGsbjAg4p8vWRJ3SgQ6PC8RVu3TyIIhSkOXcZIUdTe9z8lSNPVRvAVojZVB2z0ESkNKA9re73eyNF173hUxiHVwR0sdacCzmwxcphSUCFAe6HhGJG50ND9QHUEayzvNR3b585w_hEuCT/s4032/IMG_2341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9bxFA1N0YnSEVqdXHJ7zl8mLSttIoQecytAU9GsveDZKbGsbjAg4p8vWRJ3SgQ6PC8RVu3TyIIhSkOXcZIUdTe9z8lSNPVRvAVojZVB2z0ESkNKA9re73eyNF173hUxiHVwR0sdacCzmwxcphSUCFAe6HhGJG50ND9QHUEayzvNR3b585w_hEuCT/s320/IMG_2341.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GeNYO_XGkbHg69gTKkRyJugYhpen8rlO_VAYgr5BDjtUOq_xpnCPMkjMbSOGYGRC4ecyMQPYtEB63UA8XMWPvE4C6ISRrO4Ky3JrM1lTMydCQePVI-mHXPgO3g_H57sefUkHrqnfddEGJV2NDmXfK6ERPZy26QiBbtQ660z1vtEtNjS6ve4Mudyt/s4032/IMG_2342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GeNYO_XGkbHg69gTKkRyJugYhpen8rlO_VAYgr5BDjtUOq_xpnCPMkjMbSOGYGRC4ecyMQPYtEB63UA8XMWPvE4C6ISRrO4Ky3JrM1lTMydCQePVI-mHXPgO3g_H57sefUkHrqnfddEGJV2NDmXfK6ERPZy26QiBbtQ660z1vtEtNjS6ve4Mudyt/s320/IMG_2342.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So instead I started another Luna. White this time. I had luckily just picked up a remanent of wool felt at JoAnn’s. 😊</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpsHxEy-eu0-VrVFev04CJLsSdf5jHyCceXN0i-AFRm2SqJ6EWb4R1yl07nuOGANcquy1jRyFy4bg9eubG2eRL8YcuDM1h8BA6zEc-4_U-pwrRWMmykUNZ6Q48ee-3rIBCY_1vtkDJ47FimU_ax7Bp26qNFDRxOgzpHZJ0t6fagLKf-LbTaWC4M1U/s4032/IMG_2339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpsHxEy-eu0-VrVFev04CJLsSdf5jHyCceXN0i-AFRm2SqJ6EWb4R1yl07nuOGANcquy1jRyFy4bg9eubG2eRL8YcuDM1h8BA6zEc-4_U-pwrRWMmykUNZ6Q48ee-3rIBCY_1vtkDJ47FimU_ax7Bp26qNFDRxOgzpHZJ0t6fagLKf-LbTaWC4M1U/s320/IMG_2339.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Other sewing for this week includes a pair of white jeans. I’ve made many pairs of blue or black, but how boring is that! So white it is. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p3couUBfNakuOiAnNqLJ0YLu6ohJWNTlRFRGfYuiAJ_hACTDnuDNsIh37NBt-OcxZnY3Sm1yVcryTBrtA8oD4yUU0s-0VjuVXOPwmWrkd_XvAjwEGQ_crH2XIP_UUbhMbr6A2huFrMxuUpyxPuNhPph4vPJ34Ewd6rzHFcHPJOmWqt3MrVgqpoxM/s4032/IMG_2310.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-p3couUBfNakuOiAnNqLJ0YLu6ohJWNTlRFRGfYuiAJ_hACTDnuDNsIh37NBt-OcxZnY3Sm1yVcryTBrtA8oD4yUU0s-0VjuVXOPwmWrkd_XvAjwEGQ_crH2XIP_UUbhMbr6A2huFrMxuUpyxPuNhPph4vPJ34Ewd6rzHFcHPJOmWqt3MrVgqpoxM/s320/IMG_2310.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryLrn9vxeQwGjVIptuifldt3MIWV_LIrmOxHvN2d7YmsGE3Mbt35PNnJ_jZ2_9SVzmit0hTb-ynXFWtnGMezd7QFxDfLEhLwNi1TOgnayKYsITI6X-cltz2AYNYTq6hBdQEp7FdUDtcC-3tZ1mmvfvWS3_yMfr610i6fK8NCBY0LtjoQamgV9hxr1/s4032/IMG_2311.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryLrn9vxeQwGjVIptuifldt3MIWV_LIrmOxHvN2d7YmsGE3Mbt35PNnJ_jZ2_9SVzmit0hTb-ynXFWtnGMezd7QFxDfLEhLwNi1TOgnayKYsITI6X-cltz2AYNYTq6hBdQEp7FdUDtcC-3tZ1mmvfvWS3_yMfr610i6fK8NCBY0LtjoQamgV9hxr1/s320/IMG_2311.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTq2VdqGTr18G4ea_Q-TYNo5rwp93P14ZeZ3doh7Vwyi0YkIxUnyqolLTPUiVBYWJFc223Kr5K2wVxA5ML9XMCM7fr8u80o8gAl6Dwm-MgX4dQETQmpFJCVWjXPBWbV23-TmfIDUWTEpsvyahuhO-pbmhd7t2SV14cp7sLNVuVLSgSdvt-P7oiFAG/s4032/IMG_2312.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTq2VdqGTr18G4ea_Q-TYNo5rwp93P14ZeZ3doh7Vwyi0YkIxUnyqolLTPUiVBYWJFc223Kr5K2wVxA5ML9XMCM7fr8u80o8gAl6Dwm-MgX4dQETQmpFJCVWjXPBWbV23-TmfIDUWTEpsvyahuhO-pbmhd7t2SV14cp7sLNVuVLSgSdvt-P7oiFAG/s320/IMG_2312.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I’ve also been making some very simple lightweight <a href="https://www.ellieandmac.com/products/every-day-tee-pattern?_pos=1&_psq=Everyday&_ss=e&_v=1.0">shirts</a> to wear to dance classes. A nice quick sew. Today I wore the purple one. Aren’t my instructors young and handsome! One of their talents (this goes for all the instructors) is making their students look good on the dance floor. I’m not sure they make me feel young, but they sure don’t make me feel old. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pV-0ulUD6rxY1-mKGtD8fso8PxaxuEzA_CNgyL94ujBXX4qRkrGsjiXS6gJ0JpKv9L_2KrW8rX69LEbYu4J6qW6s5z7PMR3whncn2c5RbtavKDo1xhvywhZ1B6q1epD2oyGS0xM1P3TsNPUEKsfChiho3p3BeUkVZRQH-LgORC1cxW58RnopnpCk/s3088/IMG_2854.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pV-0ulUD6rxY1-mKGtD8fso8PxaxuEzA_CNgyL94ujBXX4qRkrGsjiXS6gJ0JpKv9L_2KrW8rX69LEbYu4J6qW6s5z7PMR3whncn2c5RbtavKDo1xhvywhZ1B6q1epD2oyGS0xM1P3TsNPUEKsfChiho3p3BeUkVZRQH-LgORC1cxW58RnopnpCk/s320/IMG_2854.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJlCeRQqhkH6cU9ei90abEoQdgjBVC9NcSrOnkqBlKQ1ht9Vf1kLuWJObgTOOtDa-shzCrZczdvUGKY74V5_EQOAXMj9dHWhL22M96IwB4sKyEvwWwQU54UKxbJCMYEnoGj0EphpsejSMZuNEBIfPNwfQLl2k3S8fnrd1Jf1cUtbQpP_sDJ7kXx96/s4032/IMG_2856.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJlCeRQqhkH6cU9ei90abEoQdgjBVC9NcSrOnkqBlKQ1ht9Vf1kLuWJObgTOOtDa-shzCrZczdvUGKY74V5_EQOAXMj9dHWhL22M96IwB4sKyEvwWwQU54UKxbJCMYEnoGj0EphpsejSMZuNEBIfPNwfQLl2k3S8fnrd1Jf1cUtbQpP_sDJ7kXx96/s320/IMG_2856.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a black shirt. (Photo grabbed from a video of the Tuesday group class)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTS-NngSDHbFDihTqcEMdMKaAZiuqiPCftRgY8hOWEIeRhVcKlApQDMSyno_t3eTIDNtv0rCA8xbMINxU1svvhjxgUJXz7PjCYvApxBF0Su551qQRrmaq3ABQa41Xly1dBiZY5r6-tQ2fg5bp3BXxjzE6f6_lfeTAQn2AciUc4F29OzbVsrHZ_9QQ/s1730/IMG_2858.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTS-NngSDHbFDihTqcEMdMKaAZiuqiPCftRgY8hOWEIeRhVcKlApQDMSyno_t3eTIDNtv0rCA8xbMINxU1svvhjxgUJXz7PjCYvApxBF0Su551qQRrmaq3ABQa41Xly1dBiZY5r6-tQ2fg5bp3BXxjzE6f6_lfeTAQn2AciUc4F29OzbVsrHZ_9QQ/s320/IMG_2858.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most mornings are taken up by long walks with June. An hour or more anyway. I dress to be seen. We don’t have sidewalks everywhere so neon colors are a way to keep safe. My “utility belt” holds treats for June, poop bags, bags of poop, and my phone. I have to slide the pouch with the poop around to my back to keep the smell behind me. 😁</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5LZ1WLTZL1OGabag_Qkoo7Q-D33ixYdccKvGTI_I93I41DewT4glyFL-ztS_5VYu0pwo8PcYVVMTWMO7SjXQdZX-xx5Q0JE018MKu-SEE_Cjqfrv7UznGwfWCgg6ydYqxpGwN3Iv7GKhWBhMUylgKZ2ittiumhbvBMvXi1qwlrp_bZQlRvCKvB0w/s4032/IMG_2315.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5LZ1WLTZL1OGabag_Qkoo7Q-D33ixYdccKvGTI_I93I41DewT4glyFL-ztS_5VYu0pwo8PcYVVMTWMO7SjXQdZX-xx5Q0JE018MKu-SEE_Cjqfrv7UznGwfWCgg6ydYqxpGwN3Iv7GKhWBhMUylgKZ2ittiumhbvBMvXi1qwlrp_bZQlRvCKvB0w/s320/IMG_2315.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yesterday was lovely, but a little hot when the clouds parted.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb5nL4Za5lduBuLfqoQBYsamz-FgV_cynhg3AMfU9CnjnkTrDmu65UTO2GLiVuC9Ta74RAEMGvWWxVOwKUXydOLlihESnxJckSA2xJ2C7aulMC6g0Mcnwn5CZCZ8J4nnt3dYcgvF8Hx9xwYkncvyBNlICSCin-_NdtmWdiH2WxNGbR4NOlzmMU72r/s4032/IMG_2287.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb5nL4Za5lduBuLfqoQBYsamz-FgV_cynhg3AMfU9CnjnkTrDmu65UTO2GLiVuC9Ta74RAEMGvWWxVOwKUXydOLlihESnxJckSA2xJ2C7aulMC6g0Mcnwn5CZCZ8J4nnt3dYcgvF8Hx9xwYkncvyBNlICSCin-_NdtmWdiH2WxNGbR4NOlzmMU72r/s320/IMG_2287.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Some sidewalks are more accessible than others. We opted to walk in the street at this location. Not only was I going to have to duck, but poison ivy is rampant and I try to steer June away from anything that looks like it! 😳<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFwcpolvdN3I53usZzBSTLXIHwvDEGGT20XtVEolW4jd3M6xqfhjQTUGDOTgUEh9Yj5N94COtftZ9iQ_RIRnchltN__deCXTEkK4DlA6yCa9CzWHlPwQcoS_mgItcboxYc_n3ZwPneDq58EEU5YoV-JWdL6oDkYdGYcYB3ABXp1X2qb5G4VMPYwrA/s4032/IMG_2290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFwcpolvdN3I53usZzBSTLXIHwvDEGGT20XtVEolW4jd3M6xqfhjQTUGDOTgUEh9Yj5N94COtftZ9iQ_RIRnchltN__deCXTEkK4DlA6yCa9CzWHlPwQcoS_mgItcboxYc_n3ZwPneDq58EEU5YoV-JWdL6oDkYdGYcYB3ABXp1X2qb5G4VMPYwrA/s320/IMG_2290.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7Ervj9I2opwklnsvkXbfLDWu4a2-8kDWYwsLFv879jweBgKU8evjhz35ImYhdzY5kxLrnScAxu9OAUCXcgqu95upQ83zaihQJsbLOvDLF_rTZZDINlBo3peLSNiOQp4A7HnAHbyzvM9Vi3KXI20I2Lk3sE7gxU8CaZ7XdFbMjOronfr-zcW_cn_F/s4032/IMG_2294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7Ervj9I2opwklnsvkXbfLDWu4a2-8kDWYwsLFv879jweBgKU8evjhz35ImYhdzY5kxLrnScAxu9OAUCXcgqu95upQ83zaihQJsbLOvDLF_rTZZDINlBo3peLSNiOQp4A7HnAHbyzvM9Vi3KXI20I2Lk3sE7gxU8CaZ7XdFbMjOronfr-zcW_cn_F/s320/IMG_2294.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This looks like a lovely country lane, but there are busy roads at both ends. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT-7RTD0iDMo2zKP6IGMIRDX5pk42YQ_Ww7WmTwoTmZ6mjcVK-ZhrCLfKTlouxN1-Z9zBvWWqL2t-sEjmmEGmfiYGi1FK_uMVIvrEUjGIlJFClCJsOirii-De66dl-8LKlWqXwgzI3Pcj3YwlqTHfOqNF5MDfme-huRFIJsPTO3rzUW0vBf4fOQ3L/s4032/IMG_2316.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT-7RTD0iDMo2zKP6IGMIRDX5pk42YQ_Ww7WmTwoTmZ6mjcVK-ZhrCLfKTlouxN1-Z9zBvWWqL2t-sEjmmEGmfiYGi1FK_uMVIvrEUjGIlJFClCJsOirii-De66dl-8LKlWqXwgzI3Pcj3YwlqTHfOqNF5MDfme-huRFIJsPTO3rzUW0vBf4fOQ3L/s320/IMG_2316.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the busy and loud road at one end of that road. This part is fine, with a barrier between me and the cars and trucks whizzing by.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOBynidkC7bIy-T1uaowv6eqBPn0l42pIyI0W-6PHmEcYMKyFPCLUcQH-5WuZpoXOTmAVb3TNzRZz_tI-dlBb6_A7G1MdQ1PzgplCHpRXADBHSw1XhffpaHJq0_5J3X2HieRPAOMsAA4hD8bZAJlC8h5hDkvu2juv26mE3BfT8ZU-0jbCfwund9NM/s4032/IMG_2318.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOBynidkC7bIy-T1uaowv6eqBPn0l42pIyI0W-6PHmEcYMKyFPCLUcQH-5WuZpoXOTmAVb3TNzRZz_tI-dlBb6_A7G1MdQ1PzgplCHpRXADBHSw1XhffpaHJq0_5J3X2HieRPAOMsAA4hD8bZAJlC8h5hDkvu2juv26mE3BfT8ZU-0jbCfwund9NM/s320/IMG_2318.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This part of the sidewalk is a little scarier. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrZq-5ten9TjkFKM6UrSxnv6-4gqbJXkLjKo_BKG_gZmkhfQ-P4eC_6LwaawCZPHanYM8TQwu_1c2E5VQpdp9JEAt2d980uTXuMHmP7Rn5hVz31s1VqVlVesrjg_wfG5GH65glAp_p1kl5OK7SiWojBVpFCtqHdSBev6cGzONjkHW4sJKVV8rjC3n/s4032/IMG_2323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrZq-5ten9TjkFKM6UrSxnv6-4gqbJXkLjKo_BKG_gZmkhfQ-P4eC_6LwaawCZPHanYM8TQwu_1c2E5VQpdp9JEAt2d980uTXuMHmP7Rn5hVz31s1VqVlVesrjg_wfG5GH65glAp_p1kl5OK7SiWojBVpFCtqHdSBev6cGzONjkHW4sJKVV8rjC3n/s320/IMG_2323.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Today I took more notice of these trees in several places in the median. They have interesting shapes and my thought when they caught my eye is they look a bit like an art installation. Click on the pictures to make them larger and you will see what I mean. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuKdrbDB81IjwxYnhVUTirMZNQj5KvTploqk69xPU9IhE8sd3ZPSB-SviO5mg1AxVXOolYteBxdp0mM2v5nNgWK4fUb3StFYCndBdEF5CgSYDOVOBeN91zEcT19TiwcHCa8RZx2u_6Tw5YDzAhbJdcFAz3tU6tgm3GUHey1WJmTe5v_IinqOaYUAT/s4032/IMG_2327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuKdrbDB81IjwxYnhVUTirMZNQj5KvTploqk69xPU9IhE8sd3ZPSB-SviO5mg1AxVXOolYteBxdp0mM2v5nNgWK4fUb3StFYCndBdEF5CgSYDOVOBeN91zEcT19TiwcHCa8RZx2u_6Tw5YDzAhbJdcFAz3tU6tgm3GUHey1WJmTe5v_IinqOaYUAT/s320/IMG_2327.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphykpSTv-9AFNWYybU6bGNHQRApRo0gqq41KTFpvbexUPukgezR7uoh3-5XeLfiOUf9ESRGDWaCAaZ3cHFNKr9DxseJCG5rZIoCLhQ0jgGUTbeBNSm6ACwpyk8LJbBbh5NnG7u8vQlz7AkAaRRTbVLgZJJuq2o1cHo00lhvR3jHSGGRTEuhlnz3z_/s4032/IMG_2324.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphykpSTv-9AFNWYybU6bGNHQRApRo0gqq41KTFpvbexUPukgezR7uoh3-5XeLfiOUf9ESRGDWaCAaZ3cHFNKr9DxseJCG5rZIoCLhQ0jgGUTbeBNSm6ACwpyk8LJbBbh5NnG7u8vQlz7AkAaRRTbVLgZJJuq2o1cHo00lhvR3jHSGGRTEuhlnz3z_/s320/IMG_2324.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTeKf_XPUwx_XxFV7gED5vBZyKFph9pe3anY7KvaMlUBN3QKryLWe4mag2b4pSAm12kFGxHwwCiXli8h46_qDPv0l13QJpEISXxvjJSdNYizOFzkvyYmrgPlIxyFc7euYSFTkNVbXISSzLKQfvG4O1trfAYTjcWTmAFHPCrPeTE_mHG8z2gNGPzDd/s4032/IMG_2328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTeKf_XPUwx_XxFV7gED5vBZyKFph9pe3anY7KvaMlUBN3QKryLWe4mag2b4pSAm12kFGxHwwCiXli8h46_qDPv0l13QJpEISXxvjJSdNYizOFzkvyYmrgPlIxyFc7euYSFTkNVbXISSzLKQfvG4O1trfAYTjcWTmAFHPCrPeTE_mHG8z2gNGPzDd/s320/IMG_2328.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another nice quiet street….unless you are being followed by a noisy recycling/garbage truck. 😏<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHcyfQogfzajn04T_Tv5vs74AzEjtBXh4Rk5uHNGJ6BgFzXfg50IcOrKL5ZFtil5r5OVZD2lTHD-hCS6l-xrQKEP4XIFtHmz6PILQBQPVfIMlSVkzH7uB0OrS_HRO2Uqz2EsYAzE5iDdzUTh3lNzhF0b3c1vXPdJB3CvC0qEQmihmV-mN-PwUBlR4/s4032/IMG_2331.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHcyfQogfzajn04T_Tv5vs74AzEjtBXh4Rk5uHNGJ6BgFzXfg50IcOrKL5ZFtil5r5OVZD2lTHD-hCS6l-xrQKEP4XIFtHmz6PILQBQPVfIMlSVkzH7uB0OrS_HRO2Uqz2EsYAzE5iDdzUTh3lNzhF0b3c1vXPdJB3CvC0qEQmihmV-mN-PwUBlR4/s320/IMG_2331.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Besides keeping June out of the poison ivy, we have to avoid the fire ant mounds. There are lots of them on this street. Yuck!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kz1WA4U1ysyzNdvogG9k-U_hN4hyBKoJJheS-djcM1-s30vimjUKnnVf-BhhWpuKW1JK0GbkPT0pqYnofUznqsgSaHHUnG2mvJGB1Me54T9Nmtwnkp3u69PCzUN_Wx141hZyfJOngbocILOH_hTqXDPOViUvhjNteBfUMhrh0IiiVqfUTuE-G4oU/s4032/IMG_2332.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2kz1WA4U1ysyzNdvogG9k-U_hN4hyBKoJJheS-djcM1-s30vimjUKnnVf-BhhWpuKW1JK0GbkPT0pqYnofUznqsgSaHHUnG2mvJGB1Me54T9Nmtwnkp3u69PCzUN_Wx141hZyfJOngbocILOH_hTqXDPOViUvhjNteBfUMhrh0IiiVqfUTuE-G4oU/s320/IMG_2332.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I leave you with a short video of June. She likes to stand under this little Japanese maple in the back yard. Sometimes I see her walking very slowly back and forth underneath it, placing each foot very carefully. I guess she likes the feel of the branches on her back. One of these days I hope to sneak a better video. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJnlXXip9RDyDIFNs1v04IedaiCuQrKoF5KOWM8m9dn9KeiuplFP5X0m_n8GZ_yUW5pzP-73EIDKX4b84-cg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-78388432316934422912023-05-28T23:29:00.006-04:002023-05-28T23:29:59.199-04:00Trying again…..So another year has gone by. I don’t know what to say first, so I’ll let a few photos do the talking.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So what do I do with myself? Spend time with June at home and taking her for long walks. