Just another Thursday...

We had snow here last night. It was still chilly this afternoon but sunny....which I'm thankful for, since I had to catch the bus and go shopping. Got off at the post office, then walked to the store. Tried to take my time shopping, to waste most of the hour until next bus, but still I ended up out there waiting for a long time to catch a bus to come back home. I just barely got back before it started raining. Spent a few minutes playing with some quilt pieces that came in the mail, then snuggled up with a heating pad and took a nap. Had leftover spaghetti for dinner, and now it's time for Grey's Anatomy, I'll finish off my chocolate peanut butter cups, and I think I may actually go to bed early tonight. (Won't happen, but it sounds virtuous)

I was just sitting here thinking I can't forget to do my exercise tonight, especially after I had a mental boost today when I stepped on the scale and discovered I'd lost 5 of the 10 pounds I've regained since Thanksgiving....but then I remembered I've HAD my exercise for today! Since it was sunny and not too windy I walked a few blocks up the road to catch the bus (instead of right outside my yard), then walked from post office to the store, and back from bus stop to my house with my groceries, then I went out and split some firewood. Gee, I'm all tuckered out.

Wow....is that an exciting day, or what!

A Feathers update...

I have the most boring life imaginable so nothing much from me at the moment, except an update on my "feathers" project. 20 completed triangles, of the 36 I need. I'd love to get the diamonds all pieced by the end of March. Need to get a pattern drafted for the plain corner pieces and start thinking about a quilting design! A reminder--these are being made with 19th century reproduction prints, handpieced and will be handquilted.

Feathers...

Taking a break from a battle with my current project, to give you a sneak peek.

I had my 12th triangle all pieced, then noticed I had two fussy cut diamonds upside down....and, being a perfectionist (it's a curse) I just HAD to take it apart and turn them rightside up. Well, I've restitched, ripped out, restitched again, and find one (previously correct) diamond is too small, and I'm thinking maybe I should've just made it my "humility block" and moved on. But there'll be plenty of "humility" in my handquilting, so I shall persevere! Oh....I should mention, this is being all handstitched.

Now...back to fight with that feather....

Update, 2 hours later: I won!

Living at the edge...

I live at the edge of the earth.....no, truly....I do! My house is a few hundred yards from where the land ends and the Pacific Ocean begins. I came here for "a few months" when my husband and I divorced. That was eight years ago. A few times I thought I'd be leaving, but "life" had other plans. So this is where I am. For who-knows-how-much-longer?!

A sunset over the ocean...

There are two lighthouses nearby. This one is my favorite.

It sits far out on a very high cliff, down a long, winding pathway.

Along the trail leading out to the lighthouse...

The view to one side of the lighthouse...

The view to the other side of the lighthouse...

On the other side of that cliff, the beach is nothing but sand for about 30 miles.

The big crash....

Just quickly, for now.... I want to thank everyone who has stopped by and left me a "hello" and "welcome". I've been reading a bit in your blogs and look forward to getting to know you. I've enjoyed "meeting" some of you on the Hexagon quilt-along.

I had been sorting through my photos, gathering some to put on here. A few nights ago I was, in fact, in the process of adding some.... and then without any warning, my computer crashed and I have no access at all. Everything I've put on there in 10 years (yes, it's lasted that long!) is hiding inside that box, and I'm not sure I will ever see any of it again.

How ironic that I was planning to sit here this coming weekend, to do a marathon session of sorting, saving, and transferring files to the new computer I've had sitting here on my desk for nearly 9 months, untouched.

OK, I won't bore you with any more of the details. But I'm starting completely over with this new computer, and hoping that all the info inside that other one can be salvaged.

I will have some pictures soon, of the projects I'm working on at the moment. One of the first things I did on here was make sure my camera could "talk" with this computer :-) Haven't quite figured out the new photo editing stuff yet, but I'm working on that.

And so it begins........

Well, I finally took the leap into Blogland, and here I am! And trying to think of something halfway interesting to say. You know how that goes.

I'm sitting here with a quilt wrapped around me at 3:30 a.m. in the dark, listening to the ocean churning violently, with a storm pelting rain against the roof. It's very relaxing, as long as the wind behaves. Not so peaceful, when there are tree branches bouncing across the top of the house.

My birds have been asleep for hours, the dog has settled onto his pillow, and the cat has curled up in one of her favorite spots after a late-night game of "push every last piece of fabric from the table onto the floor!".

This cat adopted me about a month ago, when she suddenly appeared at my back door on a very cold night, and has been content to stay ever since. Why wouldn't she, when she has a matching quilt to sleep on?

Princess Sophie