Tuesday, July 2, 2019

I stayed up last night long enough to watch the fireworks. The house was really hot so when the sun started to set and it was cooler I went outside and mowed the grass. I use that term “grass” loosely because most of what I did was mow down the weeds that have grown up in the grass. I spent awhile hand watering the beds; I was totally soaked by the time I finished so I put on my pjs and lay under the ceiling fan until it was time to go out to the deck for the fireworks.

It was easy to pack up for today’s bee. I planned to get the binding stitched onto the two quilts I quilted over the weekend; I only needed to cut a few fabric strips. I had a couple of cards I wanted to finish (that were already packaged) and a few buttons that needed to be added to a fabric basket I worked on last week (also packaged).

It took me until noon to finish the bindings; I’ll spend a few evenings doing the hand stitching. I got some guidance on some embroidery I was working on; even though I thought I was making tiny stitches they apparently are still twice as long as they should be. I’m not sure I can make them much smaller but I’ll try. I couldn’t find the package for the second card (until I had given up and packed everything away) so I stitched the buttons on my fabric basket. I have no idea what I’ll use this for but I had it cut out so I thought I should put it together.

Pat came home this afternoon and brought back all the “stuff” I left in the truck because it was too much for me to carry yesterday. I’ll try to get all of that unpacked and unpack my bee bags too.

We’re off on the first ferry tomorrow heading to Nanaimo. Pat has a medical appointment so the truck and his ticket are covered; since it is mid-week and I’m a senior I also get a free ride. We hope to do a shop at Costco and, time permitting, we’ll meet Peggy and Bill for dinner.