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVSIs1K--JeasUZuRmpDByEK3i9eZRe8CHEcqNPFmTxT36glhaXA_wBJCb65tOQJRfMmMSt0Kc0Qe1AiuBZFAkujVT3H2jNO0PBqrLMaOTisPhBVaayN1W8HbSKZFZ1vguKWJQCLW2ILQc97bg67Ly1HbWhyJG_kx0Q8ZYgs8C8huNPuH_zP_Jq74/s3088/IMG_2260.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVSIs1K--JeasUZuRmpDByEK3i9eZRe8CHEcqNPFmTxT36glhaXA_wBJCb65tOQJRfMmMSt0Kc0Qe1AiuBZFAkujVT3H2jNO0PBqrLMaOTisPhBVaayN1W8HbSKZFZ1vguKWJQCLW2ILQc97bg67Ly1HbWhyJG_kx0Q8ZYgs8C8huNPuH_zP_Jq74/s320/IMG_2260.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even when the sidewalk ends and we have to turn back. There is an effort to make our town pedestrian friendly, but……</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSy-8GsrhF2c_s9ArHLXnrzpm97-H_fppxTXiu_8saNrJeeu0BuUhWCW84--uBp8-JomQ9khAURdZAvxZkr-hMLQpDM5l98VilxAVmiO2v23oW9Qg-mVE-JfOjpSJwFePETpHan-ByhBB8xh74gymIBjXsvmuw5r_wtSrkKmyvqVFHabYgw7_1UEZ/s4032/IMG_2064.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSy-8GsrhF2c_s9ArHLXnrzpm97-H_fppxTXiu_8saNrJeeu0BuUhWCW84--uBp8-JomQ9khAURdZAvxZkr-hMLQpDM5l98VilxAVmiO2v23oW9Qg-mVE-JfOjpSJwFePETpHan-ByhBB8xh74gymIBjXsvmuw5r_wtSrkKmyvqVFHabYgw7_1UEZ/s320/IMG_2064.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spend time with Mom, and surprise visitors.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSzpS6ZfETqsApayW3ECjcyAlc0yD-2YHHv76bqlZx-lZB9OGLOqN_BnWPyuvTc4kIvOWFlY0Iz4-764EbZhPtgOdH6_DjXUqKvLXsGYJjCPWuV2vd1I0ompU2_w77RaqavBhIBwN_1M5NyO0MACFn6YpWc6unX0iPQsDNzuob6cCXbU4fq2uHxYI/s4032/IMG_2233.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSzpS6ZfETqsApayW3ECjcyAlc0yD-2YHHv76bqlZx-lZB9OGLOqN_BnWPyuvTc4kIvOWFlY0Iz4-764EbZhPtgOdH6_DjXUqKvLXsGYJjCPWuV2vd1I0ompU2_w77RaqavBhIBwN_1M5NyO0MACFn6YpWc6unX0iPQsDNzuob6cCXbU4fq2uHxYI/s320/IMG_2233.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Make myself a new duffle bag for carrying my dance shoes, with cool rainbow hardware. Pattern is <a href="https://www.dogundermydesk.com/products/daily-duffel-sewing-pattern?_pos=1&_sid=2abfaabe7&_ss=r">https://www.dogundermydesk.com/products/daily-duffel-sewing-pattern?_pos=1&_sid=2abfaabe7&_ss=r</a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBz6QgloOtj9JY-vU7XQDe2C3eKV43Kpg3jG-g_8oyeZTkcODcfxm0CnF0jvntH6dFMWiWWI6jiv4z4VaZZF_JSjM7t1tTWUSbrFLcUw_Re6qjXnU3G9oTjCImGD6qYtnA6a0ADvw2NJDUBK_KLdurQ_zmh9Noh3TiDq0QUwMDeh24xWdX2mf-LcTP/s4032/IMG_2212.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBz6QgloOtj9JY-vU7XQDe2C3eKV43Kpg3jG-g_8oyeZTkcODcfxm0CnF0jvntH6dFMWiWWI6jiv4z4VaZZF_JSjM7t1tTWUSbrFLcUw_Re6qjXnU3G9oTjCImGD6qYtnA6a0ADvw2NJDUBK_KLdurQ_zmh9Noh3TiDq0QUwMDeh24xWdX2mf-LcTP/s320/IMG_2212.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Visiting Nanny, and at the North Carolina Zoo. He is already planning our next trip.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX8do90rTvNN7QyR-rTO8UU3QwsPz3H__0caw6otXfn3-LDWPJf3LCQa2ZyBHEoeMv-Stisz6SeXKzknW0w81CYbqDV8_8TMNW0_sFE1UBoCVNsnlFwEWVNmwfv5QzV-cENhKFJfF6YTFfAknS68rOs1baq6zG1L2hFWTL7kO5nPP8ACqP4kV0egf/s4032/IMG_1900.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjX8do90rTvNN7QyR-rTO8UU3QwsPz3H__0caw6otXfn3-LDWPJf3LCQa2ZyBHEoeMv-Stisz6SeXKzknW0w81CYbqDV8_8TMNW0_sFE1UBoCVNsnlFwEWVNmwfv5QzV-cENhKFJfF6YTFfAknS68rOs1baq6zG1L2hFWTL7kO5nPP8ACqP4kV0egf/s320/IMG_1900.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8P4yndW6dU4-RtTY8FufRl4Xa3aZSVlyhhJTKj9Yz1VZw9XMdyTGboj3jbRMkTcNGjg6uX0VzEJ71cwk_f3f6zvhbQXxTMIFf54LvTbJiykxKJOBxpCdjEcBgbmqJiNRr41QSo19IUOhlot0Tm1VkIFY4mlzZ0Gs34PV5tmSw-XDJ5nhBzQF3OvV/s4032/IMG_1862.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA_c-1Ga8Ngiq3OM7EUx7gcVfbsaICmi3Y4-VEkg5ZnB5_m5tZhrjfMrZmKngmibPVqxdN-zh95OiNOt3zh9U2ydhzWJfHvUuO-J51Dw14ufBcDZDCeZlkRW3QQcpV1TPMpVI_rwWnQrdpbu8nvzhzUG9gewZsnmdEq-0F83m6gXOkGOmAL7lr4xO/s320/IMG_2736.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A not too subtle reminder that it’s time for bed! 💜</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJVWRbmj8jWYelhXxau6h4U8Dtunf7mHYv500oR0RFAwLUcaySii5LCjTgNbHqPjpeEn0B1sveClCNLxGSuPBp6vf7VHuNctUDficCnzObcqZSsIWpg48_pRZmbGkAWeAHrBK8eJ_yIcnzxjEhUREWV4G4rH0rtiq45jbzCKxF1MLkQ_hPu_O70LB/s4032/IMG_1530.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJVWRbmj8jWYelhXxau6h4U8Dtunf7mHYv500oR0RFAwLUcaySii5LCjTgNbHqPjpeEn0B1sveClCNLxGSuPBp6vf7VHuNctUDficCnzObcqZSsIWpg48_pRZmbGkAWeAHrBK8eJ_yIcnzxjEhUREWV4G4rH0rtiq45jbzCKxF1MLkQ_hPu_O70LB/s320/IMG_1530.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: repeat; border: medium;" /></a></div><div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-16482953988127460262022-08-24T20:13:00.003-04:002022-08-24T20:13:36.677-04:00Finally….<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">……getting the hang of doing this blog business on the iPad. Yay! Tonight’s sunset, and a mass of peepers, crickets, and cicadas almost - but not quite - drowning out the traffic noise. People with loud sports cars shouldn’t be allowed to drive at sunset! 😏</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwhmIVOBPXvCWMQ37uTeA7kLtiFY4ahbJNNnoO8w3bn4Y0VDGcP0AO25BntCbuEJFLMVLsWUiA_ndY8tz0Qlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; border: none;" /></strike></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-64770876766319489482022-01-20T22:21:00.001-05:002022-01-20T22:21:18.234-05:00Fun memoriesJust a few days before Christmas I made a last minute trip to the <a href="http://www.ncagr.gov/markets/facilities/markets/raleigh/">State Farmers Market</a> in Raleigh for a bit of Christmas shopping. In the parking lot, much to my surprise and delight, I spotted the <a href="https://www.omwienermobile.com/pressreleases/WienermobileRollingThroughHistoryNewLogo.pdf">Wienermobile</a>! I went over to say hi to the <a href="https://www.omwienermobile.com/pressreleases/JobtoRelishNewLogo.pdf">Hotdoggers</a>. I was invited to step up and poke my curious nose into the vehicle and it really does have a blue sky ceiling and ketchup and mustard seats! What fun! 😃 <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQEcwuQOphuazuedje7NF7pSKFzkYQ_hpqf91gmzF9Bg4-4i-cLeHpuWEu2G4kvx6VAQzNUS9SD10Ett4CZzjqjCkUpueJgbMkhg_VahZ_-df5LO8CNwShBw6E7KItjp2FIaRrLs4BNR-kLeNhNqdIw9IbOpIg8uqHe3YCTS4qCjujcHTI8hm8gT1=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZQEcwuQOphuazuedje7NF7pSKFzkYQ_hpqf91gmzF9Bg4-4i-cLeHpuWEu2G4kvx6VAQzNUS9SD10Ett4CZzjqjCkUpueJgbMkhg_VahZ_-df5LO8CNwShBw6E7KItjp2FIaRrLs4BNR-kLeNhNqdIw9IbOpIg8uqHe3YCTS4qCjujcHTI8hm8gT1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I reminisced about visiting the Oscar Mayer "pavilion" at the New York World's Fair in the summers of 1964 and 1965. I fondly remembered the <a href="https://www.omwienermobile.com/pressreleases/KH_Wiener_Whistle_History_PR_v1r2.pdf">Wiener Whistles</a> my brother and I were given at the time and the nice young lady Hotdogger surprised me by unzipping a pouch she was wearing and handed me two! What fun. I sent a text to my brother who immediately said, "save one for me!" It seems it was a fond memory for both of us. How nice!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1L8-P8SDebaZSaO72jjVU44WdOYflkHzNnoo4lIimV07pERyYDu4HB07kN8Z1woGSlqy35PqFAKVS4nQKauU_IFULJhWdd3KgJkKdP4JlM8K1D8iDb0ohuR_-DLzf6aOTwE_R3iOjvWQW2Gc3j0ZN3N0ga7bhDk7KEfL5ZC-A8wx4LJH0wziEU1or=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1L8-P8SDebaZSaO72jjVU44WdOYflkHzNnoo4lIimV07pERyYDu4HB07kN8Z1woGSlqy35PqFAKVS4nQKauU_IFULJhWdd3KgJkKdP4JlM8K1D8iDb0ohuR_-DLzf6aOTwE_R3iOjvWQW2Gc3j0ZN3N0ga7bhDk7KEfL5ZC-A8wx4LJH0wziEU1or=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't remember if we saw the actual Wienermobile at the World's Fair, but I do remember going inside the Oscar Mayer pavilion to watch an animated movie/commercial as many times as our parents would let us. The whistles came from a vending machine apparently. I was nine years old and my brother was seven so the memories are a little fuzzy. I couldn't find a photo or description of the Oscar Mayer venue at the fair, but I came across some other information and history and have included it here for the curious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The original Wiener Whistle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlp5m2NniZ9zBGSRfydwvXtcg1DTACRxMNixMZZ45CaDyG3YnlLhM4Uo-b5nJpJJSoZpFtxW6MmftddAbuGsuO47TQnnpmSfDdB6SVmA1kUhxHuZPKq8EJbKg7W6wtzJHJ03i29h5gf6D8gGEsxo1ZSWhK7Mz_6ywPBUkzbockB8Wf5ZuIDQy_OayC=s2460" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2460" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlp5m2NniZ9zBGSRfydwvXtcg1DTACRxMNixMZZ45CaDyG3YnlLhM4Uo-b5nJpJJSoZpFtxW6MmftddAbuGsuO47TQnnpmSfDdB6SVmA1kUhxHuZPKq8EJbKg7W6wtzJHJ03i29h5gf6D8gGEsxo1ZSWhK7Mz_6ywPBUkzbockB8Wf5ZuIDQy_OayC=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>https://www.omwienermobile.com/pressreleases/WhatisaWienermobileNewLogo.pdf</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.omwienermobile.com/images/imagestorelish/WMB-Through-the-Years.JPG</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.omwienermobile.com/images/imagestorelish/wmbl-fleet.JPG</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PMCSdR-o1k</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.oscarmayer.com/wienermobile</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/oscar-mayer-wienermobile/</div><div><br /></div><div>The commercials were cute too. Kind of hard not to memorize those jingles. 😁</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRKTXCRqRXQ</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKcJps9jNH0</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNObgEXOpYA</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; border: none;" /></a></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-36778979275469032292022-01-12T11:12:00.002-05:002022-01-12T11:12:48.306-05:00Brrrrr. Stay in and sew!It's been a cold start to the new year. It was only 20F when we got up this morning! Last week we even had a couple hours of snowfall. It was after a short stretch of warm days so nothing much stuck on the ground, but fun to see anyway.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8HT78b0yQ0K-jids_ihjRowihCjbi01y2Jb-hcKF1BnjIiYLm2TP4Zr1HpLDTZ2kd-z5m7aIHbzjifCOWvarb1uhrF05JIRMCUc9-JNidQu26MknO3HGpQiQgWBG9IuMDkhvwcIWe8xmJ_gsKBZQjHB4eGL2tKpa0OnJj3RI0lhoDhI2XqnJ0Bwju=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8HT78b0yQ0K-jids_ihjRowihCjbi01y2Jb-hcKF1BnjIiYLm2TP4Zr1HpLDTZ2kd-z5m7aIHbzjifCOWvarb1uhrF05JIRMCUc9-JNidQu26MknO3HGpQiQgWBG9IuMDkhvwcIWe8xmJ_gsKBZQjHB4eGL2tKpa0OnJj3RI0lhoDhI2XqnJ0Bwju=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBDG963rQh8rZNScQOx_bNCFuETKutLzwZngzJW28PY2EmxnKQ2Hx6SqOTuMXOB9yR20yjxvoRLkdjQUFaDIarlis0KTCIcM8hx6tcri2si9uLcVBk2Q0pYsQqRQHWkmk_M8Us8GDGPeuflXo0Ma26FX9Hcu6jDbkbf4vKXKY4zzrW-Ibglqs3n_Kn=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBDG963rQh8rZNScQOx_bNCFuETKutLzwZngzJW28PY2EmxnKQ2Hx6SqOTuMXOB9yR20yjxvoRLkdjQUFaDIarlis0KTCIcM8hx6tcri2si9uLcVBk2Q0pYsQqRQHWkmk_M8Us8GDGPeuflXo0Ma26FX9Hcu6jDbkbf4vKXKY4zzrW-Ibglqs3n_Kn=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These two like to bask in the sun whenever possible. Yes, larger dog prefers the smaller bed. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUUcH-U2-G3PRBNZ8MtsWVT0UH-8CnSQuGZsfqG9vxjQSe56GFuuovpwrHlZaQ7xXpmz36E7VASYjn1DGG1koeSqQbB5uxfcRxAGi-g2NUK21dXYYF4us5CROiNxTaGSvxX177bOOcQ_sEXEQhJ1b0zH1VXjPPVH_xTE5DSbT6vuBe5zYzmju4nDal=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUUcH-U2-G3PRBNZ8MtsWVT0UH-8CnSQuGZsfqG9vxjQSe56GFuuovpwrHlZaQ7xXpmz36E7VASYjn1DGG1koeSqQbB5uxfcRxAGi-g2NUK21dXYYF4us5CROiNxTaGSvxX177bOOcQ_sEXEQhJ1b0zH1VXjPPVH_xTE5DSbT6vuBe5zYzmju4nDal=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Tramp and I have moved up to Bronze status at the dance studio. It's a pain dancing with masks on, but at least we are getting out, meeting nice people, and having fun while getting some exercise. 💃<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Ckn8leRg6E6U4yUzY_LV86pIA_KhCpn67MCeIFh4ebJ3OUIFGN_OBdUSmdPOEZoyoQpmxsq9tvwq45y4XTwslD7rOG5rSpZWj4imzIwuSzkoGMhQ9SblplfX48WBdoCRPxOlAAKtv4n56h0RXPjN-4_q_rbtK5ZCs83BJ8gAEbVjdiQ8inCymkIz=s1406" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6Ckn8leRg6E6U4yUzY_LV86pIA_KhCpn67MCeIFh4ebJ3OUIFGN_OBdUSmdPOEZoyoQpmxsq9tvwq45y4XTwslD7rOG5rSpZWj4imzIwuSzkoGMhQ9SblplfX48WBdoCRPxOlAAKtv4n56h0RXPjN-4_q_rbtK5ZCs83BJ8gAEbVjdiQ8inCymkIz=s320" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I joined Cornell Lab of Ornithology's<a href="https://feederwatch.org"> Project Feederwatch</a> again this year. December was so warm there were hardly any birds, but now it's more winter-like they are taking advantage of what I put out for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlpFVfrAYEYYLOcw8wo9YzCVYlePL584kgaulBvjcqsE9nQRomDwEo2Rr4S194GjMkfHoglQqaEhYS3FKKkryVqHxEimdfVV-mJc3Yk8A5FnZbzb9sPvjREFmm41xkWnpWesOramLemr6s7cUU8RXYdMBQLCLN4EG0YkA6vp45DERMV0_Heu7TbJ-X=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlpFVfrAYEYYLOcw8wo9YzCVYlePL584kgaulBvjcqsE9nQRomDwEo2Rr4S194GjMkfHoglQqaEhYS3FKKkryVqHxEimdfVV-mJc3Yk8A5FnZbzb9sPvjREFmm41xkWnpWesOramLemr6s7cUU8RXYdMBQLCLN4EG0YkA6vp45DERMV0_Heu7TbJ-X=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv-kpVsaTv3cFeavEnES_9YFQU0AKjHj34Ry2hyIyL9yeYYvUvNSaHWsFrp8Lgmd1OOB_bp6wlnvqShLA1RSqG-Y-07bj9H2lpRKMSWLfkmp7tae6B0Twm5OwapIcD50OwrvSbROZ7Z5w3CYL7zGe0xUphJEmaMJ7EQYFPEXhSkv85whcF8AooO7dE=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjv-kpVsaTv3cFeavEnES_9YFQU0AKjHj34Ry2hyIyL9yeYYvUvNSaHWsFrp8Lgmd1OOB_bp6wlnvqShLA1RSqG-Y-07bj9H2lpRKMSWLfkmp7tae6B0Twm5OwapIcD50OwrvSbROZ7Z5w3CYL7zGe0xUphJEmaMJ7EQYFPEXhSkv85whcF8AooO7dE=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I've arranged my sewing room so I have a comfortable place to sit and observe the feeders.....or observe Maisy sunning herself. 