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Saturday, April 24, 2021

This happened!


At long last I have Trail Mix ready for quilting.
I really wasn't feeling like sewing for the last few weeks.
Sometimes, 
I didn't even go down to the studio.
Then,
when I did feel like it the backing gave me trouble!
I thought I had bought enough navy flannel to made the back,
But,
as it turned out,
the fabric was only 40" wide not 42"
which meant I was dealing with 38" after the selvedges were cut off!
URGH!
Much arithmetic and finally graph paper were needed to figure it out.
Days of thinking.
But all that is in the past and I am ready to quilt.
As soon as I figure out my new quilt frame.
And,
Figure out how to load it.
Still, I'm making progress.
Not much will be happening this week though 
as I'm off to Columbia to play with IZZY!
Her classroom at day care is closed due to another child testing positive for 
THE VIRUS,
Mommy and Daddy both need to work so Granna is off to visit.
I think cookies will be baked!

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The calendar says April 20, not sure that's right

Yep, snow!
1-2 inches here at my house.
The bluebird is covered and freezing!


A very Wet snow sticks to everything so it's quite pretty.
BUT, it's very hard on trees when they are all leafed out.
It gets quite heavy and branches break.


Even Quinn, who really likes the snow, is not impressed!
Guess she's ready to be done with the stuff.


My backyard.
If you look closely you can see Quinn's footprints!

At least it has stopped coming down 
and 
is now MELTING!

I'm going to go throw down some grass seed.
My Granddad always said the best time to seed was on the last snow of winter.
I always wondered how you knew it was the last snow!
Surely, this is the last?
 

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Spring catch up-long

Signs of Spring are everywhere.
It is still (or again) quite cool with freeze warnings at night.
Apparently, some big cold vortex in the Arctic is dropping south and leaving us very cool.
It's nice enough in the afternoons with the sun shining though.


I spend some time outside attempting to make a dent in these!
My backyard crop of dandelions-the front is worse, sigh. 
I'll never get them all.


On Monday, I had an appointment at the Chiropractor-my first in a year!
While on that side of town, 
I got coffee at Gusto - the only place I know of with Black Velvet lattes.
So yummy that dark chocolate and not nearly as sugary.
I also went to the plant nursery.
I bought some seeds for the veggie garden and some of these tomato plants.
Then I went to Lowe's and bought the rest.
I still need one more indeterminate.


You can see in the photos that the trees are casting shadows,
Not deep shade yet and the shadows are created by these:


Hundreds and hundreds-possibly thousands of maple seeds.
AKA helicopters.
The leaves are really small still.


The hostas in the back garden are up.
I was afraid I might have lost some but they all made it.
When you have that really deep cold you never know what will come up.


The lilac is a case in point.
It's a small plant.
This year there is only one blossom.


Lastly, my seeds are beginning to sprout .
These are all flowers for the front garden.

In non-springy things,
Since I passed my 2 weeks post shot number two I've been a bit busy.
I had the hot water heater worked on, 
it still needs a part so hopefully it will stop turning itself off.

I got my HAIR CUT!
I think she took off 8 inches.
Even the hair on the floor curled, sigh.
She did this scrunch thing and called it curls but to me it just looked messy.
I haven't attempted to recreate that.
I feel so much lighter.

I've set appointments for a new patio door 
and a visit to primary care for a post surgical visit
(not sure why but the surgeon seemed to want it.)

Hardly anything has been done in the studio.
Trail Mix is waiting it's borders, 
which are cut and ready to go.
I guess I'm not looking forward to manhandling that big, heavy thing.
I did cut some flannel squares for a couple of quilts for the littles.
I've been trying so hard to use up what I have.
I have made a dent but of course every quilt needs something bought to finish it!

Spring cleaning/purging continues as slow as a snail.
It is happening a bit each day though.

I will admit that I am struggling with the pandemic.
Even though I've been vaccinated it seems I'm slow to return to more normal
attitudes and actions.
Here's hoping that changes.

 

Thursday, April 1, 2021

It's back! It's back! Baseball is Back!!!


I'm ready to Paint the Town Blue!

For the first time in WAY TO LONG Kaufman Stadium will have actual fans in the seats for opening day!  Not a full stadium but not cardboard cutouts either!

Baseball  is my favorite sport.  
(That's a good thing as all four of my children played it-or the girl game of softball.) 
I have been to one opening day at the K, it was a VERY memorable afternoon!
(I hunted and hunted for pictures but it was before I had a digital camera, or a phone that took photos.)

I bought myself an old style AM/FM radio to listen to the games this season.
(I'm too cheap to buy the TV package to watch the games and for some reason I just like to listen.)

Oh, baseball I missed you so much!
Game starts at 3:10pm
Go Royals!