Sunday, March 28, 2021

I just finished watching a Home Routes concert featuring The Mavens – Shari Ulrich, Lynn Miles and Susan Crowe. It was the best online show I’ve seen since online shows became the norm.

Shari Ulrich has performed in Powell River several times with various groups. I first saw her perform at a house concert – not one we were hosting. I don’t remember if it was before or after we started hosting, but I do remember it was a lovely house (which sadly burned down a short while later) and a great show. Shari opened the show with her song, “These Lines”.

Pat brought The LYNNeS (Lynn Miles and Lynne Hanson) to Powell River for a show at Cranberry Hall. They both stayed at the house but Lynn Miles stayed with me an extra day while Lynne Hanson went across to Texada for a show. It is amazing how many “famous” people we have hosted over the years.

Although I’d heard of Susan Crowe I don’t recall having heard her music and I certainly never saw her perform. She has sung with Cindy Church (who also passed through our house) and I’ll be watching for more performances from Susan.

Today’s online show had some fun interactions between the performers; they all have a great sense of humour. When artists are able to perform together again I will watch for The Mavens in concert. Dare I hope they might come to Powell River?

Tonight is Cranberry Hall’s Coffee House. It is an all-women show and I’m looking forward to it. I thought I was going to get away without doing any work but this morning I got an e-mail asking if I would handle a give-away draw. Not too onerous but it means I need to be at my computer and we can’t watch it on the TV.

I’m almost finished Pat’s accounting and I have an afghan finished. Well not quite finished as when I brought it upstairs I noticed a knot I hadn’t woven in. I have another one done as well but it still needs the knots to be woven in, and there are a lot of them.

Saturday, March 27, 2021

I had all of my Log Cabin quilt blocks finished before lunch. When I crossed those off my list I noticed that two of the next three projects were hand stitching and I was really looking forward to them. At the top of the list was Pat’s accounting but I’ve been asking for his paperwork for a couple of weeks and didn’t even consider it would come until after the handwork tasks were started.

I dropped my books off at the library and then headed for the post office. The letter I had for the mail wasn’t urgent as it won’t go anywhere until Monday but I wanted to see if the mailboxes had been fixed. I’m sure it was in no way related to my complaint but one of them was okay today; I drove off without checking the second one.

From there I went up to the quilt shop. Stacia had told me about a product she uses for taping pieces of batting together. I normally use a zigzag stitch to piece them together but I thought I’d give this newer product a try. I also am getting low on my paper piecing paper so added that to my mental list. I also wanted to look for a thread colour that I never seem to be able to find in stock. I guess one out of three isn’t bad; I managed to get the thread I wanted.

By the time I got home Pat had forwarded me his accounting documents. So my dream of spending a couple of days hand stitching is shattered and I’ll probably spend the next couple of days at my computer.

Friday, March 26, 2021

I finished stitching all the blocks I was working on this past week (it seems like longer) so I didn’t feel too badly about setting it aside. It is a lovely day out and I perhaps should have been out on the deck sandwiching but I’ll hope for a good day tomorrow. If not, I know I’ll get a good day soon and I’ll sandwich a few while I’m at it.

The project I’ve moved on to are the filler blocks for my Log Cabin quilt. I’m not sure any of these blocks will actually be used in the quilt but I’m sticking with the program for now. I was behind six blocks and I got three of them finished today. They aren’t difficult blocks but there wasn’t even one of them where I didn’t have to reverse stitch at least one seam.

I feel like I’m done for the day so I’ll do some cross stitch until supper is called.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Covid-19 case numbers in BC are exploding in spite of the vaccination rollout; 700+ yesterday and 800 today, the highest since January.

In January when the numbers were high we were placed under rigorous restrictions – no gatherings indoors or out. But now, when the cases are just as high, some of the restrictions have been lifted. Pat suggested that perhaps it is because they know people won’t follow the orders anyway so this gives just a little bit more freedom. They have also doubled the fines for ignoring the Public Health Order but I don’t think they have managed to collect much money from the tickets they have already issued.

With my vaccination date quickly approaching I wasn’t really planning on doing much of anything differently but until the numbers have decreased dramatically I think I’ll stick to only the essentials – the library, the post office, the quilt shop, the doctor (if necessary) and the pharmacy. My haircut can wait and so far I’ve managed to get everything else delivered to my door.