😊<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpst1kjL_angZK7hGoYjZxdxAnUWNCaHklozS3J61NKGSTw7cpEzVYLo_dUDMkxtWj1PBV17zKlapSiP_GWKoX76qFF870EJJJPleaKt63c8KT954OZClTiymMl-MEDkThiirvI3sVrmlwAJ089Nbzk4wVwqJw-Wo1xpV1dFApT8YNCppnuEwHGOCF=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpst1kjL_angZK7hGoYjZxdxAnUWNCaHklozS3J61NKGSTw7cpEzVYLo_dUDMkxtWj1PBV17zKlapSiP_GWKoX76qFF870EJJJPleaKt63c8KT954OZClTiymMl-MEDkThiirvI3sVrmlwAJ089Nbzk4wVwqJw-Wo1xpV1dFApT8YNCppnuEwHGOCF=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Molli Sparkles has started a <a href="https://mollisparkles.com/cut-it-up-qal/">Cut It Up QAL</a> (quilt along) this year. His idea is for you to cut into the "top shelf" fabrics you've been hoarding because you like them too much to cut into them. I was a bit stymied by those instructions as I don't really have anything like that in my stash. Then I had an aha moment and dragged out several packets of pre-cut fabrics, charm squares and layer cakes, that I'd hidden because I don't really like working with pre-cuts. And I came up with this combination which came together very well, if I do say so myself! Instructions for the next step came out today. 😃<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8CtCZ8Rb8JRcgcD0OTqIgYPJpBQ3V19dMKUd0va_0o-63SU8drQ9eTedRTMrUeqWSX9pZGFqfNLsWn673psH7qz1Upqm8TLSyjNUDGj_wBT5hqkWmui2bA6VHhNVRoCH047XiXn4HFaU1iX6P3yTjPBsT9tW82yPAVHWhm79X9GtGoUb3ANvb2JCN=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8CtCZ8Rb8JRcgcD0OTqIgYPJpBQ3V19dMKUd0va_0o-63SU8drQ9eTedRTMrUeqWSX9pZGFqfNLsWn673psH7qz1Upqm8TLSyjNUDGj_wBT5hqkWmui2bA6VHhNVRoCH047XiXn4HFaU1iX6P3yTjPBsT9tW82yPAVHWhm79X9GtGoUb3ANvb2JCN=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I've been beavering away at my <a href="http://www.quilted-lizard.com/patterns.htm">Happy Village</a>. The blue "river" fabric was provided as part of the quilt guild's President's Challenge for this year. If you google "a river runs through it quilts" or "a ribbon runs throught it quilts" you can see the concept. The blue fabric has to enter and exit the 18" x 36" quilt at 3" wide. This is the pattern/concept I chose for my quilt and I'm excited to see what other guild members have come up with. Our deadline is the quilt show in March.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD22z_YDKJkHmN1TPGMnBvCQnHyt2FiXZ46Uvk5-mJvYF1Swkpey5nosLbXJrcXKZc2FustS7W-BbQSK98bZmD0JNFiDWSTFuitpJIi_J37zxWLsfnvoKVA92ncH2YHRtZKQ_w5nCXam1LKrm-1jJ2SaCG6qSbQ6oNSuQDw_GLNNJ2F-7UGPqx9ZEJ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD22z_YDKJkHmN1TPGMnBvCQnHyt2FiXZ46Uvk5-mJvYF1Swkpey5nosLbXJrcXKZc2FustS7W-BbQSK98bZmD0JNFiDWSTFuitpJIi_J37zxWLsfnvoKVA92ncH2YHRtZKQ_w5nCXam1LKrm-1jJ2SaCG6qSbQ6oNSuQDw_GLNNJ2F-7UGPqx9ZEJ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Also for the quilt show I'm on the ribbon making committee of two. My co-maker is doing all the embroidery on her professional machine and I'm making the ruffles (on one of the vintage Singers!) and constructing. I have six(!) bins of batiks owned by the guild to pick from for the ribbons. These are the first four "test" ribbons and we need to make 68 more! We met yesterday to choose fabrics for the special ribbons, Best in Show, Judges Choice, and etc. Moving right along.....</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD2euFxjAYn2ou1euQqEU7L-rfdumNm7gl0NgAPtHP1lBBzlLvT2m8cawD98PvUYwsbUkPYV17WWS6Cn_JlL0-jynmc14pts82qtEAPQU32hfO2svKWHYlEJlMMtWm-8xtw2EUXunvCblNXtXsOcgu0cfQMqWJP3relakRAr5BQXhJeq2y7L6s-_eq=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD2euFxjAYn2ou1euQqEU7L-rfdumNm7gl0NgAPtHP1lBBzlLvT2m8cawD98PvUYwsbUkPYV17WWS6Cn_JlL0-jynmc14pts82qtEAPQU32hfO2svKWHYlEJlMMtWm-8xtw2EUXunvCblNXtXsOcgu0cfQMqWJP3relakRAr5BQXhJeq2y7L6s-_eq=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-407382555986913222021-12-30T23:54:00.000-05:002021-12-30T23:54:15.518-05:00Sewing in 2021It was interesting to go back through my photos and discover I actually <i>did</i> accomplish a bit of sewing this year. Heh. So just to prove I haven't been idle.....<div><br /></div><div>The first project started in January was a temperature quilt. I've managed to keep up with it and have only the November and December rows to finish.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI0Dl878uUmnDyHgi39tUiNFxNwzxLAV_BOXr9nKwA2_x9b1MA-OX3vi2NZ8-jDpa8lx5kJxpqohU76jX-VnVDjVWKw12FJKB71Cwy6_xsB9pXp9D9CXzx4oJf3FKJ8f_fUEWijHnhJudBJjQ_aixmPbE1ZggM9QG3jqmeF6ZSdhjwxrJIe1i7FJVe=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI0Dl878uUmnDyHgi39tUiNFxNwzxLAV_BOXr9nKwA2_x9b1MA-OX3vi2NZ8-jDpa8lx5kJxpqohU76jX-VnVDjVWKw12FJKB71Cwy6_xsB9pXp9D9CXzx4oJf3FKJ8f_fUEWijHnhJudBJjQ_aixmPbE1ZggM9QG3jqmeF6ZSdhjwxrJIe1i7FJVe=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIXSKJuMz1DjbSOT1qwrHBONSLVMUIJ98XAu2oBJ7SXsWYjQ6pTTPz6eIHvYVpvB7Mqc5ETbdpSza7jRcuTj3TTKPF4eMSH_2zcBV3BLp0KERf3H7zSsRz3umXkCovFF4bVmp1EoRCYywwJNhFAFjaG05f1S3saolgZCo-MvrXx8HitWrsBAWLtaBW=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIXSKJuMz1DjbSOT1qwrHBONSLVMUIJ98XAu2oBJ7SXsWYjQ6pTTPz6eIHvYVpvB7Mqc5ETbdpSza7jRcuTj3TTKPF4eMSH_2zcBV3BLp0KERf3H7zSsRz3umXkCovFF4bVmp1EoRCYywwJNhFAFjaG05f1S3saolgZCo-MvrXx8HitWrsBAWLtaBW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A cover for my Bernina, using the Undercover pattern from ByAnnie. And a simpler version for the mocha 301.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik5pJbUYFQpUr8vnpDKFSGbGcGUYIV61lxGZ7149EKLfJ3j_fNfbCvH5ENTHs6LwkbEGbzBBcSbsrhCvIEOQ81YYkClI5zp7x4Z-a4MxdKwi5aNor1jW5eMT9zZvqKm0P1Fi4E_MzyxyjmQqamCYQ5DC_k42jslHqUAsoczHYahvpNo4ekAaf8HhFP=s3840" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik5pJbUYFQpUr8vnpDKFSGbGcGUYIV61lxGZ7149EKLfJ3j_fNfbCvH5ENTHs6LwkbEGbzBBcSbsrhCvIEOQ81YYkClI5zp7x4Z-a4MxdKwi5aNor1jW5eMT9zZvqKm0P1Fi4E_MzyxyjmQqamCYQ5DC_k42jslHqUAsoczHYahvpNo4ekAaf8HhFP=s320" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8i_ucS8z1zEyJrs7WlVWq0LLtSWJ-9WG397981PNY0qUNfOA3Dk1EUg97jnLgdd_ThY-U01jl4VXCgJAENwZtBDl3E1dzKWahlIbjnZEw1xCRDmGosYCim55_gD0PiXZ2R9Z3Yh5JWBGFAywGX_navGUUo7GBdll4LaY2kYEAQ1Ud_YNNeMx7W-EL=s3840" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dgsmCPXj0MU/Yc5-M-WkoUI/AAAAAAAARkw/BO_YTgDTNAUb9xszxlCyepWJVX1bVomowCNcBGAsYHQ/image.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dgsmCPXj0MU/Yc5-M-WkoUI/AAAAAAAARkw/BO_YTgDTNAUb9xszxlCyepWJVX1bVomowCNcBGAsYHQ/image.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bats for some of the grands. Pattern by BeeZeeArt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNA6_yQAIqixYI8XEAr6BhDZjqHV5uMWRUR65NvnT0zyeSTnaHEkf3yq_TgSjRUxM_A4o-ORe4jm72lYrBcDHXVCuDiIVnYlEk4FnH6C-ijwjoGTVMMtJIkCIutgKNtikUwIW3fhU8WblXh25pkSbQTN9gZ9404tEWei0A39NgykjaWTcFniO0ltd2=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNA6_yQAIqixYI8XEAr6BhDZjqHV5uMWRUR65NvnT0zyeSTnaHEkf3yq_TgSjRUxM_A4o-ORe4jm72lYrBcDHXVCuDiIVnYlEk4FnH6C-ijwjoGTVMMtJIkCIutgKNtikUwIW3fhU8WblXh25pkSbQTN9gZ9404tEWei0A39NgykjaWTcFniO0ltd2=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUa4SO0PYP-SSCawjVIU0PSzje_ge_15nDcE1iAKSNV_LRV0KzJfEsRTZNuV60azlKDwpbDbDfy8c4zexnTis4U8LLGxD-ztduZi1Jt3qtZPQjmBZ8tCkAK9SB5bs7OJmrQR6mpV_JT1-NaPjgI6Mwa-noqB4tLDZ41_iyEObVHIkuazkJ0AU9v1d5=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUa4SO0PYP-SSCawjVIU0PSzje_ge_15nDcE1iAKSNV_LRV0KzJfEsRTZNuV60azlKDwpbDbDfy8c4zexnTis4U8LLGxD-ztduZi1Jt3qtZPQjmBZ8tCkAK9SB5bs7OJmrQR6mpV_JT1-NaPjgI6Mwa-noqB4tLDZ41_iyEObVHIkuazkJ0AU9v1d5=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A new wallet for eldest daughter. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGg9GsX5KORSgwX45E8IFdYjq212_aRfs7AC02CWSfEWLdbijy16ta1gsdHnm-e7fGgDIjji8c-f4SePRcXDw-rEHZZqA96Jq7S5Tkky5e4dcOHcsnSCAzCCe7ljP6mKNGKXgBq7m6bjUoTko0P1gfT0dpUr1zfhbebue1JFTZDDXAJL4M9gnLo4Ly=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGg9GsX5KORSgwX45E8IFdYjq212_aRfs7AC02CWSfEWLdbijy16ta1gsdHnm-e7fGgDIjji8c-f4SePRcXDw-rEHZZqA96Jq7S5Tkky5e4dcOHcsnSCAzCCe7ljP6mKNGKXgBq7m6bjUoTko0P1gfT0dpUr1zfhbebue1JFTZDDXAJL4M9gnLo4Ly=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAhQZrG2y4B28KSkBQ7oyZhJhkpbqfV0ndZaROCa0KPxf4-a3tzkM6XIXEXaa7CDKkjty4ASB-MUiuO0V7saboheTO5eCNmimigCzUJAe2_sJXM1A9867mCdXVQQjYWg0aPLCZGFM2cx_umtZlRMMu79MM2loTWPUbyhJCXYEM2EURKhyvv0JhFkxM=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAhQZrG2y4B28KSkBQ7oyZhJhkpbqfV0ndZaROCa0KPxf4-a3tzkM6XIXEXaa7CDKkjty4ASB-MUiuO0V7saboheTO5eCNmimigCzUJAe2_sJXM1A9867mCdXVQQjYWg0aPLCZGFM2cx_umtZlRMMu79MM2loTWPUbyhJCXYEM2EURKhyvv0JhFkxM=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br />Lava lamp quilt. Pattern by Molli Sparkles.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8511OShXK32rxRFC8P9Q0cO3CH39HV_2DdkGIkC4wRthZN0H9d6cg8OXbw3IHc3UmoWUtWARjDUnHfX6FjDlafIe0v1FWBIXCfCQfr4wlllYfpL7vmEuMHS0FdwBS97KIeNHd5LosWSDJ7nwC8LVl24QOiqoj-X2rJzCqmaGpFlUeR3rJVk35SobV=s3487" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="2843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8511OShXK32rxRFC8P9Q0cO3CH39HV_2DdkGIkC4wRthZN0H9d6cg8OXbw3IHc3UmoWUtWARjDUnHfX6FjDlafIe0v1FWBIXCfCQfr4wlllYfpL7vmEuMHS0FdwBS97KIeNHd5LosWSDJ7nwC8LVl24QOiqoj-X2rJzCqmaGpFlUeR3rJVk35SobV=s320" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div>15 Christmas stockings donated through the quilt guild to local service organizations.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidqvAY54T7ctfHuK_V_2XtOY9v_kejsdDNqgO3BY-uNlzR7azjYLCt2yaMH72Il7xFwbFd99ccpN3VcextMJcATvHg2v_MQnpU7tlaMergmaVh84nvUrqv3Y8Lha908IJrxG-tqTNxuZLoXSiCJlDIIfPmGvuhTdv8R56DFUbdox52150d-zYlmamI=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidqvAY54T7ctfHuK_V_2XtOY9v_kejsdDNqgO3BY-uNlzR7azjYLCt2yaMH72Il7xFwbFd99ccpN3VcextMJcATvHg2v_MQnpU7tlaMergmaVh84nvUrqv3Y8Lha908IJrxG-tqTNxuZLoXSiCJlDIIfPmGvuhTdv8R56DFUbdox52150d-zYlmamI=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Several sets of hanging tea towels for the guild's holiday boutique. Now I have to finish a set for me!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitVEVbw78iZbp8fNw-vH6-neBaFjTEt_CwIXbfC52P3YsGwbYcD9rgygeHO7cLf2xE_MWCxX1IEzlLKPH3XK0jmogAtlsBzy0nRiGQyN8At6pXQSt9pCCBR53JCgGblFLbmJEZfhMgHoX56_RbXXsRhQ6VLh1RX-FqX3yMx1olexdHiH3b4ze6XITe=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitVEVbw78iZbp8fNw-vH6-neBaFjTEt_CwIXbfC52P3YsGwbYcD9rgygeHO7cLf2xE_MWCxX1IEzlLKPH3XK0jmogAtlsBzy0nRiGQyN8At6pXQSt9pCCBR53JCgGblFLbmJEZfhMgHoX56_RbXXsRhQ6VLh1RX-FqX3yMx1olexdHiH3b4ze6XITe=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Masks. Always masks. Among them a some for us and our new ballroom dancing friends, and more for grands to wear to school. Pattern by Dhurata Davies.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizUPnmk70FdFJQ7Ph1TrmkLetVQ-dfNEAkb8QxHZt76TRZxIyFIkp3dgAm3sWiKz9A-Q63opddWlrA-2HGZGMAf3zXNs0TZDx2cIe8K3lfOIwvCaXShRjqWXJ0rCL3bEwSkkwDq4y6qwH3WE2kCYC1UeOpJXjJASEnmNn4JT2p4IRlDFjkgX5rEIIv=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizUPnmk70FdFJQ7Ph1TrmkLetVQ-dfNEAkb8QxHZt76TRZxIyFIkp3dgAm3sWiKz9A-Q63opddWlrA-2HGZGMAf3zXNs0TZDx2cIe8K3lfOIwvCaXShRjqWXJ0rCL3bEwSkkwDq4y6qwH3WE2kCYC1UeOpJXjJASEnmNn4JT2p4IRlDFjkgX5rEIIv=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguaKYNQnU59Z_W3FImm3gpCXAnrXsNwp9yD9kZz4XtQXHf-2x9dsbTQjVbViRwXgRbe6eUB4bWQ5RXc7ly3b-If5-_KjF9NgBPHJmkWgOM6Ntq1BaBMLiatjd_L18Kt4V500kZRrLZk43_v6zg02A6Qnz9_RU_d3qutUJjJfDHEXLIycrGFKFvKv8u=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguaKYNQnU59Z_W3FImm3gpCXAnrXsNwp9yD9kZz4XtQXHf-2x9dsbTQjVbViRwXgRbe6eUB4bWQ5RXc7ly3b-If5-_KjF9NgBPHJmkWgOM6Ntq1BaBMLiatjd_L18Kt4V500kZRrLZk43_v6zg02A6Qnz9_RU_d3qutUJjJfDHEXLIycrGFKFvKv8u=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz5X7OyJTy_NH1Y8FQbdRosxsPPUQPPNwkcLwJMXXMN2sXRGFg46q_DV_D6-EBYUTrqalPTXPD7_45zcObBETOv3gWvdTup9rMwkPVvysnLOE_DYFBBB3FOxXbnwZeI9FFx6XzMeoKO8nELzFfJTPyt9OrzpGpXu-cM7zKT4aKIqnzfxJAFInDYfqg=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz5X7OyJTy_NH1Y8FQbdRosxsPPUQPPNwkcLwJMXXMN2sXRGFg46q_DV_D6-EBYUTrqalPTXPD7_45zcObBETOv3gWvdTup9rMwkPVvysnLOE_DYFBBB3FOxXbnwZeI9FFx6XzMeoKO8nELzFfJTPyt9OrzpGpXu-cM7zKT4aKIqnzfxJAFInDYfqg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Dragons. Also a pattern by BeeZeeArt. I'm having a serious love/hate relationship with minky!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0NSYWhyoPY5Hqkl9luIIPFcnoyhI7jQWtUne0vk_I1xUKQWrf_ZPmxIScyUOnk6EMTrUCCkXpv1eI1-U6TiivH3GKCGXjcAYwESQr5yRl_2tukKUqs8q0h0JDb-WgwjBDxzBA_0zc2TOw9_t9fszRtf5QAwkUhOV2k6o4Qk_1h3EIH6TlhSVP9Tdr=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0NSYWhyoPY5Hqkl9luIIPFcnoyhI7jQWtUne0vk_I1xUKQWrf_ZPmxIScyUOnk6EMTrUCCkXpv1eI1-U6TiivH3GKCGXjcAYwESQr5yRl_2tukKUqs8q0h0JDb-WgwjBDxzBA_0zc2TOw9_t9fszRtf5QAwkUhOV2k6o4Qk_1h3EIH6TlhSVP9Tdr=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUssER0fyYeDWyTzTHQtkY0Al3zhdG42uJ3Ln1UcNzYJ1qhjO4AbUe_YWw2U4ka2xw-4Od-tQ8jQ0KFddLgTJHe3HMv9n3eglHHsksH8dReeNw9OVWzM6zMcJ5rViJZiLoLKJDwdYlPF_A8VTqncPNn48i0Mh1DIgEpfP941wWdSa9dnvebt3gtGvE=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUssER0fyYeDWyTzTHQtkY0Al3zhdG42uJ3Ln1UcNzYJ1qhjO4AbUe_YWw2U4ka2xw-4Od-tQ8jQ0KFddLgTJHe3HMv9n3eglHHsksH8dReeNw9OVWzM6zMcJ5rViJZiLoLKJDwdYlPF_A8VTqncPNn48i0Mh1DIgEpfP941wWdSa9dnvebt3gtGvE=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisHQlxjfSPEv-jBqcKJDPnITvZ-VsAEVC3u2BTuvVSBRr5Y1hT_ykyAi6r6-uQ0RMP8WEAon8j478apluSRJly_b2w6t8hyjq5FxQdpy6tVq4I3SWkMtA0T6LpCbWWljVB95bZ1Vg8GSwcdPLhWITVdDA1Chj2L7EASLSllCpw9H6bNyJREpYrjBm9=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisHQlxjfSPEv-jBqcKJDPnITvZ-VsAEVC3u2BTuvVSBRr5Y1hT_ykyAi6r6-uQ0RMP8WEAon8j478apluSRJly_b2w6t8hyjq5FxQdpy6tVq4I3SWkMtA0T6LpCbWWljVB95bZ1Vg8GSwcdPLhWITVdDA1Chj2L7EASLSllCpw9H6bNyJREpYrjBm9=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggO-glhnYcTx8cbCiWV_UTzhQXQVCx9nclN_F7wn4AJJyD9KnGBgYCBUmmPiIibO4D3VhgOA9ZUv1oHwljzjpotoupcyVc8syORQBx4-v3d5vDxXpRo0LXsc44LARTsGiUilBHP6dq_t9oVirka2Bq-49jR7lI4k6cdUQj8bil3R6f4LMDo04iDMct=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggO-glhnYcTx8cbCiWV_UTzhQXQVCx9nclN_F7wn4AJJyD9KnGBgYCBUmmPiIibO4D3VhgOA9ZUv1oHwljzjpotoupcyVc8syORQBx4-v3d5vDxXpRo0LXsc44LARTsGiUilBHP6dq_t9oVirka2Bq-49jR7lI4k6cdUQj8bil3R6f4LMDo04iDMct=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiPMGHN2O5_kJ3kFOnkCj3mgYagdXHzSLJbz0_Zt7c0p1deHFkpLxWjR4YGSHu4aZ8qfDm1tmtGQcO21mujCWHL42D4LY6nyjAeUhjNTUhpzhDyPNkaIyNx9J6YyVkS5f7iZtELe9EnNRoiIkce5wA83BaBxMHBq6aLZNOE_lxVmCxL0sXLK8Kvp4h=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiPMGHN2O5_kJ3kFOnkCj3mgYagdXHzSLJbz0_Zt7c0p1deHFkpLxWjR4YGSHu4aZ8qfDm1tmtGQcO21mujCWHL42D4LY6nyjAeUhjNTUhpzhDyPNkaIyNx9J6YyVkS5f7iZtELe9EnNRoiIkce5wA83BaBxMHBq6aLZNOE_lxVmCxL0sXLK8Kvp4h=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiqtCrdjZ5D2DYwxGUm8zEhik7-wAuMgNaTOabPEg7BShTAHZTZQnb_iCZOkTW-_gkRdBx2JBwqZmsA4KAYl9ZaSjb65WrFtt-6EjX61xhNu-PNrFmeumKrFMJu2cSQjvPAbDHe-avO-g-FRZeJIXJSg-UetxwTLw0GNAX_9q26ST4Rng3veYd2TXW=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiqtCrdjZ5D2DYwxGUm8zEhik7-wAuMgNaTOabPEg7BShTAHZTZQnb_iCZOkTW-_gkRdBx2JBwqZmsA4KAYl9ZaSjb65WrFtt-6EjX61xhNu-PNrFmeumKrFMJu2cSQjvPAbDHe-avO-g-FRZeJIXJSg-UetxwTLw0GNAX_9q26ST4Rng3veYd2TXW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>When concert venues started to open up again most of them had rules requiring clear bags. So I made one for me and one for eldest daughter. I adapted the Bigger on the Inside pattern by Erin Gilby of dogundermydesk.com.