Pictures Of My Life- February 18

G vacuuming the new rug last night.  Eight by ten feet.  The same cotton "hooked" style as the other rugs for the halls and bedroom from tee shirt discards from the garment district in New York. But a different pattern--smaller circles. It has that "certain something" that changes all the plain Jane white walls and doors into something super warm, inviting and welcoming.  It's Magic.  Even this very old cherry floor looks super nice.

That big rug was $400.  No tax and free shipping.  I always wait for the big 65 to 70% discounts on Houzz.com. There is only one downside to these rugs.  Our doors were not trimmed for rugs.  So I can't have one of these where a door would need to open across the surface. We'll have to let Google remind us to turn this rug every few months.  So the sun evenly fades it.  The side to the left of the vacuum faces South and is a wall of floor to ceiling windows and French Doors.

Woke to Fairy Tale Beauty this morning. All the tree branches had tall puffs of white snow.  The sun was shining and the sky was deep blue.  The sun is super bright and everything is melting. I was surprised that it snowed.  Haven't been watching any news--so surprised by snow!!! G is out snowblowing.  He was not surprised happy.  But he's almost finished--I can see him out clearing the mailboxes on the street.  Then he does the fire hydrant so the firemen don't have to clear that one.

Worked on the Chinese Cat some more--now I just have the fiddly little lines and squiggles on the cat's body to do.  Had to do some additional basting to hold the beige fabric down on the red fabric. I wish I could NOT do the squiggles but... they are printed.  Got the face done but the eyes--well, there needs to be some actual appliqué of eyes.  The cut circles fell apart.  Partially my fault.  Partially the fabric not being tightly woven.

Two loads of laundry to fold.  It's a good day. All the water stayed in the washing machine.