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A Stroll in the Garden

“What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” — John Steinbeck

Winter November2022

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Winter November2022

“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” — George R.R. Martin

Winter November2022

“Thank goodness for the first snow. It was a reminder — no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” — Candace Bushnell

Winter November2022

“Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.” — Ilka Chase

Winter November2022

“With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven.” – Percy Miller

Winter November2022

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion

Winter November2022

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta M. Kelly

Winter November2022

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto

Winter November2022

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch

Winter November2022

“Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, nor time unmake what poets know.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Winter November2022

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

We experienced our first winter snowstorm of the season.

Winter Snowstorm

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Winter Snowstorm

It knocked out our power for about 45 hours.

It wasn’t a hardship for Hubby and me. We did fine with the woodstove, the barbecue, and the gravity spring.

Winter Snowstorm

The transparent apple tree and well behind the house.

Winter Snowstorm

So I had a little fun and went outside with my camera and took a few photos of the snow as it was coming down.

Winter Snowstorm

And I went out early on the morning after and photographed the sunrise.

Sunrise after the Snowstorm

The view from the side yard of the house.

Sunrise after the Snowstorm

Morning After the Snowstorm

Morning After the Snowstorm

Morning After the Snowstorm

As the sun rose higher, and the clouds burned off, I took a few photographs of a beautiful day!

Day After the Snowstorm

Day After the Snowstorm

Day After the Snowstorm

Two photos from the same viewpoint…one at sunrise, and one in full daylight. I love them both!

Day After the Snowstorm

Clearly, there is no power flowing through this line!

Day After the Snowstorm Power Wire to the House

The view from the front of the house.

Day After the Snowstorm

Hubby drove off to town to charge our devices.

Life is good.

Day After the Snowstorm

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

Winter Blizzard

I thought it would be fun to share a little about my part of the world.

The following photos are slightly dark and ‘blue’.  Yesterday, I was stitching all warm and snug inside my cozy home, so most of the photos of the blizzard are taken from inside, looking out.

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Snow January 12-2020

Today, the sun shined briefly, but many 1000’s are without power.  Mine is restored, and I am home from work for the day, so as soon as I post this, I will be going back upstairs to do some quilting.

I put away the Christmas decorations, and realized that I don’t have table runners and table toppers that I can use throughout the year.  So I will be adding these types of projects to my FOCUS list.

I stitched together a curved nine patch (also known as Glorified nine patch) table runner.  In fact, I have made two.  I must’ve been mentally far away, because I cut out enough extra parts to make two.  Sheesh!  I forgot to take a photo, but the free pattern that I downloaded many years ago, is still available from Connecting Threads.  You can find it here.

Pin basting, stitching in the ditch, and removing the pins are all completed.  Here is a look at the back (I don’t know why I would remember to photograph the back and not the front):

Curved Nine Patch

Curved Nine Patch

I could call it done, but where is the fun in that?  I will be doing some decorative free motion quilting (actually all of the stitching in the ditch was done free motion).

And I will show you the front when I am done.

I promise.