Daily Notes- Friday March 20th.... Sunshine and Melting Snow.

We have enough  snow on the ground to make the reindeer feel at home,......until it all melts.  Love the dots.  Manuel Jiminez again.

Grocery Shopping went  well....before we left Son pulled all the "expired food" out of the pantry and fridge.  I managed to get pickles for my Pickle and Cheese Sandwiches.  I'd forgotten the last two times I had been in the grocery store.  I also have more Oranges for the daily fruit..

I never got around to reading (starting) my book....perhaps today-  I did watch Tracker.   And Antiques Roadshow.

I think I will watch British Soccer today....  and sew a few black with white fabrics into a square.  White dots.- different sized dots....And another pile is white stripes on black.  From the Fabric Stash.

I am going to check the floss storage boxes for another paddle of matching red....but I don't have the labels with the color number anymore.... so matching is going to be by eye.....my eye is still pretty good at color matching.  In another Lifetime I'll write the color number on the white plastic paddle.

That's it...not much happening...I have a (few) nice series set to record on the TiVo.  In addition to the three or four in the recorded section already.  One is about George Washington.  One is about Craft in America. One is Pole to Pole... with Will Smith.  The Craft In America is always enjoyable.  I found a channel deep in the lineup with classic movies from the 40's....maybe even some from the 30's.  That I watched with my grandmother.  Back in the Day,..... 

 

Daily Notes and It's SNOWING here in Maine... Wondering if it will Snow into July????

 Artist is Manuel Jiménez.   Carved Animals with real Personality... Will have a few more of these in the next posts.

What am I doing?  Well, daughter and I washed and dried some very large (and heavy) crystal items...I made supper but still having difficultly finding the knob on the New Bosch Stove that turns on the OVEN.  Son is going to find a way to add a  "dot" under that knob. Has to be the right kind of "dot".

I "trial" matched some red floss in my sewing room closet to the linen table topper I have been working on since my two children were in middle and high school. 

I saw an interesting cloth on top of an ancient chest in the entry of the house where we were staying during the 10 days of School SKI Vacation back in the early 1980's.  Yes, they have that in Europe.

I couldn't find the rough textured beige linen the artist used so got some soft white not so rough linen, needle and red embroidery floss. I worked on it much to the delight of our host where we were staying--after she saw me measuring  cutting and hemming my linen...and starting in on the design.... she gave me  a copy of the design paperwork she had used to make the one I saw in the entry. (and kept my tea cup filled).   I still have all the parts and design in the same paper bag I got at the shop.  .  And now one- only one paddle of red floss.  And no where to buy more.. quilt shops and craft stores are all closed here in Maine.  I might just use the red I have and then..finish with other non-matching reds. Like women did during the Great Depression.  In 20 years it will be an oddity in a resale shop...And I will be dead or celebrating my 100th birthday.  

Watching the news makes me feel like The Second Great Depression is almost upon us.  I have the oil furnace running....no clue as to whether we will be able to fill the tank when it runs out. Our only source of heat and hot water.

The little animal up top has had to listen to all this whining....you, also.  So now I reheat my coffee for the third time and settle into the couch.....think about a Herb Garden....in a Grow Box on the back deck...or out on the walk with the ornamental planter boxes.  Life would be perfect if I had a Carpenter on Call.  To build me a few things and repair a few MORE things rotting away on my house,

Growing Old...sigh. For People and for Houses.

Daily Notes for Wednesday March 18th.....Bright outdoor light and melting snow.

Pansies today....my favorite flower....so cheerful.

I have the stove going with a large pot of water and some corned beef....I forgot yesterday was the day to make it...so today..I am making it.  Low simmer for almost 4 hours. I'll check on the water levels every so often.   Then...according to my recall..... the corned beef comes out (and spends time in the oven getting crisp around the edges) and the cabbage, small red potatoes go in.   I think something else goes in but Son will remind me.  Carrots...Only I like boiled carrots.

I have not started my book....the one I spoke of yesterday... a former neighbor sent an email and wanted a nice long letter re: what's happening in the neighborhood. I wrote a full page.  Containing public business.  Nothing else.  She now has FIVE Granddaughters. Just got a new one.

Daughter is home with a very bad headache.  She called to see if the store brand prepared soup had one specific ingredient in it...no.  So it's something else.

News from the "White House of Ill Repute" continues to baffle me.  Another head of Homeland Security has turned out to be same or worse than previous.  Hard to believe???? Nope.

We washed and dried and boxed up Swedish Crystal......it's now way up on top of a cabinet...Safe and Sound.  I no longer have to ask where it is.  Daughter got tired of me asking.

Well, Supper is simmering....I need to get the heat up a notch higher...or wear o scarf around my neck. Half the bagged and boxed items we are getting rid of ...are gone.  WAS QUITE A PILE.  Still more to find and get rid of.  Scandinavian Death Cleaning.

 

Daily Notes- Tuesday, March 17th. Sunshine here in Maine and melting snow- New snow arriving???

 Well, Collected all the items needed for Income Taxes.  I used to do them myself..but when we owned a company...they had to be done by an accountant.  So I stopped....and never really got back into it until Turbo Tax.  And I wore my NERVES to the quick with Turbo Taxes for ten years.... and now, I just collect the papers and someone picks them up........ I feel it's worth the money to save what I have left of my "nerves"....

The Maine Snow is melting....again.  Comes and Goes.....I have zero plans for today.....perhaps some English Soccer....the book I was going to read happened to be one I already read once and never finished reading....needed a better editor....got tedious.  There was a plot line there that could have worked but they left it hanging........

I have a Christina Lauren book to read...the only one of their books I do NOT own.......I will read it once more and decide if it's worth my time......I have never actually read it thru to the end...perhaps at 79 I will be able to????   I pulled it off the shelf and then was tempted to put it back on the shelf (at the Library) it's that sort of book....never really gels.  The other one of their books I don't care for is the cowboy one.  These two haven't written anything new in awhile or my Library hasn't bought anything new. I will check after hitting publish.

Maine is under a Flood Watch today with High Winds to follow.  Could be exciting.  Here at my house I have melting snow and green grass showing up....over wintered bulbs are up a few inches.... they are near the septic tank outlet- warm water (showers) thaws that area out early in the season..  Hot showers thaw this old woman out as well.   Well, I need to find something to do....after I reheat my coffee.  Get on with it.  I have an index card to color.

DebL- collected all the cloth of yours in one place...it was well scattered thru sewing room and living room areas...now all together...I did this because I have had a "creative idea"......and haven't had one of those in awhile....need to run with it before it evaporates......now I need to find the "faded golden print" I made a notation about........sigh.  It's always something.....