tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24890215236822980812024-03-08T07:33:51.319-04:00IT IS WHAT IT ISDid you eat a frog today?Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-26062953094259534602024-02-13T23:41:00.000-04:002024-02-13T23:41:05.966-04:00That's No Excuse!<p><span style="font-size: large;"> If I start out whining and telling you how tired I was from traveling and how many jobs had to be caught up on and how dull and gloomy the weather has been and how I had no energy or motivation to get back into the swing of things ...would that get me off the hook for not blogging for almost 2 weeks? nah! I didn't think so because when I go back and read what I have just written it simply sounds like excuses. Lame excuses. I can hear my mom now when I would come up with perfectly valid reasons why the dishes weren't done or my homework was undone or why I was 10 minutes past curfew.. Wendy! ...that's no excuse!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iHfxDwoKEcP4QiSZxzWJxFZORMrIdWoWzZqlJUZ3WXF0lL-RcaKjbI95Fc_lxl8oh9IdzJUoSMq7ag_oj2vlPBkChX8gH2kCdY5SlEtNw0E794yXle5VsOCcTl7vuVhQG35Boa-5fn1-IM1-EBDhhqdQzwJG__FdVgXf7f2-hwLZwUo3l4KSPPbL_JM/s3157/IMG_2009.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3157" data-original-width="2832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iHfxDwoKEcP4QiSZxzWJxFZORMrIdWoWzZqlJUZ3WXF0lL-RcaKjbI95Fc_lxl8oh9IdzJUoSMq7ag_oj2vlPBkChX8gH2kCdY5SlEtNw0E794yXle5VsOCcTl7vuVhQG35Boa-5fn1-IM1-EBDhhqdQzwJG__FdVgXf7f2-hwLZwUo3l4KSPPbL_JM/s320/IMG_2009.jpeg" width="287" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">So I will simply and sheepishly say, I am sorry and that I will try to do better.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not too many updates on stitching. I did manage to start finish 2 small cross stitch projects in the last 2 weeks and I have another almost complete. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkLtOpl5O0KQZVpgmLdtJ2xDf9Al737jaZfC3EPr7O_0MlC1J6YRKywIolb2TRJ4_cGQHj9jUcS2qDJF-uUI3O0lXfTfftotODwoi5j0HR898YZyoo4XbvA0U9NUOAIL8idbTKq_VHGC-Jw5Al3yzJo6gQWxhoDjcwWFX3WuGrrCEGEkYHA2ttZJXKuI/s1024/00F43874-F880-4D4C-A44F-F0F856DF5ACA_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkLtOpl5O0KQZVpgmLdtJ2xDf9Al737jaZfC3EPr7O_0MlC1J6YRKywIolb2TRJ4_cGQHj9jUcS2qDJF-uUI3O0lXfTfftotODwoi5j0HR898YZyoo4XbvA0U9NUOAIL8idbTKq_VHGC-Jw5Al3yzJo6gQWxhoDjcwWFX3WuGrrCEGEkYHA2ttZJXKuI/w285-h240/00F43874-F880-4D4C-A44F-F0F856DF5ACA_1_105_c.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Here is one of the completed stitches. the second one is not photographed yet so it will have to wait until my next blog post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I also started another quilt. It is to be a gift so it will have to take a front seat to some of my other projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I have not forgotten my book with this years goals but first things first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">So many things I want to do! I have a hard time concentrating on just one project. I came across this photo on Pinterest and it describes me to a T !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcPgGbStsnqxJLOI1Hqi3fLUVTJ47vIF2EMCGxZPu2jeN0WPeviu1qls702B7jRtttumVvqNT53kVrnk8xiqsyp_QAVFvr7CrYWT_XMPGBTQ9cmlnF8Bm16Eu6cMUypmhG1-1VbUTaqTmccPwMZ0g8bTA_clKjO5MJ9r-Ycykfc4j8rFtCSLksi7AbH0/s751/566B68D2-330A-45BB-BE7E-EB3A080E867B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcPgGbStsnqxJLOI1Hqi3fLUVTJ47vIF2EMCGxZPu2jeN0WPeviu1qls702B7jRtttumVvqNT53kVrnk8xiqsyp_QAVFvr7CrYWT_XMPGBTQ9cmlnF8Bm16Eu6cMUypmhG1-1VbUTaqTmccPwMZ0g8bTA_clKjO5MJ9r-Ycykfc4j8rFtCSLksi7AbH0/s320/566B68D2-330A-45BB-BE7E-EB3A080E867B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="190" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">The direction of the dialogue in this post just seems to confirm the above photo. My mind is all over the place while writing this, so you will need to really pay attention or you will come to the end of this post, shaking your head and saying to yourself; "what in the word is she talking about"?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">OK back to the quilt I have started this week. This is hopefully what the quilt will look like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7BxdlguMfoQq1vihL7sJ85t_5FLjqUBX_c8JuI-urlKLv3gM6eWjzInb-LRa2cn77UdUcwJYoZrSTyFBZx8vcZzJ1r_5Sqmh0uOjDBVW7-eNxgeGS-Ly64ionfP9FGGxOWnEiiCDm5LQ3ALmp1RZgAGRkKAgx_bZgtAS8_G-saxltmE44PZDDMjeZV0/s490/39DCD425-8800-472C-A4FF-D8494AE1F5C1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7BxdlguMfoQq1vihL7sJ85t_5FLjqUBX_c8JuI-urlKLv3gM6eWjzInb-LRa2cn77UdUcwJYoZrSTyFBZx8vcZzJ1r_5Sqmh0uOjDBVW7-eNxgeGS-Ly64ionfP9FGGxOWnEiiCDm5LQ3ALmp1RZgAGRkKAgx_bZgtAS8_G-saxltmE44PZDDMjeZV0/s320/39DCD425-8800-472C-A4FF-D8494AE1F5C1.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Soulshine Quilt Pattern by Southern Charm Quilts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVxu2NhPIFFcPVZQ70lywxWqy8h9yZD8cC-o3MiQWdtjLyNOWhV4Zn3k6Nqh8tjTRnVwGP9yP7RoxDM_khN9hAj982kuOSnE9Wr5PrbdkWBzaQ1kZOxDLD3xeBkDY6LHZRg7VSKa9FVfsTKy-LxSedqPbNJDVyVPziey4UD_806FvxFyHW6ekrMJgjNM/s1024/A6187B76-AC92-4120-BF0B-A41757CBDDB7_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVxu2NhPIFFcPVZQ70lywxWqy8h9yZD8cC-o3MiQWdtjLyNOWhV4Zn3k6Nqh8tjTRnVwGP9yP7RoxDM_khN9hAj982kuOSnE9Wr5PrbdkWBzaQ1kZOxDLD3xeBkDY6LHZRg7VSKa9FVfsTKy-LxSedqPbNJDVyVPziey4UD_806FvxFyHW6ekrMJgjNM/s320/A6187B76-AC92-4120-BF0B-A41757CBDDB7_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> and these are the fabrics I have chosen. I think it will be quite pretty when finished. I have all the pieces cut and hopefully tomorrow I will get a bit of a start on the 120 flying geese blocks. (stay tuned)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">We have unseasonably mild weather for February in Canada; almost no snow but Boy Howdy we had a pretty drive to church last Sunday with all the hoar frost on the trees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhzaVzXKHYDxbG-ZdqLOIO6wvyRvTpYwsqcqVSa01xZSx6fDc1gv4bY2B-KMxuG24hKR7bVcp3obao7alFhuyCONk_-jX1rCQK4aX6sz5-8WwD1Wc1LKTcb9fWUjkQJSsVIKLGBdBIEmaJ9oLjUMZPKorpEylrgPzdZ6Xrzh4el3sxBHIXMuL6sFOaJs/s1024/7F7CFF43-DCA0-4015-AA19-A29C1D282849_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhzaVzXKHYDxbG-ZdqLOIO6wvyRvTpYwsqcqVSa01xZSx6fDc1gv4bY2B-KMxuG24hKR7bVcp3obao7alFhuyCONk_-jX1rCQK4aX6sz5-8WwD1Wc1LKTcb9fWUjkQJSsVIKLGBdBIEmaJ9oLjUMZPKorpEylrgPzdZ6Xrzh4el3sxBHIXMuL6sFOaJs/s320/7F7CFF43-DCA0-4015-AA19-A29C1D282849_1_105_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I will leave you with a few pictures of the most photogenic one in the house these days. I keep my camera handy because you just never know when she will be posing for another pretty picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">......and here's Bella!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmC3u2MCrVLMpEs80TmkpneHLeMN-uVIipO2g8v0dqLSAuanDQC8flIXyryim-lgta9hFZ9C3x6-t15clGgF60m_t1Kbj1NJdZfIzvQ_jOxAyBS_7COoxJAfg_ezTbfQswGEJ4dEBUKWU1fi9wqhUIKgyIiQJXD6-KRatGARy8W731QVlzoPOTTstb7M/s1024/2ABF5363-E170-41C6-BBA3-BFD0F481EBE7_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmC3u2MCrVLMpEs80TmkpneHLeMN-uVIipO2g8v0dqLSAuanDQC8flIXyryim-lgta9hFZ9C3x6-t15clGgF60m_t1Kbj1NJdZfIzvQ_jOxAyBS_7COoxJAfg_ezTbfQswGEJ4dEBUKWU1fi9wqhUIKgyIiQJXD6-KRatGARy8W731QVlzoPOTTstb7M/s320/2ABF5363-E170-41C6-BBA3-BFD0F481EBE7_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">“</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Even the smallest feline is a masterpiece of nature</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">” </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leonardo da Vinci,</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-27066311116002579482024-01-29T00:59:00.000-04:002024-01-29T00:59:20.096-04:00I'M FINISHED!<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I </span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">finished 2 cross stitch projects, a couple of knitted dish cloths, and a vacation. We have been on the road for 2 days and will be getting home tomorrow, "Lord willing, and the creeks don't rise."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"> <u>I mean that literally . . . . </u>there have been flash flood warnings since we left Hilton Head yesterday. Pretty heavy rains today through North Carolina, West Virginia and on into Ohio. The water is high and fast in some of the rivers we could see along the highway but so far all is well. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">These days it is not very often that I get in my 10,000 steps, and especially on a travel day. Yesterday after a 5-6 hour drive we arrived at Sunset Island North Carolina. Found a place to park the car and headed to the beach. My letter was written and we were on a mission to walk down the beach for several km each way to find Kindred Spirits Mailbox. If you have read Nicholas Sparks novel entitled Every Breath, you will know exactly what/where I am referring to. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVFGoKWeqHEBCQxiEBm45zGJVPqtdO7977P5j7mHeDEmoSfLOWjSmwgq46pQgL03Av1z2HlZqus2YOmiU985eAOs88K4QQBkbYWib3rolbAc1oTf6piEaJ2ZUQYfngIYB51l1POFvCtOSjov_G59Q2rPzLYaBsq0nGwa3BYAflGh_vo3ZIZzQKPy1Xew/s1800/9FE3E01B-7F16-4D89-BCAA-1F44B32C0467_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVFGoKWeqHEBCQxiEBm45zGJVPqtdO7977P5j7mHeDEmoSfLOWjSmwgq46pQgL03Av1z2HlZqus2YOmiU985eAOs88K4QQBkbYWib3rolbAc1oTf6piEaJ2ZUQYfngIYB51l1POFvCtOSjov_G59Q2rPzLYaBsq0nGwa3BYAflGh_vo3ZIZzQKPy1Xew/s320/9FE3E01B-7F16-4D89-BCAA-1F44B32C0467_1_201_a.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I listened to the audio book on my library app</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvEpyqt4KMshYtnRRn9-SI9XUdNcfU3Xf_keWelm0O-SHDnx3apNxZEcEJ84N-yaoZWNNxtk8cL06niSNVPJYN71k0751IdAmXruRozsvlmBA2eanyIub-quc4X8js7jyqGwXqkrroFWi7gvfZqmftQ9TrZzNlWTp2meLgemx5o6mmb1x3EeyQJHGLgs/s4032/2280426B-562D-4405-9916-16DB2DD5C39D.heic" 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/AVvXsEgbvEpyqt4KMshYtnRRn9-SI9XUdNcfU3Xf_keWelm0O-SHDnx3apNxZEcEJ84N-yaoZWNNxtk8cL06niSNVPJYN71k0751IdAmXruRozsvlmBA2eanyIub-quc4X8js7jyqGwXqkrroFWi7gvfZqmftQ9TrZzNlWTp2meLgemx5o6mmb1x3EeyQJHGLgs/s320/2280426B-562D-4405-9916-16DB2DD5C39D.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I also sat on the bench and read several letters left by others who had been there before us the same day and many days before</span></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEjRCy10B8bN3qhtir-xpa3qelGZxFGtJVSNaTb3-UHxUTBApAkhWvsMC3AkC8e2WrOC_dgllu1taVR8U3g2e6mFh4SApEUsfgDtmGeOF6BH8eKkAk4vB9b1S7oe-x0HzMGRys4P6qT8X0ET98X7h8e7hZBvvYxdZ1CcvtnXoUfh4WQlIH70hnK53iuYLP8/s2532/IMG_2928%202.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCy10B8bN3qhtir-xpa3qelGZxFGtJVSNaTb3-UHxUTBApAkhWvsMC3AkC8e2WrOC_dgllu1taVR8U3g2e6mFh4SApEUsfgDtmGeOF6BH8eKkAk4vB9b1S7oe-x0HzMGRys4P6qT8X0ET98X7h8e7hZBvvYxdZ1CcvtnXoUfh4WQlIH70hnK53iuYLP8/s320/IMG_2928%202.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">By the time we got back to the car in the beach parking lot we had logged on 13,127 steps.(the app my husband used said it was about 100 steps more, but this was on my phone so it is the picture I snapped. A little further than I expected but worth the walk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Here are 2 of the cross stitch projects I finished stitching while I was away. They still need to be framed but that will happen later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnl6eau_CmrOLh6wuWzgmbeYsrBwvPmPycYd3R9-JTEERifW5d63AtalW8EFiF6es29bCrwRzptWLIK_ZLka7TTb_kG4OEocYGWUKqiHrWp1jUVRpYysGKc7Rg-fMsB51BNERLRw9zO2G4b_tQD8ygozpBWcnwHDB1gYct9yB-BrhCo0G4lm-W8kSehQ/s1024/418DD6AC-B982-4D2D-A2F5-DDD4A39B368B_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnl6eau_CmrOLh6wuWzgmbeYsrBwvPmPycYd3R9-JTEERifW5d63AtalW8EFiF6es29bCrwRzptWLIK_ZLka7TTb_kG4OEocYGWUKqiHrWp1jUVRpYysGKc7Rg-fMsB51BNERLRw9zO2G4b_tQD8ygozpBWcnwHDB1gYct9yB-BrhCo0G4lm-W8kSehQ/s320/418DD6AC-B982-4D2D-A2F5-DDD4A39B368B_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">This is a chart from </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><b>Black Bird Designs called What Remains. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I made a few changes to the chart by adding 3 sets of initials in memory of my mom and dad and brother and 2 sets of initials for Mr. O's mom and dad. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I also charted a sentiment and added it to the bottom of the design. There was to be a row of birds stitched across the bottom but I omitted them and added my initials and the little sentiment and a few additional stitches to balance things out.</span></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/AVvXsEhELuvvPux8kCbq6yGe1BMiA4PzINWCIZBDbi9p4Es6_GN952JRQyUwhe8Z_sABwcoND-RsVI75c2zJp469Oo9Odyp1Ysl2MGFBkVJcdd1oJG_1tLXY2AR2cWc9X34cNUMny3Qas39Ye7pGME_UWiCfYdqVYNFEH-V0BFhByDScxgcFbolcnii2RqL9vKQ/s4032/IMG_2894.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/AVvXsEhELuvvPux8kCbq6yGe1BMiA4PzINWCIZBDbi9p4Es6_GN952JRQyUwhe8Z_sABwcoND-RsVI75c2zJp469Oo9Odyp1Ysl2MGFBkVJcdd1oJG_1tLXY2AR2cWc9X34cNUMny3Qas39Ye7pGME_UWiCfYdqVYNFEH-V0BFhByDScxgcFbolcnii2RqL9vKQ/s320/IMG_2894.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The second finish is a small flower basket that was a freebie called Refuse To Wilt, distributed by Needlework Press during the pandemic. I printed it out with the intention of doing it right away but like many patterns it got crowded out by others and took a while to materialize.</span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">I know I said I would show you the projects that were hidden away in each of the project bags that went on vacation with me (from my last post) but I don't have everything at my fingertips here in the hotel room so it will have to wait til I get home.</span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></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;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">As promised, here are a couple of cool pics of some starfish and jelly fish from some of our beach walks.</span></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/AVvXsEjk0Uu_w0OjNdzdoG59HkslqtdF29FiyzkwkEO6PnpWCQkt_i4fB2lvSzwwawtH_CApxd7jILUJGLuhxaJ_DeGnzbDHGpebSYnjYZ7YHuL6oX4Za35lN_-qE1R_w_aq8K-tIZO7WAxsglxZzIwKRm0fl1ZBxAWAMu4MsBGrXDWocfE_xp0elvjAi36srJM/s1024/5D01B20D-AF85-4D18-845E-4C613321D0DB_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0Uu_w0OjNdzdoG59HkslqtdF29FiyzkwkEO6PnpWCQkt_i4fB2lvSzwwawtH_CApxd7jILUJGLuhxaJ_DeGnzbDHGpebSYnjYZ7YHuL6oX4Za35lN_-qE1R_w_aq8K-tIZO7WAxsglxZzIwKRm0fl1ZBxAWAMu4MsBGrXDWocfE_xp0elvjAi36srJM/s320/5D01B20D-AF85-4D18-845E-4C613321D0DB_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Huge jelly fish washed up on the beach</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdCEgnWUMKAzf2didUOQPokfQv2sStxcV-_znO_sd-7jpxhdKPnUwDpfEshWKanfT2keQiGMh2pqfBHsgO2ilS4DHFzSIOhRCT8_WIbh-EP0xY6sfO32aPTg3xNyr8xCHMWRW7yc1cHsMU3s1WEpMlVRj4IEz39V3yCw3gQcurH79DOxmV5xj3YDA11w/s1024/7F79B9E0-D545-441C-9870-F3DD557F651C_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdCEgnWUMKAzf2didUOQPokfQv2sStxcV-_znO_sd-7jpxhdKPnUwDpfEshWKanfT2keQiGMh2pqfBHsgO2ilS4DHFzSIOhRCT8_WIbh-EP0xY6sfO32aPTg3xNyr8xCHMWRW7yc1cHsMU3s1WEpMlVRj4IEz39V3yCw3gQcurH79DOxmV5xj3YDA11w/s320/7F79B9E0-D545-441C-9870-F3DD557F651C_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Some of these starfish looked like they were doing yoga poses for me</span></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;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uZglqdqocG8PZ38Msc2RRvM-g9ANoKXB0Gw338E-ECt7asnOzHwnPYnVEbt0P7pVukukVU6cQ3Iyk64DKmmHKV-tDwy5pVTl84m0SZcHbOU8sIiSqoqePs-IOJYIL07AEvXdA36ehkzlMWtNm4yL72edY8OSl8BWg9X_O_hvPtB29uSEakFXSN49bnY/s1024/AE9A2AE6-3D4F-4032-B764-88786723D3C7_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uZglqdqocG8PZ38Msc2RRvM-g9ANoKXB0Gw338E-ECt7asnOzHwnPYnVEbt0P7pVukukVU6cQ3Iyk64DKmmHKV-tDwy5pVTl84m0SZcHbOU8sIiSqoqePs-IOJYIL07AEvXdA36ehkzlMWtNm4yL72edY8OSl8BWg9X_O_hvPtB29uSEakFXSN49bnY/s320/AE9A2AE6-3D4F-4032-B764-88786723D3C7_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">one of many many sand dollars</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RCFwQcVuKhmd2CwtMXHyWlJFf6n_x4wfAK40IbIDXkcsiEB28YZO1ynpgV0rqt0ETM9Uj8p8BS8PXt5nYiCsdtvyXcKIn0a2XDObAkyVtnKZRnoY0jQgfO8DTBvS2V5rkGc8FqL_lCCdhW5AelwHQxnJrqelItDM6At45y2znMlvC1hlpyyXsa-yo40/s1024/D7B9554E-0FEB-4208-942D-2B38F0E812F8_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RCFwQcVuKhmd2CwtMXHyWlJFf6n_x4wfAK40IbIDXkcsiEB28YZO1ynpgV0rqt0ETM9Uj8p8BS8PXt5nYiCsdtvyXcKIn0a2XDObAkyVtnKZRnoY0jQgfO8DTBvS2V5rkGc8FqL_lCCdhW5AelwHQxnJrqelItDM6At45y2znMlvC1hlpyyXsa-yo40/s320/D7B9554E-0FEB-4208-942D-2B38F0E812F8_1_105_c.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">we walked by this caution sign every day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">YIKES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I have made a decision which book I am going to concentrate on for my quilting projects this year. My plan is to chose a book and pick several projects from that book to get done this year. None of them are full size quilts so I decided to go with 6. I think these will be just the perfect thing to whittle down some of my scraps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">My book choice is <span style="color: #cc0000;">Autumn Bouquet </span>by <span style="color: #b45f06;">Sharon Keightley.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuWPLG8NBPU5rb9y_RPKbCNg-pNOD5Cda19jOZ-moqc9xFKtjlCF52SvWnLkXt_khBZDc7DxZBZw0BZ9wWDdsAFyO6yJ7JsnAwGxfEF1lN1wqLhJFmPsDFuTdpXTmsp1JJhRL0rfy7yfJIUEoOCkeMlfs0BmEMwdDjEDdY70_7lKWUpWhB8Prpx834zQ/s4032/D4FADF69-484F-4367-88DF-979533501977.heic" 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/AVvXsEjZuWPLG8NBPU5rb9y_RPKbCNg-pNOD5Cda19jOZ-moqc9xFKtjlCF52SvWnLkXt_khBZDc7DxZBZw0BZ9wWDdsAFyO6yJ7JsnAwGxfEF1lN1wqLhJFmPsDFuTdpXTmsp1JJhRL0rfy7yfJIUEoOCkeMlfs0BmEMwdDjEDdY70_7lKWUpWhB8Prpx834zQ/s320/D4FADF69-484F-4367-88DF-979533501977.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">CANDY BASKETS 33"X33"</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrbhm8dIBR2fceQ86n0S_uGefsf87c2osmOH_1GGa9c2oTQHgXMA0ROwBKcB-Y99DussoiSoSjwDgni8eDSVykXxfDdIzwdk5XM0w4ZdCgEI9JymAQToiBSaaTZwrCbhaTrwL3H6LStNUw4vYhowK3EIUfCcHw2DbDoOFf56oLVLaQsD0arIAGfLq8Mk/s4032/6C8FDB40-5A60-4ADF-A982-F4879E7CE010.heic" 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/AVvXsEglrbhm8dIBR2fceQ86n0S_uGefsf87c2osmOH_1GGa9c2oTQHgXMA0ROwBKcB-Y99DussoiSoSjwDgni8eDSVykXxfDdIzwdk5XM0w4ZdCgEI9JymAQToiBSaaTZwrCbhaTrwL3H6LStNUw4vYhowK3EIUfCcHw2DbDoOFf56oLVLaQsD0arIAGfLq8Mk/s320/6C8FDB40-5A60-4ADF-A982-F4879E7CE010.heic" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">HOLLY'S GARDEN 23"X23"</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjKPA5K8EJmNeO_6Rdi1dwrpJXgJhAXYk7Nku06IfnrzWRSZ241t0iUPC6c4Y5bXm2uf6ZIvYNQ56BCbDE-KAVpwb6IDoetyP4OgoyFY0LcrO2hMFeplcIroX6hl8fRY-_6cE5NJHtthoBI2Mml36fgsUUzjYZHiu8sigq5AL3Z5yKkkeVD2k1-m3bZg/s4032/41018FAD-B226-4CFE-9578-A153235F16B1.heic" 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/AVvXsEgnjKPA5K8EJmNeO_6Rdi1dwrpJXgJhAXYk7Nku06IfnrzWRSZ241t0iUPC6c4Y5bXm2uf6ZIvYNQ56BCbDE-KAVpwb6IDoetyP4OgoyFY0LcrO2hMFeplcIroX6hl8fRY-_6cE5NJHtthoBI2Mml36fgsUUzjYZHiu8sigq5AL3Z5yKkkeVD2k1-m3bZg/s320/41018FAD-B226-4CFE-9578-A153235F16B1.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">TREASURES FROM THE SCRAP BIN 21"x34"</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOvoIrw2nrGYV5joSNENuGRJbZSKvgiLzrtpkgNed0z-6lRJwD2oukJrvWXmkaW-KzWVKT5nEi1JlYYfjm_pVdo7JyXg92ra3rmo3zO-PO_TZSGt4ge_OkQD5r8mhLhfEcCWNyWOdKAQGLX3OTRzhfxHp6kX6GNuFm2hyphenhyphenE2ZhCyRNZPHCPAUQNNQe7eI/s4032/2094786B-17E1-47E3-B3A6-D76802170CB1.heic" 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/AVvXsEhaOvoIrw2nrGYV5joSNENuGRJbZSKvgiLzrtpkgNed0z-6lRJwD2oukJrvWXmkaW-KzWVKT5nEi1JlYYfjm_pVdo7JyXg92ra3rmo3zO-PO_TZSGt4ge_OkQD5r8mhLhfEcCWNyWOdKAQGLX3OTRzhfxHp6kX6GNuFm2hyphenhyphenE2ZhCyRNZPHCPAUQNNQe7eI/s320/2094786B-17E1-47E3-B3A6-D76802170CB1.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">ITTY BITTY ROSES 12"x12"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">(this one might end up a little bigger)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkwMz2e155mIId6qQbaMAxJZS2K0LUJWg1oTEgB4xjBvxcp1CRlBxGbBjIgcQh6HlhnGOy7iqKk5MpH2P4uSm3HFSdlMVvQDDbHqB6bYzykYX9L3lxgOmpJ7rOeggK8ixN8a_NvcjeaTPvBh9G2ptEBYim-FCppBk-NHgTqwc4GfsalLuPg2_3BWZJtA/s4032/C0043FA6-AB56-4668-9B29-3A45EB0C1FCC.heic" 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/AVvXsEgVkwMz2e155mIId6qQbaMAxJZS2K0LUJWg1oTEgB4xjBvxcp1CRlBxGbBjIgcQh6HlhnGOy7iqKk5MpH2P4uSm3HFSdlMVvQDDbHqB6bYzykYX9L3lxgOmpJ7rOeggK8ixN8a_NvcjeaTPvBh9G2ptEBYim-FCppBk-NHgTqwc4GfsalLuPg2_3BWZJtA/s320/C0043FA6-AB56-4668-9B29-3A45EB0C1FCC.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">MY LITTLE BOHO 23"X23"</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqQVsQF_Mseo3JwTEYtYW6ucUIdL6UjJAD0S1OaVd0_SM8633uhkyQD0SlFOvP_BeDtckgI5W8UD0mYyzk1DX-BztHeONU9t4fr4eZt0ZeHUUg4zddnqk1FL7B1UsI0TaABePpZMg1gOjb8PGWlgwQsvkwovVKaZoz2AfRcLE1JPgVcJT8943zbWCNHs/s4032/F96F44F7-DD52-41E5-82DD-2E7D347147DB.heic" 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/AVvXsEhTqQVsQF_Mseo3JwTEYtYW6ucUIdL6UjJAD0S1OaVd0_SM8633uhkyQD0SlFOvP_BeDtckgI5W8UD0mYyzk1DX-BztHeONU9t4fr4eZt0ZeHUUg4zddnqk1FL7B1UsI0TaABePpZMg1gOjb8PGWlgwQsvkwovVKaZoz2AfRcLE1JPgVcJT8943zbWCNHs/s320/F96F44F7-DD52-41E5-82DD-2E7D347147DB.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">GOOSE CROSSING 75"X75"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">This is the largest pattern in the bunch but I will not be doing the full size and I have plans to make some other changes to it as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I am getting a late start to this challenge but I think I can pull it off.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> I have wanted to do some of Sharon Keightley's patterns for a while so I am expecting to really enjoy this challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I am excited to be getting home;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">So many things I want to get done...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The best way to get things done, is to simply begin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</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;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(145, 86, 173); text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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 /><br /><br /></div><p><br /></p><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><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 /><p></p>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-63306012310421938782024-01-19T00:20:00.000-04:002024-01-19T00:20:47.671-04:00THROWBACK THURSDAY AND A LITTLE UPDATE<p> <span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Most of you who know me, know that I very often posted about my quilting projects quite frequently and especially when travelling. My sewing machine has travelled many many thousands of miles. However in the last few years since I wandered back into cross stitching again, I have found cross stitching and knitting to be more travel friendly. it takes up less room in the car and a lot less time and space to pack for a trip. Most of my projects (yes that is project-S plural because I have more than 1 on the go) are all living in their own project bag. That makes it very simple to grab a project bag or 2 or 5 and I am ready to go. I will post a link to the blog post mentioning my return to cross stitching <a href="http://wendy-itiswhatitis.blogspot.com/2021/06/here-we-go-again.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">So what project bags got to go on vacation with me this trip you ask?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHigtMHgIHw6G09KqYwFBkgRyan2xdC810RPWOYgoubdB9iAuBWvQwyonqC_3NiCI6cOj-btY-KE6KlbtXMJ4QaQ4xH85I2qlQfs9CIrf3OOkDwHXVGgL6nPSGGyaWxzLEjuTSUJqnxrCaBNd06dq53anLNpEBeEFLcwbe2Yr9Fqi0zGdiW2jdTSTSXkw/s4032/IMG_2810%202.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEiHigtMHgIHw6G09KqYwFBkgRyan2xdC810RPWOYgoubdB9iAuBWvQwyonqC_3NiCI6cOj-btY-KE6KlbtXMJ4QaQ4xH85I2qlQfs9CIrf3OOkDwHXVGgL6nPSGGyaWxzLEjuTSUJqnxrCaBNd06dq53anLNpEBeEFLcwbe2Yr9Fqi0zGdiW2jdTSTSXkw/s320/IMG_2810%202.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project #1</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQAIP2nWMV-skEVp3E2ozx_H4Sb5z4AlslRxYQxHFXYtQNEFMdY2PyHkHKhBUFgDeiSMREXxSoJBjd7N_DVQepF5zQDjoFy07X3IEytornD9iO_IP5VCCP_J1SpMln22h_ozp7luZZCP3Q4VNS41G4E4XqUz7JDxL2vS0N2FKKfTXXbkzgToW6j-XaeM/s4032/IMG_2811%202.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEjeQAIP2nWMV-skEVp3E2ozx_H4Sb5z4AlslRxYQxHFXYtQNEFMdY2PyHkHKhBUFgDeiSMREXxSoJBjd7N_DVQepF5zQDjoFy07X3IEytornD9iO_IP5VCCP_J1SpMln22h_ozp7luZZCP3Q4VNS41G4E4XqUz7JDxL2vS0N2FKKfTXXbkzgToW6j-XaeM/s320/IMG_2811%202.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project #2</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODx_qDfJEqwUIy9NYy6NYNyyWcgSsi9jlQuqTVIpeR_meLCHoK9omgfpFbIBXM1JKHxn5XBvnCvd-nsNyH5AUeVsW0qHJiPlnzeP_3ohc1RoCMk9b76D_30abw4ukPLAh8mOtGAttBfuaqX2PXYRU5BPsUTjLGn_AIiDbmx4hiy2xlcM7SuuXzWwpmiQ/s4032/IMG_2817.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEgODx_qDfJEqwUIy9NYy6NYNyyWcgSsi9jlQuqTVIpeR_meLCHoK9omgfpFbIBXM1JKHxn5XBvnCvd-nsNyH5AUeVsW0qHJiPlnzeP_3ohc1RoCMk9b76D_30abw4ukPLAh8mOtGAttBfuaqX2PXYRU5BPsUTjLGn_AIiDbmx4hiy2xlcM7SuuXzWwpmiQ/s320/IMG_2817.