Friday, February 10, 2017

I have to keep moving for two reasons – to stay awake and to keep my back from seizing up.

It was a late night last night, after a very poorly attended concert. We took calls all day from folks who were either sick or snowed under. Only ten people out of our expected 21 were in attendance, but David Newland put on a great show. Fortunately we have a pay-in-advance and no-refund policy so David did okay money-wise.

Yesterday’s weather was absolutely bizarre – rain then snow then rain then snow all day long. We were constantly outside trying to keep a path cleared to the house and adding salt in all the bare spots. I guess I “did a number” on my back because it is really sore today. I’m sewing some cards though so I’m up and down to the ironing board often; as long as I keep moving I’ll be fine.

It was 1 AM before we went to bed, and we were up at 6:30 this morning. David had originally planned to take the noon ferry back to the Island but, as he said, when there are only two chances you don’t want to pass one up. The wind picked up this morning so I think he made the right choice, although I think the noon ferry ran.

We had rain overnight and this morning so the snow is disappearing very quickly. We had a storm pass over earlier this afternoon and we ended up with some sleet but it didn’t last long. The wind has picked up again and the sun is shining so all is well.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

We haven’t had a House Concert since November so, in preparation for tonight’s show, we had to restock the tea chest. I found a new Stash tea called Breakfast in Paris – I couldn’t resist buying it even though the Twinings tea was a better price. We made a pot as soon as I unpacked it, and we had another pot last night. The consensus was that we both really liked it and decided to take it out of the tea chest, put it back in the cupboard and save it for ourselves!

What kind would you pick?

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Sure, I could talk about the weather and the fact that it is snowing AGAIN! Or I could talk about the shopping and cleaning I did today for tomorrow’s House Concert. Or I could mention that I got the binding, sleeve and label ready for my quilt.

But this is more fun!

High-wire romance

Me: One of the greatest Hollywood love stories. True glamour. Roller-coaster romance.

You: Hopeless romantic with an understanding of what love’s challenges can bring.

Don’t you think that sounds just like me?

The library have a fun “thing” going on for Valentines. They have wrapped up several books in red paper with a little clue about the book inside. Although you didn’t get to see the book until you had checked it out, there were some that appeared to be travel books, romance books, short stories and cooking books.

When I got home and unwrapped my book, this is what was inside.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

No snow for a whole day! People are digging out driveways and clearing sidewalks. We were out this morning and the main roads are clear but side streets still looked pretty grim. In spite of all the snow I spotted some daffodils poking up in a pot beside the house; Pat says the ones in the yard are up as well.

I was standing at the kitchen sink this morning thinking that I would, after all, go out to quilting. Just then a fire truck went by and my thought was that perhaps the roads still weren’t clear. A few minutes later I noticed on Facebook that the restaurant next to the Senior’s Centre was closed for the day so I assumed that part of town was worse than ours and decided not to bother.

Pat had some errands to run, as did I, so we headed out together in the truck. If I’d been able to get past the pile of snow at the edge of the driveway I wouldn’t have had any trouble on the streets. I got my cards in the mail, and my photos done for the Guild. When we were done in Westview we drove down to the Senior’s Centre so I could drop the photos off to the woman running the quilt raffle. Again all the roads were clear.

When we got home I did a bit of cleaning (House Concert this week) and then got back to my quilting. I have just a couple of borders left to complete. I’m glad this went as quickly as it did because next week is the Film Festival so there will be very little time for quilting. With this one done though I’ll have a couple of weeks to work on Blossoms.

It may be a lovely, sunny day today but I’m not fooled – they are predicting more snow tomorrow night!