How about a bit of music...

A few posts ago, I posted two or three songs, and got into a discussion with a blogfriend...she did not like any of the songs.  And said we probably didn't like many of the same singers/bands.  So curious me..I emailed to see who she liked...she responded and it turns out we like a lot of the same.  But she also threw in a couple names I was not familiar with.  Lewis Capaldi was one.



And the above is the first song of his I tried and I just totally loved it.  I will always be thankful to Carol for naming him.  Some of my favorite songs in life have come from friends naming people I have never heard of before.

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I have several different day lilies...none of mine get tall like I hear/see others doing.  But they have lots of blooms.  I am content with that.

I have just the one bunch of yellow Asiatic lilies, but have two different bunchs of the orange...at least right now.  Not sure what is going to bloom next.  I can't remember what the others are.

BTW, photos are taken by my phone...

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We are sitting here listening to/watching Dierks Bentley....I record a lot of music because Roger enjoys it so much.  We both loved the song below...



It has Chris Thile from Nickel Creek playing the mandolin. 

Hope your week ahead is a good one...

This and that again

A little cuddling is needed every night...by Bubbie.  At some point or other he comes and gets up by me, on my lap if I don't have my computer.  As you can see, he more than fills my lap.

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Remember we went to Arthur, Illinois a week or two ago.  Well, I bought some fabric...not because I loved it but because it was on sale...and I have plans for it.  If I can ever get around to settling down to a good sewing session.

This first one I got thinking I might use it as a quilt backing for some of my wild crumb quilts....I do like it.  Just not love it.

This one and the one below,

I am not sure about.  I may make pjs out of one of them.  I love just plain old cotton pjs.

The bottom one is thin, and I thought about trying a pattern for a top on it.  Still not sure.

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Remember the video in my last post...the part about having hearing problems.  We had our moment here tonight.

Lorelei is here....Roger had come in with licorice.  I wanted a piece...licorice is something I  want in small doses.  So all I wanted was one piece, and Roger was trying to give me a second one.  I don't know which of us ask Lorelei if she wanted a piece, and she said she had never had it.  He said, 'You've never had licorice.' and she said no, and he said, " I can't believe you've never had licorice!'  and she was saying no, she never had.  And he said something else...teasing her.

And she said papaw, 'Papaw, quit being so Loud!' and he said what?  She said it again, 'Papaw, quit being so loud.'  Now she wasn't being hateful...she was teasing.  I said, 'Papaw isn't being loud.'

She came and bent over and looked at me and said , 'wowed, Mama, W-O-W-E-D!'  So all the time I thought she was saying 'loud' she was saying 'wowed.'

Would you believe...

I am not asking would you believe I sewed some today....

I only made 6 of these today....the squares were already cut and paired.  What I was going to ask is would you believe it took me over an hour to sew them?

I set down to sew, and realized the machine was not making stitches....I thought I had ran out of bobbin thread.  Looked and no, it had thread.   The thread on top had been broken.  We won't say how.

So, since I had taken the bobbin out I thought I would take time to clean the lint out that was gathered down there.  I took the throat plate off and got the little brush that came with the machine.  I have another that I bought but it was over with a different machine, so rather than walk 3 or 4 steps, I chose to work with what I had.

The little brush that comes with the machine is maybe 4 inches long...that is handle AND bristles...so not very long.  I always reach way back under the bobbin race and any place I can to get the lint.  Today, I dropped the brush while reaching back under.  The tip was sticking out but I could not hold on to it and managed to send it beyond my reach.  I used a pair of curved, long tweezers and managed to hold on to it long enough to pull it out.

So, go to put my throat plate on and managed to lose a screw to that...I was panicking...but gave a second look at back where I had lain it out of the way and there it was.  All this is why it took me so long to sew those few 4-patches.

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With that I will leave you with Ken Davis...I hope you enjoy. 



He is one of my favorites.  If you don't watch any of it, start at about the 4 minute part and watch the rest of it.  It is hilarious.