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Chaos and Busy-ness

Prologue Alert:  I’ll be lecturing for the Silver City Quilt Guild in Taunton, Mass., on Monday evening, then lecturing for the Maple Leaf quilters in Rutland, VT, on Tuesday and teaching Hawaiian applique on Wednesday.  Hope to see some of you there!  Now on to the regular blog:

The S-word stuff returned in a snit of "no I won't go" Friday afternoon.

The S-word stuff returned in a snit of “no I won’t go” Friday afternoon.

Goodness gracious!  First a comment about the weather:  no.  No.  NO NO NO.  NO!!!!!!!  You see when I went up the driveway yesterday, midday, we were down to a few patches of snow on the north side of the woods (ergo always in the shade).  By late afternoon, it looked like this:

Opened the dining room window (no screens up yet) to take this photo this morning at about 6:30.  Say WHAT?  (what I really said is not suitable for printing on a public blog LOL)

Opened the dining room window (no screens up yet) to take this photo this morning at about 6:30. Say WHAT? (what I really said is not suitable for printing on a public blog LOL).  Yes, those whitespots are still itty bitty SNOWFLAKES.  Snarl!

The weather forecasters said snow first, then rain.  Right…that means the snow gets melted by the rain.  So what is THIS that I see out the dining room window this morning?   NO!

And yes, in April at least SNOW is a four letter word.  It is lovely in November, December, January, February, we tolerate it in March because that’s what it does in Maine.  On April 13th?  NO!  Now, on to quilting.

As my loyal readers will have noticed, I haven’t said much lately.  Can you say busy?  I have four things going, all kinda big and hugely big (at least for me) going, and they are due just about every two weeks from April 8 to June 1, plus add in teaching in Maine in March, Massachusetts and VT this coming week, North Carolina in mid June, and three guilds in Southern California in early to mid July, and I’m basically flat-out busy from now until July 20th!  This is good, as I have precious little on the schedule for next year and the year after, so if your guilds want a quilt teacher, my motto (said with a giggle) remains Have paycheck, will travel!  (Does anyone besides me remember the tag line from that 1960s TV show Palladin, Have Gun, Will Travel?  Daddy loved it.)

So this is what my studio–which is usually kinda tidy because I can’t function in a mess–currently looks like:

Please add the large suitcase with quilts and the small suitcase with clothes to this heap for teaching in Mass/VT next week.

Please add the large suitcase with quilts and the small suitcase with clothes to this heap for teaching in Mass/VT next week.

The sewing machine table...with about four things going on on top of it, none of which is sewing (at the moment)

The sewing machine table…with about four things going on on top of it, none of which is sewing (at the moment).  Usually the only thing on these tables is the thread in use and my Machingers gloves!

The work table and ironing board.  It looks relatively clear on this side because I'm working over at the iron, but the big suitcase was on the floor over there (filled with stuff for next week)

The work table and ironing board. It looks relatively clear on this side because I’m working over at the iron, but the big suitcase was on the floor over there (filled with stuff for next week).  Again, usually clear with the drop-leaf down unless a work is in process.  Clutter bugs me!

Chaos.  Busy.  And drat it all, I’m not permitted to tell you about it, at least not yet!   But it’s all good stuff, it’s got me working and creating and teaching and all that, but gosh I wish I could share the details.

The third sports season has begun.  The airborne kid in red shorts is Eli doing the triple jump.  And as always, someone stands up right in front of me....

The third sports season has begun. The airborne kid in red shorts is Eli doing the triple jump. And as always, someone stands up right in front of me….

And (drum roll), Track and Field Season has begun for Eli.   The first meet was Thursday at Belfast, and as usual, it was COLD.  The breeze comes in off the harbor.  The upper 40 degree temps wouldn’t have been bad except for that wind. If I had had a sleeping bag, I would have been sitting in it on the stands!   Eli had one race (great last leg, so-so first 3 1/2 laps) but was so cold he couldn’t get going.  Did fairly well at javelin despite minimal practice times–the fields have been too sloppy for the discus, shotput and javelin because they’d splash when they land.  Sigh.   Did well on his triple jump (again without much practice due to field conditions).  But he’s psyched, and that’s good!  Now I’m off to a full day of quilt guild meetings.  Hope to share pics from teaching in Florida and up in Skowhegan, Maine, soon…..

And a PS…WOW.  Just looked at my blog sitemeter, and it tells me I’ve had 250,127 visitors from 190 countries over the years!   That’s more like total visits not individual visitors, but wow!  Thank you all for reading!

2 Responses to “Chaos and Busy-ness”

  1. JACQUIE Says:

    Busy, busy! But I’ll see you on Tuesday so just keep breathing! Your motto should be ‘have ideas, will travel’! And yes I do remember that show as well as Maverick — I’ve loved James Garner ever since!

  2. Debby Harwell Says:

    Certainly remember that show! Ah..snow, now that really is more than I could handle, but down here in NC we’re having pollen. Everything has a horrible coat of yellow dust and it really causes havoc with the sinus. You should be fine by the time June comes. I can’t say I’d like snow any better. You sure know how to get our curiosity up! Can’t wait to hear all the details on what you’ve been working on. I know it will be fantastic! We’ll be patient and excited to hear the latest in your accomplishments.