1. I finally finished this a week or two ago...I really cannot remember how long. But recently. I kept thinking I would wait and post a photo of before and after washing, but I still haven't washed it yet. It is to go on the back of Roger's chair and it approx 42 x 30, give or take an inch or two.
2. I love to take my socks off at the end of the day and set my toes free!
3. I broke down and got THIS tablet...I do really like it. It is so convenient to sit on the porch with it. The picture of the quilt above was taken with it.
4. My oldest daughter wanted to make some lined valances for her house. So we worked on them a couple weekends ago...the window is so wide that we had to match the print of the drapery fabric. if you look close you can see the seam...but believe me in real life standing back from it 3 or 4 feet, it is very hard to see...
5. I am leaving you with a video my nephew sent to me....
This is Lorelei, holding her little cousin....don't you just love the look on her face!
She has been here the past two nights, but had to go home this evening.
She wanted to go to Mansfield and wade and fish and hunt for crawdads. Before we got there, we realized that the Big Raccoon is still almost up and not too far from being out of banks. So, rather than go down the road and on to Mansfield, we went up and across the dam, and parked and walked down to the water. I wish I had taken a photo of the little dock. Water was up level with it, and you could see that the water had complete covered it and its railings.
Anyway, I mentioned over here on my other blog about the Great Blue Herons landing on the water. This was in water way over my head. They only landed and then took off immediately...the tips of their wings touching the water. I had fully expected to see them struggle.
I have only ever seen them land in shallow water. In talking with a blog friend, I got to wondering if they could swim, and I remembered seeing a video of an eagle swimming...
this is not the one I seen, maybe I saw it on TV. But if you go here, you will see several samples of Bald Eagles swimming.
So I thought, maybe Blue Herons can swim, so did a minimal search...and I found a couple samples.
While I feel this was in fairly shallow water, I do feel like it was floating along. And it had to fly to where it could stand.
I am 60 years old and yesterday was a first for me....but I sure hope I get to witness it again....
First, something to make you smile....my daughter sent me this last night. Ignore my copyright being on there, she took the photo. That is a puppy that Delta is so intent on.
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Roger definitely turned a page....got up yesterday morn and it was like a light had been flipped on. He was joking and laughing and there was a twinkle in his eyes. He still seems to tire easily, and I can see it in his eyes, but it is such a different look. Anyway, thank you for your prayers and well wishes.
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Roger has an old gauge that measure the temperature of steam....he has it fixed to the side of a porch post. (To see how its temperature reading compares with our regular thermometer.) I was sitting out there and I have no idea why I happened to notice this. A wasps nest...I have got to spray it and get rid of them....just have not done it yet.
