This picture describes the day--just wet and drab and dreary. It is supposed to turn to snow tonight...possible accumulation. But the weathermen have predicted accumulation so many times only to get just enough to cover the ground. Right now, I don't have a preference, yet I know if I wake tomorrow to 3 or 4 inches I will probably feel the thrill that school children feel at the possibility of school being canceled. And I will want to take a few new pictures.

And this is one of the things I did today...actually, they just came out of the oven a few minutes ago. I make my pie crusts from scratch, and don't know what I do different. But I always seem to tear them getting them on the pie. They are still light and flakey...still delicious. But I used to never have any problem whatsoever.... I am debating on having a piece. My husband will take at least one to work for him and his buddies. I actually owe one of his best friends a pie. He loves my apple pies...these are made from Granny Smith apples.

This friend is always one of the first to volunteer if my husband needs help carrying something down into our basement. He helped on my first big office desk/sewing table. And had volunteered for the last one, but other buddies close by came and helped.

Other than the pies, I did cook supper. And earlier in the day I got the other baby quilt pin basted, but have yet to do the first stitching on it. I will probably start on it tomorrow sometime. It is so nice to not have a deadline on it. But I do want to get it done till I can work on something else.

Mansfield Roller Mill

We went for a drive late this evening, and even threw our fishing line in the water--no luck. This is one of our favorite places to wade the creek and fish for small mouth bass. No wading today of course. I wish you could hear the roar of the water coming over the dam....it was almost deafening.

Quilt finished

One is finished--it is being taken to the baby shower tomorrow. I started machine quilting it last night, got almost done and my thread started shredding. I was using Coats and Clark...I seem to have trouble with it whenever I use it to free motion quilt. I quit because I was tired, and got up and started this morn. I have not done much else today/yesterday except work on this. I started about 9:00 a.m. and finally finished the binding at 2:00 a.m. Not a mistake on the time--I started 9:00 on Friday morn and just finished a couple hours ago and it is now Saturday. It has been washed and dried....I always have to wash a quilt the first time. I have a fear of one either falling apart or the colors running. If this doesn't make much sense, I am too tired to think straight.

I use a spray bottle and make a mixture of retayne and water and spritz the whole thing down, plus I use a color catcher in the wash. So far, I have had good luck this way. These are not very good pictures but at this time in the morn, I was making myself get these cause I know it leaves here early tomorrow morn. My daughter goes to work, and stops for the baby shower on her way home.