I don’t know if this is just happening here in Door County or if it’s around the country, but we have had a whole bunch of birds trying to fly into our windows around the house in the last month. I heard one fly into the basement window at church in Sturgeon Bay once too. What’s gotten into the birds?
Continue readingIf I could have gotten down on my knees and kissed the ground when I got home, I would have. As it was, I kissed our address sign!
Continue readingBy the time I got up this morning and came out, Miriam was gone. Without her, it was a quieter day because she was always telling stories. She was the life of the party!
Continue readingToday, I feel like a threshold was crossed. Monday and Tuesday, I was just getting acquainted with the other quilters, but today, at least for me, the women here were beginning to feel more like friends. Especially Karen. I opened up and told her my life’s story and she listened in a deep way. She used to be a nurse and she has that sort of compassionate feel about her. She’s been sitting across the sewing table from me every day, so I have talked with her more than the others, but they are all very friendly.
Continue readingI’m writing on Wednesday morning because I took so many pictures yesterday I was up until midnight last night processing them. There was a lot to take pictures of!
Continue readingSeveral weeks ago, I learned that there was still room for guild members to sign up for the quilt retreat at Mt. Morris. I was frantically trying to get ready for my Grand Opening, and the idea of getting away for a week to do nothing but quilt sounded wonderful, so I signed up.
Continue readingI was scheduled this morning to have an online meeting with a consultant who has been helping me figure out how to use my business Facebook page to more effectively reach my customers. He’s usually on time. As it was approaching 11:00 my time, I wrote to ask if we were meeting. In response, I got an email with just a picture.
Continue readingI worked feverishly to get ready for today’s Grand Opening. I had it all planned. I bought 50 individually wrapped cherry turnovers from our famous Seaquist Orchards bakery. We had 50 chairs set up with plenty of space between them for social distancing. I had gotten a bunch of responses from people who wanted to attend the Zoom presentation I planned to give.
Continue readingI was driving myself to church this morning and I passed through Bailey’s Harbor where they have a Sunday Farmers’ Market. As I was driving slowly by, I noticed that they had a kind of hydrangea for sale that I have been wanting for the last several years. The flowers are cone-shaped and they go from white to a deep pink.
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