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4TgYMgiabQxauhbkRJfPpGSwtirj0a2lXqLaTnePD236MMXlpOmmrWlzYdKLK17CYeOOi92JzQfZvvr9lunFb8xgxNrYhkOI-a1TYX_v-pL_qQnDxVTuoJYIUpdIb11iK5nT_LoTNAJJ6yTJJqCEtoscCsk7kwv4pROqJuyaaHo8659jvTopm_Ojd=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4TgYMgiabQxauhbkRJfPpGSwtirj0a2lXqLaTnePD236MMXlpOmmrWlzYdKLK17CYeOOi92JzQfZvvr9lunFb8xgxNrYhkOI-a1TYX_v-pL_qQnDxVTuoJYIUpdIb11iK5nT_LoTNAJJ6yTJJqCEtoscCsk7kwv4pROqJuyaaHo8659jvTopm_Ojd=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ2J8EnTO1czDBMt9zZSrByOeZsoGTbmLcfDzYZ_jm8sredDAmGf40cYDNhgyQfePjpemhv_nLsl_pHMO0jnPa-ZM_7lRXW9b7rff9pXheGjUn-rYyA-7zCvAiz_C37Z8UAW94TKkeSDeOUUg836vwuTJI-esfqOL38giWfroH0CESFlizGxnz44DK=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ2J8EnTO1czDBMt9zZSrByOeZsoGTbmLcfDzYZ_jm8sredDAmGf40cYDNhgyQfePjpemhv_nLsl_pHMO0jnPa-ZM_7lRXW9b7rff9pXheGjUn-rYyA-7zCvAiz_C37Z8UAW94TKkeSDeOUUg836vwuTJI-esfqOL38giWfroH0CESFlizGxnz44DK=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>A new outfit for Luna. A summer dress and denim jacket. (coolcrafting.co.uk)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju3fZGN94BFdhDh7Tb0zg7VidYCsMLIPpTiO6RE5cRK3D-HsWKVo-wCfnB7yYjaFTc-J3PcdwG9gg3MHscaKOTx_dGxUnju7AA0W3QWL70omon-520peQ3MP3McuYqEwxJ8hoaA2XUus1gzs2iK7ZlAT5O-JEYE6JGDk_8YU_TGz7-iYt7SgfedOnw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEju3fZGN94BFdhDh7Tb0zg7VidYCsMLIPpTiO6RE5cRK3D-HsWKVo-wCfnB7yYjaFTc-J3PcdwG9gg3MHscaKOTx_dGxUnju7AA0W3QWL70omon-520peQ3MP3McuYqEwxJ8hoaA2XUus1gzs2iK7ZlAT5O-JEYE6JGDk_8YU_TGz7-iYt7SgfedOnw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlmX94iDcdzibGPnU8N3bI7e7ukjBrOnfUtQpJFxoNLZ0KMs3EDRly9-Q6nFWn-sPsbWS3CcGFIaFTx2fOxzM3JBa-LhEX8ZA1ScqnYfOuiHBnWTIFbsRCRAkbpT6L56TNc7WWIoOxzOxRyWTAfeNIo0x_7pl0pCD0XD2ARCmT_cStxza_eFlo0N8g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlmX94iDcdzibGPnU8N3bI7e7ukjBrOnfUtQpJFxoNLZ0KMs3EDRly9-Q6nFWn-sPsbWS3CcGFIaFTx2fOxzM3JBa-LhEX8ZA1ScqnYfOuiHBnWTIFbsRCRAkbpT6L56TNc7WWIoOxzOxRyWTAfeNIo0x_7pl0pCD0XD2ARCmT_cStxza_eFlo0N8g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>The guild had several Zoom workshops. This one was making a Notan motif.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilrdSQG_VATx4JhM6QaCrpACOzR4stoffKGrEFW5miYoIBwf_UzG-aYZSLpwUupJDlamKtjGNrTs0FXvER1uZcR_yzfVaO_p-NasdmJlFTeKFO26vmH5-kudA-X1JdYLkonULPy1oDhVyexf41X8B7RDuLo7qBsHoHtxC7GGexEfXi4gjSkuYAoAqu=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilrdSQG_VATx4JhM6QaCrpACOzR4stoffKGrEFW5miYoIBwf_UzG-aYZSLpwUupJDlamKtjGNrTs0FXvER1uZcR_yzfVaO_p-NasdmJlFTeKFO26vmH5-kudA-X1JdYLkonULPy1oDhVyexf41X8B7RDuLo7qBsHoHtxC7GGexEfXi4gjSkuYAoAqu=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another workshop resulted in a very cool Mod Cat. Pattern by Linda Sullivan of Colourwerx.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv7yrcpu9rp3o5jbwa2ULJxU3fHpuycr2_4mPP3gs2oHe0YHKFb-uhWE3t1G6z4acYbtbFpg2ZVxLBfgn4zLa86T8UwdbKPrWZv3sRlBR5SjH_ou-mEIiyn0k31pmmeUmrjQcEhchTKSLS1yF9u3j56AEIbmfglbGj8-Um0nk0FjJBrKQgJFq7OQnF=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv7yrcpu9rp3o5jbwa2ULJxU3fHpuycr2_4mPP3gs2oHe0YHKFb-uhWE3t1G6z4acYbtbFpg2ZVxLBfgn4zLa86T8UwdbKPrWZv3sRlBR5SjH_ou-mEIiyn0k31pmmeUmrjQcEhchTKSLS1yF9u3j56AEIbmfglbGj8-Um0nk0FjJBrKQgJFq7OQnF=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>And another taught how to make cute miniature quilts. Amazingly, I had all the fabrics in my stash!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw0Ke3cm5sqfquTgo6MdU8RVIoIK1d7fydAVIHykaHGaX8tYVv0RGxnjJxCtTfbcHws_8BxT1nucsXrZs75x-kxadcuRDBLmkEm0QEkpzE0t2DVX-fmCVc9rJsgM92oRbLXckpekVoiXemDqjakwSVl3CuAw3J8ijZEI8z9VquPabs-zPZ3JFzpkGO=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw0Ke3cm5sqfquTgo6MdU8RVIoIK1d7fydAVIHykaHGaX8tYVv0RGxnjJxCtTfbcHws_8BxT1nucsXrZs75x-kxadcuRDBLmkEm0QEkpzE0t2DVX-fmCVc9rJsgM92oRbLXckpekVoiXemDqjakwSVl3CuAw3J8ijZEI8z9VquPabs-zPZ3JFzpkGO=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /><div>The Tramp requested a skirt/drape around his desk to keep the draft off his knees.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw1cCecRdMMt1_DYxa6IbwJQn2jt1II5WPUu_-1GWuXZps4Lnfi0AQR-qMC320eX728RdbYepskRkdprSFFeNJVPjGdMtwHrH_8HP9l_3_ThmexLPOzrw1-yQN8eYVRUZsw7jkHlcPc1f2IIKkssQOnD1q0v7yKbr6cdq2-M4YFuRpuU0LndLVHTuO=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw1cCecRdMMt1_DYxa6IbwJQn2jt1II5WPUu_-1GWuXZps4Lnfi0AQR-qMC320eX728RdbYepskRkdprSFFeNJVPjGdMtwHrH_8HP9l_3_ThmexLPOzrw1-yQN8eYVRUZsw7jkHlcPc1f2IIKkssQOnD1q0v7yKbr6cdq2-M4YFuRpuU0LndLVHTuO=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A quilting friend sent me a surprise yard of a cute sewing motif fabric. It was perfect for valences in The Sandbox. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUVccD0vVLPZpdfM5apcj-q0vJ_8UTvfQono6gl0E3PoeDhwer-LUQJCsjqOPImPIl_WVihtPbfQx74e2BX-qtR89IEpFIut-eEZPOUm0KwoKNTe5et03zoHG2qPGs7cY6XsXQd15TnkMSrBSd7Rw9pvrA_dblFg7dVr1jHsnY15kZG90lHgTkUZMf=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUVccD0vVLPZpdfM5apcj-q0vJ_8UTvfQono6gl0E3PoeDhwer-LUQJCsjqOPImPIl_WVihtPbfQx74e2BX-qtR89IEpFIut-eEZPOUm0KwoKNTe5et03zoHG2qPGs7cY6XsXQd15TnkMSrBSd7Rw9pvrA_dblFg7dVr1jHsnY15kZG90lHgTkUZMf=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo-W0-zX0GRAaV12oKNSGxWdcVeKdY9nbkChPo_qED1ZpVqR4Ws6Zfd-YbdidJYtN9i8xg9i6gxZV7JaNOOR4ciE1RLE14BFiBPI6dqRZ07VPoz1XbARe2Ps25zw7Qq9pFk1i9bjmEuvtnP7Ck7gIJdRqJO4YeoTTqy2eGjXLP8t6a6rbpERmo1SWf=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo-W0-zX0GRAaV12oKNSGxWdcVeKdY9nbkChPo_qED1ZpVqR4Ws6Zfd-YbdidJYtN9i8xg9i6gxZV7JaNOOR4ciE1RLE14BFiBPI6dqRZ07VPoz1XbARe2Ps25zw7Qq9pFk1i9bjmEuvtnP7Ck7gIJdRqJO4YeoTTqy2eGjXLP8t6a6rbpERmo1SWf=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Pillow cases. There are always pillowcases being sewn. This one was for me!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmubh1ed7pRsv_OQrxG5lptUlLoGcXb98kJLsgKTK65_eJKFQJ8Oi3x6z7mk6FAFuJVM-CYfM0YA21cYc_G7AEvoMe2rUaf05iiWFgCwgkvb7adNB24aQVBwfT37KjMuW21T74wOGo0OuWmw8Aq_IupxbnNuasrZy89MF1mrMTn2ygvNdc4kUvzJd=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmubh1ed7pRsv_OQrxG5lptUlLoGcXb98kJLsgKTK65_eJKFQJ8Oi3x6z7mk6FAFuJVM-CYfM0YA21cYc_G7AEvoMe2rUaf05iiWFgCwgkvb7adNB24aQVBwfT37KjMuW21T74wOGo0OuWmw8Aq_IupxbnNuasrZy89MF1mrMTn2ygvNdc4kUvzJd=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>I quilted this huge quilt for my Sailor Son and his bride. It is Frolic, a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigYUDONvCLrWOlgdyiDPc4kXYHroMyXpYxDvIdnXuB3iWbEreC-HdQMChXDqwMDFky5Kb2mWch7OKbXkAZEKN4mKAKNK8G0Xycwa2cwLxAwt3JlW7jziZEakttaraoIIVUQj8cF6mV44kVxil0XhOtaBnNy1O1x_ByPEi8Ds8VpoXIP5FuY4yDm3OW=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigYUDONvCLrWOlgdyiDPc4kXYHroMyXpYxDvIdnXuB3iWbEreC-HdQMChXDqwMDFky5Kb2mWch7OKbXkAZEKN4mKAKNK8G0Xycwa2cwLxAwt3JlW7jziZEakttaraoIIVUQj8cF6mV44kVxil0XhOtaBnNy1O1x_ByPEi8Ds8VpoXIP5FuY4yDm3OW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Eldest daughter gifted me some clever t-shirts which I found a little snug. I found a tutorial to add a wedge in each side seam. I also added trim to the sleeve in hopes it would look more like it was made this way and not added to. This was the first, and I went on to alter several more in the same way.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCtK3uAtNfXyc75vrlZl-WrxDi7C2qc6Vrl5ICYR-MSw2LbmNasI1H0Cd3xw-cN1QsFF6JS_QPBepIDCRP2Hb0q6DFySFVn_2Kug-6DioHZiDAWKXaACKkwt0uesG-B32neODzCrgv5r7I_hNw6vdNTa-vkbQ4n72nff_E6qhFfyuyiuwL4l61VEe5=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCtK3uAtNfXyc75vrlZl-WrxDi7C2qc6Vrl5ICYR-MSw2LbmNasI1H0Cd3xw-cN1QsFF6JS_QPBepIDCRP2Hb0q6DFySFVn_2Kug-6DioHZiDAWKXaACKkwt0uesG-B32neODzCrgv5r7I_hNw6vdNTa-vkbQ4n72nff_E6qhFfyuyiuwL4l61VEe5=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>(Mary Poppins as the Morton Salt girl.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhks3cQ6P_SIR-QrZfmA3pRcEUwutYkyMsGyjLAd24wOugedNLVSt98eWV3Ic5sCnnUw_fc9x6vuo6fk85MHQTKdFGt55SlKTC1OfEoYToqqrKtIVIS6wu48SOTlufZfneBnwXPoC0uNjaVk0utNzCHotHfOfR9iM7qT9OfQ6iGE56mRPYVHbroYe7H=s3170" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3170" data-original-width="2786" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhks3cQ6P_SIR-QrZfmA3pRcEUwutYkyMsGyjLAd24wOugedNLVSt98eWV3Ic5sCnnUw_fc9x6vuo6fk85MHQTKdFGt55SlKTC1OfEoYToqqrKtIVIS6wu48SOTlufZfneBnwXPoC0uNjaVk0utNzCHotHfOfR9iM7qT9OfQ6iGE56mRPYVHbroYe7H=s320" width="281" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Grandson, The Viking, is always finding me a sewing project. I treated him to a cute stuffed dog, so of course he requested I make it a coat and mask.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBW76jmO1M8iepRnSCH8bLskhpNVxQZCPhXxqTudiHvsbDP_Opj0IqrxP7YSp9p1iLFyXADFk_vvb6R-zRN5O01L--F5wEiaOJoP2msp3DyOy_71GF9h36wybhyUdUNv_tYqGYgmdBzFW4gXSc3mKeircpOPy_8zHa-YT9OwWEKOdKgYjF5N71ar4V=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBW76jmO1M8iepRnSCH8bLskhpNVxQZCPhXxqTudiHvsbDP_Opj0IqrxP7YSp9p1iLFyXADFk_vvb6R-zRN5O01L--F5wEiaOJoP2msp3DyOy_71GF9h36wybhyUdUNv_tYqGYgmdBzFW4gXSc3mKeircpOPy_8zHa-YT9OwWEKOdKgYjF5N71ar4V=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUkXhyH07ADKKrs42ysIaFgsHotmvrGuk502tfFHMsAaqxvCGlr6QSKrfy9fKtmKBBBrLKvfkzZnT0VZudWgRQGFN01vJEpl8nAQR8IB-VvOte5k4Cq2eQx7dcYEVz5j_cNHAjDK-wS4VC6rmlfHovEGeKyNhXOPKu3-FC6GaWLejlPgglXnnkzeL-=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUkXhyH07ADKKrs42ysIaFgsHotmvrGuk502tfFHMsAaqxvCGlr6QSKrfy9fKtmKBBBrLKvfkzZnT0VZudWgRQGFN01vJEpl8nAQR8IB-VvOte5k4Cq2eQx7dcYEVz5j_cNHAjDK-wS4VC6rmlfHovEGeKyNhXOPKu3-FC6GaWLejlPgglXnnkzeL-=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And when he bought Pusheen and Stormy with his Christmas money we had to make the box into a bed, complete with a sheet, pillow, and fleece blanket.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAjnoiqnzMJl4Qzi3LUUY2oUPITHvhbUdOUfTfw9-MX64SpqhK9-QiVlCsmI1UXmEeDTIIaoMxO_0jd0DtFuQMZsatZuPwbgHBXoZvhZENi3ahxyBdVKPQjwInp3cvo8iHYNyMJIGoIZuGlZ0RCRQU0mmnQhpn0iw35zccAeoPxST2LxHqcEVEGK2-=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAjnoiqnzMJl4Qzi3LUUY2oUPITHvhbUdOUfTfw9-MX64SpqhK9-QiVlCsmI1UXmEeDTIIaoMxO_0jd0DtFuQMZsatZuPwbgHBXoZvhZENi3ahxyBdVKPQjwInp3cvo8iHYNyMJIGoIZuGlZ0RCRQU0mmnQhpn0iw35zccAeoPxST2LxHqcEVEGK2-=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiruaZCXtKTqQk6KQ0lHPMVOhmy9jRdSei9snQKUhw65C65u9_VuAxubDkZS7gFA8wsQmTLtWwiPg45xTAhbijouPimyS3VQK8mn4Pmm-P3_naGTVgcIC9SQMQxS4pimFmomQ5lzjrJzcDHF9V_0CSb8awQXGRlx9Jne6WVibAb8grbn-aRLLxrHNs=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgiruaZCXtKTqQk6KQ0lHPMVOhmy9jRdSei9snQKUhw65C65u9_VuAxubDkZS7gFA8wsQmTLtWwiPg45xTAhbijouPimyS3VQK8mn4Pmm-P3_naGTVgcIC9SQMQxS4pimFmomQ5lzjrJzcDHF9V_0CSb8awQXGRlx9Jne6WVibAb8grbn-aRLLxrHNs=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>Erin, of dogundermydesk.com came out with a new bag pattern (Charlie bag) this year and so far I've made two. I like a bag that converts into a backpack.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXWKL2mQghCGrAbdDguNpOq_Cino9T1M5mO3aVq_KQoruzNxkbAylo2loriKyNqipjqEFibQvAfRJMwIx0Hh2Bj9cSy9d3coeob3UojB9Blcn08FL2gZrd5s8USvXISNmAQtpyYZLiLCX68zGd6h6f5Y1zzWjkCz75VvRatQ8pzPS5G2EKXFDKJJph=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXWKL2mQghCGrAbdDguNpOq_Cino9T1M5mO3aVq_KQoruzNxkbAylo2loriKyNqipjqEFibQvAfRJMwIx0Hh2Bj9cSy9d3coeob3UojB9Blcn08FL2gZrd5s8USvXISNmAQtpyYZLiLCX68zGd6h6f5Y1zzWjkCz75VvRatQ8pzPS5G2EKXFDKJJph=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-gksPVpRDX-BYj5qLxsU1mWk4dsKu3IHTre96A51_HDdhxNjPry8UDopROTfL9Ts8VrZpydmtK0gI80Ew5lcK7z9k4g8XjzJf86yQJaq7LA2InNZRrFsNRZy_QthDCW4-AC0QZclpvXcGdzfqowCItqBeEzNVrMojx_AybgLh6tyz___QEPl8tG7i=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-gksPVpRDX-BYj5qLxsU1mWk4dsKu3IHTre96A51_HDdhxNjPry8UDopROTfL9Ts8VrZpydmtK0gI80Ew5lcK7z9k4g8XjzJf86yQJaq7LA2InNZRrFsNRZy_QthDCW4-AC0QZclpvXcGdzfqowCItqBeEzNVrMojx_AybgLh6tyz___QEPl8tG7i=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnI-OXhyr-WXu8ZCIWe0LB2FZj3cGzAnHYTRjqUlTsSwAX9m0wh2p-Ila-Js4eU9vOfKHsL1n0_L2SnEPgXMuUZZwYH3FS1BsSwxNAIMUmNP-n-rJcbmN0U2dtxkqNVnr3KHAklEIK-wt9v71AjtHDOyMvRtl67Fuxe07ngDJAE4LPI6U6WCeq-Py2=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnI-OXhyr-WXu8ZCIWe0LB2FZj3cGzAnHYTRjqUlTsSwAX9m0wh2p-Ila-Js4eU9vOfKHsL1n0_L2SnEPgXMuUZZwYH3FS1BsSwxNAIMUmNP-n-rJcbmN0U2dtxkqNVnr3KHAklEIK-wt9v71AjtHDOyMvRtl67Fuxe07ngDJAE4LPI6U6WCeq-Py2=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br />A few incidentals were sewn as well, clothing was repaired or altered, and more Christmas gifts that haven't reached their destination yet. So that's about it for 2021. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy New Year!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background-color: transparent; background: transparent; border: none;" /></a></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-86325861107187895832021-12-28T22:28:00.003-05:002021-12-28T22:28:46.772-05:00Dipping my toe back in<div style="text-align: center;">Hoping all those who celebrated Christmas had a happy one. We were seperated from some of our loved ones by distance or by covid fears, but all-in-all it was a wonderful holiday.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZiG3Cpx_YShh1d-Ux_kHqQNLHc7erwX0T5VdcXSxFTRT8XeCyZxR8oQ9euFYiAZCk1dBkkJwRPuI70VVvmZVhsjqTKv6dIhlJmR0izTHTGM5Zy6aMkUMD53OJEoijFjglieOhooaDhpOcFlcdxLg0LoaADkW4ZS4E_5GQfkpEdjQxo6QkPYZ6B1XE=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZiG3Cpx_YShh1d-Ux_kHqQNLHc7erwX0T5VdcXSxFTRT8XeCyZxR8oQ9euFYiAZCk1dBkkJwRPuI70VVvmZVhsjqTKv6dIhlJmR0izTHTGM5Zy6aMkUMD53OJEoijFjglieOhooaDhpOcFlcdxLg0LoaADkW4ZS4E_5GQfkpEdjQxo6QkPYZ6B1XE=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/108/309BE1E4A3C68598F7D638D622EF30B5.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-26713869182001064982019-01-21T21:46:00.001-05:002019-01-21T21:46:30.620-05:00Just a quickie postWell it was supposed to be a quickie, then I realized I had 21 photos. 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I mentioned sorting out The Sandbox. A table has been removed. In it's place is the Ikea Alex drawer unit. Moving the drawers out from under my cutting table meant I could shove the dog beds under there and not be tripping over them. Win! The 301 is in a better place too, as is the serger.<br />
