a day to celebrate

 

no real plans for today but lots of cherished memories of past independence days...even so, it's always a good day to remember and celebrate the founding of our nation, born in struggle and maintained in equal effort...pray for our nation every day to preserve its tenets and our freedoms in these days that are no less explosive, divisive and challenging than when first established.

back to steamy

our few days of good weather and good sleeping nights have ended, it's back to the very hot and humid stuff....yeeech! 

was nearly finished sewing binding on s'mores and miss sunny snapped another belt!  only 3 weeks old too!  i've ordered a small stash of them but in the meantime, must soldier on with other things.  guessing my mom didn't have this problem as she did not sew as much as i do.  looking into alternatives that might have longer life.  

this small piece is in the hoop and will be done in short order i think.  also have some baskets to applique, album blocks to trim; house chores also on the list.  

today is the day mom is laid to rest next to dad.  we've had a few months to steel ourselves, but it is still a difficult day.  she isn't there, we know that, but everything has been settled now and it's time for us to ease back into everyday life, except it won't ever be normal again i don't think.  the emptiness, loss and aloneness never goes away.  

happy together again no doubt....

july's task

 

the chookshed challenge organizer has spoken...it's #1 on the hit parade!  this is mine....

1.  Tame the wild scrap basket.....

this was my scrap basket way back in december when the list was made....here it is now....

i've used some, added some, even tossed some--i had to, it was so tall might have caused an injury--anyway, with another heat wave later this week, more time will be spent indoors with the A/C so hoping there is room in the shoeboxes for additions.  

wonders never cease and we've a cool, sunny, breezy day here in mostly miserable weather maryland...aside from trying to schedule problematic transit service to medical appointments and rescheduling same 3-4 times, it's a great day so far...you'd think i was asking permission to run off with a tiktok stranger, which no doubt would be much easier to arrange.  

wishing all a happy 4th, so grateful for our free country and its benefits, thanks to all who worked and sacrificed for them...