Last Show Quilt

Carol here ~ 

Happy Thanksgiving week! I made vegan bread for the vegan grandson yesterday, will make yeast rolls for the rest of us today.  Yum!

This is the final quilt that we entered into shows.  It's a doozy! 

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, in the studio. It is a tad too chilly for a fire. It’s a good evening to cuddle up under a few quilts. 

Today I spent some time and cut up more of a blowdown that blew a large oak tree into the Mud Pond. I got what I could last winter off the ice. With the water level low now I put my new waders on yesterday and removed a bunch more from the pond. Today I worked on the 12’ or so that was on the land. After managing to cut it up I had to split it once with a maul and splitting wedge so this old man could even lift it. It is all up by the shed and split and stacked. A nice little round wood pile, all hard wood. 

Show Quilts Part 6

Carol here ~

I have been spending quite a bit of time at my sewing machine the last couple of weeks working on some smallish Christmas gifts.  I have a regular office chair that my lower back does not like at all.  Even though I had surgery and radiation for my compression fracture on L4 I still have pain at a level 2-3 most of the time.  I can only sit in that chair for about twenty minutes before the pain level starts to escalate.  

I found a chair at Staples with good lumbar support but the chair is too big for my little corner.  I have ordered this ~

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening, I think I need to finally admit winter is coming. That thought was driven home quite solidly with each snowflake that fell down my neck.

I think the bulk of the leaves is behind me for 2025 though. The total tractor bucket load count was 89. I believe that is quite a bit lower than last year. The wheelbarrow may be the removal method for any more. That is OK by me. We’ll see.

Show Quilts Part 5

Carol here ~

Well, it is pretty.

I don't know about you but I am not ready for it.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

In the studio where I can hear the wind but do not need to feel its wrath. Yesterday was nice, the day before not so nice and today was much like that was. This is what I saw when I went to investigate the sound Carol heard on the roof. She said it sounded like ripping or dragging on the roof.