Hola! Happy Tuesday!
Linking up to Tuesday To Do and Sew & Tell.
When last I posted, I made only one goal: to work on my current
quilt and name it. I've decided to stick to "Flannel Woods" but due
to a lot of traveling, I haven't sewn a thing in these two weeks.
But hey, I'm going to do an update anyway...
First up I decided to tag along on hub's biz trip to DC. With an
early afternoon flight, I'd only partially packed the day before
but that night we got hit with a blizzard that resulted in a loss of
power for 33K people around midnight--us included. I'll skip all of
the drama but I was mere minutes from cancelling when suddenly
we were all brought back into this century. It made for a very hectic
(can I stress that enough??)
departure but somehow I made it without forgetting a thing.
Oh I love a good snow storm and, with our deck stocked full of
wood, I don't even mind power loss so I was rather annoyed
that I couldn't just relax and enjoy it. A small reason among
many bigger ones that I almost stayed home but c'est la vie.
This was not my first trip to DC so while I did take in a few sights
like Ford Theater and the National Archives, I also spent plenty of
time chilling and reading in coffee shops and in a favorite pub.
I also did a little shopping. Side note: after many years, I finally
caved and got some lululemon's. I'll be buying more. 'Nuff said.
To keep things quilty in this post, I snapped a couple shots of the
wallpaper in the house where Lincoln was cared for as he died.
(Sorry they keep it kind of dark in there!)
These aren't originals but they're close and if I were more into
applique, I think I'd recreate some of these in quilts. For me,
applique is really a matter of "ain't nobody got time for that".
Maybe I'll just copy the color schemes sometime.
Temps may have been arctic at home but not in DC so I was
able to do a lot of walking around, something I have no prob
doing by myself...during the day that is.
(Hubs was along for this one.)
So I guess I do have this progress to report: 10k steps per day ☑️
We arrived back home Friday evening, and then turned right
around and flew out Saturday for the Dominican Republic.
Again, I missed the -25 windchill fun back home. There I was
in the sun, temps in the upper 80's and a spectacular view, and
yet a part of my heart was back home with the snow and snuggly
weather. I was also a little worried about the chickens, the power
staying on and all that jazz. We just have a knack for leaving
when the weather gets interesting I guess. Don't get me wrong,
it was all lovely. But I'm trying to convince hubs to look at
traveling at slightly different times of the year.
A major flight delay put us in Chicago overnight again before we
caught that last flight home so least I got to enjoy their snow.
Back here things are in the ugly-snow phase but I'm trying to enjoy
it anyway. We're entering into more of a 40's temp week. To me,
this is the ugliest winter weather. Too cold to really be outside but
not cold enough to snow and and be pretty.
Still, I'll be grateful for the rain that's on the way.
I knocked out three books while on vacation:
A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon. On Kindle Unlimited and a
Revolutionary War story--two things that work for me. It's loosely
based on the true story of a woman who disguised herself and served
as a soldier. Coincidentally for me, a decent part of it took place at
West Point and in the surrounding towns which was all kinds of fun
since I can easily picture the area and layout in my mind having
traveled all around there extensively. I'm still trying to decide if this
really qualifies as a "worthwhile read" for me though since it ended
up being romantic (and that part not true)* but I did enjoy it.
*(Just a tad, ahem, spicy but not really descriptive, thankfully.)
The second was Beneath a Scarlet Sky, another by Mark Sullivan.
Holey moley, this one was even better than The Last Green Valley
that I mentioned in my last post. It's only January and I'm only
6 books in but I'm positive it will be my favorite read of the year.
Lastly, I read Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's
Jim Popkin. At times the writing was a little dry but this look into
how our government works was interesting. Spies and crime aren't
normally for me but I still found this worth the read. And perhaps
a bit more enjoyable having just visited DC the week before?
A definite "worthwhile read."
It looks like I'm killin' it on the reading but it's only due to all of
the vacation/travel time. Now that I'm back home, it will be
much harder to find time to read with the quilts calling.
On to quilty things...
Knowing I was going to be gone, I took my Pfaff in for a tune-up.
She was finished just before we got back so now we're both
quite ready to get this party started. So, for next week:
* * * Week 4 Priority * * *
1) Finish Flannel Woods top; find backing
2) Go through fabrics; organize and purge any unwanteds
Also go through scraps.
Well, not my most interesting post but it's good to be home!
Happy quilting!
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