The new year means a new season of Project Quilting challenges: three completed and three to go. I've been squeezing in the challenges between the Midnight Garden quilt: a week for the PQ challenge, then a week of sewing triangles (and playing with layouts). I've accomplished a lot in six weeks!
Snow! Let's see... first was the Snow Ball at the end of January - a 12 hour contra dance event (I made it through most of the first nine hours before I tuckered out). It was a blast!
Then our family headed to North Conway, NH. I knew had been a long time since we'd gone up there but it wasn't until 10 years.
Mom and I went out every day to enjoy the snow - we got out cross country skiing two days and went hiking two others (snow was too shallow to bother with the snowshoes). It's very faint in the photo - but Mt Washington ins in the background between the trees.
Whittaker woods was beautiful. I got a chance to walk part of it with my sister and some with Rob. Several inches of snow fell while we were there.
Ah, snow. Love it, hate it. We had no problems in NH, but last Thursday a mere inch-and-a-half of snow managed to land us in the ditch at the bottom of our
street (before the hill was plowed and sanded). We weren't the
only ones - when AAA came to tow us out,
there was another abandoned car at the bottom of the hill. So we were in
good company? We at least had excellent service from helpful
people - the DPW was kind enough to throw down some extra sand after plowing around us.
I discovered a new place to ski close by in Brattleboro, VT. Spent a bit of Sunday afternoon in the wonderful new snow scouting out trails. Will definitely go back there again.
Remember the Drapes of Doom? According to my notes, I haven't worked on any of them in six years. (Where does the time go?!?) Well, here they are again! This time a group of us met in Waltham to wrangle piles (and piles!) of drapes. It was good to my older patchwork still going strong. There were lots of new drapes, too. Evidently they've been breeding over the last few years. Added bonus - sewing machines strong enough to tackle the duffel bag repairs I've been declining to tackle the last few years (and the people willing to jump in and fix them!). Success all around!
I should make an effort to get outside and enjoy the snow. Other than walking I haven't done anything. Maybe our oldest granddaughter would like to go tobogganing on the weekend. I also have a love hate relationship with snow.
ReplyDeleteThe snow looks pretty - glad you're enjoying it! I haven't cross-country skied in a long time - I remember it as good exercise (and hard work). Getting your car stuck in it is a whole other story! I had to go back and read about the Drapes of Doom. What a project! What are they used for - in a theater of some kind? You're amazing to take that on, Sally!
ReplyDeleteyou get roads plowed and sanded? not here in Colorado! Oh no, people on next door attacked someone for asking why no plows here. " you're so soft, go back to wherever you came from" they said. Oy.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the snow. We leave for the winter to escape it. In our younger years we liked to ski, but we're well past the age where that's safe to even think about. So...I like warmer weather where we can get out without fear of slipping or falling or getting stuck. Glad you got help when you needed it. You got some good pictures.
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Six years since Drapes of Doom?? How is that possible as I remember them so well and how impressed I was with you tackling them. And the dancing for 9 to 12 hours....that is amazing too. Neat photo of your Mom and you...I've done a lot of cross country skiing in my time but not on this property...and I should get back to it. I am getting out my snow shoes for when this snowstorm stops. We are promised at least 30 cm.
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