Something Missing

Jack is at it again. He ripped out the cupboard above our fridge to cut it down and get ready for our new fridge which will arrive the end of this month. Appliances are all so much bigger than they were back 20 years ago when we bought ours. I guess bigger means better. It certainly means "expensive"!

We had to stick with a narrower one because of our built in area being only so wide. The one Jack liked is narrower but taller.

When we tried pulling the cabinet out, it was wedged in so tightly, screws weren't even needed to hold it up! That is how Jack builds everything.....sturdy and measured to the 64th of an inch! Seriously. I have a hard time seeing the 1/8 measurement on the tape and he measures to 64ths. Help me!

Anyway, you can see he had to plane away some of the wall when he installed the cabinet originally. So we'll paint the wall and he will shorten the cabinet.

(And yes, I'm up before 4:00 again on a day off. Jack got a leg cramp and yelled out and he scared me so much, I screamed and jumped. That did it. From dreamland to wide awake. There is no going back to sleep once I'm awakened so completely!)

A Very Purple Bag

Okay....so I gave my Christmas bag to my BFF, Eileen, and another co-worker asked where her bag was. I told her it was on my cutting table. I noticed she jumped all over one piece of fabric in Eileen's bag that had tiny purple circles in it. I figured she must be drawn to purple so here it is.....

I know what you are thinking right about now: "Just how many bags of the same pattern can one person make anyway?" Well....it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 bags right about now and I haven't sold one of them. All gifts!

I just love the idea of a nice market bag so we don't use so many plastic bags and fill up the landfill for generations to come! I think us shoppers all deserve a few of these bags!

I'm making myself another one right now too. I discovered I don't own one in black!

or yellow

or brown

or orange

or......

Wordless Wednesday

Pretty Mushrooms All in a Row

I don't understand why these mushrooms grew in a line. They went over the bank and around a tree, all lined up. They are pretty too. I guess I'll have to start learning about mushrooms because we sure as heck have several different kinds that grow here.

His and Her Projects

Jack and I are always busy with one project or another. Of course, his are much more major than mine, but nonetheless rewarding.

His:

 This is the dry run for the railing along our retaining wall. Jack did the rock work a few years ago. This completes the project once it is powder coated and anchored down.

 Hers:

A Christmas market bag for co-worker, BFF Eileen. She has just about worn out the one I made for her this Spring and she loves the Christmas holiday!

Little Shirt

I decided to make a shirt for my youngest grandson. I had so much fun sewing it that I think I'll make pajamas for my other grandsons as well and a blouse for the little miss. All of a sudden, she isn't into wearing dresses! OMG! No dresses?

This photo didn't show the colors very well. It isn't as wild as it looks. I figure if he doesn't like it, it was fun making it anyway.

Elk Alert!

The elk have been across the road for over a week now. They share the field with cattle. Well, the cattle move as far away as they can get, I've noticed. If I have my camera and walk to the mailbox, I can't see the elk - but dang sure if I don't have my camera...there they are, just across the road from me.

Afterwork yesterday, there they were by the road again. I decided to drive home and get the camera. By the time I got back and parked safely, they had been scared off by so many folks stopping along the road. They were still close so I got some photos. Well....other than it was raining and the photos look grainy...

I got an amazing video of two young guys locking antlers and tossing their heads. You could hear their antlers make a cracking noise each time they banged heads.

We live in an amazing place. I look at other blogs and see that there is amazement everywhere! It's there to be appreciated if we only take the time.