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project #3</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6LkyhPOPYEe9avGMUrC1j9VzJQPnzVyXPQoP5WjJfwssy88Wpj2lhDFNf1ZVixPn2oJ8TQjA3dt3EzfqV75ce9gAOqK0zwnY_FodJA5rYkidF0vCAl4PfJpzqt5dGf0_jMgw9vzhh5UmFCdub4XXnwH-r7TZMoeBZjbeHDy_3272lzw9CwI4bOBnpIc/s4032/IMG_2807.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEhH6LkyhPOPYEe9avGMUrC1j9VzJQPnzVyXPQoP5WjJfwssy88Wpj2lhDFNf1ZVixPn2oJ8TQjA3dt3EzfqV75ce9gAOqK0zwnY_FodJA5rYkidF0vCAl4PfJpzqt5dGf0_jMgw9vzhh5UmFCdub4XXnwH-r7TZMoeBZjbeHDy_3272lzw9CwI4bOBnpIc/s320/IMG_2807.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project #4</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxQYy0710VatsWvqtgqmOITaPpuEXnjDhQ2uZtVSoBBolBAD0dzmbneuvdLOevpWs_P-YM7cN6Uu_o12gROk4q4lvr-SaJFPisu9gaNE4yXvbZ3STIsifB-k2h7uXEFhqOO0nVucdJE7oIHOKz9SCwfhftgpiapdxv0X3RkH_ERZUIe6wc2aLaua3yoI/s4032/IMG_2808.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEjpxQYy0710VatsWvqtgqmOITaPpuEXnjDhQ2uZtVSoBBolBAD0dzmbneuvdLOevpWs_P-YM7cN6Uu_o12gROk4q4lvr-SaJFPisu9gaNE4yXvbZ3STIsifB-k2h7uXEFhqOO0nVucdJE7oIHOKz9SCwfhftgpiapdxv0X3RkH_ERZUIe6wc2aLaua3yoI/s320/IMG_2808.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project #5</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplEfa6APyLMZ_Wz5XapnbkhT0DDjlFXGm0xr6Fk-OnroJK4rsjIRVANu__LPB0sInvyTcbX2y1rojS-53mSpmWApYbOvFkbT1-3cZ-NGYpWcJ1UwSRbJmalHrtIqCXFs73eCgTJEHVMWicU_eUJ_BYa5gcThK5Z-yOyIvowUGGaGyDtJcPfGpVzr4_oQ/s4032/IMG_2809.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEjplEfa6APyLMZ_Wz5XapnbkhT0DDjlFXGm0xr6Fk-OnroJK4rsjIRVANu__LPB0sInvyTcbX2y1rojS-53mSpmWApYbOvFkbT1-3cZ-NGYpWcJ1UwSRbJmalHrtIqCXFs73eCgTJEHVMWicU_eUJ_BYa5gcThK5Z-yOyIvowUGGaGyDtJcPfGpVzr4_oQ/s320/IMG_2809.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project # 6</span></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/AVvXsEhxoRKDp1-dJZd3f5Sjgk1UNIKT89rchDPHT4VPGTmO8CXWHBtqKqdXJ0Z_oSfOPb7SjJEjA5SSPhwOhJB0FctLHLrhk7cve5gVuKWF_JoOIMIaB89kTzzGMFRKNflRNaOoXH0-NQfPYETz21fd5YtdMLFvt2tZBLaKdNCORdeH94hT5AKPttbHNgcjASE/s4032/BF1CC131-B2B8-46F0-97AD-EBCB53B09DA9_1_201_a.heic" 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/AVvXsEhxoRKDp1-dJZd3f5Sjgk1UNIKT89rchDPHT4VPGTmO8CXWHBtqKqdXJ0Z_oSfOPb7SjJEjA5SSPhwOhJB0FctLHLrhk7cve5gVuKWF_JoOIMIaB89kTzzGMFRKNflRNaOoXH0-NQfPYETz21fd5YtdMLFvt2tZBLaKdNCORdeH94hT5AKPttbHNgcjASE/s320/BF1CC131-B2B8-46F0-97AD-EBCB53B09DA9_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">No Project in this one as far as I know...just a little comment</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSFvbZDQrIu5GJkrmpYvqErAL_5BgutgdOkLRemPGTPuhelTXmU54hPnq5Nh7ii9spMjjXn_6I94bGuFDTlodATLIL6wpI-G3vXS-fjEj0jBxEVc8s9WzAopNR_hG3SJLN3Yfi6XWUAbocwBKzwnuyk-t8owYSiUkVaSh6OVkcEpaPPPfbzF0TiKaFeY/s4032/IMG_2808.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEjYSFvbZDQrIu5GJkrmpYvqErAL_5BgutgdOkLRemPGTPuhelTXmU54hPnq5Nh7ii9spMjjXn_6I94bGuFDTlodATLIL6wpI-G3vXS-fjEj0jBxEVc8s9WzAopNR_hG3SJLN3Yfi6XWUAbocwBKzwnuyk-t8owYSiUkVaSh6OVkcEpaPPPfbzF0TiKaFeY/s320/IMG_2808.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project # 7</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRpBL1JRJcGTFtxDsVE3en1j8UdsrDICMYn6HHscr_eWrvYDDT-0lEtVqiuVlMW_2GR6eauFky7D-Tkp3ArK0hcorreEPH783UBJc1CPurA4Q6gq9IRRC_XRWY85T2lT2b2CaTC6hnThvnJjuEfsbBOODyvEDpr_f3U70Q1uUQQJe0XNqxdILJ7s-MGk/s4032/IMG_2812%202.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEhWRpBL1JRJcGTFtxDsVE3en1j8UdsrDICMYn6HHscr_eWrvYDDT-0lEtVqiuVlMW_2GR6eauFky7D-Tkp3ArK0hcorreEPH783UBJc1CPurA4Q6gq9IRRC_XRWY85T2lT2b2CaTC6hnThvnJjuEfsbBOODyvEDpr_f3U70Q1uUQQJe0XNqxdILJ7s-MGk/s320/IMG_2812%202.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Project # 9</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Wait. . . . How did that happen? I was only planning to maybe bring </span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">5. Those sneaky little things...they snuck into my tote when I wasn't looking. (Unless Mr. O. threw in a few more projects</span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"> thinking I might finish all 5 and need more to work on. He is really thoughtful that way) Now I realize that the curious among you might want to have a peek inside each of those bags to see what I am working on and I plan to show you a few at a time in the upcoming blog posts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">I also realize that if you went back to the above link you might have noticed a cross stitch project that was only half done. Hoffman's Christ at 33. I am very happy to report that project is finished and framed and hanging on our wall at home. I will try to find a picture and show it with the next blog post as well. That project was over 10 years from start to finish, so I was extremely thrilled to finish it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">P.S. I hesitate to tell you that I only packed 6 skirts for this trip but somehow 9 projects made the cut. Sigh.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">I should mention that I have been doing more than just stitching, and I have a few more lovely beach pictures to share as well. I managed to get a couple of very unique ones of some of the ocean creatures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">"Going on a trip. I need about 3 projects to work on. I've packed 20 just to be safe."</span></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/AVvXsEi1w51dYwqY4FT1klifKxEsyhkMr6R2eZvg01g24fFJp5KwUJR2e1akrl2_ndWh_j74o_t9M_GyxRaLm5W2UConuMvJxsznBsJ4bohaDEl-T-3-I1AbHA_dccKKPx1WsOCnevC0GjtT9Y9ly68jzyatFee7lMFComfF9-b-bmreiShvKYd0BGFQBy-OTTA/s4032/IMG_2819.HEIC" 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/AVvXsEi1w51dYwqY4FT1klifKxEsyhkMr6R2eZvg01g24fFJp5KwUJR2e1akrl2_ndWh_j74o_t9M_GyxRaLm5W2UConuMvJxsznBsJ4bohaDEl-T-3-I1AbHA_dccKKPx1WsOCnevC0GjtT9Y9ly68jzyatFee7lMFComfF9-b-bmreiShvKYd0BGFQBy-OTTA/s320/IMG_2819.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-55409081382613479652024-01-11T22:11:00.003-04:002024-01-11T22:42:31.329-04:00WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR...<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Hey! How are ya! I wasn't really planning to be back quite this quickly, seeing as how I had other plans for today; however if you know me at all, you know how often I have quoted a kind elderly nurse who cared for </span><span>while she was in Palliative in hospital before she passed on. I shared my plans with this nurse, telling her that I travelled from NB with the plan to take mom home from hospital and care for her for the first couple weeks of recuperation and my other sister would be coming later </span><span>to continue caring for mom... her answer to me was some wisdom that came from her"dear old mother" as she put it; <span style="color: red;">" you can make all the plans you want, but you aren't in charge". </span>Although I </span><span>already knew that I had never had it expressed to me quite that way and I have never forgotten it.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4Ln0FQPQeU3jyLjABU_fbSL9f-Qj_8hesUtknqI3uZg0kP4o53sj_5nC7eE_B10A7bvhl0woUbNybe6ltl8s22YddoO_fXLrzvluyv6PYLPEElLFXid9cckKHwMcvAXEdUzku1vTRHq6eV9O3-8HTDaIVB08KEGWDtjbhAKIl-5Jp9xHPtGl196Luow/s703/AEB330A3-CD0D-4A85-959D-9387ECF539DF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="678" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG4Ln0FQPQeU3jyLjABU_fbSL9f-Qj_8hesUtknqI3uZg0kP4o53sj_5nC7eE_B10A7bvhl0woUbNybe6ltl8s22YddoO_fXLrzvluyv6PYLPEElLFXid9cckKHwMcvAXEdUzku1vTRHq6eV9O3-8HTDaIVB08KEGWDtjbhAKIl-5Jp9xHPtGl196Luow/s320/AEB330A3-CD0D-4A85-959D-9387ECF539DF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mom and Me</span></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I just expressed to my son that this trip was purposed to be quiet and relaxing. Long walks on the beach (well, long if you are in your 70's) and a few scrabble and Skipbo games and puzzles. Stitching for me, watching sports for Mr. O. </span><span>We both brought reading to do. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrWYXuzb0KM_XsUeiCRF0tw0vx1EbXHJ8uj8GuHLJBMgOqenjeuaUwEeU6Sg0_k9Z2NNfL81guaaVk1MC02dNlE1gGRekLSbMgtY3UrlWhSFpsTt9KVdxtcjr-Rh6fLHlPUOkM00nPD4UtLdtwS6F7s3ihCARtOZQYjFi0HqK2aOw419CuHYNdLPvoqk/s4032/34681163-6907-49B0-B54D-B523B5CCD6AB.heic" 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/AVvXsEiFrWYXuzb0KM_XsUeiCRF0tw0vx1EbXHJ8uj8GuHLJBMgOqenjeuaUwEeU6Sg0_k9Z2NNfL81guaaVk1MC02dNlE1gGRekLSbMgtY3UrlWhSFpsTt9KVdxtcjr-Rh6fLHlPUOkM00nPD4UtLdtwS6F7s3ihCARtOZQYjFi0HqK2aOw419CuHYNdLPvoqk/s320/34681163-6907-49B0-B54D-B523B5CCD6AB.heic" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPXM3vYsy9EgPkb0vjBMgZSiK3zP9_n6BEhQ9pb-RjH_AJwjlPpYdbaxvkpXxbrAZ5purk0OlzIH7ksNgMJ4ZdCe0l7eVD2k7EsVH104xbnsU4UQPKV0PZODHmx88VQIffuA3q6hiO_DCRugV9fCSGuMSHLPjctonuvOog6c9LTA5pYLd-PezZ25bCkI/s4032/IMG_2566.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/AVvXsEgPPXM3vYsy9EgPkb0vjBMgZSiK3zP9_n6BEhQ9pb-RjH_AJwjlPpYdbaxvkpXxbrAZ5purk0OlzIH7ksNgMJ4ZdCe0l7eVD2k7EsVH104xbnsU4UQPKV0PZODHmx88VQIffuA3q6hiO_DCRugV9fCSGuMSHLPjctonuvOog6c9LTA5pYLd-PezZ25bCkI/s320/IMG_2566.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_hVqxLk1qcraKHM0n8ISxuMSBidZbfw2LxOoMUzTZFN4mFslytLgOk3aoY-a9z03RR7dxE8yoUh0wYcp1WhNRxu7AV8Qk0KvZjdcjfLYCCJxZpEtgPyLbDm6mAf8poFHO7XAZlyWky7uhYPifVOlJYSBjfk1Bid1DVl83M6_FwJ86y0-7wxAPdvlAQU/s4032/IMG_2484.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_hVqxLk1qcraKHM0n8ISxuMSBidZbfw2LxOoMUzTZFN4mFslytLgOk3aoY-a9z03RR7dxE8yoUh0wYcp1WhNRxu7AV8Qk0KvZjdcjfLYCCJxZpEtgPyLbDm6mAf8poFHO7XAZlyWky7uhYPifVOlJYSBjfk1Bid1DVl83M6_FwJ86y0-7wxAPdvlAQU/w400-h343/IMG_2484.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">We have been doing exactly that...along with storm watching and a bit of thriftin'/junkin'. We have had tornado warnings, thunder and lightning, driving rain and GLORIOUS SUNSHINE! something we had not seen much of in the month of December back home. We did a bit of thrifting </span><span style="text-align: center;">yesterday...no treasures have been unearthed yet but I am confident we will strike gold somewhere along the way. that was the plan for today...more thrifting, but we decided to go for a long</span><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">walk on the beach and then when we got back and had lunch I decided I was happy just staying put...the treasures will have to wait til tomorrow.</span></span></div></div><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoJisLxxMk6VlhM9780-gTSWx7_33EamKxPKpvFp-BGPHo-wxZtGfTHWemzm2bqZTn0M4uH_ppKLwG-n6FU3kdHunKB7A_hXBWuUbmRcyj1jRv9oz3MAqmqh-X57imHEISOhf8K17paL3hoh4ARMcxOgQzjfl4TwSI_naCJORP96g0W4EpxU4JoqWRSE/s2762/IMG_2504.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2762" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoJisLxxMk6VlhM9780-gTSWx7_33EamKxPKpvFp-BGPHo-wxZtGfTHWemzm2bqZTn0M4uH_ppKLwG-n6FU3kdHunKB7A_hXBWuUbmRcyj1jRv9oz3MAqmqh-X57imHEISOhf8K17paL3hoh4ARMcxOgQzjfl4TwSI_naCJORP96g0W4EpxU4JoqWRSE/s320/IMG_2504.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hundreds of starfish washed up on the beach didn't make it but many more were still in water and waiting for the next tide to bring them out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">do you suppose you can wish on a star(fish) the same way you wish upon a star?<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds2LbtOX7fY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds2LbtOX7fY</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">See you soon. Don't get tired of me yet...I have lots of catching up to do. Perhaps next post I can share some of my stitch projects I brought to work on and maybe just maybe I will be able to share a treasure I was able to unearth while thriftin/junkin". Well that's the plan but remember what I told you about plans.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fffaf5; caret-color: rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.75); font-family: CircularXX; letter-spacing: 0.6px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">"A goal without an action plan is a daydream." — Nathaniel Branden</span></span></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-59472711540803747372024-01-09T00:23:00.000-04:002024-01-09T00:23:01.007-04:00NEW YEAR = NEW GOALS PART 2<p> <span style="font-size: large;">I know you probably don't find it very interesting listening to me <strike>whine</strike> talk about the inner workings of writing a blog but seriously folks this has been a rough couple of days trying to figure things out and you can thank Mr. O that we have gotten this far. I lost my previous a.k.a. "old header photo" and for he life of me I could not get it back. I was trying to change the photo and after deleting the old one could not get ANY photo back AT ALL! I think we may be ready for lift off so I am going to write and hope for the best.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Get ready for a lot of rambling cause we have a lot of catching up to do!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6b-1FxVAesHEWdvdcBhT5cwHlXiAsuwlOse30hSXDanLhtCsTbkFTtj0hsJIF2HeLu4VCHo8P93XwXBkLXkoNerQGn8v7TwXSUhxlBSt1TQ7H8FKB-ZcaWUspT_ynjN-oJe4pSuBoFXig6j3Ns0h9N-4Y1uDUrEV4KBNqIFCgCzh3rswapjf27hF_mR0/s2048/D31D93C2-B2F0-4B1E-A6AA-ECA73351B734_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6b-1FxVAesHEWdvdcBhT5cwHlXiAsuwlOse30hSXDanLhtCsTbkFTtj0hsJIF2HeLu4VCHo8P93XwXBkLXkoNerQGn8v7TwXSUhxlBSt1TQ7H8FKB-ZcaWUspT_ynjN-oJe4pSuBoFXig6j3Ns0h9N-4Y1uDUrEV4KBNqIFCgCzh3rswapjf27hF_mR0/w415-h232/D31D93C2-B2F0-4B1E-A6AA-ECA73351B734_1_201_a.jpeg" width="415" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p>As you can see I have changed my header photo to include our next to newest family member. I have posted another shot of her lounging in the sun. Please meet Bella. She is our 2 year old Siberian Forest cat. She came to live with us at the <span style="color: red;">red brick house </span>with the <span style="color: #ffa400;">yellow door</span> on Jan.4, 2023. She had her first litter of kittens on April 1 and let me tell you that was a trip! 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bella has a specific blood type that causes some complications in the first 48 hours of the kittens life. because of that the kittens need a wet nurse for the first 24-48 hours of their life and then after that life is smooth sailing for the wee ones. Mama cat has to be wrapped in an elastic belly band to keep her babies from nursing and they are given to another nursing cat for a short spell. Not too much of an issue, but there are factors to consider. it is imperative that Bella's milk does not start to dry up, and to avoid that happening she has to be manually milked. All I am going to say to end this story is that I am now able to add a new skill to my resume. Yes I know how to milk a cat! The End!</span></div><div><p></p><p><img alt="Cute cat and milk cartoon illustration." class="thumb" data-pin-no-hover="true" fetchpriority="high" height="265" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 100vw, (min-aspect-ratio: 626/626) calc((100vh - 184px) * 1.000), (max-width: 1095px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(100vw - 400px)" src="https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg" srcset="https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=360 360w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=740 740w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=826 826w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=900 900w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=996 996w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=1060 1060w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=1380 1380w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=1480 1480w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/cute-cat-milk-cartoon-illustration_403370-148.jpg?w=2000 2000w" style="max-width: calc(-184px + 100vh);" width="270" /></p><p>free picture courtesy of freepik.com</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>You may also have noticed a little caption on that new home page under the title that says, did you eat a frog today? for those of you who have been with me from the very beginning you might remember what that means, but in case you don't you can go back to my very first blog post on June 2009 and read it. </span><a href="https://wendy-itiswhatitis.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-was-simpler-than-i-thought.html">https://wendy-itiswhatitis.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-was-simpler-than-i-thought.html</a>. Don't forget to come back for the rest of this post though!</span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="closeup photography of a frog" class="tB6UZ a5VGX" data-perf="eager-loaded-img" data-test="photo-grid-masonry-img" height="335" itemprop="thumbnailUrl" sizes="(min-width: 1335px) 410.6666666666667px, (min-width: 992px) calc(calc(100vw - 88px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc(calc(100vw - 64px) / 2), 100vw" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?q=80&w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D" srcset="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=100&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 100w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=200&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 200w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=300&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 300w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=400&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 400w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=500&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 500w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 600w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=700&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 700w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=800&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 800w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=900&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 900w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=1000&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 1000w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=1200&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 1200w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=1400&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 1400w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=1600&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 1600w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=1800&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 1800w, https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496070242169-b672c576566b?w=2000&auto=format&fit=crop&q=60&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxleHBsb3JlLWZlZWR8MXx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D 2000w" style="aspect-ratio: 7598 / 5933;" width="429" /></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">free picture courtesy of unsplash.com </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I bet you never even noticed that I said Bella was our next to newest family member. We had an even newer addition 25 days after Queen Bella join us. We had a new great grand baby arrive on the 26 of January. A beautiful baby boy! He was a little guy who appeared a month earlier than planned but he is a lovely healthy almost 1 year old already and we love him</span><span> to</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> pieces! he started out a 4 lbs plus but he has grown by leaps and bounds. Meet our little champ Rocky Hachey Reimer who will be 1 on the 26th of this month!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1_2K1WQfJZe8ToISYwi9Tsi0SLsRExNUJmw0QugnToBoT5yfeshK3fnfaOxlNzN2D96jJTU98eGiQpO4U5nzOgRzk_ZsiGlOQm4HxstWCEIwEsvGF7tXJtnAhWCotsEG7vkvSqunPx_aLmQNjJuaO36TocOBvIDPEGFVhU-EbAOQYEHzrm32qt-U8FBE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1_2K1WQfJZe8ToISYwi9Tsi0SLsRExNUJmw0QugnToBoT5yfeshK3fnfaOxlNzN2D96jJTU98eGiQpO4U5nzOgRzk_ZsiGlOQm4HxstWCEIwEsvGF7tXJtnAhWCotsEG7vkvSqunPx_aLmQNjJuaO36TocOBvIDPEGFVhU-EbAOQYEHzrm32qt-U8FBE" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Okay Okay, enough with the history... let's talk New Year = New Goals</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am not a resolution maker as such but it seems that we tend to like to start the new year trying to get healthier, slimmer, in better shape, more organized etc etc etc. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I set new goals last year too. No I did not meet them all but I achieved some and that counts for something, so I am setting new ones. I am not at home right now but I will write a more complete list and post it later.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have a fairly healthy library of quilt books and magazines. I got to thinking a couple months ago that I acquired these books because I "loved" so many of the patterns and <strike>needed </strike>wanted to make them and a great deal of them are still on a "to do" list and not on a bed or a table or wall. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My goal is to change that this year. I have a goal to pick a feature book and then make at least 4 projects from said book. I will make a note of what I made and put it on a library card and attach it to the inside cover. I also have a new Quilt journal that I won from an online giveaway by @antiqueneedleworker on a Flosstube channel so it will be recorded in there as well. (more on that later)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC9yxpRTC4Xo7CVwb9t2k7RK9hE_1bS27rQW2khlzQZfRt88mYCtkAU_rPbefj-dfOHqCxDdmSsyoqVFGk6Slmy6powrVtZ5ExZyuAAME9Ku1ZGVpJQbzcNcemcZzcfVd-AcOGFmnIojdvgtZ8ft7MR-qi8-n98keNoYju3hvC6QQAR6FXJdontrdHsY/s1920/46F13DEC-761B-4A27-904C-27B5644CBA41.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC9yxpRTC4Xo7CVwb9t2k7RK9hE_1bS27rQW2khlzQZfRt88mYCtkAU_rPbefj-dfOHqCxDdmSsyoqVFGk6Slmy6powrVtZ5ExZyuAAME9Ku1ZGVpJQbzcNcemcZzcfVd-AcOGFmnIojdvgtZ8ft7MR-qi8-n98keNoYju3hvC6QQAR6FXJdontrdHsY/w205-h364/46F13DEC-761B-4A27-904C-27B5644CBA41.jpeg" width="205" /></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/AVvXsEj2I-rjjEYuhGtH7-COrREvMlPPB7XTjfgRsa6w-CP40mFC1orU7GPLabI-ugO2yUfQSwpwiV7iX-5qietxZvDYr-pOOqCP0GYtqMf-QKi7cCxFXr4YWcB2PWYcXsAbn7BGeolV4m4HlEBUCIaWOcjR7QHvWI4urih6-XZNrg_QqXKqJzXiFdu-AnM3dO4/s1920/3A5B611A-C988-473C-93B8-D505DD11F16D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2I-rjjEYuhGtH7-COrREvMlPPB7XTjfgRsa6w-CP40mFC1orU7GPLabI-ugO2yUfQSwpwiV7iX-5qietxZvDYr-pOOqCP0GYtqMf-QKi7cCxFXr4YWcB2PWYcXsAbn7BGeolV4m4HlEBUCIaWOcjR7QHvWI4urih6-XZNrg_QqXKqJzXiFdu-AnM3dO4/w223-h396/3A5B611A-C988-473C-93B8-D505DD11F16D.jpeg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: large;">I received 2 new quilting books for Christmas and my birthday and I might just choose one of the new books to </span><span style="font-size: large;">work from. A </span><span style="font-size: large;">new book with all brand new projects might be just the motivation needed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As well as a quilting goal, I am also setting a cross stitching goal. I have numerous pieces that I have finished cross stitching, but they are not completely finished to the point of being usable. ie framed or made into a bag or a pillow or pin cushion etc. I am shooting for all stitched pieces to be completely fully finished by year end so I can start the next year with a clean slate.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Oxford dictionary says a goal is the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. I would like to add that it is also a dream.</span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">"Friends, they are kind to each other's hopes and cherish each other's dreams."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I may reassess in a couple months to see where I am with all these lofty goals... you never know...I may be able to add a few more to list. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Don't laugh! I can hear you laughing! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I just finished reading Willard, Susan Branch's newsletter and she said; </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">" You got to have a DREAM. If you don't have a DREAM; how you gonna make a DREAM come true?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">What are your dreams for the future?...go get them!</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">P.S. A special thank you Mr. O . He helped me <strike>a little bit</strike> with this PRODUCTION!</span></p></div></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-64498609798624233092024-01-05T16:47:00.001-04:002024-01-05T23:21:41.990-04:00NEW YEAR = NEW GOALS<p> <span style="font-size: large;"> Hello, it’s me! </span><span style="font-size: large;">It’s been a while. ( Goodness! That opener took a couple minutes; pondering whether I was correct in using “a while as opposed to awhile”.) Yes I did double check with Mr.O. and Dr. Google to make sure I was using the correct verbiage. It is encouraging to know that I have not lost all my grammar skills. By the way, I want you to know that not all the mistakes you read in this and other posts will be my mistakes. Auto correct and Siri’s hearing will account for much of it and I will take a little blame for some, but just a little bit…</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">January 5, 2024 and the temperature is plus 6. Not a bit of snow to be seen anywhere and there has not been any since we crossed the U.S. border this morning. What a mild winter we are having and it has been a long time since we have experienced a green Christmas. