Monday, November 13, 2023

I had a wonderful weekend of sewing but I’m worn right out. I’m just up from a two-hour nap and I could have stayed there for a lot longer.

The ride across to Texada was a bit rough on Thursday afternoon but all was well at the studio. By well I mainly mean no mice! I took supper over with us and Moreen and I chatted the evening away.

We were up and out early on Friday but not as early as we should have been I guess. Moreen was transporting the power bars, extension cords and irons and had been told to arrive at nine. She had either forgotten that or had gone along with my suggestion that we arrive at ten so we didn’t have to help set up. When we got there at ten we were greeted rather cooly but I don’t think anyone was delayed in starting work. I had a nap on the stage in the Hall in the afternoon and we sewed until about 9:30. When we went outside to leave there was a major storm in progress – winds and rain.

I woke up at two on Saturday morning and saw that the power was out. I didn’t sleep much from then on and when we got up in the morning about seven we still had no power so we headed down to the local cafe looking for coffee. They were closed as they didn’t have power either and it wasn’t until we got to the Hall that we learned that the entire island was out, as well as many parts of Powell River. There was no indication from BC Hydro how long the outage would last and there were 24 women trying to sort out what we would do – stay and hope it wasn’t a long wait or give up and go home.

At the retreat there is always a small mystery project; fortunately this year’s project was to be done by hand. We relocated to the Legion, who had a power generator, and settled in. Several took part in the service upstairs while the rest stayed in the basement which is the home of the Texada quilters. By the time lunch was over the power had been restored and we were back at the Hall.

Since I hadn’t made great progress on my projects Friday I hated to give up my afternoon for a nap so I continued on. We always play a dice game on Saturday night and I knew it would be a long day but I carried on. I had some hand stitching to do on a quilt so doing that was relaxing. We didn’t get home until almost ten that night and I went straight to bed.

We were back sewing before nine on Sunday. Moreen and I had already decided we would spend one more night at the studio. Most people taking the ferry back to Powell River were packing up after lunch but we were able to continue sewing until about four. We went to the cafe for supper and almost as soon as I got home I had a hot bath and went to bed.

We came across on the ferry this morning – a beautiful sunny day. I have managed to move all my “stuff” upstairs but none of it is put away. I’d like to say I feel invigorated after my sleep but I don’t particularly. I may, however, try to empty a few bins.

I have the reading done for the Book Circle tonight; I just hope I can stay awake until it is over.