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Happy Birthday Deloise

Cards

July 24, 2020

This is the second pattern that was included in the yard sale kit I dug out for Stacia’s card. I was better prepared this time around and the stitching went better, even though there were some discrepancies between the chart and the picture on the front of the kit.

I had a sharper needle (to get through the spots where several stitches meet) and I had a magnifier (so I could actually see what I was doing). Hardest part of the magnifier was keeping it stationary on my chest while I was working.

I’ve packaged up the pattern and what is left of the thread (for matching purposes) and I’ll pass it along to the thrift store.

Not today

Journal

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Photo credit: Geoff Allan

Five years ago (when this photo was taken) almost all of us were together for a few days in the summer; we were missing Dave and Dylan B. The celebration was in honour of my up-coming 65th birthday. We were hoping to do it again this summer for another milestone birthday.

I planned for the event starting shortly after Christmas. Kathryn was helping me pick out some good skim boards and I had a cupboard full of new-to-me games from a yard sale. We had all three sections of Higgins Inn booked and all that was left was to book the travel and check the tide charts.

We cancelled all our plans several months ago but I’m feeling particularly sad today. Had the pandemic not hit we would have been checking into Higgins Inn today.

There is much to be grateful for though – we are all healthy and even isolation isn’t too much to handle. I have plenty of crafts to keep me busy until we are safe to meet again.

Kingdom of the Blind

Books

Author: Louise Penny

UPDATE: September 2, 2023

I very seldom look at the shelves when I go to the library as any books I want I usually have set aside for me. But when I returned my last book I was ready for a new one so started looking for books by some of my favourite authors. I haven’t read a lot of books by Louise Penny but I’ve enjoyed the ones I have read.

I didn’t recognize anything in the write-up but as I go into the book things started seeming familiar so I checked my book list and found that I’d already read this one. It didn’t spoil the story for me and I enjoyed it a second time.

I have now made a list of my favourite authors and the books that I’ve read and the other ones in their series so I’ll be prepared for another library visit.

July 23, 2020

A Louise Penny mystery is somewhat like an Ann Cleeves mystery – you really care about the characters but you don’t feel the need to read-ahead or binge read to find out what happens.

This is another in the Gamache series. I’ve read a few of them but not in any particular order and it doesn’t seem to matter. This one refers back to the reason why Chief Inspector Gamache has been suspended but it really doesn’t matter to the current story. And like most of the books in the series there is both a murder and a sub-plot.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *

I had a plan

Journal

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

I’m working on my July UFO project – my Cake Mix Recipe using Farmer’s Daughter fabric (both were a gift from Deloise). I haven’t done anything with it since last October when Stacia, Deloise and I were together.

When I pulled it out this morning I knew what I was doing – I had to stitch the lines on a dozen of the fabric sets and cut those and about a dozen more. Done!

Then I was ready to sew the pieces together. I looked at the pattern and knew I was making Block 2. But when I looked at the notes I had for putting the blocks together I had a Block A and a Block B. I looked at the blocks I already had sewn together but didn’t see any difference in them so I’m not sure where A and B came from.

So I started sewing on the blocks I had just cut. Went well except that I’m using fabric with printing on it and I wanted to have the printing going in one direction. Impossible with the half-square triangles but do-able with the four patches. Do-able as in if you are really careful how you put them together.

So, following that plan I need to take apart about a dozen on the blocks that were already sewn together. I’m going to tackle that now, out on the deck, with a gin and tonic at my side!