Hurry, Before It Rains!

Saturday afternoon, in between rounds of intermittent rain predicted for all dal long?

Would we be able to get this done before the next cloud burst?

And what about our over the porch rail photos?  Would we be rained out?

I checked the weather app on my phone.

I checked it again.

I checked it and rechecked it all through the day and finally....a break in the weather between 3pm and 5pm that could just make it work.

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Making The Most Of Porch Time!

It's definitely autumn.

But it's still been nice enough out on the porch to make the most of porch time while we can still have porch time.

Oh, how I hate to see porch time go!

This was the scene I arrived to on Saturday morning - Project Linus Metrolina ladies crocheting, enjoying coffee and conversation and making items for children in need.

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Hiking & Shopping Kind of Day!

We left the retreat mostly empty on Friday morning.

Half the ladies went to hit up the quilt shops.

Five of us went to get some steps in down Bear Branch road.

The weekend forecast showed rain moving on in, but Friday promised to be glorious.

We needed to be out in it!

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Kicking Off October!

Project Linus Metrolina is in the house and sewing up a storm!

I'm so excited to have these ladies from not-too-far-off Charlotte NC and surrounding areas up here for their first retreat.

They came ready to sew for a wonderful cause.

Nationally Project Linus has delivered over 10 million blankets to kids in need since its inception in 1995.

The Mecklenburg County Chapter of North Carolina was formed in February 2023 and delivered 1,001 blankets that year.

In January of 2024 they decided to expand their reach from just Mecklenburg County into the surrounding Counties of Union, Cabarrus, Gaston NC and York SC and starting in 2025 has officially known as the Metrolina Chapter!

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