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In the morning I got sewing done, then grocery shopping, then spreading frost sheets over berry plants and frost bags over bushes. I had hoped to get this first block of the center of the Dresden quilt further than I did, but that didn’t happen – now the hardest part betting this string around the […]

We had our first snowfall yesterday – even if it didn’t amount to much here it caused havoc in different parts of the state – the Nightly News with David Muir even showed photos from the northern part of the state that we drive through when going to visit family – it was a mess […]

Well, I'm home again! 

The weather while I was in the northern part of Ontario -- way -- that's a lie. If you look at the map, North Bay and Sudbury are north of me, but they are technically not the DEEP north of Ontario! So, while I was four hours north of home, the weather could not have been better. There was frost on the car one morning and a little bit of rain on the way home in the dark, but the temperature was excellent! 

Thanks to all my friends in that area for wishing hard for the ...

Spring has officially arrived in my part of paradise, and along with it came Daylight Saving, so we had to put the clocks forward one hour last week.  I’m always so impressed that the computers and cell phones know how to do this themselves, so it’s only a couple of household clocks and those in the cars  which need to be altered, plus watches too of course.

The last reasonably pleasant days of Winter have given way to the tumultuous Spring weather.  It’s always so much more windy in Spring, it’s been rather wet off and ...

We are still very hot here for the last week of September and we have been for the past week and another week to go yet before it even begins to look a little like fall temperature wise.  Our extended outlook – Not until October 7th do we even drop to the 70’s! the a/c […]

 And another day went by without a second walk in the afternoon! I'm still on track to reach my 4,400 KM goal for the year. I'm actually ahead of the game, but I better get myself organized! Without that second walk, I'm still walking 8 - 10 km daily, so I probably don't always need that one! And I walked the dogs without my knee brace yesterday, and all was fine. It's not perfect; I know that as I can feel it acting up. But what amazes me is how that single physio appointment "fixed ...

Who coined the phrase 'lazy days of summer'? We don't get many of those around here. Something's always needing to be mowedOr cleaned outOr fixedOr movedOr hauledOur shovels don't get a whole lotta downtime.

I was able to sit down and enjoy quilting on Wednesday night with Arkansas Traveler.  I got some of the design drawn on earlier in the afternoon and then  sat and relaxed. This is what I have done so far in a variegated blue 12 weight Aurifil.  I am linking to Patchwork and Quilting – […]

Living in the desert SW, heat is expected, but oye!Even the kitties are wilting I'm ready for Fall! Almost every morning for the last 3 weeks, you can find me here at 5:30. DH has been working with a couple of horses and time in the arena is part of their education.We usually spend about 2 hours first thing in the morning trying to beat the heat of the day.Monday evening we had a welcome shower

 I love all your comments, even though I'm a "bad" blogger, and don't personally acknowledge them all! That's another reason I want to cut back (DH just laughed when I said that) on stuff for next year. Hey -- the process is already happening, but there's still lots to do in the meantime! 

I'm glad I inspire others to clean up our houses, studios, digital worlds, etc. We owe it to ourselves and our families to take more responsibility for ourselves! Isn't that what we teach our children? I wish I would have started a ...

Do you believe in coincidences? I do! You'll never guess what happened? I got up this morning and decided to dig deep through the T-shirt drawer to find something new. What? That RARELY happens as I'm usually recycling through five different ones. 

This is what I discovered. 

My T-shirt today

Then I opened up my e-mail and found a wonderful e-mail from Helen. She sent a link to James Clear's blog, which is amazing. Here's the link. I also snagged one of the quotes because it's so appropriate for what I said in the blog ...

While making significant progress, I have yet to complete a single thing. So today, I must focus! 

However, all my samples for my article are DONE, and now I can write. The samples turned out AMAZING! I can't wait to share those. But I swear that people just want everything to be easy and do NOT want to take the time to experiment. Sample making is way more fun than actually making a quilt, and I've learned so much over the years because of my willingness to experiment. The way I see it is -  KUDOS to me because ...

We've been away on a caravan trip for the last week or so.  Our destination was Cambridge, and we had a nice leisurely time getting there.  The first stop was the Gumtree Motorhome Park at Taihape.     Checking out the sign, I wondered what the overseas visitors would think, there are no koalas in New Zealand.  Although there were plenty of gum trees in the park.

Gemma travels quite well in the car, but I suspect she just puts up with it.  But once we get to our destination, she bounds into the caravan, jumps up on the bed, and ...

The weekend is over, and four lazy days of sewing are on the agenda for this week - I can hardly wait to get started! But it'll be a late start as I have my knee ultrasound at 1:30 PM. And that's OK -- it's a perfect excuse to be late for a sewing retreat! How long will it take to see someone to discuss the results? 

After the two Zooms yesterday, it was time for the Virtual Retreat, and I hadn't sewn for so long that I honestly didn't know where to start. 

But I ...

This will give you an idea of how I spent my Mother's Day! There won't be any meals in the dining room for a while. "Why"? You might ask. We're tearing out the old cherry kitchen cabinets and replacing them with hard maple ones, handcrafted by Mr. G in the basement workshop. We've gone from what it looked like in the top photo to the bottom view in a weeks' time......with a whole lot of this in

This will give you an idea of how I spent my Mother's Day! There won't be any meals in the dining room for a while. "Why"? You might ask. We're tearing out the old cherry kitchen cabinets and replacing them with hard maple ones, handcrafted by Mr. G in the basement workshop. We've gone from what it looked like in the top photo to the bottom view in a weeks' time......with a whole lot of this in

OH -- I just remembered that I need to take pictures of the pouches. Tomorrow -- I promise!

Well, the clock is ticking on my Virtual Challenge -- I've less than 100 KM to finish it off, and of course, there is an issue with syncing the data, so I have to make a manual adjustment later today. I will make my goal! And even if I'm one day late, it's no big deal, but still -- it's the principal of the matter!

Another great Zoom on the mySewnet software. It's quite silly, actually, because there's so much ...

Yes, all is well and I don't really have an excuse for my lack of posting other than I must have lost my blogging mojo. There are some things taking place behind the scenes that have required our attention and I think that has contributed to my scattered mindset. I'll share more about that when there is more to share.

Yesterday was a beautiful day.  I did spend sometime inside but in the afternoon got out for a walk.  The turtles were out. Melanie and her dog – the trees are leafing out and the sun was shining – we saw no snakes and no alligators! Don’t mind seeing the alligators if they are out […]

Binding was worked on and progress on Rainbow Crossings – one side done and about a third of the second side. Quilting from Thursday night on Court Jesters An overall view – linking to So Scrappy – Court Jesters was started as a RSC22 quilt with colors of the month chosen for the Snail Trail […]