I've Been Sewing

I have been procrastinating, sewing for the last week and it didn't seem like I had much to talk about. Now that I have decided I should do a post even if it is short it seems that I have more to say than I thought.

Ian came back with his moose tag and with the help of his Dad and Uncle Tom managed to take a moose home this trip.  They were out Thursday, Friday and finally midday Saturday were successful.Ian stayed until Monday meeting with a fellow at the Mosaic mine as a part of his new job.

Wednesday Lynn arrived for a few days of sewing.  It was fantastic.  She worked on quilt tops.

I worked on tea cosies.  I had delivered mitts to HMH the last time I was in the city but hadn't made any cosies for the Christmas season. I spent the better part three days making cosies to send with Lynn.  After Lynn left with the tea cosies I had a pent up need to work on quilts.  I pulled out some squares I had cut out about last Feb. before I had to pack for the move.  I now have a toddler quilt in size and colour ready for quilting.  I am also in the process of machine quilting a couple of scrap tops that I pieced when I first got my sewing space set up.  All is good.

When Lynn was here there was a fund raiser for the community centre, Girls Night Out.  We had been invited by Maureen. The roads were a bit hazardous for a couple of city girls, but into town we went. The theme was a fashion show of wedding dresses through the ages.  They had 42 dresses from the 1930's to present day.  They finished the show with a traditional wedding outfit worn by women in India and the outfit Pat's great-grandmother Inga wore for her wedding in Sweden in the late 1800's.  A very nice evening.

As I mentioned it snowed while Lynn was here.  We went out for a walk and it was glorious.  Pat carried the camera and takes credit for these photos.

Renovations continue to progress.  A couple more light fixtures up and Pat is working on some trim today. The trim will make a huge difference, it will cover up the raw edges of the drywall and the rooms will lose their unfinished look.

I don't think I will ever tire of the sunsets that we see out the kitchen window.  Such incredible beauty.

I hope you don't either as there seems to be a photo that I have to include every other post.  This was last evening.

  

 We really do live in The Land of Living Skies. 

Winter Has Arrived

When you are in a new rural location there is a lot to do. (what an understatement).       I posted a picture of our new and improved driveway last time and we now have 200 feet of snow fence on the hill west of us. Yes it is quite ugly and does change the view of the sunsets.  But it is important. The idea is the snow will collect just the other side of the fence instead of in our driveway.  I have every confidence in my engineer and the website he checked before we installed it.

It is snowing today and I think this is it.  Winter that is .  We didn't quite finish the to do list.  The heat tape for the roof is still in the front entrance.  With the addition to the existing house and the chimney the roof has a funny little protected angle where the snow collected last winter.  We are not sure if this is because there was so much snow last winter or is always going to be a spot to watch.  We decided to ere on the side of caution and Pat is going to install heat tape. It was dark before he was able to get it on the roof yesterday.  I am not sure what will happen now.  We have a metal roof which is quite slippery with snow on it.  The high for today is +2 so maybe the snow will melt enough to get the job done.

 

At this point I think you might be asking, why didn't he do it sooner?

Last Saturday we drove to Regina, Pat was off to Banff via Calgary for a tailings and mine waste conference. He was gone until Wednesday.  We arrived home just before midnight.  Yesterday was the first day that he was home and had heat tape.

 

Some of you may remember that I promised myself that if I missed the city at any point I would drive in and get my city fix.  It has not been a problem.  We have been in Saskatoon regularly and Regina too much.  While Pat was away I was happily home.          I returned Saturday evening put the car in the garage and there it stayed until I went to get him Wednesday.  A two hour drive to the closet airport is going to be on the con side of the list.

The photos are from just before I started this post.  I should have waited a bit it is  snowing quite hard now and is very pretty from my vantage point.  I have a chair upstairs. Picture a large chair with quilts and cushions beside windows that allows me a view to the north and west.  The one window ledge is right beside my chair and is just a little higher than my chair. The perfect height to set a mug. It is wonderful and I could spend the whole day here watching it snow. 

Ian will be happy with this snow.  He will be here later today with the hope of attaching a tag to a moose.  He is hoping with the leaves gone and snow to show hoof prints he will be successful.

A sunset picture for you.  The sky was incredible.  The clouds were moving quite quickly so I sat on the front step watching those periwinkle and pink clouds move across the sky.