rain dear?

 nope....reindeer!

finished applique and found a suitable border fabric for him in the stash...just baste and quilt and he'll be ready for that all-important job christmas eve!  and look who's back....

it's just joy....had a brief encounter with technician....seems "somebody" was putting the bobbin in wrong oh, and left a full bobbin on the spindle and the tail got sucked into the machine.....lessons learned here...while in maine got to sew on sunny, my mother's 60s era singer and it was a dream!  heavy all metal machine runs like most vintage singers...and this guy's back as well...

my 70s jack-o-lantern guy....i've packed away all the wall quilts and other decorating stuff along with most everything i can but just had to unearth jack...we've been together so long.  

my fitness center posted this on their page and i've copied it for inspiration...

now 6 days with NO medical appointments at all!  been catching up on lots of little tasks that got sidelined plus some much-needed cooking for the freezer.  walking around apartment more and more and even a bit on sidewalks...eager to send candy cane to the storage closet with her fellow aids....and 80s weather continues despite the calendar....so still in shorts here for at least another week...where's fall y'all???

PS header photo taken in damariscotta, maine, a few (?7) years ago when the entire town was festooned with huge decorated pumpkins...

october's first monday

what?  october already?  while i was preoccupied with the hip thing, months flew by without even realizing...but at 85 degrees, sure doesn't feel like october to me.  both my daughter and i long for crisp, cool fall weather...thankfully sewing knows no season!  here's my monday report...

giving credit to bonnie hunter for this project, although not exactly like her 'narragansett blues'....it's a donation for the guild and a special request from a veterans' organization....

and my last scrap cross-stitch project is nearly finished...it'll get the same fabric treatment as 'autumn' and be sent along to my mum...

and this was the big event of the weekend that i enjoyed from afar....

cousins who haven't seen each other in 81 years got to meet and catch up....impromptu photo of my mum and her cousin dwight, last together at their grandmother's funeral 81 years ago.  omigosh you can sure tell they are related...both nearly 95 and mentally sharp, living independently.  they are the last 2 surviving grandchildren....my lucky siblings got to enjoy the moment in person.   

a whole week ahead with plenty of sewing time and NO medical appointments whatsoever!  now to catch up on household chores and ramp up exercise....can't slack off on that!