What I've Been Doing

Carol here ~ 

I got the binding finished on quilt #15 the other day and got it washed yesterday.  Love the blue border on this one!

2024-15

And I discovered I must of skipped #14 so still have that one to do before I move on to #16.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening by the fire in shirtsleeves, temps today in the 70’s, oh what a day it was. There was very little wind and I only needed to remove two tractor bucket loads of leaves from the beach. That still took a couple hours. That brings the fall total to 62. As I look around the pond now I see very few deciduous trees that are not bare. The only culprits are the bloody oaks.

I am very intrigued about the oaks. Their leaves are much like people, they come in a great variety of shapes and sizes. Some of them are teeny tiny, with lots of indents and points, others more rounded and not too sharp and still others are huge. At least ten inches long. What I want to know, is if all these different sizes are present on the same tree, or do different trees have different sizes, each tree containing mostly the same size.

This and That

Carol here ~

We headed up to Rangeley Saturday.

As we were coming into Rumford on the way up we saw the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen.  We could see the whole arc, of course a picture doesn't do it justice especially when in a car but...

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. Another windy day with at least part of which I spent raking leaves on the beach. 

The total tractor bucket count to date is 39 counting the three from today. Most of today was spent doing errands. BJ’s and some groceries.

The Bluejays have been pigs at the feeder in the mornings. I only have a seed tray and some suet out now but the birds are loving it. The Bluebirds have been around some mornings and when I came home from errands I saw two Cardinals, a male and a female. The female took off right away but the male hung for a couple photos. 

 

Around the Pond

Carol here ~

We went to the soccer game and senior recognition in Rangeley on Friday.  It was a beautiful afternoon but we were glad we brought our heated jackets and quilts as by the time the sun went down it was pretty chilly.

It was a fun game to watch, Parker has some pretty fancy footwork.

Me, Parker, Erin, Dan

Following the game we went to supper with Parker and Erin then headed home.  It was a beautiful ride home as the moon was in front of us most of the way.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, up in the studio. The weather the last couple days has been down right cold and extremely windy. The wind helps bring the leaves to the beach but it also makes it way too uncomfortable to go out and rake them up. The wind let up today and raking is what I spent much of my day doing. The ongoing tractor bucket tally of loads hauled off the beach is at 25. I’m sure that there will be a great many more bucket loads before the snow arrives and the bucket is swapped out for the snowblower. I hope that is a ways into the future.

The Featherweights

Carol here ~

We have two Singer 221 Featherweight sewing machines.

The black one is a limited edition anniversary model made in 1951 to celebrate Singer's hundredth year.  The emblem is inscribed "A Century of Sewing Service 1851-1951.  Of the 1, 950,000 221's made only 12% were this model.