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Over there is the computer corner where I can print out the <a href="https://lindafranz.com/shop/millefiori-quilt-templates/40">Inklingo</a> pieces for my La Passacaglia quilt. <br />
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I've finished this round and started on the next. The spotted fabric in the center of the rosette is still bothering me, but I'm not going to rush to change it. It may get nicely lost in the larger scheme of things.<br />
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The Viking is tracked out of school for one more week. (He is so anxious to go back.) In a bid to keep him busy last Friday I rummaged in the garage for some cardboard boxes and we made a dog house for the four stuffed dogs he arrived with in the morning. My best efforts at "packing tape engineering." Heh. As luck would have it, the night before, at the quilt guild silent auction I had come away with a bag full of assorted laces and trims. The Viking enjoyed taping the sequined ones to the house and we made curtains with some of the eyelet and ribbon. We were essentially making Snoopy's dog house which brought up questions about how it flew and how does Snoopy sleep on the pointy top of the house. I wasn't much help with the answers. :-) He was however, very proud of the fact that his house has an attic and Snoopy's doesn't.<br />
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We also took advantage of the warmth for a trip to <a href="https://www.kidstogethercary.org/ThePark.htm">the dragon park.</a><br />
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There were even some very confused forsythia bushes trying to bloom!<br />
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So much for the warmth. Today and yesterday have been <i>freezing</i>.<br />
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I enjoyed some indoor time making a storage unit for my color pencils. Basically more packing tape engineering. Ha. Some magazine files from Walmart, foam core, shelf liner, Tacky Glue, and packing tape. The prototype came out ok.<br />
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So I made a set of four. <br />
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My coloring corner is looking comfortable. :-)<br />
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The other project for the weekend was obtaining this Ikea Kallax unit from Craigslist and making it into a useful place for The Tramp to put TV and stereo in his study, along with various the computer components that keep our network functioning. Ideas were tossed around, furniture was moved, cables mounted on the walls, equipment was shifted and reconnected, and much was left undone for another day, but what a great start. And it looks nice too. :-)<br />
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I don't know why it takes me so long to figure out what's bothering me. It's a no-brainer really..... CLEAN UP! Heh. So I've cleaned up and rearranged and removed some of the furniture and it's soooo much better. :-) I will have to take a picture tomorrow while it's still neat (relatively). </div>
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After doing some more online research we decided to buy these specialty screwdrivers from <a href="https://singer-featherweight.com/collections/shop">The Singer Featherweight Shop</a> as well as a tube of motor lubricant. On a warmer day when I can open the back door for ventilation I can start refurbishing my "new" machine and cabinet. What a bonus to have the proper tools.</div>
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In the "plant room" I'm still battling mealybugs on the african violets. I need to go over the plants again and separate out the ones who still look buggy. (Ha! One way to repurpose a table that came out of the sewing room.) In other plant news, the amaryllis bulbs I saved from last year are finally showing signs of life. I didn't kill them. Yay!<br />
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The last of this year's batch to bloom is absolutely spectacular.<br />
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<i>Five</i> huge flowers on the stem! Nice.<br />
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Since I was sorting out the sewing room the only actual machine sewing I've accomplished is making this quilt into a curtain for the laundry room. The double doors were very awkward to work around and it's a big relief to have them gone. This quilt wasn't doing anything useful so it got pressed into service. It's a Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt from a few years back called Orange Crush. Mom pieced this top and called it Tutti Frutti Crush. :-) I added the borders and quilted it, and we gifted it to The Tramp because of his love of bright colors. Since the laundry room is near the desk in his study, and the quilt is just about the right size for the opening, it was a no-brainer.<br />
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Today, sadly....very sadly....we made the decision this big old oak tree has to go. Sniff.</div>
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When we moved in a year ago we had the tree trimmed for safety. The tree was also covered with large poison ivy vines and a <i>huge</i> grape vine. We cut the vines to about six feet up and it took months for it all to die off.<br />
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I have taken many photos this year of the lovely greenery against bright blue sky and cheddar house from my chair on the deck. This was in the spring.<br />
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In summer the viney stuff finally turned brown. It's ugly, but the birds like to perch in it.<br />
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I'm going to miss this view.<br />
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This was Thanksgiving morning.<br />
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And a few weeks ago in the snowstorm.<br />
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On the weekend I was quite annoyed with Maisy. I'd call and call her and she wouldn't come in. And I couldn't see where she was! Turns out she was digging behind the tree next to the fence.<br />
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Or rather....she was <i>in</i> the tree! I'm wondering what was living in there that caught her attention. Do I want to know???<br />
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Today I got down and took a proper look into the hole. Oh <i>my.</i> I poked my yardstick in there and almost lost it in the depths. The tree is hollow!<br />
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North Carolina had two hurricanes come through in the fall, record rainfall last year, several snowstorms in the year we've been in the house, and each time I worry and worry about this tree. In particular, it looms over our master bedroom. Three sheds, several fences, and more importantly at least three homes are at risk if it falls. So with our discovery today (thank you Maisy) it's a no-brainer. It has to come down. :-( </div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-24655432795394560282019-01-11T21:10:00.000-05:002019-01-11T21:17:35.608-05:00Equilibrium, or lack thereofBoth the Juki and Bernina have been in the shop for service. I find it extremely unsettling to have any of my machines out of place. The Juki came home first and I absolutely could not figure out where my straight stitch foot disappeared to. The shop insisted they didn't have it and I had signed a paper when I dropped it off that said it had no presser feet with it. Well dang! I searched <i>everywhere</i> I could think of. All my pockets, all the purses I've used lately, the cabinet I keep the Juki accessories in, the Tutto case I transported the machine in....no luck. I went back to the <a href="https://www.capitalsewandquilt.com/">shop </a>and he searched again and generously offered to order one for me at no cost. I kept on looking, for another week. So <i>frustrating</i>!<br />
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Well guess what turned up this morning. Yep. There it is. I was shifting between purses again. I keep a packet of tissues in each purse for convenience. This time I decided to shift the fuller pack to the current purse and guess where the presser foot was hiding! I was going to tidy away the small purse to the bin in my closet and who knows when I would have taken it out again.....and when I might have needed a tissue! I called the shop to apologize for being such a ditz and thank them again. Yeesh. You just never know.<br />
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Can you see the presser foot in there?<br />
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I've moved my coloring books and pencils upstairs to The Tramp's study. Silly for me to be sitting downstairs by myself in the evening.<br />
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The Viking is still tracked out of school. Though he is getting a little big for it, he was happy to spend a couple of hours in the play area at the mall. "Look, Nini! I've reached level 27!" He is very much about video games these days and levels and portals and such punctuate his conversation. :-)</div>
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While moving my coloring stuff I cleared out some of the lingering boxes around my desk left over from last year's house move. I still have a collection of tape cassettes and sorted out a pile to throw away. Well! Guess who was <i>fascinated</i> with them. He read all the labels, stacked and sorted them, wondered what they sound like, and insisted I should buy a cassette player. lol Not likely. :-)<br />
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Last year I had made him an <a href="http://donnadular.blogspot.com/search/label/gatinhos">orange kitten</a>. Out of the blue he asked me to make a Mommy Cat for his kitten.<br />
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Quicky followed by a request for Daddy Cat. Same pattern, but somehow Mommy and Daddy are smaller and skinnier than Kitten. Not sure what I did differently. They are a strange looking bunch, but he loves them. The day wasn't complete without a family portrait.<br />
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The boy showed up very out of sorts Wednesday. Bad in his stomach, sad in his heart, and mad in his head. So we made a feeling doll. Of course he insisted it be a dolphin. A sad dolphin. He drew pictures of sad dolphins and I sewed. He's given all his sad feelings to the dolphin and says he feels much better. Amateur psychology at it's best.....or worst. So far, so good. </div>
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And then we get to today which was downright <i>cold</i>. The sun is always warm, but the wind chill was just too much for the sun to overcome. Of course the boy was very warm from running around. There are steering wheels to his left on this play structure. He was piloting a plane. "Get on the plane, Nini! We are going to Indiana!" Indiana?? Then we flew to New Jersey. That makes sense, he's been there. In the car on the way home he abruptly informed me he'd never been to Indiana, but he has an Indiana Jones game. Oh.</div>
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Just a few photos to catch up with 2018 before moving on into 2019. :-)</div>
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I finished a quilt called Happy Wanderer. The pattern is by Victoria Findlay Wolfe. I made it for the 2018 Cary Quilting Company challenge. It was a bit mind boggling to put together as there are no blocks, you make it in four columns. Lots of partial seams to keep sorted.</div>
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I made an apron for my partner in our guild's apron exchange and received a very pretty one I should really take a picture of.<br />
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I made a couple of these cute pin keeps as gifts. Isn't she a hoot!<br />
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I finished a weighted blanket for The Tramp. <br />
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I made one<a href="https://www.rarescience.org/rare-bear-program/"> Rare Bear</a> and sent it in. I have what I need to make some more. <br />
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I made a new cover for my Quilter's Planner.<br />
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While hunkered down for a hurricane I did a bit of fun fusible applique. It's still waiting for stitching around the shapes. I used scraps for the border and those wonky polka dots are bothering me so I think I need to redo it.<br />
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The Viking lost his first tooth and a monster tooth fairy pillow seemed appropriate.<br />
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Online I saw someone making a quilt out of this panel and I just had to make one for my dad for Christmas. This is before quilting. I need to take a final photo!<br />
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A Make Me Up Before You Go-Go bag from <a href="https://www.dogundermydesk.com/collections/pdf-sewing-patterns">Dog Under My Desk</a>.</div>
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And the Bigger On The Inside backpack from the same designer.<br />
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And a Zip And Go for a friend, also from Dog Under My Desk.<br />
