new old stuff

Last week when we went to Seattle, we stopped in Tacoma and picked up a table that matches the coffee table I got a couple months ago. My friend came over and helped with arranging the furniture ( I really needed a new set of eyes to look at the room ). Now, I have [...]

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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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Where’s Spring?

I’ve been in Seattle for over a week now, and at this point I’m missing the better weather at the beach. You can’t say that too often, but it does happen now and then. Here it is raining, hailing and even snowing some. Yuck. I drove in last Wednesday to help Ryan do some work on his house. [...]

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