thank you, he is doing well. we are only in our sixties & while he is always telling me..no wonder you're tired, you've been charging around all day like a house a'fire!! but that is who i am...and he is the lump in the recliner. lollollol oh well....they do say that opposites attract! lollol but with a wee bit o' prodding, i am getting him up and moving & i think that, while his return to independence will be much slower than it should be...he will be up & going soon enough. if for no other reason than to let me get back out to work on the trees, irrigation, dirt work or whatever else i find outside this time of year to entertain myself with, and leave him the heck alone ..in peace & quiet w his tv and searching for un-needed "stuff on craigs list"! &, i am thinkin' that he may be thinkin', that maybe being married to a rn isn't as cool as it once was lollol.

we lived in moscow ohio yrs ago on one of his job assignments. passed thru ohio many times over the years going to and from job assignments. i love that state, it is just so beautiful. this area used to be concord grapes also. locals tell me that at one time it was one of welches main juice grape production areas. we have snokist and many of the big canned food places around here, most shutting down, partly because of nafta they tell me, especially with the asperagas growers.

i will probably not get started on or finish my grape block much before the holidays..get fruit dried, toms canned peps roasted .. all the food stuff done...my dried fruit very popular w family and my friend in holland has been introduced to "trail mix" made w my dried fruit and nuts .. & M&Ms ...she thinks that it is as great as the pepper jack cheese idea from america! ..mad dash in october to blow lines, mulch for winter, get faucets wrapped...then i get to come in and start my holiday sewing and gift making. my fav time of year. about end of hot august, i am asking every one...is it time for snow yet? lollol

Hi Susan

The color catchers you sent by post have arrived! THANK YOU so much .. I can't wait to try them out. They smell good too. We have autumn weather with all the leaves turning and piling up needing to be swept away. The birds are gathering to fly north for warmer weather. greeting from the tip of Africa.

Love Jenny

Hi Susan,

 

Not sure if I'm doing this in the right place but so glad you've enjoyed the Cobbled Court books.  Yes, there is another one coming out on April 24th, TIES THAT BIND.  Hope you get a chance to read it! 

Thanks! I know they are amateur-ish but I'm learning.  I am impressed and intimidated by all the beauty and talent in all the quilts I've seen here.  I love appliqué because it is loose and unstructured, more so than straight lines on most quilt blocks. I have found a guild here but it's a small church org and only meets once a month. But I will try it. 
What are you working on now?

Hi Susan. Love the heart! Is it appliqué? I collect hearts and valentine fabric. I'm new to quilting. Working on crazy quilt heart blocks now. Don't really know how to do itt, but doing it anyway. How does it look to you?