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I got together for a sew day with a friend to make these Aneela Hoey Box Pouches. Mine is on the right. Nice, but I think it needs a handle for practicality. I have to figure out how to add one.<br />
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And a Sammy Bag also from Dog Under My Desk. Piglet just isn't sure about riding in a bag. :-)<br />
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And one more project from, you guessed it, Dog Under My Desk. I made six denim Outta Time Totes. One for me and the others for my bee members. It was a good opportunity to go crazy trying out quilting designs.<br />
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I made a small quilt for Precious using hand-dyed fabrics. When I washed it after it was done I discovered the fabrics were running badly. Yikes! Three hours of soaking in water with Dawn liquid saved the quilt. Yay!<br />
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Problem is, I used those fabrics in my Honey Pot Bee blocks. It took a whole weekend to soak all of my hand-dyed and batik fabrics. The color that came out of them was amazing! I still have to soak some of the blocks I made before I realized I had a problem, about a dozen I think. Then I can put this top of random blocks together. I'm looking forward to the challenge.<br />
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On a day off from school, The Viking had fun in my scrap bins. He spotted the off-cuts from the bat block and I sewed two of the strips together so he could wear them with his blue sequined fedora. Too fun!!<br />
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He also begged me to make him a peep (this is what happens when you leave random patterns out on your sewing tables for people to find!) and he chose the fabric out of my fleece bin. <br />
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I used Molli Sparkles' Diva's Alphabet to make a sign for Stardust's room. You won't mind if I don't share it here as it has her real name on it. Sadly, I can't link you to the alphabet pattern as Craftsy has taken down so many designer's patterns. Craftsy has a perfect right to do as they wish with their website, but my understanding is the designers were given only a few days notice and it was over the Christmas holiday as well. Kind of thoughtless, towards both the pattern designers and the cutsomers. Too bad.<br />
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The Viking wanted to be an M&M for Halloween. "A <i>blue</i> one, Nini!" The costume garnered lots of attention. :-)<br />
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ED made the "smash cake" and took lots of photos which I haven't seen yet. I grabbed this one over her shoulder. I have funny videos of everyone encouraging her to get messy, including The Sailor Son crawling around on the floor demonstrating the smashing technique. Too funny. Even funnier was how she picked up the pieces and tried to put the cake back together!<br />
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Mom and Dad are not getting any younger, but are happy and healthy which is such a blessing.<br />
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And we got to see Five and Batman for the first time in quite a while. What a treat it was, and how much they've grown! <br />
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Just had to throw in this photo because of the Christmas cheer and the cuteness factor. One of those Kodak moments.<br />
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Now on to 2019. This is the treasure we picked up on New Year's Eve. It's a 1952 Singer 301, complete with a spinet cabinet and matching stool. A fabulous find on Craigslist. I'm not sure how I got to it first, but I'm soooo happy. Both machine and cabinet need work, a challenge, but fun as well.<br />
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A few weeks ago my bee went on a five day retreat up in the North Carolina mountains. The house is in Blowing Rock, not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway. (For those familiar with <a href="http://www.mitfordbooks.com/">Jan Karon's</a> Mitford books, this is the <a href="https://blowingrock.com/mitford/">place</a>.) The weather was quite nice and as you can see, we had lovely mountain views from the rear of the house. <br />
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There were some quilt finishes. This one was from a Victoria Findlay Wolfe workshop. It's quite complicated and I'm glad it wasn't me trying to keep the blocks sorted out. :-)<br />
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We kept watch for wildlife and were rewarded with the sighting of a bear strolling through the yard. I didn't capture a good photo, but it really is there.<br />
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Another quilt finish. Actually it was two quilts. This is the one made from leftover blocks, believe it or not!<br />
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This flimsy was so pretty. I'm sorry my photo doesn't do it justice.<br />
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I worked on my <a href="http://buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com/">little house blocks</a>. I started the project in 2011. Really?? Good grief! I had 119 already made, finished 25 at the retreat and now I have "only" 220 more to go. Yikes.<br />
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We also watched groups of wild turkeys wander through the property. Not something I'd seen before. One of our group has a house in Florida and sees turkeys all the time. She showed us some amusing videos of them frolicking in her backyard. Deer showed up each day as well, but I wasn't quick enough to get a photo. The irons were set up in front of windows overlooking the yard and it was pretty amusing each time someone yelled, "Wildlife!" and we all charged to the windows. Don't ask how many times we went back to our sewing machines and sewed the next piece on the wrong way because we had dropped everything to run to the window. Too funny.<br />
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Before the retreat I spent several hours printing small family photos on fabric to insert into the windows and doors of the houses. This is Dad.<br />
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And Mom.<br />
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The Viking in his Minion costume.<br />
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And many others. Here are the 25 I finished. Sooooo many more to go. No family member will be left out.<br />
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On our last evening the sunset was spectacular. Both before and after the clouds moved in.<br />
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Also before the trip I made a <a href="https://www.dogundermydesk.com/store/patterns/gadget-guard-pdf-sewing-pattern/">Gadget Guard</a> for my new iPad. Fabulous pattern.<br />
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And I made another one to protect my birthday present to myself. It's a Daylight Wafer Lightbox and the cutting mat to go with it. :-D I just <i>had</i> to have one after I saw a video on how it can be used to assist foundation piecing. Very cool.<br />
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The Sailor Son has been out to sea for a short underway and Sweet DIL and Precious came to visit for a few days. The weather was HOT so we spent part of Sunday at the lake. <br />
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After a session of jumping in the water, someone was tired out.<br />
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Too cute!<br />
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Not so cute, but at least I can prove I was there. lol<br />
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I have two Indygo Junction Kitchen Charm aprons in process. The one on the right will be mine and it's made from a feedsack charm pack. The one on the left is for my apron swap partner in the colors she requested. I was a bit short of fabric so it's waiting for more squares. The Viking spotted them on the design wall. <br />
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I've been car-less this week while the mechanics struggle to figure out what is wrong with it. So since we were stuck at home, he played with Lego on a corner of the cutting table while I sewed. I gave him the leftover strips of star fabric I was cutting for a baby quilt. He was thrilled with his "desert at night." :-)<br />
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He decided his glass of water was actually vampire squid juice. No so far-fetched when you know <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywmoX9_GxCo">Octonauts </a>is one of his current favorite shows. Not my favorite to listen to, but he loves it and learns quite a bit about ocean creatures.<br />
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Never leave a cute pattern around where a kid can see it unless you really want to make it. He's been asking and asking and asking for me to make him a <a href="http://dandelionsandlace.blogspot.com/2011/03/marshmallow-bunny-plushie.html">Bunny Peep</a> (pattern carelessly left on a sewing machine table) so I broke down on Tuesday and whipped one up. He insisted on a pink one so good thing my fleece bin had a scrap of pink!<br />
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In the meantime I'm working on a quilt for Precious. It needs the outer border of the white print, then I can get on with the quilting. <br />
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So now I'd better get to bed. Another day tomorrow of no car and a boy to keep amused. I'm sure we'll have fun....despite the lousy weather forecast. :-)</div>
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The sunsets haven’t been too shabby either.<br />
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The other morning I managed to spot a baby bunny in the yard before the dogs did. Yay! Bunny was over in that corner jumping at the fence trying to escape. So at 7 am I was outside in my pajamas, still bleary-eyed and slow, herding the bunny back out under the gate. Hmmmm.... Peter Rabbit maybe?? I’m very glad I opted for a 6 ft fence on the street side of the yard!!</div>
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After breakfast I tackled mowing the lawn. There is poison ivy everywhere! Ugh! So out came the spray as well.<br />
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The oak tree is looking better as the vines are dying off. <br />
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Now this is where I gave up on the iPad experiment in frustration.....about two weeks ago. I couldn't scroll to write more in the browser and I couldn't find an app I liked to do the job. So here I am back at the iMac. The problem is the new desk we found for me. Well....a used desk, from Craigslist. It looks great, but it's too high and the monitor is way too high and I get spasms in my upper back after just a few minutes. Even with the "computer glasses." Anyway....</div>
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Precious gets cuter by the day. <br />
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And The Viking gets taller and taller. Look how long his legs are in those shorts!<br />
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He will start school in July and he's very ready. He disappeared upstairs one day, "I have to make a card for you, Nini!" And this is what he presented to me. It says "I like everything about you." Awwwwww. Be still my heart. With a drawing of the two of us "by the side of the road." :-)<br />
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I also delved into some garment making, trying to finish up a few old projects I'd hidden away. This project ended up in the bin. The pattern too. Now I know why I didn't finish it. Too frustrating!!<br />
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I made <a href="https://so-sew-easy.com/cowl-neck-top-pattern/">this top</a> last year.<br />
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And had been saving this fabric to make one with sleeves. Not bad. Possibly not the best match of fabric weight and style, but it's wearable.</div>
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Success! The darts look good, but the neckline of the finished shirt is way too high and snug. I'll be able to cut it lower and re-finish it though. Maybe tomorrow! <br />
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The Viking was all about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=F5JV3nVOLMA">Ninjago</a> on Tuesday. He spent lots of time waving around and spinning his pirate sword like nunchucks. So a quick raid of the fabric stash to make him into a "green ninja." </div>
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We took dogs for a walk and he ninja-ed the whole way. Running and spinning and saving us from numerous imaginary villans. :-)<br />
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I finished The Tramp's weighted blanket. Well....actually....to be honest....silly me left two rows off by mistake. Ooops. They've since been added. The denim is awfully hot though and now the weather has warmed up (it was 84F today!) I'll have to make one with lighter fabric. "Hurry up and take the picture! It's <i>heavy</i>!"<br />
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Such a messy process! My clothes, the floor, the table, inside my sewing machine, and now all over our bedroom. Sigh.<br />
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On Thursday The Viking announced he wanted to sew a giraffe. Not sure where that came from. He was happy to switch his allegiance to a pre-printed stuffed bunny project panel. He manned the foot pedal while I guided the fabric. Very tricky, but we managed it. He happily pulled wads of stuffing out of the box while I stuffed and sewed up the opening. "I love it Nini! It doesn't look like any of my other bunnies!" He insisted it was a bobble head bunny because he could punch it, and named the poor thing "Bouncing Butt" because bunny starts with the letter B. Okaaaay. Whatever you say kiddo.<br />
