6 Degrees and No Power!

Jeff is manning the wood stove this morning.

We’d been up for about 1/2 hour when the power went off in the house. 

It’s 6 degrees out.  The entire neighborhood is without power.

I’m so grateful for a wood stove as the temps inside the house start to drop to chilly.

It’s a clear sky sunny morning, just dreadfully cold and we don’t know what has happened to cause this power issue.

I’m grateful for a fully charged laptop and phone, and the ability to connect via hotspot to send this off….

Boy, does it feel like I haven’t blogged in a while.

We’ve had 4 days of rapid-fire mystery clues starting Friday, so exciting, and loads of writing but no opportunity to catch you up on what is going here.

I’ve been treadling!

Was the urge to treadle an indication of what might happen if the power went off? 

It’s a good idea in theory, but if the power is off, there is never enough light, there is no iron to press the pieces, and I can’t see to thread a needle.

Warming up with some simple string piecing in this video.  Click to play:

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I do have a plan for these, but I can’t say what yet.  I just felt the need to mindlessly sew at a leisurely treadle pace while watching some Netflix and enjoying my last few days home before 2018 starts in earnest for me on the 8th.

I’m sewing on a 1918 127 with Sphinx decals. Shuttle bobbins can be a bit scary if you don’t know how the bobbin winding contraption works.  It really is rather ingenious!  Click to play:

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Sadie agrees, it’s way too cold in North Carolina and she is hunkering down until spring!

There has been evening hand quilting, and I am making quite a bit of progress on Jason’s hexagon quilt:

Stitching while watching The Crown.

Look at all that texture!

Today’s plan:  I have an eye doc appointment early this afternoon.  I’m hoping the power is back on by then.  Surely it must be?  If not, Jeff, Sadie and I may be heading to Virginia to the cabin where there IS power.

And gas logs to keep the cabin warm.  Because we are almost out of wood for the wood stove here, and there isn't enough to keep us through the night.

Funny, because we decided last week that our next big purchase would be a log splitter so we can cut and prepare our own winter wood for this house from the Virginia acreage.

The hubster is in Santa Barbara as of last night – Oh, how nice to have THOSE temps to deal with! San Diego on the 8th for me is sounding pretty good right now, so is Florida at the end of the month.

**UPDATE!**  About 1/2 hour after posting this, the power came back on!  Hooray!

I'm still thinking about that cabin idea, though....maybe one more visit before I head out to San Diego?

Quiltville Quote of the Day,

I am loving that my son and I are spending this time chatting in front of the wood stove with Sadie close at hand.  It’s a slower start to Tuesday than we wanted, but what a gift!

Have a great second day of 2018, everyone!