A beautiful fall day in SC. A good day to have a good day......
A great day to take Quilt photos....Swoons for my "gals"....for our daughter and
her BF in High School. So many, many great memories with those gals,
now busy Moms of girls....High school, Middle School ages....5 of them.
Did you ever hoolahoop?......Hours and Hours?....Me TWO!!!
Hurricane Matthew had mercy.....it had some tough areas and yes, there
was damage but no where what could have been experienced in the US I am glad
people did go to higher ground and wait it out.....most people did.
We had rain here and gusty winds....lost a small artificial pear tree....some other
branches. Nothing, really.
We do pray for Haiti.....and the Islands....
I am still suffering with sciatica and was up soaking at 130 am to relax my
now very weary leg muscles. It was raining hard on the metal roof and with
the bathroom window open a bit, I truly relaxed with the sound.
As life has it's experiences for us on our journey, I will see a Neurologist this
Thursday to inspect my decreasing reflexes in the legs and the muscle exhaustion.
I suppose that means an MRI.I just heard there is a vertical MRI being done in Illinois now. Pretty cool!!
I am just ready to have no pain, or less pain.
I was blessed last night though with NO hip pain during the night...but my legs
kicked in and gave their amount of pain in instead.
Come swing with me!
So, I have not longarmed on Suziebell for over a week now or pieced any fabric together. My Hub knows I am sick if I am not on a project, or two.
Where did the mojo go?
I did paint our swing and we got it back on the porch...I LOVE the aqua color!!
It took me two days to get it done. We are going to paint the porch soon....as it dries out now. I can work 20 minutes at a time to not over exhaust my muscles and then
pay for it after midnight.
It all could be worse. I know that... I have experience as a Hospice Nurse and also an OB
nurse...so, no, my level is on a low bar, comparing.
Those were the days!!
Don't you miss the hoolahoop!!....Maybe that is what I need to do when I am healed from what is bugging me now....
God bless you today....and if you are in the area of the Hurricanes path, we pray you
are safe and doing well.
Give Angela Walters Paisly Feathers a try.....I LOVE Angela.......
.....Hub had uncovered an OLD 1800 foundatio
of a shed or barn on our land. News was that there was an old trail through our place heading toward Columbia, SC. That makes sense, as I20 runs near by to that area from Augusta, Ga.....so!.....History.....plus the
steps to an old cabin that did stand here, but the previous owners goats ate the cabin.....yep, no lie...that is what we were told......
cabin steps
Old trail area
Hubs Bushhog results....awesome clearing
American Jane
I am still working on American Jane.....I have one more row and the bottom borders.....thinking of doing a praire point edge on this one.......
I am trying to gain some strength back to my legs again. I had no
idea sciatica could be so perplexing; as you want to build up yourself
but the activity aggravates the nerve and you pay for it at night.....but
we are going to push forward as much as we can daily and see that
I can do the normal things like .... take a walk!.....
Yes, I do quilt....20 minutes at a time....
My sweet friend near Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Iowa.....flooding
Flood again.....last major flood was 2008 and this one is also
approaching those levels. Not quite but close......our hearts go out to them. They
are more prepared this time than in the previous flood....
Praying no one looses their homes...or lives......
I love American Jane Fabric.....so fun....this was just a layer cake quilt....all schooly...all cute....and Cindy Needhams new template is just great....it comes in several sizes for different blocks....do what you want inside the chalked lines....just like school use to be like....
Three more rows....it is a big, big Queen size....not sure why I made it so big....I was snowbound in our cabin in Indiana is all I can say, a couple years ago......for weeks..... Yes, I truly had Cabin Fever.
Hub is putting a cover over our well compartment outside.......anyways, this gal was inside
the cover to greet him..... it is gone now, he is not sure where it went....if you do get a bite, go to the ER.....it is nothing to mess with at home.....wash it....put antibiotic cream on it if it is handy and head out!!..............
Black widow
Be safe Dear Friends....Psalms 94:1 We love Charlotte NC in SC.....our prayers are with all in these unsettled times.
Part of quilting can be a ripping day.....not ripping my guts out with laughter....I have
done that in the past but not over quilting...heehee....
I was using yellow thread the other day on one row of my American Jane.....I had
decided on counsel with my friend Amy and decided to use different colors of thread on the
rows since it was a very "schooly" quilt....if there is such a word!!.....so the yellow
looked a little weird on some blocks but did I stop and use my mirror to see or investigate....
NOPE....I kept on quilting.....more rows, more colors.....I am half way done now
through 10 rows but I am patiently and with perserverence, as the Book of James
talks about, ripping out the feathered stitches......I am glad that I did not do the whole 8 blocks on this
row with the bad tension.
I am also glad that my Gammill is a faithful friend and I don't have this problem
very often....but once a year is enough for me!!.......
OPPS!!
RIPP RIPP RIPP......van winkle?
Now some cute pics of my son in Maryland as he opens his new wireless Bose speaker....he was 44 last week and he son was 20 2 days before his birthday.....and so you can see his son's reaction to
his Daddyo's gift from us......Our son also graduated from College with a BS in History in the Spring....so better late than never combo gift.....
He has shared that the speaker has made it's way around the house.....I hope he gets to use it too!!!.....we have one and it is awesome!!....
A speaker WELL deserved
Can I say MORE I WANT MORE!!
And then our son in Bloomington went to an IU Football game .....and they won!!.....so see you son in three weeks at the SHOE!!!......just sayin'
Oh by the way, son..remember when I Tebowed on your IU emblem.....Just sayin'.....
IU Football with the Crimson Quarry Spirit
and then last but not least my new Sketchers Quiltin Dog Shoes.......speaking of the Shoe.......
Love the Shoes!!
Thanks for stopping by....it is a good day to have a good day!!.....ripping or not!!
Annie J Flint.....please read this account of her life......it is a testimony
of God's Grace.....not easy, not question free, not without pain....please
get a cup of tea or coffee...take a few times of reading the account; you
won't regret it......Annie's Story
Enjoy your Quilted Day....I am working on my American Jane.....
She is Done, 1030 pm Wednesday night......she is not perfect...she is finished....a long journey, even
if it was only 7 months from start to finish....determination, regardless of
how I felt, got her finished....
I must admit I enjoyed the two Farmer's Wife Quilts I did more than Dear Jane.....250 blocks is a long tedious paper pieced Trail but, I am glad for the paper patterns that I could use for them......sew, she is
done. She is marked off my bucket list.....the scallops are bond and this time, hand sewn. My daughters Swoon is also finished and has binding on it. Ready to ship to Ohio this fall.
Leah's Swoon
This is a very good day to have a good day.
We pray those is Florida will be safe in the coming storm and some areas already feeling the affects. We will get up to 5 inches here also......people are
Jane Scallops
already getting ready for the storm. Being from the Midwest I am not sure
why you get ready for 5 inches of rain.....we live on a bluff with no rivers near
by.....i do admit the drainage systems here are not that adequate so rain does do
damage in places.
Please enjoy Labor Day Weekend and the last bit of summer..........here we are
clapping our hands.......we are ready for cooler days ahead.
