A Finish

Carol here ~

Ta-Da! I finished piecing my Dogwood Lane quilt. As I mentioned previously, this is a Michelle Hiatt, Sew On The Go pattern.

I made a couple of tweaks ~ as you can see in the pattern, the chain is suppose to be two colors, one color on one diagonal, the second color on the opposite diagonal.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

How do Wednesday, I know that because yesterday was Tuesday and all is well.

We had a 4-5 inch snow storm Monday during the day and into the evening. It had been plowed when I got out of bed yesterday morning. The people who plow the driveway often do so between 1:00 and 3:00 in the AM. That’s in the morning. I am not awake nor does them performing their duties wake me. I often have just gone to bed. I sew at night. I do not get up early.

Carol saw a beautiful sunrise on Tuesday morning. I do not see many sunrises, it looked real pretty in the pictures. Real life was probably much nicer but I will live with the pictures.

Oink Oink

Carol here ~

This pig cookie jar on top of my refrigerator belonged to my Mom.

It always sat on top of the refrigerator at our home in Auburn. It pretty much always had cookies in it ~ mostly homemade but when not, then filled with good old Oreo's. When my parents tore down the original camp and built their log cabin here at the pond it sat up on the top cupboards.

New Project

Dan here ~

Friday, the beginning of the weekend, I hope you all have a happy and safe one.

The wet winter storm the other day brought out several wet spots on the pond that looked like they were centered around the same type of holes that I talked about in an earlier post. 

Guess they must have froze up ok as there were two young men out there ice fishing. I actually watched as they walked up to where the holes were just days before and proceeded to jump up and down trying to break through. I don’t think I’m interested in attempting that, maybe when their age… I’ll never tell and there were no cell phones so there is no record of it.

Lena's Anniversary

Carol here ~

This popped up on my Facebook memories yesterday.

It’s been three years since I traded in my Gammill Longarm for my Innova, aka Lena. Wow, it seems way longer than three years ~ way longer! I guess we have had so much going on these last few years that it is kind of hard to judge time frames.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Good morning, Today is Monday, a day that used to signal the beginning of the new work week. That ship has sailed, or as I would say, that toilet has flushed.

Now that I am retired everyday is Monday, or Thursday, or Sunday. They are all the same, except for Tuesday ~ that is the day that the backup generator runs for 15 minutes and does whatever magic it does while it runs. We have grown to center our lives around Tuesdays.

Last week was special. I was in the bathroom when generator start up was to occur. Now to be honest, I was not really aware that it was startup time. Until it didn’t. That’s right, I heard a split second sound of the generator firing up… then it stopped. A couple seconds later I heard it again try to start, almost no crank, just a brief try and quit. I called to Carol “that’s two” ~ I heard 4-5 total tries to start then nothing.

Out and About

Carol here ~

Yesterday morning I had an appointment in Falmouth. I left the house with plenty of time to spare so I could mosey my way there on the back roads instead of driving on the turnpike. I much prefer back road driving to turnpikes ~ so much more to look at, especially since I rarely leave the house!

After my appointment I gave my Optometry office a call as I was going to go right by it on the way home. My glasses have been cockeyed and driving me crazy ~ if I got them straight on my face then one of the ear pieces was digging into my ear and hurting my nose. I’m sure those of you that wear glasses can relate.