Nothing as Good as Children

 Got a phone call Thursday wanting to know if we were going to be home.  Of course..lol  It seems 2 of my sons had ridden their bikes to Sturgess to the bike rally .. and Chuck was stopping here on his way home! He got to spend the night and had to go home the next day (yesterday), but was sooo good to see him and to spend time with him.  I would post his photo, but he doesn't like to have his pic posted, so will not.  

Sometimes I wonder how I got so terribly attached to our 2 little dogs...and then I see something like this picture.  lol   Katie was only a few months old 10 years ago when this picture was taken.  You can hardly tell her tiny little self apart from the neck pillow I always kept on my chair!  And Sam just had to sit on my lap and nose around to whatever he could find.  They have become our second set of "children" as we grow older and our kids have all grown up.  We love 'em.. 

Temps here in Oklahoma have finally fallen below 100 degrees a couple of days ago... truly feels like a cold front came through when it hit only 98°!  Hopefully the heat dome that was sitting over us has either broken or moved on. None of my flowers did very well this year.  The only thing that was good were the onions that I put out... they were perfect!  Just not enough of them. 

Covid numbers are back up in our county so people are staying in again.  Not too happy about that.  Time for me to go back to sewing, knitting and spinning... maybe a little painting. 

Hope your days have been good ones.  Hug your loved ones and spend as much time as you can with them.  

He Did It.... He's Retired!

After 20 years in the Marines... He's retired...almost...

Actual retirement in October, but is now on terminal leave. He says he told everyone at his job that he was hiding his phone ... so don't call him...lol

Congratulations, Son....

New Naalbinding Needle

I didn't say much about Chuck in yesterday's post because if I had it would have been a terribly long post! A couple of weeks ago I cut a piece of excess maple picture frame molding that we had on hand for picture frames into some different sized blanks for new naalbinding needles. While he was here we went to the shop and he helped me make a new needle. This one is not as long as the oak needle that I made and it is thinner across the eye end. Chuck spent some time with the sandpaper smoothing it and taking a bit of a hump out of the center that I had left in when shaping it. The blue is acrylic yarn that works well for trying out the needle.



He showed me a picture (still in his camera) of a quilt he made for Allison. It is so adorable. He took the Disney and Pooh character fabric pillow panels and used them as blocks, put strips between them, quilted it and used contrasting binding. So cute.. and she loves it.



When he was home last time, we talked about the knitting boards found here.. He said he bought this one. As you begin your knitting on this board, he said the instructions are to lay a long piece of heavier yarn across it to pull the first 2 or three rows through and keep the loops on the board. He said that doesn't work really well and suggests using a tiny dowel rod that you can attach yarn to each end and in the middle to keep the tension even as you pull. He also said I really need to get me one of these...grin

After 18 years in the Marines, he is finally at the stage where he has bought his home in Yuma, AZ and will be instructing until he retires. Ask me if I'm proud of him....

What a Wonderful Two Days

They tell there is nothing like a surprise..grin And this was one of the best. I had one days notice before the arrival of son Chuck and his wonderful lady Lillianna. The lily in her hair is one of the day lilies that her quite beautiful daughter Allison and I picked for her mom. Isn't this just GREAT!

The weather cooperated and was very nice if you discount a little wind and we actually got to sit on the porch and visit. Lilli learned to bind off her knitting and Allison got a new WeaselBall that instantly became her "Baby" and was watched constantly and cared for over the next 36 hours...for a total of 3 AA batteries..lol


Allie got to see the squirrels and birds and could not keep from locking and unlocking the screen door. She got help water the birds and my flowers... What fun!


With the waves goodbye this morning, quiet returned. What a joy it was to have them here.

Round Robin Letter .. Update

The Round Robin Letter was hand delivered to me when Phil got here the other day. I promise I have not read it since it is not my turn....grin It still sits among all the Sculpey, fabric, pens and etc on my kitchen table, but I am still considering getting it out today. I have started a "Signature" quilt and am debating on sending tissue squares to see if anyone wants to add their signature to the quilt as the letter makes it's rounds this time. Chuck has said that he definitely wants to be sent copies of the letter each time, but has not said whether he wants to add his name and participate.... so I may wait until he gets back and find out for sure before I mail it on to John.