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(Image credit: "Happy Winter Solstice" by sbpoet is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Winter Solstice! The days are going to get brighter and longer from here. How is everyone doing on this first day of winter? I am feeling mighty fine after finishing the quilting on Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage yesterday. And I'm happy to say I had no wrist pain whatsoever for the duration of this quilting project. It seems I've found the solution to that aggravation.

Obviously, I owe any of yesterday's success to my hard-working cats. Smitty ...

(Image credit: "Happy Winter Solstice" by sbpoet is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Winter Solstice! The days are going to get brighter and longer from here. How is everyone doing on this first day of winter? I am feeling mighty fine after finishing the quilting on Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage yesterday. And I'm happy to say I had no wrist pain whatsoever for the duration of this quilting project. It seems I've found the solution to that aggravation.

Obviously, I owe any of yesterday's success to my hard-working cats. Smitty ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'd say it's a near miracle...or a "nearicle," if you will. My elbow feels 100% this morning. When I wrote yesterday, I'd only just taken some naproxen, hoping it would ease the pain and stiffness. I could barely lift my coffee cup, and you know...life is barely worth living if there's no coffee. 

After finishing my post here, I took a short nap, and then did my slow stitching. I gave myself a day off from most everything. By afternoon, my elbow was feeling pretty good. By evening, there ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'd say it's a near miracle...or a "nearicle," if you will. My elbow feels 100% this morning. When I wrote yesterday, I'd only just taken some naproxen, hoping it would ease the pain and stiffness. I could barely lift my coffee cup, and you know...life is barely worth living if there's no coffee. 

After finishing my post here, I took a short nap, and then did my slow stitching. I gave myself a day off from most everything. By afternoon, my elbow was feeling pretty good. By evening, there ...

Good morning, my friends. It's Moanday. Let me get the day started off right by moaning about my elbow. I might have seen this coming, but then...I probably need to clean my glasses more often. 

Good morning, my friends. It's Moanday. Let me get the day started off right by moaning about my elbow. I might have seen this coming, but then...I probably need to clean my glasses more often. 

Good morning, my friends. It was a soggy day yesterday. It rained the whole live-long day. It doesn't really matter to me. It's too cold to be outside anyway. We've had some beautiful weather this fall, and so we can hardly complain now that it's doing what we should have expected all along. It's definitely good sewing weather.

Since I'd missed my slow-stitching the day before, I spent a little extra time on that yesterday morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a soggy day yesterday. It rained the whole live-long day. It doesn't really matter to me. It's too cold to be outside anyway. We've had some beautiful weather this fall, and so we can hardly complain now that it's doing what we should have expected all along. It's definitely good sewing weather.

Since I'd missed my slow-stitching the day before, I spent a little extra time on that yesterday morning.

Good morning, my friends. I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think I know what a turkey feels like after it's been stuffed. We had a wonderful dinner with Erik and Mae yesterday. What a feast! Erik brined the turkey in a buttermilk and herb brine, and then smoked it on his barbecue. It was so moist and delicious. Mae prepared all the favorite side dishes, including some newbies to our Thanksgiving table.

Good morning, my friends. I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think I know what a turkey feels like after it's been stuffed. We had a wonderful dinner with Erik and Mae yesterday. What a feast! Erik brined the turkey in a buttermilk and herb brine, and then smoked it on his barbecue. It was so moist and delicious. Mae prepared all the favorite side dishes, including some newbies to our Thanksgiving table.

Good morning, my friends. The day's plans went off the rails a little bit yesterday. I was sitting peacefully doing my slow-stitching when a text came across reminding me that a product we use regularly was 50% off this weekend. Well, I'm not one to miss a good sale, and so we ended up making a trip into town. It was okay because I was afraid I was going to run out of eggs. I wish I'd thought to pick up a couple of white chocolate bars while we were at it, but I did not. I ...

Good morning, my friends. The day's plans went off the rails a little bit yesterday. I was sitting peacefully doing my slow-stitching when a text came across reminding me that a product we use regularly was 50% off this weekend. Well, I'm not one to miss a good sale, and so we ended up making a trip into town. It was okay because I was afraid I was going to run out of eggs. I wish I'd thought to pick up a couple of white chocolate bars while we were at it, but I did not. I ...

Good morning, my friends. Just as I wrote those words, I looked out the window to see snow falling in wet, fat flakes. 

Good morning, my friends. Just as I wrote those words, I looked out the window to see snow falling in wet, fat flakes. 

Good morning, my friends. We're moving into "Sew Season," not to be confused with "Snow Season." We do get snow here, but mostly, we get rain. And, thus, "sew season." I had a couple of other things to do yesterday too. In spite of the grown-up stuff, I still had a good sewing day.

When I arrived home from my voyage into town a couple of days ago, I was dazzled by this holdout of our Autumn trees. This one is on the south side of the house. At this time of year, the sun is low on our ...

Good morning, my friends. We're moving into "Sew Season," not to be confused with "Snow Season." We do get snow here, but mostly, we get rain. And, thus, "sew season." I had a couple of other things to do yesterday too. In spite of the grown-up stuff, I still had a good sewing day.

When I arrived home from my voyage into town a couple of days ago, I was dazzled by this holdout of our Autumn trees. This one is on the south side of the house. At this time of year, the sun is low on our ...

Good morning, my friends. It rained here for most of the day yesterday. We've had a nice fall, and the leaves have stayed on the trees until the bitter end. After this most recent rain, I notice they're mostly gone now. I'm afraid we're heading into the period I refer to as the "Big Dark." Ordinarily, we'd be thinking about when to head south, but we're staying home this winter. With our trip to Alaska planned for the end of next May, we're going to brave the cold and wet weather this year ...

Good morning, my friends. It rained here for most of the day yesterday. We've had a nice fall, and the leaves have stayed on the trees until the bitter end. After this most recent rain, I notice they're mostly gone now. I'm afraid we're heading into the period I refer to as the "Big Dark." Ordinarily, we'd be thinking about when to head south, but we're staying home this winter. With our trip to Alaska planned for the end of next May, we're going to brave the cold and wet weather this year ...

Good morning, my friends, and happy Saturday. It was a busy day here yesterday. I had a little time for slow-stitching in the morning. I stitched enough on this Red Barn piece to decide to move my hoop to the right.

From there, we dropped Mike's truck off for some service and had breakfast at a very luxurious breakfast spot. Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe you even have one where ...

Good morning, my friends, and happy Saturday. It was a busy day here yesterday. I had a little time for slow-stitching in the morning. I stitched enough on this Red Barn piece to decide to move my hoop to the right.

From there, we dropped Mike's truck off for some service and had breakfast at a very luxurious breakfast spot. Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe you even have one where ...