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></p><p><img id="id_c854_7e34_cd5c_ab89" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AEYmBYQww-QatTxaxC8T__bJKNNHtIprxNVoGbbdOCadZ-GZJ93qitBHGW-jaF_pAIvBwmM0xjz47Xp7ZJ2M66uI80MDRZqTEQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></p><p><font size="5">Last winter we had to cancel Christmas until later in the day Dec.26 because of record breaking snowfall and road closures. This year was </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">12 degrees Celsius and I was kicking myself that I hadn’t just planned a bbq instead of a big Christmas dinner. I decided to stir things up a bit and forego the turkey dinner. Instead I opted for homemade Chinese food. I made egg rolls, homemade chicken balls, dry garlic ribs, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, a huge wok full of vegetable fried rice. My daughter in law contributed a delicious huge Asian salad and her mom made a huge platter of all kinds of home baked goodies, and I also baked a homemade New York Style Cheesecake with preserved strawberries for desert. Not traditional but a nice change. </span></p><p><img id="id_17bc_53c_9f34_fda8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AEYmBYQr1_-O3NFDza9jSVrELvhSQs2dwGX5lwYlpCHdQ3i-VYRPw5VGxqV7Dihu7wJKAXXIH2GX5b8E96t4AlFwkAG0RhmDnA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We crossed the border into West Virginia about 45 minutes ago and it was 8 degrees and beautiful sunshine here as well.</span></p><p><img id="id_237c_81dc_4826_f34c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AEYmBYSZSFhNc3V7Z4q6rbe-cgqZb-4_q7NfOOus3dTW6_Lk5DoWX0zcouvMJxLU1cYLXHsLsgxG1IwuR3Orl8pCbYxxClHZ3w" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_aef3_7241_9a10_9f03" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AEYmBYQs8PhfLJvLfMp-FnuiyMul4JGyVQg0x8ovgSz2xPkTyCtYkVVRFuVp5869MeSESp92yKSTvOLkCmudl7GEHQ7bvH9hnQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></p><p><font size="5">I have written a few words and inserted 4 photos and I lost the first draft of my entry, rewrote everything I could remember and inserted a few pictures and here I am at least 90 minutes later and still struggling with this post. I remember now why I lost interest in blogging. I would spend hours on a post only to lose it while I was publishing it, or it would show up horribly formatted. None of this is your problem but if I am to continue I need to figure out what the problem is with way I am doing things. It shouldn’t be this painful to journal. I may just post this and see how things go and try to work on things once I get to the hotel for the night. If all goes well I will post again shortly. </font></p><p><font size="5">I wanted to chat about setting some goals for the new year but I am concerned that I will do all that only to lose it… stay tuned.</font></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">WRITING IS AN ACT OF FAITH, NOT A TRICK OF GRAMMAR.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">E.B.WHITE</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Edit: I published my blog post and font sizes were all mixed up and all photos were missing. Several more hours of trial and error and updating programs and apps I am hoping those pesky photos will show up this time.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></p>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-72114312535859113102021-07-20T15:37:00.001-03:002021-07-20T15:37:15.003-03:00TRAVEL TUESDAYIt has been a long time since I have had a major travel post.<div>. <div><img id="id_16f5_3b72_ddef_6a5f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x60ldrQTn_EeNyGo_4YRg-MiLHPAcRB-0DeC0Kmv-zAzprHDFB4V9D30gPrTbUZOvYM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">This is pretty much the scenery along the way when you travel in North Western Ontario…Trees, trees a bit of water more trees and <br></span>Sparse population. The towns are small and few and far between once you pass Parry Sound and Sudbury. It is not uncommon to me though because although I lived 40 plus years in New Brunswick and the last 2 in South Western Ontario, I was born and raised in Northern Ontario. </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_650d_d71d_4ec1_ea50" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f3Kvgx_4c8MlQvG-kmL_tpcz1ZmmvC9iD5KoeLLcm0FdCiLh8nbae-Pp_dswTySKYjA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div>Destination this time is Sault Ste Marie. It has been awhile since I have been to see my brother and because the nursing homes have lowered restrictions I am finally able to see him after 19 months. My sister, Barb and her husband are also on the highway travelling from the West and we will meet up and spend 5 full days with Gary. </div><div>We have been reminding him we are coming to visit, but because of his health and dementia issues it is a surprise to him each time. One thing for sure, he will be ecstatically happy to see all of us. Unfortunately Pam, our “baby sister” is not able to travel from BC to be with us. </div><div>Fortunately we are able to do a group Facetime video once a week thaks to the Activities department of the nursing home Gary lives in, but it isn’t the same as face to face and getting an old fashioned hug.</div><div> Guaranteed Gary will be getting a big hug all around and he will be up on wobbly legs giving us the biggest smile and even bigger hugs.</div><div>Covid restrictions have kept us apart for a long time and 5 days will fly by, but in these times of change we will grab what moments we can.</div><div>Even more special, is that it is Gary’s 64th birthday tomorrow! And yes I baked a cake last night so it would be fresh and my sister has candles…I brought along a mixer, bowl and spatula, so we will pick up ingredients tonight to make frosting in our hotel suite and between us we will have a cake to present to him. A few balloons and gifts and it will be a real honest to goodness birthday party! Watch for pictures later…</div><div>I brought a few hand projects along for the ride…so far the only thing that has gotten any attention is a bit of sock knitting. I am well set up.headphones, knitting, and a movie on my ipad which is precariously perched on the open glove box. What more could a girl ask for?</div><div>P.s. I have taken a quick glance to make editorial corrections but forgive me for any errors…it is a bit bumpy typing in transit.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><img id="id_4f59_d6d4_1e2d_93b2" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/GgMOM_J3IUiJYhoMDW8UtIgUMA7ehdptdoYEChcI6MEc879Gq0sHdZl2B8c-O_Za9c8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“I HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THE BUMPY ROADS OF LIFE; THEY SEEM TO LEAD TO THE BEST PLACES.”</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Steve Maraboli<br></span><br></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-33370766152074752092021-06-24T12:23:00.001-03:002021-06-24T12:23:55.150-03:00Here we go again!<img id="id_955f_de9c_2b16_df88" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zXYvBFn41n73LHJRryF5sM9bDY9t-0hFVLEPAoG48ly_g16RRiOLF38_D_OjisRbxkU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 601px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">We are taking a road trip! I know, know…if you have read any of my blog posts you know that travel is not a big deal with us, but just in case you have been stuck under a rock somewhere and haven’t heard, we here in Ontario, Canada have been in lockdown almost constantly since last fall. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">The last trip that was over an hour away and not for a medical/dental, optical appointment was last October. I have not checked, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> b</span>ut I am pretty sure that must be a record for us!</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span><img id="id_89d9_4898_1edd_49bf" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/KZAqfzuCmZjqwWolxvePOLKAv5vd_K2pFf9JrBk72IvapcyU3zRqWW5kdfcxAZ-9NrY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Because I was typing I missed out on a photo op…we just drove through the little hamlet of Dublin. We are coming up to the Thames Road on our way to London!</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><img id="id_be73_c59_5227_9a01" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/99ksaAPVxqnjNilcj9NMGYMK1ASJOpMt8uIbF6FMKYprr6NSpetuZmLh-GTDp-qCWG0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br>Now don’t get to excited for me…sadly, I am not in Britain…just on my way to Costco, in London, ONTARIO…It is 2 hours from home which seems like a major road trip these days!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">Not in Britain, but in I am in a lovely rural area of our beautiful country. Lovely little hamlets with quaint British and German names, lovely farmland, lots of roadside markets, and my favourite…sheep! The countryside is very popular for sheep. I never tire of seeing them.</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"><img id="id_f416_c9f1_29b0_15dd" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/i6ynZycmfhnUB-pYMnY0ocm1_RckBlTwZ77ZwezW7zc9p9X0ZxEsR0kcu0FrpW3PyG4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d7e4_69bf_26cf_1f1b" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/P_GtgEu5kXhrWdWt3oKd-fNanZ1nrNJGdkDYF9utP67qR2lzLdpdSyQgOWR5jN8PWyw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_440b_14b9_5f9f_b43e" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/CzJ0NnSNtfEGz-vCxY4uz6ltHp57_wuYn6xu4wJh7yQencqJ3-tWVXLFtosmu3ftjP8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I am slowly settling in to our new location but in all fairness, we really didn’t have much time to enjoy our surroundings the way I had planned. We were here 7 months, went to AZ for almost 2 months and when we returned back home the PLANET pretty much locked down! <span class="s1"></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Thankfully I have had a generous stash of fabrics, batting, wools and sock yarns to keep me occupied.<span class="s1"></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_f2b7_9c66_6480_4499" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZdcJdv-E7q_8iKzEJ6aabzX7GEWu0KmzN-PTRRCGD-NoHVAcUpJAm1N4xW7_6lbdYyA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 587px; height: auto;"></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Over the last 2 years I have gradually started back with cross stitching after a very long hiatus. If you think quilting is a pricey hobby, you will be alarmed at how expensive xstitching has become. It is like a new hobby all over again with all the designers and charts, and fabrics and overdyed flosses and project bags and notions and even a complete YouTube community for xstitchers called Flosstube. I have fallen down a rabbit hole and although I haven’t bumped into the Mad Hatter or Alice yet…I am pretty sure I will!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I made a stop for some new threads/floss…what an eye opener! Years ago when i was stitching, DMC and Anchor were our choices and if you watched for sales you could get 3 skeins for 99 cents. Now you get 1 for that price and there is a myriad of thread choices and companies to choose from..hand dyes, solids, silks, wools . </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I stopped in London to pick up threads for 4 projects in my line up and I spent $125.96 and came out of the shop with all my purchases in a baggie!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">There are ingenious ways to organize threads and while watching a Flosstuber a week or so ago I commented on her post and I won a package she was very generously giving away! Yay! I was skeptical it was actually me but sure enough…I was the winner! Cant wait for my squishy mail to arrive. This gal has the most organized floss collection I have ever seen! She is giving me a little taste of some of her organizing tools! …another rabbit hole! …sigh I am falling deeper and deeper…</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_ac0a_b5a5_c17e_8f0f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Bpjb9zytxuZcLg98mKxE93tvP4OgWduXo2OXVQR5tOLgOuobQjs1v4NP9mpWoKp_Urc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c814_d56c_e9e9_9bf4" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/72arYxcR9WsogkgUXVVoA2rnl_o9lvn3BsfHYRAbwEu9vene3eJbyy4WRl5M3lxnqBI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Lest you think I have given up on my quilting, I am here to assure you I have not! But after not blogging for such a long time, I don’t want you to have to read a novel of my activities; just a chapter will do. I will leave you with a couple pics of pin cushions I have cross stitched. I am slowly filling a wooden dough bowl with little stitched pin cushions. Some I have stitched, some are gifts from a dear friend and a couple that I stitched will be donated to my local quilt guild for an upcoming quilt show. </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_49b9_5359_854_de1c" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/KRIoVBcOW6UOYsadWHwc8IBFvW18mUEXWRZeG0yP8Vg5hklk0A5krZTP15UWsZznvcc" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_723e_79b4_1289_a3c1" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/igg1gQmWVXD8YRr6BdKZy6VSrEzC_9e6DAIwrOnPVgwAZId8P0WweJVcPS2blL4SyMk" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_aa05_34ff_65c_1eb" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/f1a8mIJN79xJR3tHh7Y1iuokzAhWKifV738v7116Xl7Cff0u9N9E7vV6R9jkMjgwR9Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_668_5f21_4b14_17e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/35jmwXrEY8ujo3DdkTm6HEbXFwpoEhBoBQUjWLF-PJzn8vHmD-6QPAmodWM2ZsdvOuM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">So there you have it! A little peek at what I have been up to. Trust me this is just the tip of a very large iceberg!…or should I say the rabbit hole?</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img id="id_4654_96f9_1aa2_f41f" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ccU1N551F8NkWtsZ0-VtrgYnWle0-fUoMtzMLLckRWXxYE1qVwxKydhPuHpMTShbwE" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><br></p> </div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-83126885212492651482019-06-14T00:11:00.001-03:002019-06-14T00:58:42.230-03:00(Temporary Backup) (Temporary Backup) THE COMEBACK KID!<font size="5">I recently saw a quilting video where the hostess referred to herself as the Comeback Kid and as soon as I saw the title I instantly knew that was what I wanted to title my next blog post. Call it word theft </font><div><font size="5"> or simply copying and I plead guilty, but I know a good subject line when I see it.</font></div><div><font size="5">Well Susan H., </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">I did promise to blog when I got settled and had my quilt room back in production, but seems to be taking a lot longer than I anticipated. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The move itself went pretty smoothly. Several scratches seem to have appeared where there were none before, a couple chips on my sewing studio furniture and a <u><b>temporary</b></u> loss of my beloved red Kitchen Aid mixer. I say temporary because she found her way home yesterday via Canada Post. She travelled to From Bathurst to Ottawa, then to Kitchener, on to Mildmay, (she seemed to be hiding while here); then to Mississauga, back to Kitchener and a few points inbetween and landed back in Nova Scotia. From there she was given a stern talking to and sent back home to Mildmay with a warning to behave and go straight home! Here she sits sulking because of her reprimand and timeout. I may have even heard her grumble because she had to take a backseat to a distant ancestor yesterday when I had to stir up a cake for a church function. </span></div><img id="id_478f_ecc7_8993_9bb3" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/qigu5b8ZnJQbmw0SdgRWfNmiK3BwDDLiOlH14ZwKR_Uv8E04MMHzbwzeMe4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_2b83_6f64_33ce_a17f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/XHL7btt1WwLhWIbqLgb1HHRMhsa2At1u7bI3taHHFxoMBrjZZE144abKBNo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_e79f_6797_29ac_3b09" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x7LnLuYZNzu-5wLxhYFPt3Bg3UoCkz-5DmBBeimrYE1xV5jO69kAmA55JF4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Yup! You heard me right. I was making my well loved Iny’s Prune Cake </font></span><a href="https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/make-this-cake-today-trust-me/">https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/make-this-cake-today-trust-me/</a> <font size="5"> a</font><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">nd used my old hand beater instead of plugging in my Kitchen Aid mixer. The recipe says not to over beat so it really did not require much beating at all but she doesn’t know that and she did to be taught a lesson for her tricks she played gallivanting all over the country!</span></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I have an appointment tomorrow morning to have my eyes checked for a follow up to my cataract surgery. I will be so happy to get new glasses. It feels like this what life has been like for the last 6 weeks!</span></font></div><div><img id="id_8a25_1f35_9056_60b4" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/gVerBC4oFmAohlkQ2tXQ4GRQ0sgr2-tsSojUT_QQxUH0RdXUujpwPTyJyKI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I have not been able to drive because my license is restricted to me wearing glasses, not to mention the tiny fact that I can’t see! I’m sure you can understand my excitement for this eye appointment.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">We have been very blessed to know someone who works in an Vision Centre so I was able to get an appointment quite easily. We also have found a family Dr. which is a very difficult thing to do these days. Her office is just a ten minute walk from our house and we have already had an introductory visit, so that is another concern looked after. Life has been very busy with all the appointments for license changes, health card changes, vehicle registrations, etc etc. Several trips to Kitchener for appointments and shopping. One of those trips resulted in me visiting a Mennonite family. As some of you may know we live in the heart of farm country many of which are Mennonite. It is not uncommon to see different things for sale at the end of a long laneway. No one is around, you just pick your product and leave the money in a locked box. We stopped to purchase rhubarb but. Wanted more than what they had at the road so we ventured down the lane in search of more rhubarb. It was like a little step back in time. Lovely farmland, out buildings, complete with several resident cats and multiple children ,several were working at chores and the younger ones out playing ball in the side yard. I purchased 10 pounds of rhubarb and a lovely bunch of fresh asparagus. The lilacs were some of the prettiest I have ever seen.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_91fd_8561_c845_b546" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/BkHRy-hwM9nB-srFFYRRk3pY938itvlE1TBl5pQdzZlGqtZ02FQ7j2Ofa_g" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_767f_96d_d334_bfc8" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/mTBaiaaQCHMjA4hko_EHJV-3lunLzrS0LFSs7296_TDjTtxl43BsOCuJ8zs" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_ec90_9c26_e590_eca1" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/rYrwwvB5ef_stt4Qvf0Xm47vcHDslc2pk6iJACiuVDdcq-ZMfVJYkaSUmLw" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_bd1_20b4_4dbc_9219" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/biUvDu1dag0G3KAUOBusgKYHMHoQA5UvrOWPRuKcIC4ypSNHfcwWa0T3BUI" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_a60_8692_9a73_6195" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EhiRGEHxfoMs2LOXHKETtPUm6TAo_nDgLUhzqPgdIGCSXKKeM_5CUfQ4xf4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I am quite happy with our new home, but I have to say I think I had the ugliest dining room light fixture ever! I have been looking for a new one, and we did but one while in Kitchener, but when Mr.O installed it, I reluctantly commented that it was hanging crooked...</font></span></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: I love it, but it is crooked.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mr. O: what do you mean it’s crooked? It is hanging from a chain, it has to hang straight down.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: Well it looks crooked to me.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mr O: (getting down off the stepstool) It can’t be crooked. Oh it’s just the base I can adjust that.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: For $300 you shouldn’t have to adjust it, it should be straight!</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Fast forward 1 hour or more...</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mr O: It doesn’t matter what I do it is crooked! That’s it! I am disconnecting it and taking it down and that’s it, the old one is going back!</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: yes for sure...(until we can find another one)</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Fast forward...I found one on Facebook marketplace for $40 but bargained down to $30 and now I have a light fixture I love! There was a bit of a hitch though...we didn’t realize til we got home that we hadn’t gotten the base that fits on the ceiling and we were not driving over an hour back for a part that we could easily buy at a local hardware store...Hah!</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">We could find every colour but! </span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mr O: Will this do. It isn’t quite the colour we need</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: Yes no problem, I can make it work. I will just paint it. </span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Mr. O: Ok we are done.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Me: Well not quite..we need to make a quick stop at the dollar store for a small bottle of craft paint.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Long story short Mr.O completely rewired the fixture while I “adjusted “ the colour. He installed it and I love my $30 light way better than the $300 one! I do love my electrician!</span></font></div><div><img id="id_3d31_5a26_9736_ece1" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/g5pU56Ioh_6VUanRhsVIAXok_gc4_2UNKznDsAMkSGKF1nksF8SEb3ixc_4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">As you can see it was not the best match but a bit of this and that and I am happy with the results.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_e94a_b7ed_3287_4e8e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QT_9qSVZbH0ZwjQ4ox38ftA1XCfFPbzsbght-H3wqhejAkMwm4CYbejDh3Y" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_8a16_51f8_278c_38b4" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/TtN6TLspL2DwJCWt9Q0Y8kXqZPhsMkHfKv9kP6R5F3v6VUNURFmd0Xyb-Bo" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><img id="id_991d_b3f7_87ac_e243" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xvG9spDikoLOSSixUveWSB22OUEpgdBdgblOMKPkER9stJygDlLTAVilhqM" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d64c_a891_3e0_49fd" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vLRwo77P_scwnEc_dN4XrJj9pP9D0P3td3ByuFuudQmNiWQWLrhPjGFIH0U" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_c954_2320_d9a9_6bdc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CFj-8rAZFN9IxFdYGdqs2Uxx8E9ZlLlpIV_5qsRPnardqnRUitn9yp4KBVQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_3884_79f7_9dcf_b7be" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/pDC4IM6JwJlR_lajRcz3iWzO8Nj87DYy7VjsAEXzZbq0TNOhRVaeXm29WDY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">There are countless boxes yet to unpack and pictures to hang and jobs to be done, but we are getting there. </font></span></div><div><img id="id_bce0_a6f1_1534_2a13" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/P84m7Bqsqnd7C_lgioq5sZrRCHtthl365razCQVPlKUOCCcfnZR8oESnluY" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_91d1_c76a_4a1_cb5e" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7EU7TZAuvVXxe2hsbvNUOp1CQ_iuRd985WsWMQd8S3acvm_BISbBtg3RN20" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_c9fb_ce4_b0b4_9433" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/N3H5CUjDg3fNnniTyJb1PMSPVZei_cGo2VltEs9adNuFQ2is3bbvzXTq-e8" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><img id="id_a504_5bc1_e294_4f8d" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9ex_w8t43Zd8XkRFBzyZ1OxcS11JpOfG7xQz-cVZee9nh1Ksb5CiOzHVdX0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_3837_8221_84df_8fb3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DrDt9KCMueBMtkiHPvLd6fJMyR_2enI9gAq8VwTKQAq7O0tXaclPQsbhGQA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><br><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br><br></span></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-91629099879543953172018-12-11T12:33:00.001-04:002018-12-11T12:33:58.586-04:00WHERE’S WENDY NOW?