Saturday

I was sitting at my desk cross stitching just now. It had just started to rain and I could hear it hitting the rooftop. When I looked out the window to see how hard the rain was coming down I saw a deer. When Pat was trying to see it from the bedroom window he spotted another one. It was hard to get the two of them in the same photo with the added problem of my camera battery running low. The one in the foreground is now laying on the grass under a tree; he’s possibly waiting for the rain to let up before they move on.

I’m having more issues with my mail delivery system. Once, when my post didn’t come through, I thought maybe I had posted too late. That particular post came through the following day. But a post I did yesterday morning didn’t come through either so I have no idea when or if this post will come through as an e-mail.

If it does come through as a separate post you can always click on the Recent Article links to see things that have been missed.

Author: Chris Cleave

The book cover says this:

“We don’t want to tell you WHAT HAPPENS in this book. It is a truly SPECIAL STORY and we don’t want to spoil it. NEVERTHELESS, you need to know enough to buy it, so we will just say this:

This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice, the kind of choice we hope you never have to face. Two years later, they meet again – the story starts there …”

So, I can’t tell you what the book is about but, believe me, it is a good one. Thanks to Regan for the recommend. Remember, not all good books have a happy ending.

Goodreads Rating: * * * * *

Tuesday

I’m working on my hardanger lessons today – lesson two. I haven’t touched it since the last time we were over here. I thought I was ready for the difficult part but there were a few new stitches to add before the cutting began. There are so many ways these lessons could have been made easier. I had trouble with the white thread on the white background and for learning I think we should have been working on a much larger weave of fabric.

But I bought special scissors for the cutting and I gave it a shot. Two cuts in I snipped the stitching but the lesson gave me a fix for that. When the fix was done I cut in a few more spots and the decided to try the weaving stitch that was to fill in all the holes I was creating. I realized the instructions were wrong; she told me to use white threads for the weaving but the pattern picture clearly used green. So I dug out the green and moved on.

The weaving stitch was a complete disaster. I was so glad that I had stopped after only half a dozen cuts. In my mind, the instructor made a mistake so that gave me free rein to do that particular stitch in the pattern any way I wanted. My method wasn’t perfect but it was better than cutting and weaving.

Now I’m going to add a few beads – because bling always helps – and see if I can avoid any cutting in lesson three.

Monday

I seem to be having issues with the mail delivery system. Saturday’s journal didn’t post but I expected to see it this morning. Nothing came through. I haven’t found an actual glitch yet but I’m hoping a new post might restart the process. I did have one journal get through with the new system.

We caught the ferry over to Texada this morning and now, at lunch time, the dust and cobwebs have been cleared away, the vacuuming and scrubbing are done and we’ve had a chance to sit outside on the deck for awhile. It is so quiet here but there are a lot of birds around and they are happily chirping away. The hummingbird feeder is up and we’ve had a couple of visitors.

I have lots of projects to keep me busy, as well as lots of books to enjoy. First up will be trying to put some of my calendar blocks into a quilt top.

I have my fingers crossed that this will go out in the mail tonight.