Can't remember

 I really can't pull up any memory of that necklace set, Beth.  Vague feeling that it should be something I remember, but not really.  I'm so glad you have Mom's stuff.  I can see you wearing it but know that I likely wouldn't.

A little more show and tell

 Hello ladies,

I love your new tops Pati - the shape and style look wonderful and wish I could go shopping and buy nice clothes like yours. And....I desperately need new underwear...but a new ice machine bought yesterday trumps all my personal needs right now haha!

I'll make this a nice short message but wanted to share a fun idea I had. Going through some stuff I have ( where does all this stuff come from???) I discovered a box with some of our Mothers jewelry. One was a necklace that I remember well and one that Mom wore often and even have one of her school pictures ( from when she worked at the High School as secretary) where she has it on. Since I am going to meet my friend Sue for Luncheon on Wed ( it has been three years since we have had Lunch out together what with Covid etc) I decided to choose an outfit with which i could wear the necklace. Mom's set had earrings of the clip on style but I found a pair of mine that are pierced and will match OK. 

So here is a picture to show you. Do you remember? Do you think i am a bit crazy to want to wear them since they may certainly be out of style for today's fashionable lady?

So bye for now. Hope all is well. Take care. 😇

Wass'up Doc?

 Not much.  Haven't been in the studio, to work, since Tuesday--or was it Wednesday?  Can't remember so I guess it wasn't particularly memorable.  Thursday I was just useless and spent half the day in bed.  Felt a little better on Friday, so did the wash after going grocery shopping.  (Fool that I am) Then was useless for the rest of the day and spent time in a fog sitting in the kitchen.  At some time over the past week I bought a shirt and two bras.  Then I sorted through my bras, and tucked several away as they are just too small these days.  I love the feel and fit of the top I bought so yesterday went back to see if they had more in different colours.  David was with me, and helped me decide to buy a couple more bras, to replace the ones put away.  I bought one in dark blue (love it), as well as a print one in a dusty pink background with small yellow, blue and green sprays of flowers on it.  They did have three more designs of the top and I bought two of them, but left the third behind as it was a dark grey black with all sorts of small paisley designs all over it.  David said that design screamed out "old Gramma".  But the other two pleased me in different ways.  The pink one has a bit of 'shock value", and I don't see myself wearing that one anywhere special, but the dark teal one might work for more special occasions--such as leaving the house for just about anything.

Thursday evening, when I was sort of out of it, and hadn't gone to the show opening reception out in Selkirk, I received an e-mail telling me that my piece in the current show had sold.  We have since figured out that the money I get for the sale, is just about equal to the amount I've spent on clothing over the past couple of weeks. Serendipity, but works for me.

Tonight we cook a chicken for supper.  I just about had heart failure when I looked at the package and saw the price, but then remembered that we had bought them, "buy one, get one free".    Beef has been an occasional treat for us, for years.  We have bought cheaper cuts, mainly steak, a couple of times over the summer, and been very disappointed.  We had what looked like a decent (paid an outrageous price) steak on Friday, expecting that there would be leftovers, and there were.  It was almost impossible to eat, even after several hours of being marinated.  So yesterday I cut up the remains, and put them in the small slow cooker for several hours, with a gravy mix.  Not too bad!  So if we ever buy beef again, I'll know what to do with it.

My plan for today is to head for Starbucks, after I finish this post.  I just have to buy something, doesn't matter what, to complete a challenge which will get me a few stars.  Then--if the stars align, spend the afternoon in the studio, while David roasts the chicken for supper. 

Good Saturday morning...

Did you see the full harvest moon in the sky? It lit up the bedroom early this morning as if a light were on. Restless night again with some intermittent nod offs that only made things worse as i dreamed some awful dreams of which i have no recollection except the dreadful feeling they left with me. It seemed to drain the life out of me...if I could describe it as such.  But today is another sunny bright day so hopefully I shall carry on and forget about that. Of course I have wash to do and kitchen chores including tomatoes, and fruit to process. We picked some of our own grapes yesterday - smaller dark beta grapes with a very distinctive sweet/bitter taste which is enjoyable. There are many clumps of them in the vines but very high up so we will need the long ladder against a tree branch to pick them. The vines grow up and up into the surrounding trees and make it quite difficult to get at.  And in the Fall it is even worse to try to pull them down to trim ready for the new year to come. And the branches have to go to the dump as cannot be put into the compost.

Pati, your Frigid Box looks fantastic from my perspective and your picture, but you are the judge on whether you are satisfied and I think by your comments that you are not at this time. So perhaps a break will do you and them justice? I have been watching more on The Quilt Show and enjoy most of what i see but realize it will never turn into any studio work for me. i watched Lilo Bowman and Alex talk about unusual spaces to create a studio as that interested me - i could create my "own space" if I wanted in the limited areas here but at present time that is overruled by other tasks/chores/duties/events/obligations  (take your choice haha!).

Last day for garage sales here in the town (so Harry tells me) so he is off and running, and leaves me a bit of time to write this blog and have a nice breakfast which I have just devoured. 

Have a nice weekend all, and be safe. Thinking of you 😂❤

Not really the weekend we planned.