<font size="6">I received a text from my neice tonight asking me where I was so that she could send me my annual Christmas card. It got me to thinking about the children’s book, Where’s Waldo. <br></font><img id="id_a67a_3e57_6a14_1439" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aWvDVj9QS-8/XA_m06RFKaI/AAAAAAAAr2c/8XaZIMkpFccDN6nrtwZrOMuFsX726iqpACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><div><font size="6">Here’s a little trivia for you...did you know that it has been just over 31 years since the Where’s Waldo books made their appearance? I have several friends that ask where I have been..they keep checking out my blog for something new and it is just the same old news. I know it is not 31 years since my last appearance but it has been awhile.</font></div><div><font size="6">If I show you a couple pictures I know you will guess right away...</font></div><div><img id="id_f74c_7cce_21b3_ebfd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mmWdCjC2SMk/XA_m5yqLAlI/AAAAAAAAr3A/5PSFkvPGIO8eBBMD8XHbXvbRhJKaUOzogCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_d985_7ab_f1ac_eb33" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SezKeDlYnQM/XA_m59vVszI/AAAAAAAAr3I/RuKDJ1_tQoEBa2-IpQAIdTARqgta1lm8wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Yup! You guessed it! Back in Arizona for the winter!</span></div><div><font size="6">By the way you will need to look close at the first picture to see, but one of these palm trees is not like the other.</font></div><div><font size="6"><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><font size="5"><span jsname="YS01Ge">“One of these things is not like the others,</span><br><span jsname="YS01Ge">One of these things just doesn't belong,</span><br><span jsname="YS01Ge">Can you tell which thing is not like the others</span><br><span jsname="YS01Ge">By the time I finish my song?” </span></font></b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><font size="5"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Courtesy of Sesame Street</span></font></b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><font size="5"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><br></span></font></b></span></div><div><font size="6"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Before I give you the answer, how many of you just sang that song? I wonder how many of you will be humming it for the next three hours..lol</span></font></div><div><font size="6"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Did you notice the palm tree that looks like it grew straight up into the street light pole? Well it is not really a palm tree, it is a cell phone tower!</span></font></div><div><font size="6"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Here is a closer look.</span></font></div><div><img id="id_8e31_f4a8_ac36_63e8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G3pHC6zZB7Y/XA_m1yVOoSI/AAAAAAAAr24/fWNaU7rE41UdZRHUjCsQNJIhEW4cle4KwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Some are even harder to recognize.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_2067_c737_59c4_b399" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-erFAVlrXUns/XA_m0Biw2jI/AAAAAAAAr2A/Jb0lHKKx0J0Q1QQgO0QqYnoF-HLVZJUcgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_70ed_2060_1d99_bf3d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ulmPnqUixOI/XA_m19wQA-I/AAAAAAAAr20/vytjxPwFG6ErUyKihYdw_XFaG6g5fT1ngCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_30de_de9e_4ce4_c069" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x9XQX86uJXQ/XA_m0da1K7I/AAAAAAAAr2I/nLBHCML0pBkVntHx3iBmMQN_L9IxNSK4wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_dae7_7b2f_726e_9b99" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TKcubKOJS0U/XA_m0ViiG8I/AAAAAAAAr2E/DtazDbXjj5IB-Tei3CcJI2QQOmjx8UK-wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I think it is so cool that they try to blend them into the surroundings, Lord knows there are tons of them around and it’s hard enough trying to get a decent photo without power lines and telephone poles in them. </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Ok...see what happens when I stay away so long! I just go on and on and on!</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I missed you guy(s)</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I miss reading some of my favourites when I don't blog too.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">So what’s new?</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Me? Oh not much with me... in the midst of packing up the cottage for the season, we sold our home, and have a buyer for our beautiful place at the beach. (That all happened in 5 days) Because we had already committed to spending the winter in Phoenix, we had just 6 weeks to pack up a house we had lived in for 39 years, and let me tell you our house was not big but it was full! And before you say it, no I am not a hoarder! After all the packing, we had over 5000 km to drive besides house hunting and all the business that entails and stopping to see my brother in Northern Ontario. We stopped in to see our son and family and we were successful in finding a house we liked so we bought a new home in Ontario. </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I told Mr. O I felt like I had been thrown into the tv show Amazing Race!</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">What a whirlwind! </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Our new home is a couple hours north of Toronto so I am still going to be a country gal, which suits me to a “T”. It brings us closer to family although I will be leaving part of my heart behind, because I have been blessed with the most precious friends a girl could ever hope to meet. I hope they miss me so much they all come to see me! A couple at a time though because we didn't buy a hotel! <grin></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">It is a lovely brick bungalow, just 8 years old, open concept, and my knee will be very appreciative of having a laundry room on the main floor, and yes I will have space for a new quilting studio, and it too will be on the main level. </font></span></div><div><img id="id_169c_cb1a_d8b5_b2b6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OCdbIcFLhLg/XA_m217mOwI/AAAAAAAAr3U/yVHL6c9YXS8uWSHIths4lkh8wbKDnQ6KACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_b5f1_83a_483b_fcae" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mo0-Vru-swg/XA_m04USisI/AAAAAAAAr2k/PAd9Bbxhs0kwyiwWPCcXTKHAzlVQlk3BgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_80cf_9bbf_c087_b9f7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dymRXiyI54U/XA_m0yCf2PI/AAAAAAAAr2U/UJkkRZi_nqsaOl1fK753uWoJsLarAgb-ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_fb62_8363_1088_fe7f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--ajms4yIuHM/XA_m04n-iKI/AAAAAAAAr2Q/grxAP0QYopMCki5Js2z7_ouwkfrCI42BQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_cdab_e865_3613_2656" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S0PlHfFVZP4/XA_m03R01BI/AAAAAAAAr2Y/ISyMDV2-TdwctISzT2pFtoTD0siujwV2QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_5126_f1ba_7c58_f59a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g34QWBXW5GQ/XA_m0ydh7LI/AAAAAAAAr2M/-auhXs22SegUZJVT81bv72x829j4uAf-wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">AKA. My quilt studio!</font><br></span><br><img id="id_e251_4f85_74f6_b722" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MV5LyX3Meoo/XA_m07Wb6BI/AAAAAAAAr2g/QVYAYlkJhGMpoJWYOWnV17VIDlYAtk1cgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Here is a little peek. I will enjoy the front and back deck and although it will be lots of changes ( and if you know me well, you know I am not fond of change!), but I am sure we will be comfortable and happy there. After all home is where you make it. </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><img id="id_fb93_44fc_c6f4_dc1e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sG81kihJYbg/XA_m1W1qMdI/AAAAAAAAr2o/tSjO4bsoTScz0zs0HKuQvMT7aTDr_r0EgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 396px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I have been in our rental here in Phoenix about 10 days and I still cant remember where things are in the kitchen, and my sewing area...don’t even ask! </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I have managed to do a little cross stitching on a project that is long overdue to be finished</font></span></div><div><img id="id_d499_30a3_882c_ee28" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j9LofXJaHTA/XA_m5-3irGI/AAAAAAAAr3M/Yeof7p3s5AYjCau0ZMCCvU1JIylWjBAhwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">It is a portion taken from a painting (below)by German artist, Heinrich </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Hoffmann</font></span></div><div><img id="id_d29_7cf9_264d_81b6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BsbSS9R2uik/XA_m07HE8iI/AAAAAAAAr2s/jXjPQ6feBtYcsfhxFMtb97V1HHpr8uflwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 531px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">I also started (barely) a lap quilt from a kit I purchased last winter from </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"> www.fatquartershop.com</font></span></div><div><img id="id_4525_4590_12c1_4a0c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0ZTlTrA9p9s/XA_m21j7eKI/AAAAAAAAr2w/yLfD9kTN654-O1rgcif1PRdTTnWt04dxwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">It will be quite pretty when finished although the pattern photo does not do it justice. My friend Denise made it last year and sent me a photo of it and I instantly knew I wanted to make it.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_79d3_e596_3956_388e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tsuWhmzljvU/XA_m58SQv8I/AAAAAAAAr3E/3lwdYOJjoAIOIPuF5_y8Dprw5OYB-oIhwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Isn’t it pretty? I asked her if I could use it as a screen saver/wallpaper on my phone and it has been there ever since. I decided it was time to get at it. The other thing I have to finish up is my 7 Letters quilt. If I don’t lallygag too much I should be able to finish it by the end of the week. I really have no idea how it should be quilted, so if you have any ideas I would love to hear them. </font></span></div><div><img id="id_eafa_f39e_b70d_7015" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yQ8ZYq_Dr6o/XA_m6L8p8BI/AAAAAAAAr3Y/hKn_I9r06X4xBwmgWXFyzfYjBjGftHJPwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6">Well I will leave you with a few more pics I snapped while on my walk this afternoon. I walked 5 km, and Mr O biked 50 miles....what a slacker!</font></span></div><div><img id="id_dadb_c9b6_b686_d977" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hTwUt9Xfqfg/XA_m6C2oImI/AAAAAAAAr3Q/YIhTlGhBxxcd1eVtg0A8D3ndBgWMuqXbQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_2663_813e_6da4_af5e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JCcfiaw0lU4/XA_m29vSOjI/AAAAAAAAr28/-b-QDk8qmRwDxxNvczetofIOChyk-q-lwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="6">“DON,T FEAR CHANGE. You may lose something good, but you may also gain something great.”</font></div><div><font size="6">Author unknown.</font></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><br></font></span><br><font size="6"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="5"><br></font></b><div><font size="6"><br></font></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-65221252046883394202018-08-12T01:55:00.001-03:002018-08-12T01:55:10.392-03:00A PLACE TO STICK IT<font size="5">I am not sure just where the days go, but I never seem to get all the things done that I plan to. While Mr. O was still working. I would get up every morn ing with him and about 5:20. He left for work just before 6 and I would have my coffee and mess around on the computer for a bit but I just felt like a got a good start on the day, but now even if I wake at 5 or so I crawl back to bed and stay there til at least 7:30, and although it is only 2 hours later I feel lazy and seem to be playing catch up all day. Today I did the regular stuff, dishes, made the bed, straightening up, and I managed to pick a few blueberries to fill up our little bowl that we keep in the fridge for morning cereal and snacking. I got half the deck stained...it’s one of those jobs you have to do in stages so you can still get in and out of the house because the deck area takes in both entry ways. It has been so hot and humid that it really was not great staining conditions but today was sunny and a bit breezy so I thought I best get it done.after those jobs were taken care of, I got to play with my fabric and sewing machine. </font><div><font size="5">I decided to take a break from the quilt I have been working on and make some fun stuff. </font></div><div><font size="5">I have a Pinterest Board titled, A Place To Stick It. I”m sure it would not take to much effort to figure out what the board is all about...</font></div><div><img id="id_8623_5602_69bc_fe50" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nzck7GDGfR8/W2-9bEtTt_I/AAAAAAAAMTs/qJhFLIc6TJ4-RjUtl7CTKR93AOE82K3agCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">See that blue one in the bottom right corner...a friend made me that one in those exact colours.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today I decided to make a few of the fun things I had pinned. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_75c8_c745_feff_7f1f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o1SppV4VEsU/W2-9ilP2QnI/AAAAAAAAMTw/odCjvn2PVGABnkkU-U0h4lGqofOylYjGACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><img id="id_7713_7cd1_89d5_d843" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4NU-G18OB2o/W2-9kr2-r9I/AAAAAAAAMT0/LHEoorNSqy4vsoo40dET4IyOhHNj7sleQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_6139_b21e_3310_5682" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DKNejZaJzV0/W2-9lh3ZGGI/AAAAAAAAMT4/8GMakTmNNeMgXyS_7_VJWHZLkC_1t6j3ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ded_104d_735e_4656" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_zu7rs3giE4/W2-9otg5h_I/AAAAAAAAMUA/mf7JAuec1hcIBRvKLuJv-4MMPbeVQZYIgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This one “cracks me up” no pun intended.</font><br></span><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><font size="5">This next one is prepped and ready for blanket stitching...I think it may be numbered among my favourites.</font></div><div><img id="id_7097_8ad9_575a_554a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NYcj--d-bcM/W2-9rBd_pDI/AAAAAAAAMUM/nxtOudtHicw_n7vwvT4u8TV5oB-nKq50QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font><span style="font-size: x-large;">As you can see, some are cottons and some are wool, so I am getting a nice variety.</span></div><div><font size="5">Some time back several different bloggers and professional quilters had a bit of a challenge going on. Make a pin cushion a day for 30 days. I thought it seemed like a fun idea but never seemed to get around to joining in the fun. Well I decided that I wanted to try a few of the ideas I had pinned and this is the result.</font></div><div><font size="5">Carrie Nelson has a new book coming out that I may just have to add to my library. </font></div><div><img id="id_f22e_d8ed_2d46_84ec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-laYjVlyLO2M/W2-9pJYkHCI/AAAAAAAAMUE/VfP84arRX9QRs2H0blWPuGVMNDqWLVhMACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Back at home in my sewing room I have a wicker basket filled with thimbles and pin cushions. I have donut pincushions, cupcake pincushions, scrappy ones, bottle cap ones, wrist ones, but I thought I could add a few more to the collection. I also have a little space left on my bookshelf and This book may be just the ticket to help me.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_854e_1635_6011_a13d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MKe2OxpqDwA/W2-9oT6uDgI/AAAAAAAAMT8/KEKNx5dhnvMeQhaTQ6tmSdKaGLqF1Wx_ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I closed things up around midnight, and wondered in to record the events of the day. That’s all folks. That’s as exciting as my Saturday nights get.</span></div><div><img id="id_bcbf_2241_b670_87ce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H0Fqwidx8NE/W2-9pi1VtDI/AAAAAAAAMUI/spAP1BuMqjgo0e6MWoFDjrXERjK2MCIiACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-79794776523774478872018-08-10T01:29:00.001-03:002018-08-10T01:29:27.793-03:00WHAT DAY IS IT?<font size="5">We had a very rainy Thursday and it was a welcome change from all the extreme heat we have been tolerating lately. After coffee, breakfast and my morning routine, the plan was to try to finish sewing the remainder of the prepped pieces into blocks. My goal was to finish all 36 blocks today.</font><div><font size="5">Today was a good day for a crock pot supper...once the meal was prepped, there was nothing to do but sew and wait for things to cook. I had prepped several batches of cabbage rolls earlier and frozen them in batches and today was going to be a cabbage roll day! </font></div><div><font size="5">Don’t you love having prepped meals in the freezer . Perfect for a busy day. I have a friend who says it’s like having money in the bank, and I totally agree.</font></div><div><img id="id_137c_ed29_4e17_7232" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_hq8yEEwhBM/W20Uap-fGjI/AAAAAAAAMSM/AVD30WceRLQi-wy02-BdaPQ568cKq_81wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br><font size="5">Cabbage rolls and date squares for dessert, not a gourmet feast but good hearty food! </font><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Before I go on about my sewing, I have to show you my new travel coffee cup. A couple weeks ago my daughter texted me that she found an online shop that had several designs of YETI cups on sale for half price. They one I just had to have, so I said, “if you put in an order, order one for me too.”</font></div><div><font size="5">Mine arrived today!</font></div><div><img id="id_8c7_a023_dbd_66ca" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cvba-fFX0UI/W20UfBJd6fI/AAAAAAAAMSU/oPx73ZYVfI8Dng71qjDcljLomjishR7CQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_e5c5_8783_67a7_27b5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CFkl4OBnlRk/W20UdsOnQ2I/AAAAAAAAMSQ/vKhRGaFuS8gEJ7IX8jXVo92GhU1UwfW3ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I just know my coffee will taste great in my new cup, and it is perfect for sewing days not just for travel! </font></div><div><img id="id_337e_882d_85e8_6572" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bKqSJmwbkWw/W20Ugc7xy1I/AAAAAAAAMSY/RvVRXhP-_RAhbzweD9pWZU6V6ktr60LKgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I sewed most of the afternoon away only coming in for bathroom breaks and checking on supper. I was making progress. After supper Mr.O offered to do dishes and I went back out to sew.</font></div><div><font size="5">I was motivated to keep at it as I saw the blocks starting to pile up. </font></div><div><br><img id="id_fa54_5974_9461_d886" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MSuOdJluxBk/W20Un3XEB7I/AAAAAAAAMSg/D_fAudhVy2Eq8k04zfbXED7QU_6xDoD3gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_6dd0_2daa_4cc8_671e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fqsd_YaF6N8/W20UmAo4PII/AAAAAAAAMSc/FMNdQ0HJR_glxVonVbbXhLtGQrJBz8IZACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Finally the last one was done, and I shut things down for the night, with a plan to come in and write a short blog post before bed. My goodness, when I looked at my watch it was well past midnight and Mr O had gone to bed! (Time to turn the calendar page!)</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9efa_50b6_9caa_ad73" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4kxS2M1n4bc/W20UpElRUQI/AAAAAAAAMSo/f7StGvq5ZCIYcuDttTAUo9s1fIM7JIWswCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">As I said, my plan was to finish my blocks “today” and even though this is officially Friday, my blocks are finished and it is still “today”</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_bedb_2820_5763_c637" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bCV9POHjH2Y/W20UpIKEMUI/AAAAAAAAMSk/pimrRwFHgnoZ5pH_oqHopMxAGCCDMKotQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-5078031193227676822018-08-03T01:50:00.001-03:002018-08-03T01:50:38.915-03:00Enough Already!<font size="5">I’m sure I am not the first one this summer to say it, but it is been just a tad warm! Enough with the extreme weather! When we arrived home from Arizona on the 20th of April, we still had a ton of snow.</font><div><img id="id_8c92_cdc3_c60f_14a9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gEFxT65rQ70/W2Pezuay2_I/AAAAAAAAMP0/_PspkzvOdEgi-xHnGGtTDSWTPXCxBidmACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><div><div><font size="5">I’m sure you wouldn’t be surprised to know that Bathurst had the record snowfall for Canada. Over 13 feet up till the first day of Spring but we had a few more storms after that. We still had snow the end of May and although it disappeared quickly, we totally bypassed Spring and went headfirst into a heatwave! We are into our second month of above average temps and I for one, would not say no to a two or three day stretch with maybe 25 degree temps. Thankfully we have AC in the trailer but my sewing area does not and I have been neglecting my quilting this summer. I have a few handwork projects on the go, and when the heat gets too much, I stay inside and stitch. </font></div><div><img id="id_7003_97e_da24_3d26" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uowGTnXdgsE/W2Pe6BMCDNI/AAAAAAAAMQA/_jGcVr47e6IhN4y74TerI9QMkrN3mdfjgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">All of the centre is stitched and I have to cut and stitch the “tongues” to place all around the outside.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I also have another wool and embroidery project on the go.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_6c9b_c712_c477_921" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zW_OmTWY3wI/W2Pe0FND89I/AAAAAAAAMP4/7oPMaBOceO8q89XnYkoeOXkFefKRSmi8ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><img id="id_e6f8_4a95_2e08_3279" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LHTpqN6J-TQ/W2Pe1MGU4RI/AAAAAAAAMP8/vHIIUodMw_Y3zlMlT4l1ZYvCSBUNQOiMwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I don't feel like stitching I work on knitting a pair of socks. I am on the home stretch...one sock finished and the other one is over half done. The heel is turned and I am working on the foot.</span></div><div><img id="id_b208_9ac9_71ca_f604" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k3uHA_FcD0c/W2PfCXIq_qI/AAAAAAAAMQM/6OPEX4hIligERz5JL07Xx9UO0MvmXbpAQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This week I decided to bite the bullet and tough it out so I have been working on a project that my sister and I started in Arizona in February. She is using browns and greys, taupes, creams with rich red/orange for her accent colour. I on the other hand decided to use approximately 100 different colours and various light prints with a black accent. Although they are the same pattern they will definitely look different!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have 13 blocks finished and up on my design wall, and I’m pretty sure I am going to love it. However I have a long way to go before seeing it finished.</span></div><div><img id="id_9219_bc99_2d07_19b7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n7n-GNQwt3I/W2PfFW6_-kI/AAAAAAAAMQY/6D110rtWn7EO_mbWCKuRnW9qizTYHlLIwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Please excuse the slightly nasty looking ironing board cover. So far I have cut and pieced 588 strips of fabric and then cut them up again into squares. BUT I am a long way from done. </span></div><div><img id="id_1098_3cea_407a_9bee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MeWhXqhGZ1w/W2Pe63TOYXI/AAAAAAAAMQE/E479GHHlKHIiMjg753VMjWzSQ-w9LLq2gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have another 539 strips organized in groups and ready to sew together. </span></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">If you have a mathematical mind you are probably way ahead of me, if however you are like me, you need to be told that both these numbers are divisible by 7. 588 divided by 7 = 84 and 539 divided by 7 = 77</font></div><div><font size="5">I just saved you a few minutes, because you were probably looking for your calculator to check and see if I was correct. 😉</font></div></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">All totalled the quilt should have 2,401pieces according to the pattern. In case you are wondering, yes that is divisible by 7. It is a pattern by Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.</font></div><div><img id="id_6e50_fc4b_bc40_c58e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XqoGxG5azG8/W2PfB9xTPEI/AAAAAAAAMQI/VZXwvf27xlsnVQbF7G7Bd-64sGQz7BdJACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">My goal is to have this quilt all assembled and ready before we close up the cottage for the season, so I hope we get a break in the weather soon. It is too warm to quilt in the heat of the day so I work late into the night.(that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it) I am going to have to kick it into gear though.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This has been a nice refreshing beverage with 0 calories, that I have been enjoying in this heat. I was a Perrier girl but I think this one has won me over!