Tiny Needle Tuesday 10/27/20

 Hello and Good Morning,

I think it will be another grey and damp day.  A bit hard to tell right now since it is still very dark outside.  A little later I will drive to my office, meet with Bill, do a few things and then turn around and come home.  Maybe a nap this afternoon?  I've been awake since 2:30 a.m.  I believe I would have fallen back asleep, but Tyg jumped up on the bed and if he was not furiously grooming and moving around, then he was purring ultra loud.  LOL

Before I get into TNT, I wanted to mention black pepper.  Have you ever put it on ice cream?  Several weeks ago when Fletch and I were grocery shopping, one of the checkers was talking about putting black pepper on ice cream.  She said a chef had just been in her line and he highly recommended it.  We kind of forgot about it until the other day when Fletch wanted some ice cream for dessert.  He remembered the black pepper and tried it.  DELICIOUS!!!  I've heard of putting salt on melons, but had never heard of pepper on ice cream.  Try it!!

Yesterday afternoon I went on line to check on our ballots and I'm happy to report that both of our votes have been recorded.  YAY!!

Well, let's get to the stitching.  I managed to stitch a bit more this past week.  I've rounded the corner at the upper right!

I couldn't resist stitching the little mouse in the upper right.  There are so many cute animals in this sampler - rabbits, foxes, deer, squirrels and a mouse!

He (she?) was fun to stitch and I like the end result.  I think I will move back to the left side of this sampler next and do another Quaker geometric motif...and maybe add the Bear that also appears on this sampler.

OK, time to get moving.  I've got work to do before I shut down this laptop and drive to the office.  Have a great Tuesday!

Tiny Needle Tuesday 10/20/20

 Good Morning!

How are you this Tuesday morning?  I am doing well and waiting for it to get a little lighter outside.  It is warmer this morning - in the 50's, and the whole week is supposed to be pretty nice.  Last night I slept for 9 hours!!!  I was so tired (again) last night that I went upstairs to bed before 9:30.  I read, but couldn't manage more than 4 pages before I had to turn out the light.  Figured I would wake up at 2 or 3 a.m. and be awake the rest of the night, but I never woke up until 6:40 this morning!  Woo-Hoo and Hooray for a good night's sleep.

Before I forget, I want to mention that I discovered a number of comments on my blog that were emailed to me (as they are supposed to be), but ended up in my spam folder...I clean that out every week or two, so my apologies for not acknowledging all comments.  Not sure what's up with that.

Yesterday was a longer day in the office than I had anticipated...and longer than I have been in there in months!  However, I don't need to go back in until a day next week, so that is good news (I had thought I would need to be in today as well).

Forgetting work for a bit (!!), it is TNT, or Tiny Needle Tuesday.  Not much progress has been made since last week, but here is what I managed to accomplish:

This motif is not yet complete.  There will be a bunch more stitching inside this one.  The yellow is at times hard to see on the linen I'm using.  I have to make sure my light is strong and I use magnification too.  Even more difficult to see on the whole piece:

It is on the far right and is the same color as the yellow on the far left.  The next motif to the right of the yellow one is the corner at the upper right.  It will be nice to have the entire top stitched.

We did (FINALLY) receive our mail in ballots last week.  We will complete them and drop them (not mail them) at a location near us.  (I don't trust the mail to get them in on time.)  We've been bringing in Colin & Mailing's mail while they are away, and their ballots still have not arrived!!  It's frustrating.

As I mentioned above, the week is supposed to be gorgeous.  I'm hoping to get out for a walk today.  I do have a conference call, but not until 3:30, so I should be ok for walking around lunch time.  This morning I'll run over to the kids' house to feed the cats and will probably leave the door to their sunroom open for those critters since it's supposed to be so nice.  It was good to hear from them that they made it to Key West safely.  

Time to get to work - emails are flying in.  Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Tiny Needle Tuesday 10-13-20

 Hello!

Still damp and grey here in Eastern PA.  Thanks so much for all your kind comments on the wedding post.  As I mentioned, the kids are off for a couple of weeks, so Fletch and I are on cat duty.  In a bit I will have to head over to feed Talbot and Marcel.  Additionally the tent is coming down today.  The party rental place can access that easily since it is outside, but locked in the garage are the farm tables, chairs, dinner plates, etc., so we need to coordinate with the rental place when they are going over to pick up stuff.

Meanwhile, I'm happy to report I now have heat in my home office!!  Our neighbor Rob came over yesterday afternoon and replaced the thermostat and that did the trick.  I'm ready for winter now!

Despite all the wedding stuff and being busy, busy, busy, I did manage to get a little stitching in.  Here is where the Quaker Sampler stands right now.

I thought that tree would do me in.  It's difficult to tell/see, but there are 3 shades of green in that sucker and also a bunch of open spaces...it seemed to take FOREVER to stitch it.  I'm pleased with the way it turned out though (good thing because there is another tree or two just like it).

This morning I logged onto work email before 6:30 and I've managed to get through my in box.  I have a ton of stuff to do though, so I'd best get cracking on that.  Wishing you all a fabulous day!