Did the laundry on Thursday this week, as I had an a optometrist appointment for 11:00 Friday.  Of course, David had to drive me, as I would still be dilated after the exam, which took 1 1/2 hour.  Eyes are just fine, as is my vision.  Good to know.  Once home we spent the rest of the day relaxing, in preparation for our time at the Gallery Saturday.  We were expecting to be alone Saturday, but another lady showed up.  She may have been a fuchsia haired woman, but I'm suspicious that it might have been the Energizer Bunny in disguise.  Violetta and David worked their way through a list of suggested chores for volunteers, even to the point of going out to the parking lot and cleaning up a pile of old clothing, and other junk, that was hidden in a a nook against the building.  There has been a real problem with homeless people setting up in this sheltered nook.  David went to the local Dollarama to get a reacher so they didn't have to touch any of the stuff.  There were very few visitors, although a couple them kept us busy, including a man who arrived just short of closing, and came to donate two wooden sculptures. Expensive souvenirs from the Caribbean. Very nice, but sort of useless, although we figured out a couple of things that could be done with them.

Yesterday was to have been quiet as well, but David's sister, Gail, dropped in about 1:30.  We sat in the garden and chatted for almost 2 hours.  Earlier, I had been out to Pennington's, where I bought two light-coloured brassieres. The ones I've been wearing for over 20 years just aren't doing the job any more.  Also picked up a more dressier but still casual t-shirt.  It will be perfect for fall.  Warmer, and with the 3/4 sleeves that I very much prefer.  All of this was on sale. Then it was quiet time again for both of us.  I finally got down to the studio, where I'm still working on the pale Lavender coloured box.  This is taking on, yet again, another final appearance, and final function.  I'll try to get a bit more done on it today, including pictures.

The rest of the week looks quiet.  I don't envy either of you with all of your vegetables to put up in some way.  I'm having trouble using all of the tomatoes in my fridge, too, but I bought them with good intensions.  Have a good Labour day, and try not to think of what is coming behind it.  We've taken care of whatever services we need to in order to get through the winter.  There's no further preparation we can do.  I do have to say that our Hydrangeas are putting on a wonderful show for the neighbours.

Stay safe ladies. 

 

Wasted day?

 I seemed busy until late afternoon but I feel like I accomplished nothing. I didn’t even walk Lucky this morning! I made some tomato sauce today. The recipe called for 2 tbsp chopped carrot, 2 tbsp of chopped pepper yada yada yada.  I put in a full carrot, pepper, celery and onion; a variety of spices and extra tomato. I used my immersion blender after it was cooked to make it smooth ( I forgot I had the blender!  It was a 20 year gift at work and I never opened it. It has a blender, whisk, chopper and mixing cup). I also emptied my pool☹️ And cleaned it out. Jim was sick today and couldn’t help me fold it so it will have to lie abandoned in the yard until he is better.  I unsuccessfully watered the garden. I had moved the sprinkler stand since most of the garden is empty now. I guess I didn’t have it pounded into the ground enough cause when I went to turn off the water it had fallen over and I had one very waterlogged circle of mud and some dry tomatoes!  The tomatoes are very slow ripening this year.  I noticed that last year at this time I was so sick of processing tomatoes that I put a couple of bags of whole tomatoes in the freezer!  We’ve got more hot days ahead so I try to get everything done in the morning before it gets too hot.  Unfortunately processing garden produce tends to heat up the house.  Just another excuse to sit outside in the shade and read in the afternoon😜  

The Sept long weekend

 Hello,

How did we get here so quickly. I remember in the Winter wishing so hard for the Spring and Summer to come, and now it is disappearing again with only visions of another Winter ahead! Maybe that is a bit too depressing for an up beat blog post like ours, so I better reverse my stance and focus on the 'today" haha!

Yesterday I got the car serviced and also arranged for four new winter tires with the Parts Manager. He suggested I go in a different direction in that I did not need to get rims with them as the service dept suggested, because then I would need the sensor to be added and that added more money ( at least over $100 each) and that I only keep the car for three years maximum anyway ( on our lease plan) And also to wait until October when the deals come in...the tire distributors add an extra $50 rebate on each tire. So I am confident now in what is to come next.  There was a rattle at the back of the car diagnosed as a muffler issue, so a new muffler has been ordered and can be installed the same time as new tires. All under warranty so i left the Dealership with a bill that stated $0.00, Not bad...and i also sat and waited for the work to be done, and was able to finish the book I was reading. So all in all... a bonus morning 😇

The garden is in need of lots of care right now and I am hopeful that I can get at it . The neighbour will leave for Holland tomorrow and then I can get right into working without worry of him being there. I need to empty the 5 water barrels and to do that i carry buckets of water to the back along out common fence and dump it there and I sure could not do that when he is working in his yard. He has attached a rope to a tree from his yard to one tree in our yard along the fence ( with our permission) and hangs his laundry there. And I sure could not get close to that. I was watering yesterday and thought I could easily spray his sheets but the devil in me resisted. haha!

Well time to sign off as the house is waking up. Have a nice weekend and here's to a lovely Fall season for us all. Take care and be safe...💖