IN Carmel

 Today started pretty simply with the usual stuff and sort of stayed simple all day.  The weather was cold!  Seeds continue to turn to plants but the little seed houses came inside.  I checked on the sweet peas and more are showing their true self although not much will happen with all this cold that will stay for a few days. I felt sorry for the nuthatch and tufted titmouse birds so I refilled feeders.  The starlings quickly found yummy things to eat. It was an in house for the day, day  until it became more apparent that Aldi's needed a visit.  That happened and I would say Monday is a great grocery day with the store mostly empty.  The girls were busy restocking and we found everything we needed.   The other event keeping me busy was Christine's sewing project.  I cut a lot of 5 inch squares adding a little fabric to what Christine brought.  The whole quilt is coming together but I think will take two more days to complete....

 A rather slow day I thought until I started thinking.  Yes, slow in spots and then there were fast thinking times.   A good sleep and all the morning stuff happened.  There was knitting time and sewing time and walking the garden time and it was time to hit the road for church.  And as usual there was time to hear the choir rehearse in the sanctuary.  They are a wonderful group of folks who like to be together and love to sing.  They do that very well.  I continue to be impressed with their dedication to music.  North has a long history of great congregational singing as well super choir singers.  The preaching, liturgy and prayers were a blessing.  I'm usually in tears at some point every Sunday, touch by so many things. Thinking about the fragility of life might be a cause along with great support for so many years. I walked into church with three bags for three different folks.  The crib blankets were delivered, the bu...

 I call this a rainy day.  But there were breaks in the rain and sometimes I just took a quick walk in the rain to check on all the little things happening.  Rain brings happenings.  The temperatures have been quite nice.   I saw this from my kitchen window.  Immediately grabbed my camera/phone and headed out to take a picture of the Kathy/Eric gift of Blood Root.  This was the big happening of the morning.  How beautiful. I would think the Oehler woods would be full of these.  I need to visit.  The needles were busy but when the ladies game got to tense for me, I retreated to the sewing room.  I tore a lot of fabric, enough to make 24 burps.  That helped a little with tenseness.  During the day 12 burps were completed using some interesting stitching to decorate.  I had that machine humming, and it declared a break. The sign comes on saying that the motor needs a rest.  And the sewing machine doesn't work u...

 Woo.  Today, all is right with my world.  How did that happen?  Well, the Benary zinnias can be seen growing in their little "green" house.                                There they are as one can see them looking in from the top of the milk jug.   When that happens, all is right with my world.  It's as simple as that.  Yes, I have something called simple living.  And the zinnia seeds I saved from last summer also are sprouting.  That means I did something right with my saved seed attempt.  To start the day, I threaded the loose strings into the purple scarf doing the finishing job.  White yarn is on the needles.  I'm addicted.  No, knitting just goes well with watching or listening to T V.                                 ...

                                               A beautiful way to start the day.  Morning has broken. The day started at a slow pace.  I knitted a lot last night and even more this morning with another purple almost finished.  It would seem that the yarn will last to finish the scarf.   I decided I needed more to show then knitting, for another day of living so changing the front door stuff was what I chose to do.  It looked like Christmas with a whole lot of red. Since it's spring I turned to pink.  I used a quilt my mother made which now is almost 100 years old.  I added a handmade woven back pack Dennis made filled with silk flowers and some stuffed animals.  The little tree now has pink ribbon added.  I think this should do for a while.   Then I moved to the herb garden with packages o...

 I call this an interesting day because there was a little of this and a little of that.  And it all happened without leaving the driveway.  Well, I could have taken a walk around the block, perhaps!  But I didn't.                                    The plants are surviving although they go under cover on cold nights.                                                                                            Another spot of happiness for this gardener.  I messed with the Ginny blanket project making a smaller one.  I'm always thinking of how many blankets I can get out of a Beth sheet....

 I took it easy this morning with a little knitting and TV.  Same old same old someone I know well would say.  Yes.  I agree.  The morning ended with a good Uro PT.  but I'm signed up for more sessions, the result of an office visit Friday not PT gone a bit sideways. Someone should have done better. Sometimes things just don't end like they should.  So, I'll see Roe again in April.  She's gone for a vacation to Alaska tomorrow.  Ice castle hiking, dog sledding a trip to the artic circle, hope of seeing the Northern Lights  and more other cold weather stuff.  That kind of vacation blows my mind.  I'll be happy to hear about it in April.                                           I did more knitting and finished the girl baby blanket.  It's so cute.   Christine's two quilts are finished....

Dull days are few and far between.  And today was one of those never dull days.  I was a busy little bee. Morning stuff started early.  There were miles to go, and the first few miles took me to church for a cleanup day as well as a prepare for Sunday day.  The carts with our help collected candles and two of the three containers made it back to their place of storage.  The third one ended up in the sanctuary.  The chapel is ready for more Wed. worship times.                                    Thistles, spray painted purple appear every Lenten season on the altar. The sanctuary lost everything it needed for last Sunday and we placed candles and hitched up the light, light, light banner to the pulpit.  It usually is on a T pole standard, but we just could not find a good place for it without glare except on the pulpit.  So, the coming Sunda...

 It's that time of day again which is referring to blog time. So, here goes!  A five o'clock wake up time and I used the early hours to do some PT stuff that needs to be done lying down.  Got 'er done.  Carmel began with a dark sky, cool to cold temperatures and an attitude that made me want to stay inside.  But I got the paper in and did a Preen run on places I worked on yesterday.  Rain was on the way and I wanted Preen down before it got here.   I took up my knitting again and fell asleep till almost time to leave for church. Early arrival brought another chance to hear the choir rehearsal. I miss those folks.  They sang one of my favorites and I just sang quietly from the pew.   It never pays for me to plan ahead and that was true once again today at church.  Christine R said she had a project for me.  So, I listened.  Christian is an IPS Principal working in one of the troubled areas of the city.  But she is...

 It was a good day.  The morning wiped me out and I knew my energy went for something that mattered. It was Bread and Bowl Day for North folks which happens the second and fourth Saturday of the month. Other groups from other churches work on the first, third and fifth Saturdays. 2 1/2 GALof vegetables are prepared for take-out.  A main dish from Second Helpings is added along with rescued food from schools. More about that coming.   I had a super sleep and left home for church a little after 8.  Sarah Ellen and I arrived at the same time.  We always work together for at least the first hour and more, filling part of the take home package that should provide at least two or even three meals over the weekend.  Other folks came and our worker number was good.                                       We had about 15 minutes to rest and visi...

                              A sight out our west windows in the neighbor's yard.  Beautiful, beautiful. Half of the day was a bit disconcerting.  The other half was just fine.  So I'm happy for the just fine that happened and want to forget the part that was a bit disturbing.  You have heard it said that at times communication just could be better.  That's part of it.  There were assumptions made.  Communication breakdown for sure happened.  You are getting the short version. This time I fired a Nurse Practitioner.  The last time it was a doctor.   Nothing makes me more upset than when I think there has been no preparation done by the health person for the visit. No checking the chart to review what was said.  Maybe even nothing was written about the last visit which leads to twisting what was said.  Making things up.  And I th...