Puttering

Carol here ~

When I opened the front shades yesterday morning I caught a glimpse of something moving on the banking below the ridge. Upon closer inspection I could see that it was a fox. 

It came down the banking and ran across our end of the pond and up the banking on the other side. It was beautiful and healthy looking running across the pond with it's bushy red tail straight out behind him. Wish I could of snapped a photo but by the time I could of found my phone it would have been long gone.

I was suppose to go to Falmouth for an appointment yesterday afternoon but it got rescheduled for tomorrow so I spent the time up in the quilting loft.

I am still puttering on my Dogwood Lane quilt. I don’t seem to get things done as fast as I used to ~ maybe because I’m easily distracted by something else.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Still has been beautiful walking of late. Carol talked yesterday about our snowshoe walk on Saturday with our oldest daughter and the grands. On that walk, I noticed a ridge of snow where a mouse had been tunneling just under surface pushing the snow up to form the ridge.

Saw where it popped up out of the snow and then it’s footprints on the snow where it continued along, now on the surface. I looked around everywhere but I could see no mouse.

Saturday Snowshoeing

Carol here ~

We had planned to meet up with daughters Vanessa and Erin and grands Kailey and Jakob on Saturday for some snowshoeing. We were going to meet in Farmington ~ Erin would be coming down from Rangeley, Vanessa and kids from Readfield and us from Oxford ~ all about equal distance to Farmington.

Erin ended up not being able to participate because of a sinus infection so Plan B was implemented.

We met Vanessa and the kids in West Auburn at the Lake Auburn Community Center and snowshoed the Merrick Trail which goes down to Lake Auburn.

TBT ~ Log Cabin Leftovers

Dan here ~

Log Cabin Leftovers was designed in 2007 as a weekend quilt.

Log Cabin Leftovers ~ 2007

For years at Threads Galore Quilt shop we had what we called Fall Quilt Camps. These were weekend long quilt retreats. They grew longer than weekends, but that is another story.

Snow Day

 Carol here ~

Yesterday was definitely a snow day. We had snow and sleet most of the day. I saw Dick, our neighbor up the pond, out trying to keep his ice skating area clear of snow. He was out there a couple of times, will probably be back out this morning.

Our plow guy came first thing yesterday morning for his first pass through. Dan cleared snow off the porch roof then got the snow blower out to clean it up. 

The Water Pipe

Dan here ~

I’m sure some of you have seen pictures of the pipe going out into the pond and wonder what it’s for. 

No it is not our waste pipe dumping into the pond! We pull our water out of the pond year round and yes the pond is currently frozen.

Weekend Stitching

Carol here ~

I spent the weekend at a Virtual Stay-treat via Zoom hosted by Michelle Renee Hiatt and Lynn Wheatley. It was so much fun!

This is the second Stay-treat I have attended with Michelle and Lynn. I was able to stitch all weekend from my little corner up in the quilting loft with 17 other quilters from across the country on the computer screen.

We had quilters attending from ~

Nebraska
Minnesota
California
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Texas
Tennessee
Illinois
Maine
New Hampshire
Maryland