Off To A Grand Start!

The dining room is full -

The porch tables are empty.

While there is sunshine in the afternoons back there to be enjoyed as long as it lasts, it's safe to say that meal times have all been moved inside.

And walking into the clatter of forks on plates, bursts of laughter and so much chatter is also a heartwarming thing when I come through the front door.

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A Bit of This, A Bit Of That -

How can it be Friday already? Where did this week go?

Tuesday and Wednesday went poof with family time.

Thursday? The October Quiltvillians were just getting started, and projects were already appearing on design walls.

And after getting some mail order out and checking my to-do list - I found I had some time to put together some more kite blocks.

I'm sticking with the layout I'm already going with, but there are so many things you can do with a one-patch quilt!  Somewhere...there has to be kite graph paper out there. Isn't there?

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Time Out With Family!

It feels like at least 4 days since I sat down to write a post.  I only missed yesterday!

But boy, did we cram in a lot of togetherness time in that 24 hour period.

It was priceless, and much needed and I'm so glad my sister Joy, her husband Mark and my niece Emory came to see us.

We live about the farthest away from family as any of us do and folks just do not make it "out east" that often.

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All Quilted Out!

I waved the Brown Bird Bee off this morning - cars packed with all of the quilting things they brought for a Wednesday to Tuesday fun filled retreat!

And while there has been frost on the grass the past couple of mornings, the afternoons have been lovely and we were able to get everyone on the porch for photo taking - even if sweaters and sweatshirts were required.

It's that bi-polar time of year. Cold in the mornings, lovely in the afternoons.  Dressing in layers, and welcoming hot beverages to warm our hands!

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