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The weather was lovely the past few days so we had fun in the yard too. He wanted to play basketball and was happy with the only basket I could provide. :-)<br />
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Gorgeous blue skies.<br />
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I'm warming up my quilting muscles on one for me. Fun!<br />
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This morning was also gorgeous and Ivy and I went for a walk. We live side-on to a busyish road which is slated to be widened and sidewalks added to both sides. Before deciding to offer on this house we met with the town engineer in charge of the project to find out what the impact on the property would be. "Widening" is a bit of a misnomer. The road will be widened only to add turning lanes where there are none and to add a planted median in the center. Two roundabouts will be added up the road from us to make the intersections safer and of course the sidewalks will be a marvelous addition. We were assured the whole plan is designed to slow traffic and guide it safely along this very curvy road. In addition, it is hoped that much of the traffic that uses this route as a cut-through will be encouraged to use the main roads instead. We shall see, but the sidewalks will make things <i>much </i>safer for the pedestrians we often see. There is a school at one end of the road and a small shopping center at the other end which would be nice to walk to. This stretch of verge, in the photo, is nice and wide, but I can't go too far or I'll be walking in the busy road.<br />
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The surveyors have recently finished their work and left colorful flagged posts all up and down the road. Our wall is just outside of the work zone thank goodness.<br />
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No flat roads here. Everything is up and down. Good exercise!<br />
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It was lovely sitting on our own deck as well. Very breezy.<br />
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Enjoy it while it lasts, Ivy. Storms predicted for tomorrow! :-)<br />
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The Viking was thrilled to receive a belated ribbon for his quilt. He was very resistant about the idea of hanging up with his quilt. I'll have to remember to ask if it ever got there. In the meantime he's picked out a pile of fat quarters to make into another quilt.<br />
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Partly because of pantry moths (which we think we bought with the house...sigh), and partly because the wall color was brown, and partly because the shelving was woefully inadequate, we embarked upon a pantry update. New shelves, white paint, and dog approved.<br />
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So I loaded the shelves. It's wonderful! Everything has been washed or dipped in vinegar to discourage the moths. All cardboard is banished or encased in plastic bags. What a pain, but necessary at the moment.<br />
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Every spice bottle is in plastic as well. Dog food has been banished to the garage. I'm not taking any chances. So far no moths have shown up in here, though we still occasionally catch one elsewhere in the house. Sigh.<br />
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After painting the dining room I unpacked all of the breakables. Makes quite a pile on the front porch each time I unpack a room. Thank goodness for Freecycle. We've been able to pass on so much packing material and so many boxes.<br />
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The weather has mostly been fabulous for outdoor activities. Like dog walks...<br />
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...and trips to the park for play, exploring, and picnics.<br />
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It's the time for yard work too. On this day we were trying to strip off the bottom of all the vines growing on the tree. English Ivy for sure and most likely poison ivy. I didn't realize poison ivy vines grew thick and hairy so I was happily ripping them off the tree, with gloves on thank goodness. Amazingly I've not broken out in a rash after such foolishness. It would have been better to do some research first!<br />
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This really thick vine is a mystery though. I don't think it's wisteria. Maybe grape? Anyway, either of them can bring down a tree so we are doing our best to kill it.<br />
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And close up. Look at the size of that!<br />
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Leaf buds are just starting to show. I'd hate to loose this tree.<br />
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As for sewing..... I'm working on a weighted blanket for The Tramp. I cut these squares from denim jeans <i>many</i> years ago. (Yes, I have a UFO problem.) Look at that homemade template. A cabinet handle screwed on a not very square piece of acrylic, which won't lay flat because of the screws. Ancient history! lol</div>
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But I've sewn them all together with hot pink flannel and stuffed them all with plastic pellets.<br />
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A third of a cup in each square worked out perfectly for 126 squares (9x14). I got them put together in rows, then the trouble started. It's all just too thick to sew the rows together properly, so I'm testing out various strategies to get this thing together so The Tramp can use it. Live and learn!<br />
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When you have a loft it makes sense to take advantage of it, though on the first day he was here I took The Viking aside to explain that he is NOT to throw <i>anything</i> over or through the railings except paper. We made an exception for paper airplanes. He had remembered however, seeing a kit in JoAnn's for plastic men with parachutes. So I broke down and bought the kit, and we had the best<i> </i>time launching and retrieving our paratroopers. Correction....<i>he</i> had the best time retrieving them. I have to wear him out somehow. ;-)<br />
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We also finally got the "sleepover room" put together. Two Ikea Slakt beds with trundles. While The Viking bounced around me getting reaquainted with the toys, I got a serious physical workout wrestling allergy covers onto four heavy and annoyingly floppy foam mattresses, to say nothing of mattress pads and sheets. Then getting the slippery duvets into the duvet covers was a whole 'nother ordeal. But it's done, and the toys are closeted and shelved, and we are ready to go. :-)<br />
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Such a great moment of The Viking taking a photo of Ivy with his phone. The ramp is proving popular for more than just getting old dogs on and off the deck. Ngaire has found a favorite spot underneath, and Ivy likes a perch from which to survey any action.<br />
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And happy, happy day, Precious came to visit. Eighth great-grand for a proud Nanny and Papa.<br />
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I got a little action too. :-)<br />
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Dad had some fun with her hair!<br />
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And she enjoyed the round quilt my <a href="http://quiltingcowgirl.com/">friend Cathy</a> made for her. <br />
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Much close examination of the quilting. Maybe a future quilt judge?<br />
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It was a horrible rainy and cold day.<br />
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But no one cared. Lasagne and good company warmed us all up.<br />
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Precious helped with the entertainment. :-)<br />
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I even got in a little sewing. The Sailor Son is required to wear new a new uniform starting Monday, so I did my patriotic duty and sewed on all his patches.<br />
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We had six dogs in the house over the weekend as well. Stella is apparently good to have around if your feet are cold. lol<br />
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Hi. It's been a while. Life happens, doesn't it. So..... A short recap of recent months.</div>
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The total eclipse. We were north of the totality zone, but it was still pretty significant. We had special glasses and made a viewer out of a cereal box. </div>
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Stardust and her family were coming to visit in November, so I made up a couple of <a href="https://twiddletails.blogspot.com/2014/08/free-skully-pattern.html">Skully</a> pillows for Stardust and her dad. </div>
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Stardust was thrilled to design and sew her own pillow too!<br />
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This was Thanksgiving Day. I took a short break from the boxes for some chips and dip. They weren't even turkey flavored!<br />
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Before I packed up the sewing room I found a few hours to make up this <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/land/tutorials/falling-charms-quilt-snips/index.html">Falling Charms</a> quilt for a friend having health worries. She loves blue in particular and was thrilled with my efforts. It so nice to be able to just surprise someone. :-) <br />
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I also went on a quilting bee retreat to Oak Island. The weather wasn't so great, but it was still fun to walk on the sand for a bit.<br />
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We worked on our own projects and also got two charity quilt tops sewn together. Aren't they eye-catching!<br />
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Then two days before the closing on our new house, I managed to scare everyone by having a heart attack. Mild, but painful and frightening nonetheless. The <a href="https://www.rexhealth.com/rh/care-treatment/heart-vascular/north-carolina-heart-vascular-hospital/">cardiac hospital</a> staff and facility were fabulous and I had a huge top floor room with a view. </div>
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And just before Christmas we gained a new grandchild. Precious! The most recent photo of Precious is in the sidebar. <br />
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No rest for the weary though. We moved in December and have been facing the reality of how much stuff we own ever since. Why is unpacking so much harder than packing?<br />
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The Sandbox took a while to get sorted out.<br />
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And lucky me has a spare room (The Annex) to store all my fabric and projects. But oh my the boxes. I didn't realize how much sewing stuff I had in closets and in the attic of the old house until it all came together in one room. <br />
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I had a quilt challenge to get finished and entered into the guild's quilt show in March. So The Tramp patiently helped me look through box after box and in the very last box I finally found the right project bin. EUREKA! So that's what I named the project. EUREKA! <br />
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I had to ignore the house for a while and get <i>sewing</i>!<br />
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Both machines were humming.<br />
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And ta da! I squeaked in before the deadline.<br />
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The guild had a pillow swap and this is the one I made. Fun <a href="https://modernhandcraft.com/2016/06/hexie-pillow-pattern-release/">pattern</a>. I have another in progress for me. :-)<br />
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All while sorting out the house and getting acclimated. The Viking isn't minding all the newness a bit. :-)<br />
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The quilt show finally came and The Viking was thrilled to see his quilt hanging with the others, though not so thrilled it didn't have a ribbon on it. Oh dear. Hard concept for a five year old.<br />
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I'm not wearing the splint around the house much these days, unless I'm doing heavy work like changing sheets etc. I'm keeping up with my physical therapy exercises which include activities like picking up coins (easy) and then flicking them out of my palm (hard), twiddling paperclips around in my fingers (not hard, but I keep dropping them!), and playing with a large container of dried black beans (ditto). </div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-9854235468249673072017-07-11T21:48:00.001-04:002017-07-11T21:48:58.226-04:00Sewing??And typing too! Amazing to me. I spent most of the weekend in a drug induced haze. The Sailor Son, his boys and his lady paid us a visit. Saturday, we spent a few hours at the lake. There the four of them are in the water. Me, I sat in my chair with my arm propped up staying carefully away from water or sand. It was very hot and I did get up a couple of times to dunk my feet in the cool water, much to the family's amusement. I couldn't walk in a straight line to save my soul! I'm not sure what other people thought as I staggered back and forth. :-)<br />
