Working inside

Our weather has become occasional rain  and gray skies... so working on bears and friends for the next online show has become the "thing to do"! 

I "treated" myself to some new mohair fabric so my attempt to downsize my stash has gone !!! Phooey!!  But new colors and textures are a treat..

I finished a blue bear yesterday and I think I'll call her "Skye" ... and now I have to decide how to accessorize her. Sometimes that part is the hardest part.

Wednesday my quilting group will meet again. As I have said before, we don't all quilt but we do all talk and eat ! I am looking forward to it and have sent out a text reminder. 

One "member" also makes bears among other things. At our last get together she had been working on memory bears made from a mouton coat ( sheep). The leather was so stiff and thick that she really had difficulty sewing the bears. I came across a package of leather needles from my days of making bears from mink, Russian squirrel etc fur coats and will bring them along for her.

Bob had planned to mow the yard ... again... The grass grows quickly this time of year, but the rainy day has put a stop to that!  Not that he is unhappy about that!! He has found some little jobs inside that are more to his liking! 

LATER..

 .made the blue bear a pinafore dress and added a ribbon head band... 

 I tried a new recipe for peach shortcake type thing. It had great peach flavor but it was way too sweet and the shortcake part was somewhat gummy. Maybe the peaches were too juicy? Not a keeper recipe.

Lili is nineteen

 

Here we go... 19 years have passed!!

This morning she texted me asking whether we still had the family fishing poles. Her Grandfather found one and thinks her brother has the others ( took them to Boy Scout camp). We reminded her that she is now old enough to need a fishing license!!

Blog topics passed around

I was reading   https://travelerswife.blogspot.com/  ( also known as Musings) about what one would take along if one was evacuated... I hadn't really thought about it but maybe we should?

medicines... hard drives and password book... photos...financial records... id...clothes...cell phones... the cats and their food... bottled water.. check books and charge cards... the list of family members - phone numbers, addresses etc

The list gets longer every time I think about it. And think about why we are having to leave... How much time would one have? 

If it's only minutes.. cats , get dressed, cellphones and wallet/pocketbook .... and get OUT!

It's not something we have had to think about.. We do have a tornado plan since we are on the edge of tornado ally. We do have a winter plan for losing electricity... maybe we should think about other emergencies??

stuck in my mind and kittens

 I think the Linda Ronstadt version is the one stuck in my mind !! (Heat wave) But there are many versions of this Irving Berlin song starting around 1933!

Lili's kittens get cuter every day. She has promises for three and two maybes for  a kitten and Mama. Hope she can get promises for the rest... our shelters are full and she'd hate to take the "leftovers" to one!

Tropical heat wave

 I had one of those bits of a song that you can't remember all of it or it or get it out of your head.... mine was "tropical heat wave". I wasn't at home when this hit but as soon as I was I googled it.... boy was it sung by many many artists. From in   "Some like it hot" to " Holiday Inn" to "Sister Act" to Menopause Musical" and on and on! No wonder it was stuck in my head... somewhere!

We will all be together

 

Applebee's is closing early... No night manager available so my grand daughter and her boyfriend can join us!! Hooray! Luckily I bought extra burgers and hot dogs!!

 

Later... we all had a great time except for Harper... The fireworks really are bad for her!!

Morning trip out

 It's gorgeous out ... blue skies, not too hot and no rain expected for a few days!!

As soon as I was dressed I headed out. Our small city (?) has a farmers' market downtown every Saturday morning from the beginning of May till the beginning of October. It is a small affair... veggies, home baked goodies, plants etc. But today I was in for a surprise. The parking lots were full... lots of people wandering about and many more vendors than when I last visited. And people were buying!! bet the vendors were happy!!

Then it was off to the grocery store with my list for tomorrow's Fourth of July grilling session/ dinner. My grand daughter and her boyfriend have to work ( Applebee's - he is a server and she works in the kitchen filling orders) but everyone else will be there.

Laurel's dog Harper ( the older hound one) finds fireworks awful. She shakes. Laurel has medicine from the vet which helps. Scout , the black puppy, couldn't care less. Fireworks have been going off every evening but the big town ones will be tomorrow evening. We will really have to keep an eye on Harper.