Monday, February 18, 2019

Our last house concert performer was from PEI and she lives about five minutes from one of the Bed and Breakfast’s we stayed at (the one in the lighthouse). She is also a quilter and her aunt owns a shop. After dinner one night while she was here I dug out my journal of our trip to PEI and we did indeed stop at her aunt’s shop in O’Leary (pronounced O’Larry). I wasn’t “into” quilting then but it didn’t stop me from purchasing three cross stitch kits (none of which are done) – Peggy’s Cove, Three Churches of Mahone Bay and Lupins (the unofficial flower of PEI).

I enjoyed reading through all of that particular journal; I don’t have to even look hard and I can see four others. I’ve always intended to do “something” with them so, while it was handy, I started transcribing my ramblings. This journal pre-dates my online journal but I can see my writing change after only a couple of months.

What are the highlights of the first couple of months of 2007? I noted that I was working on a shawl for Kathryn (I expect it was eventually Alex’s baby blanket), a Cinderella cross stitch for Madison, a Winnie the Pooh magnet for Emma, and with only two months of the journal transcribed I’ve already fixed Dylan’s blankie twice! We watched lots of hockey and were involved in a couple of movie-screening groups.

Today, besides the transcribing, I’ve paid some bills and done some Cranberry Hall work. I headed out to Canadian Tire to purchase some bins they have on sale but they were closed. I knew it was Family Day but I really didn’t expect everything to be shut down. With what is left of the afternoon I’ll clean and oil my sewing machine and maybe get a couple of lines of quilting done.