From the back yard...

There is the above, and then there is below

I just love watching the color change. 

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Nothing exciting today.  And that can be very good.  Though there are places I would love to go, I try to be thankful I can do what needs to be done.  All I have to do is think back to when I fell in 2018 and it puts things into perspective.

I have had a couple or three days where I did not touch my binding.  One day I was just too tired to even wiggle by the time I sat down.  One day I was upstairs for something and had to sit and wait just a few minutes so thought I would sew scraps together.  My foot pedal would not work. (It is basically the gas pedal of a sewing maching)  I picked it up from the floor and noticed the wire to the thread cutter had spots where the wire was bare.  Just a couple tiny ones.  

So on one of my trips to walmart I got electricians tape and yesterday was the first chance I got to go wrap the bare spots.  There were only two little ones.  And it is not like the electricity runs through it all the time.  The thread cutter is beside the pressure foot..but has separate wires.  

The pressure foot would work for a couple inches then stop...and next time I pressed did not work.  I tried looking on line to find it and what to do for it.  I never could find my exact foot...but found a place that said to take foot pedals apart and clean if they stopped working.  Well, I worked and worked and finally got it till I could sort of see inside, and I used Qtips to wipe as much dust as I could.  I could see nothing that looked wrong.  But this was not like I had it all the way apart.  It was opened up at one end about an inch or so but still hinged at the back end.

I cleaned as good as I could and then had to work at getting it back together...and how it slipped back into place is more than I know but it did, and I took it upstairs and it seems to be working fine.  

I looked and looked yesterday trying to find an alternative to it, but no luck.  I did find two places that had had one at one time.   Maybe it will be fine from now on...but I sure would like to find a back up pressure foot.  

That is it for tonight...

Not much going on...

At one time I knew what this is called but I have long since forgotten. I do think it is beautiful.

I have did very little this day other than fixing food and washing dishes.  I did go to Walmart and Tractor Supply with my daughter.  I had not exactly forgotten an item or two at Walmart, but was just sure I had some left only to find that I didn't.  Then I also got a couple more items.  Do you always find 'other stuff' when you go to walmart.  I do, not that they aren't needed, just that I don't have to buy them then.  But I get them in case something happens and I can't get back for some reason.

Before Covid hit, I had started buying some things ahead, such as toilet paper, till I would not have to buy them in winter.  Less to fool with in the cold.  I have not did that here, but I will probably start with a few things that I have to buy all the time.  I have several things that are delivered by amazon.  I like that because it is less I have to shop for, less I have to carry out of the store and into the house. 

But during it all, I only did pick up one time.  I would like to do that now for some of the bulkier items, but hate the idea of having to be somewhere at a certain time.  Cause again, I never know what is going ot happen. Most mornings go smoothly, but not all.  Still, I do want to try it again.  Did you do pick up, and do you still do it?

 

Had this for a long time...

 I have had this in my camera for a long time and just last night downloaded it...I thought when I took it that it would better than the one from my phone iposted a while back...now I am not so sure.  It is one of the hydrangeas my daughter has.

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I am doing quick posts before giving meds.  My lamp came late yesterday...I tried it yesterday evening and I think it is going to work great.  I was so busy all day long yesterday, that when night came I was too tired to stitch a single stitch.  But I am going to try in a bit I think.  I did have time to sit today and stitch for at least an hour and a half.

Tell me...have any of you became all thumbs with age?  I do think today was part because my hands were so cold, but know I accidentally unthreaded the needle two or three times.  Thankfully, someone pointed out a needle threader that has a light...I cannot find it on amazon now.  Anyway, it is a real help.

And I have a Clover Dome needle case that is another handy gadget...I can set and load up to 10 needles with thread, and put them in it and wind up the thread...it keeps the thread untangled, and I can just reach and get one instead of having to stop and hunt out everything out of the sewing box and thread a needle.  I usually do 6 or 7 and it doesn't take much more time than to do one.  

Anyway, it was so enjoyable to have even the daylight to stitch by today.  I am hoping to put in more time after meds...