</font></span></div><div><img id="id_5dde_a7e9_e637_9e4c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dp76_8WBVu8/W2PfF7SJqKI/AAAAAAAAMQc/zck2rXQk1DEXR7tthr-e5nvKDoB4tBKgACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_4d9c_8b48_4219_ef05" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lVw6AXKjckg/W2PfGFjJ06I/AAAAAAAAMQg/_RJTsd8mfns4HzmZsmJBJFktgalKmiHAwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Icy cold!!! Can you see the beads of sweat on the can? If you try it, let me know what you think.</span></font></div><div><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Well friends it is 1:45 am and I have lots to do tomorrow. We’ll talk later.</span></font></div><div><img id="id_c11e_851e_4a49_9d26" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4o9smvCb_t8/W2PfHSVhg0I/AAAAAAAAMQo/Dvidp-XwqikX3DAtmlMnQIHnQPAi7AgUgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d81a_94b2_288a_f132" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PCZir6Z9NLs/W2PfGZzISHI/AAAAAAAAMQk/FMUhMftnUCkmSzNDFuGtyAwQhLBIi08oACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><font size="5"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">the </font></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-66028926123708528292018-08-01T23:22:00.001-03:002018-08-01T23:22:22.731-03:00(Backup) OKAY WENDY! BREAK IS OVER!!<font size="5">Do you realizeit has been 245 days since I last blogged? Shameful! Absolutely shameful. Actually if truth be told, I have blogged about 200 of those days, but just neglected to write it down and post it. I blog almost every day in my head. I take pictures and everything. When I actually sit down to start typing my mind just shuts off, or not really shuts off but gets discouraged. It was so much easier when I blogged with Google, but they started getting difficult to get along with and I downloaded a different APP and that worked for a short time, and now I am working with one I purchased that works better but I find it very slow to get around. Quite possibly it is because I am not very tech savy, but I prefer to think it is the APP. .............</font><div><font size="5">Fast forward to 11p.m. My goodness...I sat to take a break from outside work, and decided to whip out a blog post and Mr O came home from golfing while I was writing. Well we chatted a bit, and then it was lunch time, and dishes and then back to the job I started earlier (with Mr O helping). We worked straight through til supper, then a visit from the neighbours, my evening bike ride, Wednesday evening church service and I am done! Too pooped to finish writing anything sensible...to be continued in the morning. </font></div><div><font size="5">A little pic of the hand stitching project I have been working on, and I will be back tomorrow.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_98fc_ac85_f82b_4d74" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WzffVYMBdiw/W2Jq23E2m0I/AAAAAAAAMPc/nQ7jgjxSMhQb43EHM02N8Llt56vCwLrxQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>GRRRRRR! <font size="6">See what I mean! I tried to post and this is what I get!</font></b></span></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1092_b743_432b_ca98" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lHeKlrgFbSM/W2Jq20_ty5I/AAAAAAAAMPg/2TcqJe-KrmQ2c9227odRwNYh_YsPE9EogCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 746px; height: auto;"><br><br><font size="5">I am going to bed! </font><br><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="6"><b><br></b></font></span><br><font size="5"><br></font><div><font size="5"><br></font></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-89638800794729202112017-11-28T00:13:00.001-04:002017-11-28T00:13:51.477-04:00(Backup) (Backup) On The Road Again<a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?lyrics=2035" id="id_1184_eb9_6eca_f5ec">http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?lyrics=2035</a><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bdc0_d703_b5d1_b1c8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-byJzInpl5SA/WhzgeRwSHoI/AAAAAAAAL2I/wyS5s9QxuWQYbrzBRt5gZZ49ybBIWGWSwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Ok, telle me the truth...are you humming thatsong now? Cause I am and I fear it may be running through my head all night!</font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Back in February of this year, I convinced Mr O to agree to spend winter in Arizona again. He liked Arizona but he always says, “I want to go somewhere new, somewhere I haven’t been before.” I on the other hand like familiarity, and I liked the place we usually stayed at, I had a large circle of quilting friends there, I was comfortanle with the area...why wouldn’t I want to back? I love having familiar things around me. That’s why when we go on a road trip I pack so much...I think I suffer with separation anxiety.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">If we were travelling there in a U-Haul I would have had no trouble packing but alas we were driving there in our personal vehicle, so many choices had to be made. I had no shortage of fabric at home so Mr O “urged” me to figure out what projects I wanted to make and make kits from what I hadcts for on hand. Brilliant suggestion, but also a lot of work, and what if I forgot something important and necessary for the project? It takes a lot of time and energy to assemble kits for each project and to make sure I prepared enough projects for 4 months; and projects and tools needed for a couple of workshops I was asked to give. </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">The job seemed insurmountable, especially </font></span><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">to someone who was recovering from whooping cough but thankfully I have been blessed with very good friends, one of whom came to my rescue. She offered to come and help me prep kits and it was just the kickstart I needed because as you know, starting the job is half the battle.This friend came to the house 2 or 3 times and helped choose fabrics, AND cut fabric amounts for each of these big projects.<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> Once these projects were prepped, I felt like I was on my way and slowly but surely I managed to get the rest of the kits ready. Thank you Sue!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">All totalled I think I packed about 25 different projects for the winter! That does not include my knitting project or the projects I prepped for working on in the car, because it is a long way from New Brunswick to Arizona, especially when you make lengthy stops in Ontario and Colorado! Hope I have enough...I will keep you updated as I check them off my list. ( I even packed printed sheets off the internet for oraganizing my projects and keeping me on track) Genius or insanity?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I saw this little quote on line one day and it made me smile, because I do exactly that!</span></span></div><div><img id="id_6910_f555_2764_6624" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rbNJdma40sk/WhzgFKlxEkI/AAAAAAAAL2E/1fP0vBVMzrgw5g0JCwVnx4lkj9w2odNhgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Along the way I had a lovely visit with my brother, and other family members. My brother lives in a nursing home and is always thrilled to go out on outings. We were able to rent a little cottage and that allowed us to have him come and stay with us for five days. He was thrilled with his mini vacation!</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><img id="id_b264_c71_3c4e_dcaa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tCowwB6VWK0/WhzgiDfbYTI/AAAAAAAAL2Q/aUvNtJ2OB9gr90H-idpXNFBdXH4OtDlfACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_5fcc_c9a6_8582_ab69" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oUdDdwntjtY/WhzghUwgJMI/AAAAAAAAL2M/WXx_jgpOnfEfixYTc06N_MEx8pcuEFcFACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_63ea_6fc8_5a60_d4bc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GxDl9zebJQI/Whzg1FkTxlI/AAAAAAAAL2g/c21OAruE6fszC9WXAt9U4TvEsRauTEfhACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><img id="id_dbe0_abb9_f29_230d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZSGh4-KIiUI/WhzgyXIckGI/AAAAAAAAL2Y/YTFaXsdIRmY73beAxpIZksS4QbAclbcWwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6cd_2893_8543_f507" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kj4H2Mh3emE/Whzg87ur68I/AAAAAAAAL2k/tWpoeDce1JgECqKuxqw4njSIH76KimT_gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">When we brought him back home it was with a new warm winter jacket and boots, a batch of homemade fudge, photos of his mini vacation and a touch of Christmas decorations for his room. All in all a good visit!</font></span></div><div><img id="id_659f_6648_a0a2_ca4b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cKUgbOtGbDo/Whzgykk4FFI/AAAAAAAAL2c/raIbwBW31TkZwmSwzababwXxm8EOsUfTwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><img id="id_7c80_bc71_a8d9_14dc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Oe71JlykLoA/WhzhhOwdzAI/AAAAAAAAL28/bKOcoOuwWoEVpdxYX2gYS36gV25tcg2lQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I miss you little brother; stay warm, enjoy your treats and have a Merry Christmas. I love you. xx</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I told you I brought a few projects to work on in the car. One of them was a sewing box. I painted the box before leaving home and then did the wool cover for it along the way.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">The project is from this book. Civil War Sewing Circle by Kathleen Tracey. This is just one of several projects that spoke to me. </font></span></div><div><img id="id_bfbf_c12_a746_e570" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y273MUKu1Ig/WhzhYsV80XI/AAAAAAAAL2s/ticqu1LMpX0DoiH2OBe1Zsk41cU91IxMgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br><br></font></span><br></div><img id="id_cf63_c72c_8805_37e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H_HW15ffpU8/WhzhZkyvBbI/AAAAAAAAL2w/sSe7rEVXqO4N9TxqVXKqO1p1o-mh49y7QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><font size="5">The little piece of gold wool that you see here is very special to me. After Mom passed away and we cleaned out her apartment we gave many of mom’s clothes away, but my sister and decided to keep a few items that we thought we could incorporate in some of our special quilting projects. This piece of gold wool is part of one of Mom’s blazers. I miss you mom!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_4efe_5d5c_e66c_be07" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h576Ybug2U4/Whzhg8KC4dI/AAAAAAAAL24/K-wpGEwiFS4pnY4Y83H72c2Uwb_qKRIzgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_3829_26d_eb2d_8496" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0FzvYOfQxrc/Whzh9WIFUFI/AAAAAAAAL3E/g--ElMFH5XMlLTnCglXAs6X3boLAmbqWgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><font size="5">This is the finished project and it holds tiny scissors, needles and thread for whatever project I am working on. I was only 2 days into the trip and already I was finished a project, so on to the next one...a little hand stitching kit I purchased a couple years ago at an amazing little quilt shop in Bethany Ontario. From The Heart. If you haven’t been there and you ever get the opportunity to stop, you wont be sorry.</font></div><div><img id="id_6a88_c76c_2d6b_a5b9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zOlaq7xK1nM/WhzhdptSbBI/AAAAAAAAL20/JGlIaHlNegsUYIxXF-Q_DRW--DVGAdNBgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">This is the kit I bought.</font></span></div><div><img id="id_f595_2208_9b9c_9ac7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5_L6DkxTTs/WhziJhSIQPI/AAAAAAAAL3U/I5G7fu8pPtIsej5E4b28zgma4ov9uO8YACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">The pattern has you making 1/2” hexies and then joining them together then appliqueing them to a background piece of fabric. Sandwich, quilt and bind and then it fits inside this tiny tray. It is great to sit beside your work area and corral you frequently used tools. </font><br><font size="5"><br></font></span><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_c922_bf80_be7f_f909" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ihNV0_RiOuY/WhziBsqDjqI/AAAAAAAAL3I/KSuMv_CWEwgTT-axH4F7h-1mQDGxPMXqwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_6e3_f01a_7935_c1bf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jF1Tg-hvMHA/WhziJXRC11I/AAAAAAAAL3Q/iZSf9A13tAU00h2b05yPTabuQhoSTTwnQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><img id="id_fc28_2e32_717c_f79b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9U0bimGSS0g/WhziGKq7XjI/AAAAAAAAL3M/7CVnSFLjb2oZbgtFIwGf3d45GYGefg5iQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I am feeling pretty good about this project. All hand stitched! Not a machine stitch anywhere! All the hexies, made and pieced together, sandwiched and hand quilted and then I attached the binding all around by hand and then sewed the binding down. That was the trickiest part, but I channeled my inner pioneer spirit and soldiered through. I love it! It is about 4.5”. 8.5” and fits the tray perfectly!</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">My third project is a woolie project. </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Pattern by Threads That Bind</font></span></div><div><img id="id_500d_be7e_5d7a_1667" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmfQzDsD1xs/WhziU91a7zI/AAAAAAAAL3Y/qJSvQfxrnXgmXXE4pXpMe4c3cik-5GntwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_d0e7_416f_7eae_e858" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ztCQnLoB4h0/WhziXXMK09I/AAAAAAAAL3c/dR1xjogPAoMsGDcrhhaWmIFPGoCz6HiqQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_efa6_2b5e_974e_2303" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HecUOBMbNj8/WhziaKfmXtI/AAAAAAAAL3g/V7rSCNAB-akP8ey90bR_t9uQEyTJLD2wwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">I have taken it as far as I can go, because I put the wrong backing piece in my work bag, so I am left with only a knitting project to work on. All in all I am pleased with my progress. All of this was finished before leaving Colorado.(more about Colorado happenings) </font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">It has been a great trip so far. Weather is perfect and accommodations have been good, and Mr O has had lots of interesting activities planned all along the way. The only complaint I have is that wifi is not always the best so I am behind in my posts. Hopefully I will be almost caught up by tomorrow.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><img id="id_b8f1_b5bc_70db_f94f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D4fewvDTz-k/WhzifbtDWlI/AAAAAAAAL3o/oi_db5ja78MbPmvZ9L_tXhcTF6ucS2wtwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font><br><br><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><br></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-47817081952914297082017-11-19T00:24:00.001-04:002017-11-19T00:24:06.947-04:00(Backup) LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER...WELL SORTA<img id="id_b975_5da6_249d_dd78" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xdlottec3d8/WhEHG5HunOI/AAAAAAAALy8/3ALX4gTRA2w1stuFEern0GYYjJV8jWrDACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I’m not sure if they were lazy or hazy but I do know they were crazy. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Travel, and company kept us busy, but a few other things thrown in made it a little crazy some days. Moving to the beach each summer is always busy and there are always lots of jobs to be done. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Because of the huge ice storm in the winter there was a ton of cleanup and burning to be done. Mr O was also working at consulting which included several trips away. He always tends to things to make things as easy for me as possible. We had a board on the deck that was quite weakened and I was concerned that it might break before he returned so he said he would replace it before leaving the next morning. </font></div><div><font size="5">While I was inside unpacking, dusting and setting things up, Mr O called me outside; naturally I just assumed he need a hand with something. He looked at me pointed to the gap where the faulty board was and smiled. Naturally I was puzzled..on closer inspection, I saw what ne wanted me to see. A litter of 4 tiny kittens! There are several ferral cats in the area and one of them chose to have her litter under our deck! </font></div><div><img id="id_e8d2_62fd_59b8_a32d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7XHLm1tZPDE/WhEHH19AStI/AAAAAAAALzE/3g_wfL0yfKYAN7lp6GOpEP6abJNOh_6qQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Obviously they needed to be moved while the deck was being repaired. We gently placed them in a box. Mama was no where to be seen all day and we were a bit concerned as to our next move. A cat made a brief apperance but quickly disappeared, we tried setting out food but to no avail. With Mr O leaving the next morning for two weeks, we decided to remove the new deck board and put them back under hoping mama would return. After a day I lifted the board to see if all was well, and lo and behold they were gone. Mama had moved them. Not far though...they were hidden away under the guest house aka my quilting studio.</span></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_989d_7925_f55d_717e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iyPGWvOZyv8/WhEHH97AQCI/AAAAAAAALzI/TPP4Kw3EAW8KAX4orFJtgpA_egENb4W9gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_2d54_56cf_78a3_8d1a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nY_JCNGoAAE/WhEHHW_r6dI/AAAAAAAALzA/_mER9QK0ZOcfSGyejLXMz8FRoz8Q3RilgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_6859_5e5e_e29a_6cf6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VlWeRa_Qqp0/WhEHHwqgRuI/AAAAAAAALzM/bZtkNpVbYjUumD8nz4gCpq5mR8bLh4ToACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Mama was so thin and scrawny looking and she was feeding her babies, I caved and started feeding her a bit here and there...long story short; we had cats all summer long. They thought they owned the place!</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5"><br></font></span><div><img id="id_1b04_2b6b_47ff_90dc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oeuGy7xOJbQ/WhEHI65dZgI/AAAAAAAALzQ/8mDKmou87pQGAP2pgc31iQnVrswp8f5tACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></div></div><img id="id_9f54_e322_65c7_42e7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cdBm0Iv4xs0/WhEHLCRgN6I/AAAAAAAALzg/lG6430Ii_8UdeLsHmCII392ICGafJF4zACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_ecd9_58c6_b0b2_853d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Nlm9wKh90UI/WhEHKBwReEI/AAAAAAAALzc/bf1bZJDttrUIN7W8iaIk5XlC6nPAIOhpACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_5b0a_4b51_58e4_7ca8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o6QXUk88RmU/WhEHJZM2BrI/AAAAAAAALzU/IIWFuyAWwaE4qg2vLww-7botwaJv2IJfwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_7bb9_c9a1_7621_2231" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cKp8SdKkMUw/WhEHMb9xVXI/AAAAAAAALzo/Z9xuCRNG-6oz92b0ToM3CqoaKKs_46gNgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><img id="id_25d1_122c_b6d1_6adf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e3sNcCd_X0I/WhEHKFHSN5I/AAAAAAAALzY/VaEdwDsJq6Q7sDixK_Lu58C5qAzG6FQRACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><img id="id_5919_b193_866e_6916" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7eAKQoeMXsw/WhEHQ_x0fNI/AAAAAAAAL0A/b8YvnEdh-pognLDmPlG-rp7psXUbDa2MQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_6abc_907e_7b58_d361" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CzsnndqnjuU/WhEHL6ktAhI/AAAAAAAALzk/hzvLNKr11mwEXPmTracbODI-OvGBPIlZQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><br></div><div><font size="5">By summer’s end I was concerned that they were not moving out and we would be moving home and the food bank was closing. They needed to learn to hunt and feed themselves before the snow came. I had to be brutal and stop feeding them and “encourage” them to leave home. My weapon was a water bottle. After many days of unwanted showers they finally moved on, but I have to tell you that I was getting pretty attached to them. It was harder on me than it was on them!</font></div><div><font size="5">I worked several days at a local quilt shop which lead to a bigger project that was so much fun and in turn helped the shop owner make some great changes to the shop. Needless to say I was in my glory!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_df59_b3c0_c70b_19ee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W_0YG-2xnk0/WhEHOG4KF_I/AAAAAAAALzs/1KWUBenGUNQi_SFvq7JYmVHdiy1-FYZQwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_b838_2b5b_b86f_6c6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PfPhn_E52NE/WhEHO3XqrcI/AAAAAAAALzw/uLpAGN9o5o0NbP8r9CLNnWOyrjzLdEjLwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_891_3ef5_b4a0_370a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W8SrLecy1Nw/WhEHPu1migI/AAAAAAAALz0/f2BrUM7lhZ0p9LlY6u8xPyKpdx34uxm8ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_f0ba_cf63_7b97_e372" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jSIHFoZhhAs/WhEHQlywTkI/AAAAAAAALz8/hLcg8uIykesv3eaSo6e2v5PcU1fwrESgQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">THANKS NADINE!</font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><font size="5">Throw in buying a new boat with our son,</font></span></div><div><img id="id_1e05_ae2d_b99b_b458" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U47RV-ugOOs/WhEHP0cH1VI/AAAAAAAALz4/AkE7LskWG48Jy450A-94mSfOkNDkL4kwwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_964f_4c6d_3919_5cf4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Er5nD14aoRA/WhEHRCEv49I/AAAAAAAAL0I/o6WXJt6Y7vsLFT4HUlWFBSlP7xA3kJEOACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br><font size="5"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Furniture painting class with friends,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_93c0_2871_2c22_4264" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zU15stKdQpg/WhEHRfZOz0I/AAAAAAAAL0E/0o88-JskiDY9pL47uIqwlD2UeGTX4HtcACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_a3f5_ece6_bb09_d0ec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QJMA7XNqb3k/WhEHS2bOR-I/AAAAAAAAL0M/76AuFcLv8UYq7X6Qx_9cXy4UwdoNzeWDwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_fc00_48f0_e008_2aa4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s_eGyIeWIJk/WhEHY33hieI/AAAAAAAAL0o/B4m5PjYYAN8X_9yr4GxbVMp1HH14hNqsQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_6b34_bec4_d8b6_d78d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QfCfrLZ7a0A/WhEHTbhoDsI/AAAAAAAAL0Q/BblPPYy4arohZSVvTFQJqsgixgJBPjJzACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">berry picking, </span></div><div><img id="id_bdb5_6454_4f3e_b16" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-19Zo57Nb-MY/WhEHWNtJMXI/AAAAAAAAL0U/RCWK5iKPclY8NOTRymKouQNOJNjuc76cACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d37f_263e_39c4_473a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P2ctFszzSTw/WhEHWYyKdJI/AAAAAAAAL0c/j8AtBumSEoAR_sa0mHw2L57tzGac_r3FwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_df23_2b2c_5d3b_7d0f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O00q-V-03Q8/WhEHWf6mJzI/AAAAAAAAL0Y/DNhAqEe4s7INPbi1cNS5ORhVbOBR2fyJgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_f5ca_db4b_eb0b_3e1f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N6nwe4KgLi0/WhEHYYt2ZNI/AAAAAAAAL0g/l80-9IGdLq4mXHVBGiz9TqPUrF_eeE0xACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_709b_33d9_ce8a_8ea0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--HGiPJpUE4w/WhEHZVD_x-I/AAAAAAAAL0s/_7HjbIxx3Wk95od-bLVEdpU037NSviMqgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br><br></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">a Blue Jays game, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><img id="id_20a3_f7c4_7bdf_7131" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RwG-zE--QOg/WhEHZYRW8zI/AAAAAAAAL0w/0iCRryVYDHkjYbT5j0oA-Kw-c7TFIQBeQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> a very long bout of Whooping cough, and you can see why I say summer was more crazy than lazy. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">One for the books! I loved it and wouldn’t change a thing...well maybe just one thing!</span></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><img id="id_b111_7c69_db5f_757a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pH1SzpZnCPU/WhEHY6DDiFI/AAAAAAAAL0k/vWeD12LC0TY3PqY37e5LEpNhwmlT_WNngCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><br><br>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-17310568834673967512017-11-18T21:11:00.001-04:002017-11-18T21:11:20.014-04:00IT AINT OVER TIL ITS OVER<font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have a post title and I am all set up to write but excuse me for a minute...I need to go back and read my last post. It has been so long since I have been here, I need to go back and see what we were talking about when I said good bye.....</font><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ok! I’m back. Good thing I checked.. lots to catch up on. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">First of all, my bathrobe is done.