Monday, March 18, 2024

So the first day of Spring 2024 is tomorrow.  And right on time, well a day before, the first of the spring flowers bloomed.  Or are they weeds?  I really do not know, but they are very blue and abundant in the yard.

March is over half way through...where does the time go...much too fast for me.

So I have been thinking about redoing my blog a bit...not just the color combinations but also the layout.  I am going to experiment with the layout over the next week or so to see how I like it.  The same features will be here, but maybe not in the same layout.

As indicated in one of the sidebar items, here's my latest doodle...

I find that doodling like this, kind of a zen-doodle, is very relaxing to do.  A great way to calm yourself if you are a bit anxious about something.

Tomorrow, I will see how I feel about this new layout.  Some of the sidebar items may not change daily while others will.

Have a great day...


Thursday, March 14, 2024

March 14, 2024

I took the picture to the right yesterday when I went out front to pick up the mail.  So it looks like some flowers are starting to grow.  It was quite warm yesterday and today is forecast to be warmer!

All the rain has disappeared from the forecast!  Only bright and sunny days for the next ten days although it will probably change.

I decided that since we are going to stay here a while longer, I wanted to hang up some of my fabric creations.  I was auditioning some to hang in the living room.  As there are no large walls available, I am looking at smaller pieces including these...





I have a few more that I am considering and will share those tomorrow.  I need to add sleeves on the back of a couple of these but it will be easy to do so.

Speaking of fabric or textiles, there is a free textile talk on line every Wednesday afternoon hosted by several quilt organizations and quilt artists organizations.  The talks are wide ranging...yesterday's was on fabric artists and AI and it was very, very enlightening.  If you're interested, google textile talks and get on their email list.  They will send out who is featured and a place to register (at no cost).  The talks are around an hour long and well worth it. 

I don't know about you, but I have yet to adjust to the time change.  I wake up in the middle of the night and it takes an hour or longer to get back to sleep!  Wish they would pick one time and stay with it all year long.

The next two weekends in New York are designated sugaring weekends and most farms are open between 10am and 4pm for visitors to check out their maple sugarhouses.  If the weather is nice check out a farm near you to see sugarhouses in operation.  

That's it for now...have a great day...talk with you later...

 


 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

March 13, 2024

Another bright and sunny day today.  Yesterday it was almost 70...it was 73 in NYC.  Today it will probably get to 70.  And warm temperatures are forecast for the next ten days.  Does that mean that spring is here?

We played a limited version of musical chairs with the vehicles yesterday.  When my son got home we went down and picked up my truck.  They finished the tune-up which cost twice as much as I was anticipating.  It was over $1600.00 BUT the reason was parts...mainly ignition coils...I needed all of them.  Not cheap to say the least!

I still have some more maintenance to do on the truck before I take off for Utah in June and it will probably cost about the same.  I figure, though, that the truck should be in great shape for the next several years...here's hoping!

I wanted to give you an update on my chair yoga.  The yoga poses may look easy but they really give your core a workout.  The nice thing about this series is that it eases you into those exercises.

So are you having problems adjusting to the new time?  I am!  I want to stay up later and if I go to bed at the normal time, I invariably wake up in the middle of the night and stay away for a couple hours!  Can't wait until my internal clock adjusts...at least I hope it does.

Going to try to take stuff to Goodwill again today.  Lately, every time I swing by there is literally no parking space.  I think another store has opened up in the small plaza making parking hard to find.

Have you watched 'Paris Murders' on PBS?  It's in French so you have to read subtitles but the series is pretty good.  There are several seasons available which is always nice...I've only watched the first year.

I didn't have time to work on the envelope journal yesterday, hopefully I will have some time today and can share the results.

That's it for now...enjoy your day...talk with you later..


 the first year