Wednesday, July 4, 2018

We came home on the noon ferry and it already feels like I’ve never been away. I didn’t even start unpacking before I was out cutting the boulevard; we took the lawn mower to Texada so as soon as it was off the truck I started mowing. After unpacking and putting things away we went out for lunch and then I got busy upstairs.

The weather on Texada wasn’t as hot as I would have liked, but then when we did get a hot day I decided what I really wanted was warm and shady. I spent a few hours outside stitching even though I had to keep moving my chair to keep in the shade. We were so happy to see the deer a couple of days; our neighbours say they are always around but this is the first time we’ve seen them in the yard. We had a mother and a young fawn visiting and this morning, on our way to the ferry, a mother and two fawns crossed our path.

I had a good week of stitching. Block 3 of Splendid Sampler 2 was all done by hand so I didn’t fall behind while I was away. I worked on The Princess and got quite a bit more done. I really wanted to finish her dress and shoes but I thought I’d go blind if I worked any longer last night. I basted a lot of English Paper pieces for my I’m A Farmer’s Daughter quilt.

My afternoon has been spent on Cranberry Hall work. We left for Texada the morning after the meeting so I needed to get the minutes prepared while I could still remember what went on. I will review them again tomorrow morning before sending them out, and then I’ll have to get busy on the items I said I would handle. We have a concert at the Hall on Friday night and I’m working Concession; I need to make a cake sometime before then.

I’m still having trouble with website; some of my scheduled items aren’t being posted and some of the posts aren’t being sent through the mail. I haven’t had time to look at it since I got home but I’ll have to try and sort it out. About all you missed while I was gone were the pot holders I made for Elizabeth’s birthday. Fingers crossed this one works.