Friday, August 2, 2019

I’ve been on Texada a week and I’ve not missed home at all.

Last weekend was the Blues and Roots festival. The weather was good, I had a free pass onto the site and my job was quite simple. I was there to promote the next season of Home Routes concerts and another show Pat has booked for October. Sales were slow but I spoke to several people about the events.

The first few days of the week were spent between some quilting, some cross stitch and some baseball. Will was playing in the national tournament for 14 and under boys; some of the games were broadcast over the internet and I watched as many of them as possible. I was quite quiet in my cheering the first game but after Pat left to go back to Powell River for a couple of days my cheering got much louder. Maybe I just wanted to hear someone’s voice but I was actually very much “into” each and every game.

While Pat was away I dug out The Princess and spent a couple of days stitching. Since then I’ve been working in my workshop; I have a miniature quilt finished and I’m just finishing up the quilting on a larger quilt. I have several more ready to sandwich and quilt so I won’t run out of things to do.

I expected I would have more done than I have, but I’m not pushing myself too much. With my first cup of coffee in the morning I check my email and play my games (for the first several days I missed my iPad because I had forgotten it at home), with my second cup I do a little knitting. Then, and only then, do I get busy quilting. I don’t have a bathroom in the workshop so I’m up and down the hill a few times during the day.

In the evenings I’m either reading or knitting or sometimes working on an embroidered tablecloth.

Sandcastle Weekend starts tomorrow; I’m volunteering for a 2-hour shift on Sunday. Except for a day trip back to Powell River next week I’ll be staying put for at least another week.