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Sunlight on Roses

October 16, 2022 at 9:03 am by Claudia

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.

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A Foggy Saturday

October 15, 2022 at 8:51 am by Claudia

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.

 

Filed Under: jigsaw puzzles 22 Comments

Friday Thoughts

October 14, 2022 at 9:24 am by Claudia

• It rained yesterday and kept on raining all night and now there are thousands of wet leaves on the ground. But the sun is out today and it’s very pretty out there.

• I swear, the best thing on television is the ongoing January 6th Committee hearings. Unbelievably powerful. Yesterday’s hearing did not disappoint. As we all suspected, an incontrovertible case was made that the man-who-shall-not-be-named was behind it all. All of it. It makes me sick to my stomach.

• I’ve started two different books but I’m clearly not in the mood for them. One of them is The Marriage Portrait  by Maggie O’Farrell. Don’t worry, I will  read it because I’m a big fan. I’m just not in the mood for it right now. I need the pace of a mystery, I think, so I’ve started Victim 2117  by Jussi Adler Olsen, a favorite writer.

There’s also a new book from John Connolly that I want to read. It just came out two days ago. November will bring the newest by Michael Connelly and Louise Penny. Good reading ahead! Oh, and the newest Jussi Adler Olsen has been published, as well. Connelly and Penny have new books out every fall, like clockwork. Deborah Crombie, however, takes years between books. How long has it been now? 3 or 4 years? Her newest isn’t coming out until February. But it’s coming and it will be the perfect winter read, of that I’m sure.

• I sometimes contemplate posting 3 or 4 days a week rather than 7, especially on days like today where I really don’t have a whole lot to say and I struggle with coming up with a post. I haven’t made a decision yet but if I did make that change, I would post on set days of the week so you wouldn’t have to wonder when you might hear from me.

Thoughts?

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

 

 

 

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