I think I’m over it.

I still have to assemble them but the pages for The Ed’s youngest grandson, Russell, are finished. It’s (mostly) McCall’s  # 7524 c. 1981.

Now I know my A B C’s, next time . . . someone please STOP me!  I have to go assemble a book. That is so all.

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Still above ground

Well that six weeks went by fast! I haven’t been idle; I’ve barely been home but I’ve kept busy when I have been here.
We did the swap meet and the weather was better than predicted – a lot better, thank goodness. I finished knitting a little one piece for my grandson for Christmas.

Since then I’ve [...]

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What I’m up to

So what have I been doing, you ask – or maybe you don’t but hey, you don’t have to read this! I have begun a new project with a self-imposed spring deadline which has, of course, led directly to avoidance in the form of the sort of thing I would normally run from, screaming.
While looking [...]

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Maybe I live in OZ

Well, a month has gone by like a week and I haven’t blogged on.  Life does interfere with our plans sometimes. So does death. We lost my SO’s sister on August fifth. She’s has a  rough time with what must be a record of some sort for survival on dialysis and had been failing badly for [...]

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Life is what happens while you’re making other plans

Most of another month (and a birthday!) have limped by me. Finished and submitted my (ghastly) painting but I had a lot of fun doing it.

My DIL presented me with an eight pound, thirteen ounce grandson, Evan Alexander. He looks like his father.

We made a trip up and back a week ago to meet him [...]

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Where does the time go?

I was rightly afraid to check just when I’d posted last and it was over a month ago! I’ve lost touch with old friends with whom I was delinquent in maintaining correspondence this way.  My knee jerk guilt which is my first response to just about any situation wants me to suffer but I refuse. [...]

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Piece by piece

You could say that I have an organic approach to design.

You could say that I am a lousy photographer . . .

. . . with a cheap camera.

I certainly wouldn’t argue with you in any case.

Nevertheless I have the beginning of a fun quilt for a little boy’s first birthday and have quite enjoyed mucking [...]

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Playing around

Well, the “last test’ I mentioned last time I wrote wasn’t the last after all. I’m scheduled for two long days of chemical stress tests at the hospital in June. Plus I’ve heard from a respirologist who wants to test my breathing -  also in June because we were running out of May! The hospital had [...]

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Up to date . . . to a point

Stayed up late last night and watched The Colour Purple on TV. I don’t know why I never saw it; I’ve never been much good at contemporary cultural icons. Am I the last person in North America who didn’t know Oprah Winfrey started out as an actress? Got a kick out of spotting “Larry Fishburne” in the [...]

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Something finished

It’s a quilt – machine quilted for sturdiness, bound and everything:

The backing fabric was a bit narrow so I pieced it out by extending the binding  which was itself already pieced.

I quite like it and enjoyed making it. It reminds me somewhat of nautical flags and might be a bit odd for a new baby [...]

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