Wednesday's Child

I had to quickly snap tops on the boxes I have been filling in my workspace.  The new windows will be needing completely NEW trim work and t...

We are changing from casement windows (the ones with the cranks that open out ) to a double hung window.  I asked for the quarter divide up ...

Woke up, in the dark, to roaring rain.  Then nothing.  And we've had nothing but light rain and breezy winds since 8 am when we all got ...

Think about going to the store to buy the color floss you want.  I had some dye paint.  I mixed the correct color and let the floss sit in i...

I am working on my 12 by 12 for the Orange Reveal on September 1.  Needle turn appliqué. This is the process I enjoy the most of any of the ...

We have a large number of rocks.  Some we dug out of the ground, others we received as "gifts" from a former employee who was cult...

I was unsuccessful at buying the little prepackaged HB eggs yesterday.  The Deli guy did try to be helpful and sell me a bag of "salad ...

Two moments this weekend. First, was Saturday at work.  I brought a small container of pulled pork (the oven recipe with garlic and apple ...

This morning I decided to have an actual breakfast.  And I dirtied two pans, a plate and a second container to accomplish this.  The sink is...

I just went out (and got swarmed by mosquitos) to see what was happening in the garden.  My daughter had brought me a few large cucumbers fr...

I took a few hours "off" on Monday to do research on that wacky Cauliflower Pizza Crust I had tried a few weeks (months) ago.  It ...

I had a lunch date today.  That was exciting.  Before leaving the house I did a bit of housekeeping and mixed up two batches of pizza dough....

This is an inventive idea for tool storage but it's also a good way to get your eyes poked out.  I "lifted" it from Dominique...

Work wasn't so bad yesterday.  It got really warm a few times at the Potting Table but then it would cool off.  I was covered in dry dus...

A dark drizzly day.  Wonderful for the garden but not too happy for a certain dog and his owner.  Riley woke G up at around 4 am, because th...

I did all this by hand.  No fusing.  It was all needle turn hand appliqué.   And it took weeks and weeks. I didn't "know" how ...

This seems to be the "new" topic of contention in the quilt world.  How comfortable it makes me feel.  Warm and cozy.  Oh, perhaps...

Slow Love (Dominique Browning) has a four part series on her recent visit to Hancock Village.  Which reminded me of the lovely book my husba...

I am now ready to actually do something constructive.  I had a MIM with added almond flour for breakfast with crunchy peanut butter instead ...

 This is the piece I took out of the frame and added a chair.  The ideas was to have the chair look like it was "behind" a window....