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_aafb_6d3f_695e_2201" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n15AA_vyJUM/WhDZ7z51JKI/AAAAAAAALxY/1ELIrEQbCfAIvQUgp_PgTGHQpywu7xm5QCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At first glance you might think..not too bad...I hate to say it but I should have listened to my friends. It is much too big! At first I thought it would be ok, but I had tried it on over my clothes, afterwards I tried it again and it is much too big! I had hurried to finish it even though I really was not feeling up to snuff only to be disappointed. So when I packed my suitcases yesterday, it did not make the cut, and my old faithful bathrobe has come along for the ride! Why didn’t I listen to my friends when they told me it was too big!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alright..next.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remember I told you about the challenge from Mr. O to get my quilt finished this year...well TADA!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">DONE!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_57c2_47b5_ec88_8da1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MwNMxipgNnA/WhDZ8eL-AbI/AAAAAAAALxc/Kjuk__enJngaG3Ga8G2Y0nfdGGxAohaawCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_fbf8_e26a_c50_c7ab" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N7v_F3dvLiU/WhDZ70NJ9FI/AAAAAAAALxU/KY2O5ew5t54NB8F38c5QPepryPYTjsR8gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It feels so good to have it done I can overlook the inconsistencies in the stitching. I have to tell you though I really enjoy the hand stitching. I am working away on another quilt I started hand quilting many years ago. No rush, no pressure, just stitching. Don’t hold your breath waiting for the finish but just know that it is being worked on.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I made Mr. O a new quilt for his birthday. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_ef99_1967_1c65_95fb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-650U4H3nylo/WhDZ8v_MrfI/AAAAAAAALxg/bJXWfBf8MG4Le-PjLm1nWSpC4hNnvvknwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_4008_d450_7cf1_b572" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pMqzk5nm-rc/WhDZ9CcwyKI/AAAAAAAALxk/3qktnFSVv90OMuRN8l_5HvhZG5N-oAcaACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Not a difficult pattern, just paying attention to intensity of colour is what makes this quilt.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_d9d5_1402_2a62_4c7a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6aQ8VBLiEjM/WhDZ_zH0SWI/AAAAAAAALxs/OCdhbgfa4KEnIq4PkRNwKHg4UF2ioUezwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_bd28_8a53_121b_20ec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RV5Kd27xFjA/WhDaA72VcTI/AAAAAAAALx4/S5AzpoI6CM8dR5YgeatjEeckNIfoMpFIgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_5d6_7469_2387_4890" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r0N_2zau_T0/WhDaABU7-wI/AAAAAAAALxw/QVxRL5SXvP4Jb5zsrAPibR20ep76NsdWgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_f9ce_67d6_f977_3741" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n_3HCWKU4eE/WhDZ-SI6axI/AAAAAAAALxo/-zRtzeeDwAUdw6xppVkqtALToVjngHxewCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Don’t you just love the quilting? I think it is awesome and I can say that because I did not do it. I had it done at a quilt shop in Orillia this summer. We were going to be in the area for a family reunion and it was a great opportunity for me to have it done like one I had seen earlier in the year at their shop. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I made several gifts for games at the reunion and also did pillows for the remaining aunts and uncles of the Leach family. I printed a photo of Granny and Grandpa and just random pieced the fronts of the pillow covers. I was very pleased with the results and thankfully so were the recipients. I also did a pillow to match the quilt I made this spring for our son and daughter in law.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_c641_c262_7bcc_d91" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v7FPzxKO708/WhDaAWdTqfI/AAAAAAAALx0/UjW0Sl5SUoMXLuuarvxoZfEZgEYeZG84wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_d64a_720b_7701_16c1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BmNDaE3GlDE/WhDaGBxjq-I/AAAAAAAALyE/l9oYl7YMFLccp6DDgB3GyxujIyVW5mDHgCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_243e_1999_574b_164b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TYtux9DDs2E/WhDaEtmAs_I/AAAAAAAALyA/MGRUkjCcdu0hyHBgG0GUSGY1ZyO_lLcwACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_ee8e_f8f0_aaf_267e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Dyp_C-CMCXE/WhDaD4Ra6fI/AAAAAAAALx8/lthc9rZiTyIadsfN8qSXNssmCmJ5u6a0gCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><img id="id_82f_c896_56_2f76" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CQ1DFOgQI-U/WhDaGZosUGI/AAAAAAAALyI/JG3nWAhMx3c5CIzU-_MQX1D2wRrgT60JwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the reunion our daughter and her husband came to New Brunswick for a visit. It has been a long while and Michelle has recently become <strike>interested</strike> obsessed in quilting. She made a quilt for her husband while visiting and started one for herself. I made a bag for my grand daughter as well as a few other small things. Not bad for a weeks visit!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_7c3_7b38_6285_7273" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bdKS54DRqdQ/WhDaGo7tgFI/AAAAAAAALyM/Z-CVfkGGh-8XtYfbYHDE5Qa4AXTocVqKwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do you know how hard it is to get photos of a quilt on a windy day? It was a real circus. Mr. O tried to help us out but...that didnt work either.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_2e3c_a99d_74c8_5bbf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DfDfo1xiG7Q/WhDaIBBfedI/AAAAAAAALyQ/nhB21X7OOcI58kIcLlQnBmzVQAkU7DMnQCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_bd8c_ff09_812e_b43d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kzEhfoVvZkE/WhDaNBZZX7I/AAAAAAAALyk/1JXSQe146c0lFGjgRSKNX-PvqC6Q78QvACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_fc7b_9c81_8585_3a2e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VVFsoP7fYag/WhDaNLsM0GI/AAAAAAAALyo/aB5PDFGmQiYGFbXgBW5G9LuzNJWojQuwwCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_9aa2_efd5_f482_9b1d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-womai8tMb1Y/WhDaJkvvXnI/AAAAAAAALyU/FfFnEPlcLeABsqMfcnxrTa76jW5UcQqkACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_eb50_d98a_99e8_d13f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PfTN4yXVI5E/WhDaMLwWn0I/AAAAAAAALyY/x2TrEBBut5o5VKVrXc-BYeoIzK9Qxym8wCHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We finally tacked it to the back door of the guest house and called it a day! Whew!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_a924_47f0_30e9_4aaf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TEmljC1UzlE/WhDaM-3xq5I/AAAAAAAALyc/lBrkrh9HUAg-HBW9HqqPIlnDcVcPUz01ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking of “ calling it a day” that is just what I am going to do, I have been at this post for 2 hours and I temporarily lost it and spent another hour trying to retrieve it...I have and I plan to publish it. I am not willing to take the chance that I will have to rewrite. With any luck I will add a little more tomorrow night. I have been awake since 5:30 and we have been on the road for 10hours. Enough is enough. So yes this post is over, but come back for more, cause this blog aint over yet.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img id="id_eccf_6099_9d1d_9e6f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SUxyoo4VZZ8/WhDaNN6j9PI/AAAAAAAALyg/FR00QRy6kfMD8AXVk4Oldkep2YtDgKZ0ACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br><br></font><br><br><br><br><font><br></font></span><font size="5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></font></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-52942409383146057272017-06-04T01:53:00.001-03:002017-06-04T01:53:47.908-03:00TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE<font size="5">In the last couple of posts I have mentioned several projects we have going on. Somehow this week has disappeared with none of them being completed. I have had zero energy. So many projects to do and I can't wrap my head around any of them. My yellow chair is still waiting for it's second coat of paint. the bench cushion is still just in the idea stage; my French Lines quilt is still waiting for it's ruffled binding. frames need painting, and on and on it goes. If that is not enough jobs to be finished, I thought I might start a few more this week. </font><div><font size="5">On Thursday a few of us gals got together to make summer bathrobes. I mis-judged the size I needed and after cutting everything out in an XL some of the girls insisted that it would be much too large for me. </font></div><div><img id="id_4039_e912_3a20_7c6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n5WbEE1GX0U/WTOSS0n-ZZI/AAAAAAAAK2U/34xL8aEJ6r0PqqD1ss5rSe4CRZ1cWAtAwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">To prove the point I tried on a Small one that one of the other girls was making and it was a close fit. They convinced me to recut to a Med. and I agreed but when it came time to cut, I just could not bring myself to cut a Med. I decided to go with a Large. I hope that I am not going to be sorry, but I do not like a skimpy bathrobe. One thing I do know is that I am going to like it...</font></div><div><img id="id_5d0_5b16_d6ae_9170" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xg6re2Nm048/WTOSTVBnNpI/AAAAAAAAK2c/cEDsTZOnBV0ufglNnf-n2a098K4pyqk2ACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_3d91_3fc3_5aa9_a11d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4jEpQIZM_a0/WTOST0URIXI/AAAAAAAAK2k/udFpc7wqa3gxGOYjahm92_m_zEaP9oaTQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5">This is the size Small (minus the sleeves). I'm guessing the XLarge may have been just a bit roomy!</font></div><div><font size="5">My goal is to finish mine this week.</font></div><div><font size="5">Speaking of goals; Mr O challenged me to finish a quilt that I started hand quilting over 10 years ago. A little something to mark the occasion of Canada's 150th.</font></div><div><font size="5">I have been plugging away at it and all the blocks and sashings are now done. All I have left to do is the outer border and then it is ready for a binding. I might just pull this off!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9e55_85d9_b26_bf11" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XZM3Xvv8x6M/WTOSTUk9tCI/AAAAAAAAK2Y/pkZr8T5_5FwKjyvvAq3CHuO8xkoO82iXACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 960px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c863_4f7e_2ad0_656" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cU16fdrxcZo/WTOST6wyzJI/AAAAAAAAK2g/u2llNNp-q48VgMot7NL23Cnb2IzVgDcjQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Isn't it pretty? In spite of my very immature hand quilting. I'm told practice makes perfect and I have another quilt waiting in the wings that is about halfway done with the hand quilting as well, so time will tell. In my mind, "done" will be almost as good as perfect.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I know I am all over the map with my ramblings tonight, but here is a pic I took last week of my little rhubarb patch</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_4230_7934_55b1_86b5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Iq7lflAcuj8/WTOSUq4kfeI/AAAAAAAAK2o/GpWThBr0u9A3pz7_Dds1SspYG0cnW6SIACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">It has grown enough this week with all the rain we have had that I was able to harvest my first crop yesterday while Mr O and I were out working at cleaning and burning brush from all the winter windfall. </font></div><img id="id_5a85_2c01_e5af_7353" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3Nx7CJrNYFw/WTOSUne2fAI/AAAAAAAAK2s/3_iF7FMtrQcA5s79aYQDTYmSEvzP0gcEgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><div><br></div><div><font size="5">A lot of the leaves and broken branches have been put through a chipper to make mulch for around the raised beds. The other bed beside the rhubarb has tiny strawberry plants I purchased late last summer and they seem to have wintered well and are starting to show flower buds on a few plants. Hopefully next summer I will harvest the perfect combination for some yummy strawberry rhubarb pies.</font></div><div><font size="5">In the meantime I made a rhubarb pudding today and I have to say it is pretty yummy. A friend had posted on her Facebook page and her blog about a recipe she found online for this pudding that makes it's own sauce, and I thought I would give it a try. It is quick and easy and very tasty.</font></div><div><img id="id_2968_37d0_9638_a90" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SjcIGFH6OsE/WTOSVHIjqzI/AAAAAAAAK2w/xj-3s7Y2b3ESQeUPJ0CfRD7uPCVTi2eHgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I still have lots left to make a batch of muffins on Monday. </font></div><div><font size="5">The recipe can be found here </font><a href="http://commonsensehome.com/rhubarb-pudding-cake/">http://commonsensehome.com/rhubarb-pudding-cake/</a></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I used about 1/4 cup less sugar in the cake batter and it was still plenty sweet. I imagine this would be absolutely scrumptious with a mix of rhubarb and strawberries.</font></div><div><font size="5">Another thing I usually do with my rhubarb is make aslush mix that I keep in the freezer and whe we want a nice cold refreshing drink, just scrape out about 1/4 cup of the frozen (alcohol free) slush and top up the glass with either Perrier or 7Up. Yummy!</font></div><div><font size="5">You might like it... </font><a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/rhubarb-slush" id="id_3c2f_bd2f_506e_2d38" target="_blank">http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/rhubarb-slush</a><font size="5"><br></font><div> <font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_22ba_4a98_670e_6f9b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r2iYdxUybA8/WTOSWZO3rYI/AAAAAAAAK28/aJm7xOJs4j4dTeeppctYp5xjhePSeRoaACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">You may have noticed a bit of a change to the side bar on my blog where I list blogs I read. I removed some that were inactive and will be adding others I have started reading. Not only have I been negligent at writing in my own blog but I have not been reading the one I used to keep up with all the time. It is so nice to catch up on all the activity of my fellow bloggers.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I leave you with a few pics of the "weeds" on our side lawn. Actually they are actually one of my favourite wild flowers. Mr O has cut the lawn already and still they show their happy faces. How forgiving they are. Much more so than any hothouse flower that has to be petted and babied into flowering. Behold the lowly wild woodland violet; our provincial flower here in New Brunswick.</font></div><div><img id="id_221c_8689_dae1_170e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XiOAOSBFQV0/WTOSV-uUI7I/AAAAAAAAK20/lBYeus0ppPo4CYxYZrPpQjf0QC3BsBWmACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_ee4e_5647_8116_cd04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z9t_zkmoui4/WTOSWhG24dI/AAAAAAAAK3A/upuBuKeRbVcLWpNQYQBC_6OwFv42fczxQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_f303_55d6_743e_2e8b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J05zQOMZnXs/WTOSWh62GDI/AAAAAAAAK3E/7wtyOHrH_H8AFHVE79LYG6JYth7SaLbzACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><img id="id_2dd3_fe6f_d58e_6718" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UdJSownxx4U/WTOSWcreX8I/AAAAAAAAK24/kMEVuUzzMbkBWDztdm8cIoVB_YDoHxakgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-62449317660108312402017-05-30T22:58:00.001-03:002017-05-30T22:58:49.756-03:00CALORIE FREE BLOG POST<font size="5">No recipes, no pictures of pie and the only jelly rolls you might see will be made of fabric.</font><div><font size="5">3 Things on the agenda for today are showing off a few road trip treasures, my quilty catastrophe, and another project by Mr O.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_5fae_31ff_a251_31f1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LzeFPmj0mvU/WS4jTVktIxI/AAAAAAAAK1A/frRof7baCbIG4e4qyIRTCax0Wdk1OU1BQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Last week I took my my 2 sewing machines for a ride. The shop and service man that works on my machines is 2.5 hours away. The distance is a bit inconvenient but there is a sweet deal at the end of the ride. Edmonston is a border town. It is just a short jaunt across the river to Maine and a very unique fabric store. Mardens is a discount general store with a PHENOMENAL fabric department!</font></div><div><font size="5">Hundreds and hundreds of bolts of fabric. Wonderful designer fabric, Amy Butler, Robyn Pandolph, Denyse Schmidt; lovely Maywood Studio fabrics(I LOVE the quality of Maywood fabrics!) RJR, Free Spirit, lovely Dowton Abbey fabrics. Etc etc etc. Best of all the prices are amazing! The most expensive fabrics are $4.49 but most run from $2.29 to $3.99 AND they give a 10% guild discount or group discount. Even with the Canadian dollar against the US it is still a great bargain! </font></div><div><font size="5">Hobb's batting is $6.99. Great deal on pillowcase kits, $2.49-$5.25 per kit.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_3749_d382_6888_bdc4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qixt1NzNcjM/WS4jURbvx2I/AAAAAAAAK1I/GAi2seXwVV8CbiNP_6JKrY1lnRMy8MCWgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c7a8_f771_2e43_fc1e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HX63rTcRVk0/WS4jU9T_WcI/AAAAAAAAK1Y/T6urFUqf20UjbnVB5bPQ129D8FUZ1ZR9gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2b98_a546_3bf1_6091" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2aSX-yxRcO8/WS4jTwyYgiI/AAAAAAAAK1E/MtcNd1PDp_kleEH-TlTRSVmJbVZmuBXSQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I bought 5 yds of Hobb's batting, 4 pillowcase kits, 29 yards of top quality quilting cotton, and a half yd of thermolam batting for $143.00. START THE CAR!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">This week I decided to wash several of my quilts. It was a perfect day to line dry them and really freshen them up. I believe in using my quilts and they get washed as needed. All four of the quilts had been previously washed at least 2 or 3 times. </font></div><div><img id="id_4216_d373_b37d_163e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H_pPdlNRiac/WS4jUsKbwhI/AAAAAAAAK1M/Ae0x0huy-e4c9U-kbO30k72rgvz9VVosACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div> <font size="5">Looks nice eh? Let's take a closer look<br></font></div><div><img id="id_6edd_5c7e_b2ad_aa9d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tK4ChJB5SEI/WS4jUwUKm5I/AAAAAAAAK1U/Y89XhKIANlACvkPrIBRldc2ovEIY9XutgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2a7a_f4cb_b3fc_e5f8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wd97ckS2pWM/WS4jU-7-BxI/AAAAAAAAK1Q/Ddmwl5uQFjcV4XOcNsORuDpzl0ANTXCdgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_56f7_d763_235c_4663" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YvV7EcZ1KMk/WS4jVUPIa6I/AAAAAAAAK1k/fiJ6RTpip4oyglO55Fa7kCIzmnYlc1DPwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Both of these red and white quilts have been washed at least twice, but apparently not together, because what was once a lovely white backing is now a mottled pink/red. Egads!</font></div><div><font size="5">I looked all over town for Bounce colour catchers with no luck. Thankfully I have a quilting friend who had a box of colour catchers at home and she was willing to give them to me. I rewashed this quilt 6 more times with vinegar, with Oxi clean, with colour catchers ( all 30 sheets!). I even watered down a 1/4 cup of bleach and added it to one load. The back is not white but it is better than it was and thankfully I did not ruin the front of the quilt.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_839c_9331_a0f2_6f0c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QQJdbioeiNM/WS4jVUJfiUI/AAAAAAAAK1c/yBryFcDw3zw7XpTPTSvA25iLBQvAvq2VwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Look how much colour came out in the colour catchers!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_7a4f_7e2b_8b0f_d4e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JD7KH07UioM/WS4jVR00RKI/AAAAAAAAK1g/XxM7wAXuUJEV1bge6ts9CGTiP-j42Z5lACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Lesson learned. I will be washing these babies alone next time!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">And now the latest project for my sewing room brought to you by Mr O.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_3037_28b7_941_6aaf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DEOiG0ZwbfQ/WS4jWHK3hxI/AAAAAAAAK14/OEUbejMHRp0jrCsXumtJYeb4FL6TDneiACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">My new cutting table! Lots of space for cutting and mulling over colours and fabrics. Lots of storage underneath.</font></div><div> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d052_a220_7bbf_1e72" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QUdjdrEoXGc/WS4jV6dq95I/AAAAAAAAK1s/Q-fAr-nnM7QJTAhfKPZZOIX1SJfyGcFkQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Mr O did all the construction and I did the staining and varnishing. I used Minwax White Oak Stain.</font></div><div><img id="id_227e_43c5_e8a0_641e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lSqfyif21es/WS4jWL4kgCI/AAAAAAAAK1w/q160cCp01SkokEEtKiKfY7XHTSxrFrndQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_48fd_2599_710c_a1a9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-plE7WIkllRo/WS4jVz83ECI/AAAAAAAAK1o/yzwOaYUSS1ssQvHRhbUTs-_WVFvHZoS3QCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">The plans for the table came from an online source. I found it</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><a href="https://closetcasepatterns.com/sewing-cutting-table-diy/" id="id_33e8_a800_af5d_965b">HERE</a><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Mr O made a few changes in the dimensions as per my request. It was made to fit my space. The rod at the end of the table was purchased last year at IKEA and the plan was to mount it on the wall above my old cutting table but after getting a wood table it was a perfect fit for the end.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">As promised all the goodies I shared were calorie free! HOWEVER the first crop of rhubarb is ready to be harvested so I can't promise the next post will be calorie free.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_7c49_23b_c27_b2db" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TM2m_4iMCYg/WS4jWBhH1uI/AAAAAAAAK10/BYQBFTwt9m08vYyonX9Byxf4bUT2y_UeQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-61560335546552551672017-05-29T19:07:00.001-03:002017-05-29T19:07:00.136-03:00A YELLOW CHAIR WITH ONE BLUE LEG<font size="5">Bonjour! </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">C'est moi, Wendy! (Don't mind me, I am practicing my French..I have been taking an intro to French with an audio book from the library. Before you ask, no my blog post will not be bilingual, because with what I have learned I really would not have much to say to you other than Hello, goodbye, excuse me, thank you and goodnight...oh! and, "do you speak English?")</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The weather has been so dreadfully wet and cool that my walking is mostly indoors and I use my alone time to listen to audio books. I have listened to some great books this spring, The Lilac Girls by </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Martha Hall Kelly is an amazing true story that caught my attention and held it all the way through to the end. The author does an amazing job of telling the story of how the war impacted 3 women from 3 different countries and tells how they affected each other. Highly recommended!</span></div><img id="id_2bb2_ff74_2788_399" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SNjYYnNuI98/WSybXDU-lpI/AAAAAAAAKzc/V01ZVoyV034EPUlBkiMZKsvO-nK4umKfwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have read/listened to some great books but my current book is a French Language course. I'm not sure how far I will go with it, or how much I will learn but it makes good use of my time in the vehicle, or time sitting knitting or hand stitching, or painting, which brings me to what I have been doing lately. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now I know every serious do-it-yourselfer takes before pics, but I almost always forget that step until I am well into a project, so you won't be getting many before pics.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">You may have noticed that my blog format is a little different as well, and no I do not have the before pic, you will have to rely on your memory. I wanted to freshen things up a bit and I had big plans, but it can take so much time to do this kind of stuff that I ended up with a very simple header and a plain background which I hope will be easier to read.