Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Unexpected Snags

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Back at it with another puzzle.

Well, yesterday was a tough one for my husband. His camera didn’t work right and try as he might he couldn’t fix it. I’m sure he’ll eventually figure it out, but the day was a bust. I tried to get him to come home, but he stayed there, hoping he’d be able to make it work.

And to top it off, while he was there, he got a message that his eye doctor has Covid, so his appointment for today was canceled. He canceled a previous appointment and enough time has passed that he needs the shot asap.

He was pretty down when he came home.

So our flurry of activity to delay our booster shots to Wednesday so he could go to the retina specialist today was for nought.

Update: he called the doctor’s office at 9 and he has an appointment for Saturday. It’s still a long time to wait, but sooner than expected.

I was all set to mow today but then, as the sun started to come up, I saw that it was raining. Drat!

Plus, I accidentally got locked out of the blog for 30 minutes this morning, so I’m posting late.

What else? I’m going to try to work on my sewing machine(s) today and see if I can figure out what’s wrong. I really don’t want to invest any money in a new machine – even if it’s inexpensive, which it would be. I’d rather use what I have, for goodness sake! A rainy day is perfect for going on up to the studio and dragging out my machines.

Don is making some concoction for breakfast as I write this. It smells good, whatever it is. I think it involves eggs. Yummy!

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

Sunlight on Roses

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Sunlight and roses. That only lasted a few minutes while the sun was fully rising this morning.

Don is going to the farmer’s market this morning to take photos. It’s the first time he’s been there in quite a while. He thinks he can handle it since he had that cortisone shot. If it becomes painful, I’ve made him promise to leave early.

I have a lot of laundry to do today. Exciting, right?

I was going to attempt to make a dress for my girls yesterday, but my skills need a great deal of improvement. It’s quite difficult to sew on such a small scale. Plus, my sewing machine is not working right, so that was frustrating. I haven’t tried the Featherweight because I know the tension needs adjusting and the last time I tried to do that, it didn’t work. A very frustrating morning. Plus, I tried to replace some eye chips on one of the girls and I couldn’t get the original chips to come out.

The only thing that did work was an adjustment on Lucy. She has a neck joint that I’ve never liked. It worked for some positions, but every time her head moved backward, it became very wobbly. So I thought I’d take her head apart again and see if I could fix it. Nope. Just as bad. Then I remembered that I had an extra neck joint on hand, so I unscrewed the ball joint from her neck and replaced it with the new one and Lucy is a very happy camper.

So, the score is one success, two sort-of-fails. I’ll try again on the sewing and the eye chips, but maybe not for a while.

BUT, I do have a new puzzle to start today, so that’s exciting.

Stay safe.

Happy Sunday.

A Foggy Saturday

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Another foggy morning; mysterious, autumn colors, leaves on the ground.

Lovely.

We were going to get our boosters on Monday, but Don remembered that he has an appointment with his retina doctor, which he has already delayed once – and he badly needs a shot – so we rescheduled for Wednesday. We’ll probably get our flu shots the week after. A rare flurry of evening activity as we confirmed with the eye doctor and went online to reschedule our shots.

The completed puzzle. It’s called “The Market” and the cover is from 1957. It has lots and lots of tiny details so it was a challenge. Note the register tape on the left – prices were pretty darned cheap compared to today. I have another one arriving today because…you know…I panic a bit when I don’t have a puzzle on hand. They’re my zen.

I do have a couple of projects on tap for today. Both of them have to do with dolls. More on that later because one of them is a venture into new territory. Gulp.

And we are cleaning the gutters. The porch gutters are full of leaves. (Yes, we’ll be careful. No, we’re not ready to have someone else do it.)

What else? I’m starting – just starting – to think about the Beacon Hill project. I have no idea which way I want to go with it, but painting each room with white paint will give me a clean palette.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

 

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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