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It certainly wore me out. All of us apparently. The Tramp snuck this photo of us napping and commented upon the family resemblance. lol <br />
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The dogs always enjoy a lot of attention during these visits. Especially so for Piglet this time around.<br />
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Monday, The Viking had to mostly amuse himself. He arrived with his bendy Batman and Joker and declared he wanted to build Gotham City. We googled for the "perfect" pictures and taped them up as a backdrop. Then he got seriously to work while I snoozed in my chair. I was by this time off the narcotics so we also went out for a short test drive around the corner and a well earned work-off-some-energy-session for him at the mall play area.<br />
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My original dressing and plaster splint was becoming more and more uncomfortable. It was so tight and the itching was getting more and more intense. Arrrghhhh! So this morning The Viking and I went off to the orthopaedic clinic so they could fix my problem. The bandage and splint were cut off and lo and behold I had lots of swelling and a large itchy welt on the underside of my arm. So this is the new splint, which I would have been given next week anyway. I've also got a jump on the physical therapy. I have a few exercises to keep my fingers limber which should also reduce some of the swelling. The big puff on the back of my hand has gone down considerably already. Yay.<br />
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It didn't completely solve the problem though. The regulation "sock" part is not at all comfortable and too short to keep the plastic from touching my inflamed skin. Arrrrghhhh!<br />
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After a couple of hours it was clear the whole thing was too tight so back I went for an adjustment. My thumb was being strangled and the long sides were digging in. <br />
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Ahhhh. Much better. And the nasty "sock" problem was solved by pulling out some leftover cotton knit and making some "socks" of my own. Also much better. :-D<br />
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Of course I have sewing projects galore that need finishing. So I made a mental list and have been working my way through some of them. The first thing was to finish the tote bags I showed in my last post. There is one more to be made for me, but it ended up getting put aside. I've had this sun hat for The Viking cut out and being pushed about my sewing tables for about a year. Done!</div>
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The hat was a must-wear for a few days. I believe this is a superhero face and pose, though it could also be a "bad guy." It's hard for me to keep up! <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">He arrived with his Batman sneakers in hand one morning. "Nini! My shoes are broken. You have to</span><span style="text-align: start;"> fix them. They need to be knitted." So I sewed the velcro back on. So funny!!</span></div>
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I also decided it was high time to get the sandbox off the porch and take the area back for the grownups. We covered the floor with some outdoor carpet and spent a couple of days putting new furniture together. Much better! It keeps some of the mosquitoes off the porch. I finally broke down and bought some yard insect spray and judicious spraying of the screens and around the door has made it possible to actually sit on the porch unmolested. And less mosquitoes come through the doorway with the dogs as well. The mosquito war will never be won, but this has been a step in the right direction. Yay!<br />
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I've also been prepping The Viking for "when Nini has a big bandage on her hand and can't do things." We've been having practice sessions in the car with the seat belt buckles. Success! He also has some new shorts with no snaps and zippers. "Pants with nothing on them" he calls them. <br />
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My brother and his family came for a visit and I can't believe I didn't take a single photo! So instead, I took a photo of the bottle of honey he brought us from his own bee hives. Yum!<br />
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What will keep The Viking and I busy when I can't leave the house? Hmmmm. Ah! Lego is always good for some imaginative play. I invested in a set of "classic" Lego and he has been having a blast with it. "This car can go 45 Nini! 45 to the sun!!" The creature on the right is a bee. </div>
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And this is a greenhouse. I love the fan hanging from above. :-)<br />
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He's also been hard at it with glue and scissors. I bought a big pack of colored construction paper. That ought to keep him busy too.</div>
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I desperately wanted to make a new purse before the surgery date. This is a new pattern by Erin Gilbey called the<a href="http://www.dogundermydesk.com/store/patterns/sunrise-saddle-bag-pdf-sewing-pattern/"> Sunrise Saddle Bag</a>. It came out great! Perfect for the one handed person. :-)<br />
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Also on my agenda was finally finishing the cover for The Tramp's desk chair. The seat and back are taken from a used sheepskin car seat cover. It's a bit weird, but he likes it so that makes it perfect. If you look at the photo up above of the boy cutting paper, you can see the chair behind him in it's bad condition. The bonded surface of the leather had peeled and bits of it were showing up all over the house!<br />
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Another list item was a couple of curtains for the porch. The outdoor fabric was on sale last week so there was no excuse. Now we can have dinner outside without the sun in our eyes. Hooray! I actually went back to the store this week for enough fabric for one more curtain and some tiebacks, but that is going to have to wait. Other small sewing items like mending have been finished too. Busy, busy.<br />
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And just about the most important item before a big life event is getting a new pedicure. Right? No picture of my toes, but this was the sky as I left the salon. Ominous. Another item struck off my list.<br />
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I was pleased to get this 4th of July photo of Stardust, Batman and Five with what looks suspiciously like fireworks. The boys will be coming for a visit soon. :-D<br />
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We went to the fireworks in a local town with ED and The Viking. There was a chance of rain, but instead we were treated to spectacular skys.<br />
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We were treated to music from the <a href="https://www.bullcitysyndicate.com/">Bull City Syndicate</a>, and after them the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.<br />
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Today we took The Viking on a farm tour. The Ninja Cow Farm is local and since I've been exploring local places to buy meat this seemed like a great opportunity. The story of the ninja cow is funny and amazing and if you'd like to read it this is the <a href="http://ninjacowfarm.com/why-ninja-cow/">link</a>. Dan Moore is a farmer with a way with words. :-) He was also a great tour guide. We visited the pigs, saw the loads and loads of leftover produce from the State Farmers Market that is hauled in to feed the cows and pigs, and fed some bananas to the two dairy cows. Seven <i>million</i> pounds of produce a year. Wow. <br />
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So now I go to bed with all the usual instructions of what not to eat or drink after what time, and what to wear and not wear tomorrow, where to go and when to arrive. I won't be typing much, but I'm sure I can post a few pictures in the coming weeks. See you on the other side!<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260123334966915770.post-25049845841615021732017-06-12T22:12:00.000-04:002017-06-12T22:12:40.523-04:00MOSQUITO!!!!!!!!!Sorry. Just had to get that out of my system. I'm just sitting here at the keyboard MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS and a mosquito was working it's way up my arm. Grrrrrrr. <br />
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Anyway..... I will type in spite of the intense itching. ARRRGGGGHHHH (What <i>did</i> we do before Benadryl Spray??) <br />
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The Viking and I have been spending most of our time together out of the house it seems. Finally we've been able to relax and enjoy a few days at home. He's getting quite good with scissors. We dig through the paper recycle bin and my fabric scrap bin and he cuts and cuts. <br />
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He's getting quite creative with the shapes that appear. This day turned out to be all about horns. He wouldn't rest until I taped horns on his head.<br />
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Then he taped horns, beak, wings and tail to his sippy cup and proceeded to give it "horn cuts" instead of a haircut. Too funny.<br />
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A fun photo of Stardust ready for a field day at school.<br />
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And a first photo of grand #8, as yet ungendered and unnamed. :-)<br />
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In my last post I complained a bit about my selection of quilting presser feet and had just altered one to be non-hopping. With fingers crossed, I ordered another Janome foot in hopes it would fit my Juki. Some do and some don't.<br />
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Also that day, came the forget-me-not fabric. Now I have several fabrics from the same line for the Quilting Babes challenge quilt.<br />
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Much to my relief and excitement....it fits!!!<br />
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The needle is perfectly centered. Yay! It works like a dream. Yesssssss.<br />
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So I finished the quilting and then constructed the second tote bag. This one is for the guild swap. My partner likes blue and green so I hope she likes it. <br />
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I came so close to running out of the quilting thread. (King Tut, Mint Julep) I just squeaked in some stitching on the handles. Phew.<br />
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I also finished another rosette for La Passacaglia. I'm trying to get away from the purple stars I started with. I decided it would be much more fun to just go crazy with color. We shall see. <br />
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Last Wednesday The Tramp and I went to a concert. Yep. That's Paul Simon!! The show was fabulous. I consider it a testament to his greatness that he and his sound people realize you don't have to make peoples' ears bleed with the volume. I didn't even have to put on my ear plugs. It was a joy to listen quietly, sing along with the crowd, and even dance a bit. Almost 2 1/2 hours. Wow.<br />
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Everyone was prepared for rain, but it didn't happen. Instead we were treated to a sideshow of the almost full moon dancing with the fast moving clouds. Pretty neat.<br />
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Along with all the usual weekend errands, on both Saturday and Sunday morning, before the days heated up too much, we did some heavy gardening. At least these days I find it heavy going. ;-) I've been wanting to plant something on this bare slope beside the driveway. In the backyard there is a patch of mondo grass which the dogs haven't managed to kill. I figure if it's that hardy, it might survive in this somewhat shady spot. The "soil" is rock hard clay. Like cement! We planted plugs until our backs gave out, mulched, and installed a soaker hose above them on the slope. We shall see. If it works, maybe I'll try some hostas and possibly a shrub or two. Living in hope. :-)<br />
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We picked up some rosebushes, blueberry bushes and a nandina from the clearance racks at the back of Lowes' garden section. We planted three roses bushes in the spot I tried to grow tomatoes last year. Fingers crossed they are more successful. Amazingly, buried up against the garden border was this enormous goose egg! I suppose the thief who raided the first nest buried it here for safekeeping. What a surprise! I wondered why we didn't see broken shells all over the place when the nest was raided. Now I know. The eggs were cached.</div>
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In the backyard we planted the blueberry bushes and pegged down and mulched over soaker hoses in the three gardens. <br />
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No more eggs I'm afraid, though I did run across this interesting spider with an unusual web, settled in the clump of daylilies up against the deck. A little research tells me it's most probably a female banded garden spider, <a href="http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/north-carolina/">Argiope trifasciata</a>.</div>
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"Females are large, silvery spiders with legs banded in black and yellow. Look for this species in late summer and fall in fields, prairies, gardens, and meadows. The circular webs are built close to the ground amid tall grasses and weeds, often with a zigzag band of silk running through the center."</div>
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