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have been wanting to make changes here at home as well but kept putting it off, because I know how disruptive renovations can be, but it was time. I talked Mr O into adding beadboard wainscoting to the back entry and half bath. It was a lot of work for both of us, but the results are worth it. Everything has been cleaned and painted and feels so much better. I still have little finishing things to get done, but I am pleased so far. Of course I did not take Before pics but I will have some After ones when it gets totally finished. AFTERWARD: I Found a few pics from when we had our house listed for sale a couple years ago, so it will give you a bit of an idea of the before.</span></div><div><img id="id_5096_a539_1a56_cdaa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mJwU9txEmQQ/WSybXoSvCII/AAAAAAAAKzk/o8mgCbJRIdEKmdXB0kS_yMchbAv7v4IVQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_524c_5b84_ed8c_98fb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-waFFSzlzMyE/WSybYP8GhJI/AAAAAAAAKzo/4y8HWGoxr9Uqfr-3mVfEiprwzUW0LPxDwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_f3f8_4f14_ed23_ce30" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NZFtHlmyyOM/WSybYueQryI/AAAAAAAAKzs/Y501rbFQaukqtT1ghzCKSLoe0gPdjFNyACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Not glamorous but keep in mind it has been almost 20 years since I had done anything to these rooms.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Here is a little peek at the tiny bathroom with paint and wainscoting.</span></div><div><img id="id_d750_9926_29ee_d05d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Pxs9ep5HquY/WSybXk3NrGI/AAAAAAAAKzg/PcBQ_6_peb438Ewt94or783AYWyf4TOMgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Nothing too exciting yet, and it will be a challenge to take photos when it is all done, but I will give it a shot. The back entry is also a small area, long and narrow, but you need a closet, a place for shoes, a coat rack, a little place to sit to put on boots and shoes or to drop packages when coming in...a tall order for a space that is only 4ft x 9.5ft. Even though it is small it was still a lot of work. </font><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">A pet peeve of Mr O's was that the key rack was easily seen through the window of the door. After a "break in" you start to look at things differently and are more mindful of what is in view to potential "unsavoury characters".</font></div><div><font size="5">Last summer I found a 70+ year old hand made medicine cabinet at a yard sale. I think it was made in Marchof 1941. Very modest piece all wood with a small inset mirror. Like many things from that era, it was made with what was available, and the back of my cabinet was made from the side of an apple crate...I know I know a picture would be nice but it is firmly fastened to the wall and I am not about to ask the "keeper of the tools" to remove it from the wall so I can take a picture for my blog post. He is pretty patient with me, but everyone has their limits...</font><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was also signed and dated by the maker. The dowel under the cabinet (for a hand towel I assume)was broken and taped. I only paid 5$ for it and thought I would find use for it somewhere. I knew Mr O could perform minor surgery to repair the dowel and I could slap a little paint on it, giving it a new purpose in life. </span></div><div><font size="5">I originally thought it might live out the next stage of it's life at the beach property but it followed me home in the fall and before I knew it, it became part of the furniture family here. I figured it would be perfect to house all the keys and keep them out of sight of the "bad people". I slapped a little Annie Sloan Graphite paint on it and a couple coats of wax and Mr O added some hooks and "Voila!" A new home for our keys! (Did you notice the little French I threw in there to impress you?)</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I warned you earlier that I tend to forget to take before pics so alas there is none available but it did clean up pretty good despite my lack of fine painting skills.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_2b3d_6989_501a_80c3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-41JmxWvSszo/WSybYtjJ1fI/AAAAAAAAKz0/jO3oHZ55P0MC5HfZLEgmUpBeIV0D8uzMQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><img id="id_a51b_4435_6d4e_6c13" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-diEcDZDtges/WSybYkjJLsI/AAAAAAAAKzw/68wEkfk2Riw-BVa2MI4k_j6_RK7Wvmc3QCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div> <font size="5"><br></font></div><font size="5">A little place on top for family pics.</font><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_428f_28c4_9f8d_6f4e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1yGq09lnKg4/WSybaIKsW1I/AAAAAAAAK0A/7jesWQIaZB4zUusSDTb8OMS_CD-rfS0awCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">The newly replaced dowel is a perfect place for umbrellas before heading out the door. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_3600_ef46_400f_bc2e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DoSR0Tv0_CY/WSybc6DUfuI/AAAAAAAAK0U/NJMQqSiM8QEYLhIHJuLZlevWpuX_6s2SQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Lots of room for keys! Oops! The little dish of baking soda and the scented candle is to try to mask the smell of "antiques" to appease Mr O. </font></div><div><font size="5">You can see that I left the inside of the door because it had a little history there. I can only guess that there may have been a little calendar there or maybe a little memorial card from a funeral of a loved one maybe???</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_e749_c60b_43f2_a723" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Szh2I7cEaa4/WSybaDw6NKI/AAAAAAAAK0E/nEryolelyEQtXNYxnKq8BP8WtBBqIvLOQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I covered up the colour and repurposed this little cabinet but just did not have the heart to destroy the history of the family who owned it before me. I hope whoever it was is happy to know it now keeps my keys safe from curious eyes. Thank you sir!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I had so many projects lined up for Mr O this spring, it was kind of a good thing that the weather was unfavourable, because it gave him lots of rainy cold days for working inside,</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Do you remember the little wooden tables and chairs we had as children? Well I found a little chair at a lovely little antique shop on our last trip and decided it needed rescuing, so it also followed me home. </font></div><div><font size="5">It looked like the middle one in this picture I found online.</font></div><div><img id="id_baec_3284_92cc_8b3b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pYafq4r7ZD4/WSybY4dGhII/AAAAAAAAKz4/xRsFR7my0tIE1thpkBlXvg6s9_A7LTH9wCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I had started painting it before I got the brainwave to take a before picture, ( Have I mentioned that I almost always forget to take BEFORE pics?)</font></div><div><font size="5">Well out came the phone and I snapped a pic of my "YELLOW CHAIR WITH ONE BLUE LEG"</font></div><div><img id="id_ed6_b63f_3999_f8a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VRYGsOwIv0w/WSybaA6x3eI/AAAAAAAAKz8/LWTFsJyGFoMzm0_jHHh5HX33A_kEqoZ8wCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e205_ad0e_a748_25d1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-88BWzAq8FqI/WSybbmQZEmI/AAAAAAAAK0M/mb2WoGZ8GYYaydTXxZM2nDK-qecSh3zXgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">It is a little sickly looking right now with the blue showing through the bright yellow, but I am hoping it will turn out ok in the end. Another coat of Annie Sloan English Yellow paint, a coat of clear wax, and light smear of dark wax and a bit of distressing and then buffing before you get to see it. The plan is to put it in the little <strike>reading room</strike> bathroom with a basket on it for reading material. That might change though because I find sometimes the very last place I would put something is exactly where it wants to go! Sort of like my quilts. This little red and yellow Schnibbles quilt from several years ago seemed happy to grace my table centre occasionally and now it has gone to live in the <strike>reading room</strike> bathroom.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_f01b_6192_fd8a_826b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-clyxDPECKGA/WSybbbza5wI/AAAAAAAAK0I/FPTUwb8QGrUajyv3PU0J6Ag_prOugBSNQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I also painted the bench in the entry way. It is finished but I will be making a new cover/cushion for it. </font></div><div><font size="5">Again in yellow. I seem to be so drawn to yellow lately, maybe because I am longing to see some sunshine for longer than an hour. (Remind me of this when I start complaining of the heat in July)</font></div><div><img id="id_8b4c_e8c4_6ccd_b564" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B-XjLvE4TDY/WSybb40ZOoI/AAAAAAAAK0Q/v4lF8hmmZlg-vsPEmuaCOHuLXlX7ad8YgCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"> This is as Before as I manage to remember... but you can refer back to the Before pics of the room above.</font></div><div><font size="5">I have been playing around with fabric choices and accessories and I kind of like this combo. I guess we will see what happens...</font></div><div><img id="id_caed_2d79_aa97_8bc6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uwrm2zyW9Fg/WSybdPgOn1I/AAAAAAAAK0Y/NQz6DzSPI-s8juxJSbVINLlOa7lrSm0hQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">That might lead to making new curtains...oh my goodness how did such a seemingly small job turn into something so time consuming?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I have so many projects ahead of me I want to get done!</font></div><div><font size="5">I have a quilt on the design wall right now that needs finishing...</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_5034_fef0_2394_e6a4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pC3zXgpBz80/WSybdIIh_nI/AAAAAAAAK0c/XkzmJg-lekwxeaM5FmN3N8onNBcjzKk5gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I am meeting with friends later this week and we are making summer bathrobes. That should be a hoot!</font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9daf_ab1f_d00b_e875" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bco1QXh6euc/WSybfvRhduI/AAAAAAAAK0k/Vx8Z8nrmBvsqFCUWdQWBdnLPLloo_v-9gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">My summery bathrobe fabrics...</font></div><div><font size="5">Hey! I remembered to do a Before! Yay me!</font></div><div><font size="5">I have not done much garment making in a very long time so you may not see the After in this case.</font></div><div><font size="5">Again you see a little yellow in there...</font></div><div><font size="5">I will leave you with a little Before and After shot for today</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Before I started my post today</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_c859_716f_8889_7ac1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_n72T8TVuSg/WSybgnP86UI/AAAAAAAAK0s/fAeVHl9T0Kcjj7Bn9ZhDdIEpv-lhP2pSACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">After my post</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_a716_8b82_e03f_353c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r3nBcepXne0/WSybf9LO3VI/AAAAAAAAK0o/iLWsDvQfObAaPbmMAiKhOkePGUudbdLIwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Hopefully tomorrow I will show you some pics of road trip treasures, a small catastrophe and other projects Mr O has done for me. Remind me please?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_f4aa_4bf2_7dc3_787c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WwJ0fI8mC5E/WSybdtwpKdI/AAAAAAAAK0g/tXVoUMqqX6oWoZHKTIyijFz9wGCJmHA6gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-62503246575436942922017-04-03T08:32:00.001-03:002017-04-03T08:32:35.152-03:00Is this a Trend?<font size="5">I wonder if this is becoming a trend...I seem to blog only when I am on the road. I said that to say this...I am on the road again! We have been home 2 and 1/2 months after all. Meeting up with friends at a resort for several days and then on to spend Easter week with our son and his family. Should be a nice relaxing time. It is always so stressful getting every thing ready, and packing should be second nature by now but I think it it is getting more and more distasteful to me. Next trip I think I will look into hiring someone to do that job....yeah right!</font><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">One of our "comfort" stops along the way always makes me smile. I forget about it as soon as I leave but the next time we stop there, Mr O fills the gas tank up and I hurry in to to empty my bladder and <u><b>every single time I turn the corner</b></u> and go down the hallway to the restroom, it makes me smile. Have a look</font></div><div><img id="id_847d_937e_24db_38be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sV4zYtYZY1E/WOIysY4L4II/AAAAAAAAKxE/IU4xyhgFCZM/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_567f_f769_c6a7_497d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tDv0aNoZJNE/WOIytfp2YhI/AAAAAAAAKxM/U6FoiI5q04c/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5">Isn't that hilarious? I am noticing now that the doors could use a coat of paint, but that is not my job. I am on vacation!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Are you wondering if I took my sewing machine with me? Well yes as a matter of fact I did. On a previous trip while travelling through South Dakota I had purchased a bundle of 40 fat 1/4's along with some yardage. It is a collection from one of my favourite fabric designers... Three Sisters and the collection is Luna Notte.</font></div><div><img id="id_12c3_e302_f923_e709" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oZOHjnQqs10/WOIytQTD_hI/AAAAAAAAKxQ/BYKBpTHBzko/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I'm not one to use a collection as it stands. Not because it is not beautiful on it's own , but I want to make mine a little different from everyone else so I tend to add some other fabrics to add a little change to the look. Several years ago Mr O put a small fat quarter bundle(8-10 fat 1/4's) in my stocking for Christmas. I really liked it but the right project just never surfaced until now. I am thinking it will play nicely with my Luna Notte fabrics. Time will tell.</font></div><div><font size="5">The pattern? Oh I'm glad you asked...</font></div><div><font size="5">Evangeline, by Bonnie Blue (Red Crinoline Quilts)</font></div><div><img id="id_aaab_4608_8b02_9d29" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mQIejLIxxow/WOIysEbukkI/AAAAAAAAKxA/yEBDpsasyHo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Evangeline is a poem byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow with part of the setting so very far from home.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_b05c_9813_784a_b15" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wpC4JE6XhvA/WOIytoy32gI/AAAAAAAAKxU/Wnht_lBjGzw/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Such a tragic, romantic love story with the setting right at home in the Maritimes. I know the original pattern uses civil world reproduction fabrics but I think the 3 Sisters fabric should work, because who does "romantic fabric" better than 3 Sisters?</font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I mentioned that I was only home 2 1/2 months, but I am kind of pleased with how much I accomplished in the quilting department...I am working away at reducing my stash.</font></div><div><font size="5">I was commisioned to do a very large baby quilt. The nursery had a custom paint job on one wall</font></div><div><img id="id_1a28_ad1a_b437_d1fb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wufs3DnLx2M/WOIytN2wkwI/AAAAAAAAKxI/yjHsr50Zwmg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I have not seen the room but I am hoping I hit the colours okay. Here is the quilt..</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_d7e0_9b9_d953_48b0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uGaUbgiI-Sg/WOIytyYWphI/AAAAAAAAKxc/vgNeX7HEd98/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><img id="id_6850_f476_111f_96f8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZANiYThnl5I/WOIyvob8YNI/AAAAAAAAKxo/htu8tLyBvv8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_d2aa_1180_744c_26df" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y8hnfAYR_lQ/WOIyt9CsX3I/AAAAAAAAKxY/wjIb8MStJxU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5">I have made a couple charity quilts, and bound a couple more. Our guild made 12 quilts as our contribution to the 1000 quilt challenge for Ronald McDonald House in honour of Canada's 150th birthday.</font></div><div><font size="5">We also made several quilts for Victoria's Quilts Canada</font></div><div><font size="5">I made a mystery table runner also a Canada 150 project. It is not quilted yet, but hopefully soon</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9b17_65d7_21f8_35cb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DYl_qL7l-aM/WOIyvFxUtDI/AAAAAAAAKxk/XKo7hpNLSpQ/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I'm not sure why it is such a blurry photo..itis clear on my phone, but you get the right idea.</font></div><div><font size="5">I made a quilt for our grand daughter's 21st birthday. She had her eye on my Union Jack quilt and I was afraid it might go missing if I did not make her one of her own. It is not exactly like mine but it has the same feel. The pattern is called Asterisk and it is from a free Craftsy Block of The Month class from 2012 by Amy Gibson. It is a fun and easy quilt to make. In the class she says to square the block to 12.5" but I was able to square it to 14". I assume she suggested to square it to 12.5" because it needed to match up with the rest of the sampler blocks.</font></div><div><img id="id_dd55_3238_f4a4_b8fe" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_WA8IizqMis/WOIyu9hn3VI/AAAAAAAAKxg/Iuk-oiJg5jU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_8429_7abf_f293_2891" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j9pDAYxZWBA/WOIyv7OEZgI/AAAAAAAAKxs/cMMeM4mS4TI/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <img id="id_4b3f_b59e_1e94_102e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EeQp78DFwck/WOIy0kxJp9I/AAAAAAAAKyM/di2tW_T_x5o/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"><div><br></div><div><img id="id_257e_5c1_793b_3ba4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZH3dEE9XIdw/WOIyy2QkoYI/AAAAAAAAKx4/7e_4DP_UPC8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">The smile makes the late nights worth it all.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I made one more quilt. It is my second time doing this particular pattern. Itis a Miss Rosie pattern called Hubble, but I made it like she suggests on the closing pattern pages. I was inspired by a quilt by Lisa Bongean and pulled out some creams, greys, and beiges from my stash and then appliqued an anchor to the front. I am actually pretty pleased with my anchor drawing. I was all ready to buy Lisa's pattern and when I went to the website to order it, I read that the pattern was a 24" mini or a King sized quilt. The anchor was going to be way to big for a lap quilt so I was on my own. I got out my trusty freezer paper and folded it in half and proceeded to draw half an anchor and this is what I ended up with...</font></div><div><img id="id_a4eb_be1_a0e5_2bb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fAmnelbyy_k/WOIyylh9z4I/AAAAAAAAKx0/ZgfefWtifGU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_8c54_14d_fb9d_fa5e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m2G4avgOD3g/WOIyyUAIUFI/AAAAAAAAKxw/3li_42waCVU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2299_5712_8e8c_d9f9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MmLECh4NckY/WOIy0hQ-n6I/AAAAAAAAKyI/haLQ3tZiUho/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><img id="id_ee1f_fcc5_ded4_c31c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8awG7x5COqM/WOIyzaoYTLI/AAAAAAAAKx8/jybXX8YVjYo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">It is not finished in this photo but it sure looks different from the first one I made 3 years ago</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_50e3_61e0_ef79_2c30" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ztGoVK-9BV4/WOIyz2ftQqI/AAAAAAAAKyA/cTxSSRDUxu4/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">It is a gift for our son and his wife for their new boat. They have an anniversary next week so I will get a pic of the finished product and show it off later.</font></div><div><font size="5">I have been on a roll and and I am ready to start Evangeline. I have a feeling there are a few late nights in my future, but I will try to keep you up to speed with photos along the way.</font></div><div><font size="5">My eyes are getting heavy and we still have a bit of a drive tomorrow. </font></div><div><font size="5">Time for me to say night night. I leave you with this photo I found online. I would love to give credit where it is due but I have no idea who took the picture or whose quote it is, however, I agree whole heartedly.</font></div><div><img id="id_70d3_8cac_9ea1_9948" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VZVoSF4ECWI/WOIy0W6ACoI/AAAAAAAAKyE/f_JFaWhDkXk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-43281894762320831652017-01-14T23:03:00.001-04:002017-01-14T23:03:43.547-04:00Another Trip part 2<font size="5">I won't bore you with all the photos I took while we were together but we did get a couple nice family ones. </font><img id="id_4e18_242_4880_f608" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q9mQZmMabjg/WHrmKUBt0BI/AAAAAAAAKsg/tn1-cNY8sB4/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5">The Old Folks</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><div id="wrapperid_da14_e4d2_f812_6aeb" class="___smartHandler" style="position: absolute; width: 973px; height: 730px; z-index: 100; top: 1453px; left: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(67, 135, 223);"><br></div><div id="wrapperid_da14_e4d2_f812_6aeb" class="___smartHandler" style="position: absolute; width: 973px; height: 730px; z-index: 100; top: 1453px; left: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(67, 135, 223);"><br></div><br></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_c535_6106_e1e8_1124" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HtB0s1JIUds/WHrmNHlfbxI/AAAAAAAAKsw/-SEdDQgE6HU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Four Generations</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_7718_36d8_6187_b053" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WlbYjKrVtkg/WHrmNIJflKI/AAAAAAAAKss/OSvPJsnQZLg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">The Entertainment</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">A little more than a month before leaving I decided it would be a good idea to have a Christmas apron, better yet...one for everyone; because everyone was going to doing kitchen duty at some point, so I went through my stash and started matching up fabrics (sort of) and grabbed the rotary cutter and started cutting. No pattern but I managed to get 12 of them together in every range of sizes from the smallest to the biggest, before leaving.</font></div><div><img id="id_5440_132d_7411_da4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ih7Ib9Totpw/WHrmKn3VYVI/AAAAAAAAKsk/F3pUWKhK1wg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_685b_267b_f543_93d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PM2Lq5SPtZM/WHrmLdOpMZI/AAAAAAAAKso/tJGvpLBWM_Q/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font><br><font size="5">Count'em! TWELVE reversible holiday aprons. No excuses not to help in the kitchen.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I made 12 holiday (Christmas on one side and Thanksgiving on the other) placemats for the table as well and everybody got to take their placemats home with them.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">I made 22 zippered bags and we filled them with gifts. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_4e28_224c_39f6_bbb5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xZ0ScXRFidI/WHrmS0czs0I/AAAAAAAAKtE/ZrUShdwE_NU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9436_b506_4bc3_47be" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SfenJWbr4DI/WHrmSBxKR4I/AAAAAAAAKs8/wznt8yImoQE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1b86_d03a_4435_3b75" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J3kTg42D86s/WHrmO7HoaaI/AAAAAAAAKs0/xol1OJd__O8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d3a7_7881_9aac_bc20" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gSAzsFT0lKQ/WHrmWhyNisI/AAAAAAAAKtY/9jBn92vlH9g/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><img id="id_c92b_f7d8_4965_499" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9w-FN4idBac/WHrmPQ56ZFI/AAAAAAAAKs4/51q7O7ANDqA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div> <br></div><div><img id="id_6f97_a5f_2197_aa8b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lXeUcQrAnlM/WHrmRwIinBI/AAAAAAAAKtA/X3pZjxKAey4/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">This is only a few of them but I can't say enough about the cosmetic/travel bag pattern. Very clear instructions, easily made. Probably doable in 3 hours from start to finish. It is called the Emmaline Retreat bag and comes in 2 sizes. The large one did not have handles but it was easy to add them.