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Thursday, November 26, 2020

I Like Thursday: Work, Boars, Glasses

Wow, this week flew by.  Let's see - I'm working... there goes a lot of my time.  We took in a couple of guinea pigs to foster.  Wrangling pigs took up more time (so far these bad boars have been good).  Somehow I managed to finish quilting the main portion my quilt, too!  Yay!  I have to finish the border, which I hope to do this weekend.

 


Some sewing rulers arrived the mail this week, a treat for myself.  I'm looking forward to using them (especially the squiggly one).



I have several pairs of reading glasses.  I couldn't recall their strengths and the numbers had rubbed off the frames.  Grrr.  After much googling, I managed to find this website on how to determine strength.  It took me a while to find a light source that worked, but then I got out my tape measure and calculator.  Voila!  Now I know I have three 1x lenses (in slightly varying degrees) and one that's a 1.25.  Pretty cool!

 

These two foster boars are quite entertaining.  And always looking for food.  Mango is quite adamant about it.  We both get wheeked at.  I'm hoping to do a photo shoot with them soon.


The post with our house number has been leaning precariously for months.  Did you know there was a shortage of wooden posts over the summer?  The pandemic has caused all sorts of strange shortages.  We finally bought a pair a few weeks ago and Rob installed this new post over the weekend.  Yay.

Happy Thanksgiving!  I certainly have lots to be thankful for (and looking forward to zooming with family this morning).  If you have a chance, sit down with your pumpkin pie (or at least a cup of tea if you're from elsewhere) and read some more I Like Thursday posts at Not Afraid of Color.

 

8 comments:

  1. Happy Thanksgiving, Sally! Your braid quilt is looking so good! That's cool that you figured out to determine the strength of your glasses - I didn't know that was possible without a special tool. I've enjoyed your posts about the new pigs, too. They're cute!

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  2. Hi Sally! I'm so glad you are loving your new job!! That makes the time spent there are the better. The new little guinea pigs are so cute. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  3. ahhh readers. I am up to 2 I think but it depends what I'm doing. Thing is I need them all the time now to read. I'm turning into the woman who wears them around her neck but I don't do that, I hunt for a pair! One by computer, one on nightstand, one by sewing machine.

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  4. Happy Thanksgiving! Love seeing the boars and glad you are being entertained by them! Your braid quilt is beautiful! Stay safe!

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  5. Hi Sally, I love your colourful braid quilt. Quite striking. I have readers and usually buy 3.25, the highest for my close up stitching. I have quite an assortment all over the house like LeeAnna. Too many really. I'm impressed you figured out how to tell their strength like that, who knew! What a treat to see those little critters. So furry. Who knew wooden posts were in short supply. Strange.

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  6. Love your braid quilt! I love trying out new rulers. I wear contacts that are bifocal but I still need glasses for close work. Hope you had a great holiday!

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