throwback thursday

will start off with a quilt memory....

i made this in the year between waiting for housing, 2015...gave it to my mom for her apartment as she liked red.  every time i visited i'd say oh yeah i remember that...now it's back with me...

the new header photo and these are the shore road in east boothbay, maine...mom and i visited often....picnicked a few times as well.  these photos were taken after a hurricane--date on photo is wrong!...tourists gone so we could dawdle and pull over to park anywhere....the road is a very tight 2 lanes...i love the green/gray of the ocean....

my sister's booties are done and it is my last task for mum...i wish i could tell her tho i know she knew she could depend on me.   we were so close we most always thought alike about many things, and her wisdom was one of the priceless examples she left me.  

bow ties quilting continues...20 blocks, 16 bow ties each block plus cables in the sashing...oh yeah, i've a ways to go.  

some fall cooking and my PT exercises rounded out the day....more chicken soup, apple crisp and egg custard, good for the bones you know!  still praying for a car replacement...i serve a God of surprises so we shall see!

it's heeere!

that would be soup and sweater weather!  now the task is to get acclimated to indoor temps of 70-ish before really cold comes.  wow, a week since my last post...didn't think i was THAT busy...but the bow ties are a constant diversion...

spending time every day quilting away, a finish before christmas maybe?  will see...

and took up a bit of knitting for these...

last year my mom knit me a pair and sister wanted a pair as well...sadly mom never got them made but did have the yarn, so i am making them for her.  looking back, mom couldn't get motivated enough to do them and i believe now she was not well but didn't say.  we talked about being cooped up all winter, which i know was difficult for her under the best of times, but in hindsight her illness was probably why.  six months today since the bottomless hole in my life hit...

and a heaven sent gift?  well, close anyway....this arrived in my mailbox earlier this week.  i am so blessed to have quilty peeps who send me squishies now and then...this along with some fabric and a couple of gifts was the day's surprise...do i need another project?  heck no, but perhaps i can round up a few others for a group sew...

looks like my exercise buddy has bailed...so have to find alternative ways to get in enough...might have to cave and get an exercise bike to keep up with it regularly...i have my leg bands and instructions from PT but the cardio is the primary need.  could walk the halls but it is hugely boring...

tuesday list is calling me..chicken soup, some rearranging, outdoor trek and sewing should take up the day...so thankful to be well, have a nice home, a full larder, an enjoyable hobby and no hurricane!

ADDENDUM:  up for sale is 4 spools NEW aurifil variegated 12 wt thread....$20 includes priority shipping to you...let me know if interested.