</font></div><div><font size="5">The have a wire frame that inserts in a casing at the top of the bag that enables the bag to open and stay open, making it easy to use and find things. Best of all, it is a free pattern!</font></div><div><font size="5">The hardware can be ordered at the same site as the </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just go to patterns and add the free pattern to your cart like you are buying it, and follow the prompts. You will receive the pdf. pattern in your mail and it's that easy. I can't say enough about this company. Very easy to do business with and the prices are great! She carries an extensive line of purse/bag hardware in many finishes. (I am not affiliated with this company in any way and was not paid to say this.) This is the link...</span><a href="www.emmalinebags.com" id="id_b399_651e_306d_5bc1">Free Bag Pattern</a></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">I thought it might be fun to buy everyone a pair of fun socks and get a group photo. I had no idea just how much it would be. All the socks were in a bag and we just reached in for them. One pair however look like normal socks but when the recipient put them on this is what it looked like when he showed them off...I laughed until my sides hurt. I mean seriously! How did these get by the quality control person?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_3b55_bf41_55c8_7449" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MPidNbjvHDQ/WHrmVAeTcjI/AAAAAAAAKtM/K4dLejv3m60/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7f72_cc0d_670b_becf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uvKgEXk6Z3Q/WHrmVbF1nXI/AAAAAAAAKtQ/o7x3wEj-7uU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_22c5_efab_8671_71bf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HS-bVnRXJ2A/WHrmT480luI/AAAAAAAAKtI/-K3naBr5IzE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <span style="font-size: x-large;">The last time we had a family Christmas Mr O and I made a Family Tree from a Scrabble board and tiles and that was won by a family member and we thought it might be nice to do another scrabble</span><div><div><font size="5">Thing this year. Here is what we did...</font></div></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_574f_e6fd_542b_a7a4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--LCqt3OAqVI/WHrmVTEO2II/AAAAAAAAKtU/pUWAXOXSFk8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_e6a0_a5e0_111_a3ec" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dhPgqju6ltw/WHrmasvMn-I/AAAAAAAAKto/YOBKugpaG6E/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5807_4df7_960_2584" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YIvTe4mM1d0/WHrmhdyL2KI/AAAAAAAAKuA/JVqawkQNPk0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Everybody got a Christmas ornament with their name on it.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9fc3_5188_c28d_cfd7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7ULiz9r_dOM/WHrmWySV8aI/AAAAAAAAKtc/Lo7jmDa9P1M/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Our daughter brought the Christmas tree with all the trimmings so we all got to hang our ornament after she did her magic.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_6148_43a1_fba8_f432" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RJn1DTSL6TM/WHrmaroeb6I/AAAAAAAAKtk/VZqpcLCsoBg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">The kids got together and bought Pa and I a beautiful Thank You/Christmas gift. It is absolutely beautiful and I can hardly wait to get home a find the "perfect" place to hang it.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_b033_b426_d921_2109" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZJY7VrjRrYw/WHrmYXvoNKI/AAAAAAAAKtg/8mjY3TaeTUA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">It is Large and so beautiful and all the gears move as the clock is running. I love it! Thanks kids!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_dc0b_9879_ccb6_97cc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bQVogczJnJk/WHrmjv2vySI/AAAAAAAAKuE/B0e3PFpln4A/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a508_603e_46cc_d33" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sp-tPVeO10M/WHrmbg65q4I/AAAAAAAAKts/r0V06_SQpLE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_76ba_1f3e_efcf_c0da" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oMBEpvbPq9w/WHrmb5phZBI/AAAAAAAAKtw/iyGBtGNePlo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_1ec9_a68b_ae9f_c7e0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q84jbIr7F30/WHrmc3Kz45I/AAAAAAAAKt0/HdXjVvTIJKk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><img id="id_7e8b_2cf3_cb96_a8da" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a5-hoi6BD70/WHrmdzi4oWI/AAAAAAAAKt4/3DmB0uwsBxY/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br><div> <br></div><div><font size="5">There was time for making gingerbread houses, games, making puzzles, sight seeing, skating, snow shoeing, swimming, eating, gift giving and lots of laughs, but the best thing of all was just being together. When it was all over we continued on to Saskatchewan to spend New Years at my sister and brother in law's home.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_c327_c332_e724_df4b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ainwZP-JNEw/WHrmf7ZRJHI/AAAAAAAAKt8/Ulw6332UwSU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">P.S. for those of you who are wondering about the knitting picture...one of the tell tale signs that a quilter has to rip something out and resew, there are usually tiny bits of thread left from the ripping out process; with ripped out knitting, you end up with kinky,curly yarn to have to re-knit with. I had to rip back about 2" of my sock because of dropped stitches. That's what I get for knitting in the car in poor light and trying to sight-see at the same time. </font></div><div><font size="5">P.P.S </font></div><div><font size="5">We travelled home through the U.S. Yes I stopped at quilt shops. What a surprise eh!</font></div><div> </div><div><br></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-79123392690409358172017-01-12T23:23:00.001-04:002017-01-12T23:23:09.014-04:00Another Trip Around The Sun<font size="5">Christmas and New Years have come and gone and Here we are in 2017 and I have to tell you it has been a busy month since my last post! I did get to spend a week with my sister and brother. We (my sister and I) had fun baking and cooking and filled her freezer before I left. I don't use that term loosely when I say "filled". Her freezer was unplugged and empty when I arrived and we used up </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">pretty much all the available space by the time I said goodbye.</span><div><font size="5"><br></font><div><div><img id="id_97a2_4b00_84cd_ccc5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C4fxwBx_1tU/WHhIFgqhypI/AAAAAAAAKrc/MSYDHhYsU4Q/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font><div><img id="id_568b_5742_b1b9_3f0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VLX9q6zd6DI/WHhIFpy4P8I/AAAAAAAAKrg/0ZyHVCkptNQ/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_35d8_3324_ca07_31c5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DjWWaMQbNY0/WHhIFl5jRbI/AAAAAAAAKrY/7VeEuvW0QaI/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Tortieres, chicken pot pies, butter tarts, home made beans, cabbage rolls, meatballs, chinese fried rice...See what I mean! Those few spaces that are not filled in this these pics were filled the next day with sweet cakes and shortbread cookies. With all the shopping, tending on things for my brother to make sure he stays warm this winter, getting him a haircut and last minute gift shopping and wrapping. It was a busy week!</font></div><div><font size="5">It was so worth it though because Gary is so happy when I visit...he doesn't care if we do anything but sit in the living room he is just happy to have me there. </font></div><div><img id="id_966d_f149_4fa7_606e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xng14Iz-kCE/WHhIFQhBv9I/AAAAAAAAKrU/QHh_-m5tcFk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">Being with family is the most important thing to Gary. Living in a nursing home is not his preference but he cannot live on his own and when he gets to spend time with family that is the highlight of his life. I live almost 2000 km away and another sister lives over 2000 km away in the other direction but Fortunately we have a sister who lives in the same city and Gary gets to visit her 3 times a week so that keeps things on an even keel for him. </font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9b84_64ff_d90b_1694" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SpuMLhafG0k/WHhIFyCM9rI/AAAAAAAAKrk/9k0IC94I24s/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_67b0_7cbe_f244_85f1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DERgEaIAzF0/WHhIGj70s7I/AAAAAAAAKr8/Fei296606yg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">As busy as things were and as hard as we worked, the hardest thing was saying goodbye. There may be a smile on his face but I saw the sadness in his eyes when we brought him back to his room that night. Love you Little Brother!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_8cd8_982a_d592_59f4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z0d7pdO8RG0/WHhIF5G_seI/AAAAAAAAKro/68hsueA9x-E/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_1b37_bc2b_7232_7f02" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wHT6yuaVL6U/WHhIGDTzr8I/AAAAAAAAKrs/HJj7J2dEYiA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">From there we crossed over to into Michigan and headed West. If you have driven the Northern penninsula in winter, the most interesting thing to see is the snow and the wildlife </font></div><div><img id="id_7e8a_ffd3_71a0_5f3b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e-bfaYyWj38/WHhIGDkjutI/AAAAAAAAKrw/KrvM7QRZrRc/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><font size="5">But I chose to work on a knitting project to keep my hands busy and help pass the time. Take a look at these next 2 pics and tell me what you notice...if you are an observant knitter it should be a piece of cake!</font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ab24_f51d_c583_3ea" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Pj_80Pi6K6U/WHhIGZvT_XI/AAAAAAAAKr0/mBBrMy9VduE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8a0b_bc2_ec_8f55" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0X7ckL4Z-Uo/WHhIGT336KI/AAAAAAAAKr4/OHYxzHKcXOE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><br><div><font size="5">After 2 days we crossed back into Canada and at Winnipeg airport we met the first of the family members arriving for our Family Christmas. This would be the first time all 12 of us would be together. </font></div><div><img id="id_6604_358b_bd26_4a1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MM1mCvdlBAU/WHhIGmwmPDI/AAAAAAAAKsA/THcBfHV358Q/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 960px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">We had done a bit of shopping, picking up supplies to feed 12 hungry people for a week. When you are starting with empty cupboards at the resort units you need to get lots!</font></div><div><font size="5">Needless to say we were pretty loaded and we had not picked up any of the fresh fruits and perishables yet!</font></div><div><font size="5">We had a travel weary grand daughter aboard and there was not much room to stretch out and nap, but hey! Napping over rated anyway.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_dbff_415c_71fa_b7d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z5lU6jj1Bak/WHhIGpXcDHI/AAAAAAAAKsE/iCkyiDJ8MxQ/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Life is such an adventure! Within a couple hours we met up with 2 more, then 4 more arrived a few hours after that and slowly by slowly the rooms were filling up. By noon the next day the gang was all there and I was a happy camper! All the chicks were safe in the nest. </font></div><div><font size="5">It was really special to have our children and spouses and all our grandchildren with us.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_7087_51f4_ce0a_7dc8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vcWZQS5M7ik/WHhIHCIOVHI/AAAAAAAAKsI/Imov4m7XTzg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5">Nanny and Pa with all the grandchildren. It was a Merry Christmas indeed!</font></div></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-45486316309247788582016-12-10T23:04:00.001-04:002016-12-10T23:04:07.882-04:00A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS...<font size="4"> but I have to tell you I miss the written word. For a while it was all about Instagram...instant message, short and sweet, one after the other after the other after the other. But I have to tell you it just is not like blogging. I miss blogging, and even more I miss my blogging friends. Call me nosy but I miss hearing all about their day or week or what project they are working on or how Grandpa is doing and what you are making for that new grand baby. Yes it is more work, it is more time consuming</font><div><font size="4"> And takes a little more thought to actually form interesting documenting of each subject but so much more rewarding. Sooooo once again I am going to try to get back into the habit of blogging. I don't have a huge following but I do have people saying, "when are you going to blog" or "I miss your blog posts" and that feels good. Call me what you will but I like the compliments and I kind of like knowing I was missed, so Hello! How have you been. I can't even begin to tell you all that has been happening </font><span style="font-size: large;">In my world, because #1 I wouldn't have the time to write it, #2 you wouldn't have the time to read it all, and most importantly #3 I can't remember it all! Hey I am no spring chicken you know and I can barely remember what I did yesterday never mind the last 6 months.</span></div><div><font size="4">I can tell you I have taken several trips. I was back to see my old friend Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Company, and this time I took a friend with me and we had a ball! We visited Mama Hawks Bakery cafe and it was wonderful! The decor, the staff, and the food. </font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">The men had a comfy place to sit and wait for us while we shopped, although that was short lived...they decided to go exploring instead and then when we went back the next day for the whole day...yes the whole day from opening to close, so they went golfing and our day flew by, shopping, looking, touching an</font><font size="4">d being inspired by everything we saw around us, so much so that I was inspired to buy certain things and then when I got it home and unpacked it, I couldn't remember what I bought it for...it was information overload and inspiration overload </font><span style="font-size: large;"> but it was a wonderful experience shared with a special friend and it was fun. Now I know I said words are important but so are the pictures...and I don't know about you you but I like a blog with pictures!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><br><br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_3c2e_edfa_6e4a_9a12" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IKN-ppQvy44/WEzBovSqGkI/AAAAAAAAKp8/jGkmfjKuCDs/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9921_1c6d_421c_c10c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_VFfr5eIWUs/WEzBjXEzugI/AAAAAAAAKpw/eJI2jtAtOeI/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_7dcb_9da1_e047_35c9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ApXx4_fdVcM/WEzBleqvqBI/AAAAAAAAKp4/mAM2zfG_FZo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">I have taken a cup of coffee and a snack to my sewing table and I have stood at the counter grabbing a quick bit, I sat on a blanket on the beach eating, but I think this is the first time I have sat on a stool eating lunch at an ironing board. I was definitely a Kodak moment! I saw some great ideas to incorporate into my sewing studio. Mr O has offered to make me a cutting table island on wheels, so that when necessary I can move it out from the wall and of course I <strike>want</strike></font> <font size="4">need storage space under it, I am always kicking my trash can as I move around so I noticed at all the MSQC cutting tables they had a trash container attached directly to the cutting table whic I thought was ingenious! Their tables are modified kitchen islands from IKEA and the trash bin flips out from under the table when needed and it too is from IKEA, I noted it in a photo and put it on my list for my next IKEA stop. </font></div><div><font size="4">I cutting table island, and 1 tilt out trash bin. I looked and looked but could not find it at IKEA so I asked, and no one really understood what I was </font><font size="4">wanting so I pulled out my phone to show them exactly what I was hunting for..."Oh You want shoe storage bins" was their answer to me. Me: "</font><font size="4">Ummm yeah that's wh</font><span style="font-size: large;">at I meant; tilting shoe storage bins not tilting trash bins, how silly of me!"</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><img id="id_c252_5dd2_5779_9a59" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vAdMgO2cbkI/WEzBkzKzpjI/AAAAAAAAKp0/MlO0bbuGd_o/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">All neat and tidy and tucked away...</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_29f2_6638_bf11_9846" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iEJihWc_L2U/WEzB0Ws2obI/AAAAAAAAKqA/A09-l_5BmDk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Tilted out and ready for use...just slide all the remnants and scraps into the <strike>TRASH </strike> SHOE bin. I have had one of those RASKOG rolling carts from IKEA for several years now and I have to say I love that as well.</font></div><div><font size="4">Want to see another great idea?</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_3a26_73d5_2c7e_233f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XYB_QUirWCY/WEzCJwdogkI/AAAAAAAAKqQ/ybiCG8KkXdE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Isn't this coffee table a great quilt storage/display piece? I love it! It does double duty, clean dust free storage and display. Guess where it came from? Yup! You guessed it...IKEA</font></div><div><font size="4">Just so you know I am not being paid to say this, I just think it is such a clever idea! My shopping list was getting longer and longer by the minute and my big dilemma was where I was going to put these things if I got them on the way home. You have to understand I do not have easy access to an IKEA store. The closest is 8 hours away and so I try to stop in to make my purchases on my way home.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_589d_b952_7223_8876" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4j8o14Kerfw/WEzCCGuh7GI/AAAAAAAAKqI/4MiqtCwymtE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">I had a problem though...and no it was not all my doing...</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_bd63_69d7_e40d_fbe9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LTntl8SggMA/WEzCGSgPWEI/AAAAAAAAKqM/a2i1vC6dFDc/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">It was her fault! No! It was her fault!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Oh my we had fun and we hit about four or five more quilt shops after this picture. Thankfully Mr O is an absolute magician when it comes to packing a vehicle and we were able to manage a few Thrift/Vintage Shop purchases as well...even a bird cage and footstool!</font></div><div><font size="4">Oh my we can laugh now but it would not have been a funny thing if we had been made to unload at the border crossing back into Canada. </font></div><div><font size="4">We had a wonderful week in Branson after this and it was such a great way to celebrate our 46th anniversary with friends. Earlier in the year we had travelled together to San Antonio to celebrate their 40th anniversary, so it really has been a fun time. We live 1000miles apart, and really appreciate the times we get to spend together.</font></div><div><font size="4">4 days after returning home I had a quilt retreat to attend so it gave me good opportunity to use some of my fabric purchases. You will have to wait until after Christmas to see them though just in case some of the recipients see this post.</font></div><div><font size="4">I am writing this post from a motel room in Ontario...yes yes I am on the road again! On my way to spend time with a sister and brother for a week, then on to Manitoba. We have book a couple chalets and Mr O and get to spend Christmas with both our children and their spouses and all of our grandchildren...no one missing! I am looking forward to this so much!</font></div><div><font size="4">Afterwards on to Saskatchewan to spend time with another sister and her family then to our daughters' for a week and then we have booked a retreat/spa accommodation for 4 days on out way home to kick back and relax after all the festivities. </font></div><div><font size="4">I can't believe the year is almost done. </font></div><div><font size="4">There are so many things I could tell you but I might be repeating myself, so I am going to go back and see what my last few posts were about and I will try to get back with a little more news.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">You know I was afraid that when I got back to writing I would be out of practice, because you know what they say...if you don't use it you lose it! Our kids are growing up with keyboard skills but their hand writing is atrocious; they can't spell because "spell check" looks after that for them, we hardly need to communicate with words because emoticons and short forms and pictures say it all for us, so I am going back to what I enjoy....words!</font></div><div><div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><img id="id_4a9e_8237_6ba3_372f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_L5QG4mG6c4/WEzB7Vibo5I/AAAAAAAAKqE/Qm2-1AkJw0E/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489021523682298081.post-3243224211085711282016-07-31T00:26:00.001-03:002016-07-31T00:26:13.158-03:00IF IT SITS/STANDS STILL LONG ENOUGH...You may remember me saying many times that I need a title before the brain can get motivated to write a blog post. As I go through my day I often have ideas for blog posts that seem to evaporate into the atmosphere by the time I actually get to sit and write. And night time! When I am laying in bed and can't seem to get the mind to shut off or just before falling asleep when I have the most amazing ideas and plans and then for the life of me cannot retreive those fantastic ideas that seem to fade away in the morning light... <div>Surely I am not alone with this dilemma. Please tell me that you also write the best poems, plan the most amazing quilts, come up with just the right words for the answer to a friends problem while hovering in that semi concious euphoric state just before nodding off.</div><div>By now you are scratching your head saying to yourself, what in the world is this woman getting at? </div><div>Well, when I sat to write I couldn't come up with a title, so in the midst of a texting conversation with a friend, I said, " give me a blog post title will ya" and she did! So this title is brought to you courtesy of Sue! </div><div>She actually said a little more than that but I edited it...writer's prerogative I think. </div><div>In my last post I showed you a few of the things I have been messing around with that includes fabric, and paint etc. I am at it again! Well actually, I should say still at it, cause I have not really stopped.</div><div>Sue has jokingly commented several times that if something stands still long enough around me, it is likely to get painted, and she is right on the money! </div><div>What have I painted since we last talked? Umm let me think...</div><div>I decided to go with red for the cedar chest, and I love it! </div><div><br></div><div>BEFORE</div><div><img id="id_48e7_6589_6e00_9163" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--xIijuViV9Y/V51vrCh6tHI/AAAAAAAAKkc/yJ12nAbhLeI/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>AFTER</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2853_83be_20ee_4ea8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dOglKsjQaBY/V51vxIwdGGI/AAAAAAAAKkg/5ORTsoxhswU/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Not a great picture, but you can see the change a bit of paint made to it. I also took the hardware off and sprayed it rubbed bronze. </div><div><br></div><img id="id_b518_fac5_61f7_9608" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eVRoULg7SAI/V51v09gtK1I/AAAAAAAAKkk/TSIe4RciEmg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 653px; height: auto;"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">You know what! I am falling asleep at the keyboard and these pictures look terrible and I am scrambling for my words, so I am going to bed and maybe some really clever thoughts and ideas will come to me sometime between brushing my teeth and collapsing in my bed. If so I will tell you all about it tomorrow, if not I will continue on with this evenings train of thought and hopefully some better photos. Zzzzzzzz<br></span><div> <br></div><div><br></div></div>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737096028649290538noreply@blogger.com0