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Think you have problems where you live? Here’s what makes it into the paper here -(  I can only imagine that a city cop would love to get some of these calls)  p.s. note the next item in that pic. Stolen afgahn? Second – watch out for the menopausal woman: . And, who calls the [...]

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pic-palooza

Seattle came and went quickly. Saturday was the dash in, helping Ryan some, and his bbq. Sunday was dinner at Gretchen’s after working on the quilt, which I was able to completely finish. Thank goodness for mom’s quilting machine. A couple of shots before the binding went on:     and a detail of the stitching that shows on the [...]

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done! (almost)

So, the fence project is finally nearing the end. The weather was perfect today ( finally ) and we did everything but complete the last two gates. This will be wonderful once we’re done – to be able to let Sunny out from anywhere and not have to hook her up on the zip line [...]

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trip to P-town and lots of f-words

(food, fabric, family, furniture, fence ) I made a trip to Portland to return the old dining set to Kirsten. We had a great visit, as always, but, as always, it was too short. While there I went to Powells Books – a rare treat. You could easily get lost for a day in there. [...]

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project peek

We’re taking a couple days off of working on the fence project. We’re caught up on setting the posts that we had holes dug for. Thursday was spent mixing concrete all day ( me ) and carefully leveling each (Richard’s part ). I think we set 18 posts. bleh. As requested, here are a couple shots to [...]

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the (endless) project list

The past week has been busy with the fence project. Ugh. Not a lot to say other than it’s slow going. And I’m achey from the digging,  carrying lumber, and serious weed pulling / brush clearing. I’m not used to hard physical labor anymore, I guess, and a lot older than when it was the norm for [...]

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stinker

Here’s the all-too-familiar scenario: friends come for dinner, and we have a great time, eating, drinking wine and talking. It gets dark, they get ready to go; more chatter at the door. The door opens, with a lingering ( two seconds! ) good-bye before they walk home a few doors away. She’s gone. zoom. Into [...]

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tired

The other day I dug a couple of fence post holes. Exciting, I know. Then the next day several more, and mixed concrete to set around the posts. We now have all of the corner posts set. Eleven posts out of 45. ( I am the digger and the mixer, and Richard has the ‘smart’ [...]

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spring

So, now at the end of April I’m thinking it is really spring. After so many years in nearly season-less southern California, where its a normal thing to own a jacket and rarely wear it ( even in winter ) you forget how wonderful it feels to have the sun touch your bare arms. The [...]

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its beginning to look a lot like quilt!

I now have the quilt top together, and the first border on. Next I want to add a narrow border using one of the other colors in the quilt, and then a wide red border to finish it off. I’m excited because it came together well, and I like it better than I liked the fabric [...]

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