Archive | September 2013

I love the month of September…

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The month of September is very busy – but all in a good way.

The Big Day

Chuck and I celebrate our anniversary in September.  We have been married 28 years.  I must say that marrying Chuck was one of the most wonderful things that I ever did in life.  We are very happy and still really love each other and enjoy each other’s company.  We have many similar interests not the least of which is spending time with family and friends.

Chuck’s oldest daughter Michele and her husband Joe came up this month to visit.  We had a wonderful weekend.  The weather was perfect the company was superb and we had a lot of fun.  We did some Maine tourist things.

We went for a cruise on the Schooner Eleanor – the Schooner’s Captain built the boat himself.   It is a beautiful boat.  This is the website if you would like to visit – http://schoonereleanor.woodmanboats.com/.  We went out at 4:00 in the afternoon – it was breezy but not cold – in fact I think it was the perfect late afternoon.  The sun was shining brightly and it was a totally relaxing trip.  I found it amazing to watch the Captain navigate.  He watched the surface of the water to determine the direction of the wind.  He had 2 young women acting as his crew.  I always felt that they had complete control while we sailed over the ocean.

Chuck & Joe

Chuck & Joe

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Michele and me.

Michele and me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schooner Eleanor

Schooner Eleanor

 

It was a beautiful fall day that we thoroughly enjoyed.  We also decided that we needed to do this again, next time with the whole family together, and maybe some beverages and snacks.

After our cruise we had dinner at the Arundel Wharf (which is where the Schooner Eleanor is docked).  We all had worked up an appetite while out on the water.  We had a great meal and all indulged in dessert.  The perfect ending to a wonderful day.

On Sunday we got up had a wonderful (in my opinion but I did cook it so…) breakfast – Bacon, eggs, homefries and toast, then we headed up to Freeport.  At trip to Maine is not complete with out a trip to LL Bean and the surrounding stores.  We had a successful shopping outing to say the least.

Lunch was a visit to one of our favorite local restaurants – Buffleheads, located on Hills Beach Road.  While there we happened to see a very large English Mastiff waiting in the car for her mom & dad.  Her name is Maggie and she was a rescue – the poor darling spent the first 2 years of her life in a crate.  She is now well loved by a couple who travel all over the country in an RV with her.

Maggie is camera shy

Maggie is camera shy

 

Joe and Michele brought home a couple of Lobster Rolls for the road.  They got packed up and went back to reality after a wonderfully relaxing weekend in Maine.

We had several other adventures during the past month, and I will tell you about those on another day.

Enjoy the Fall – one of the best times of year in my humble opinion.

Be Kind…

Faith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creatively Distracted……

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unfinished projects

unfinished projects

 

The weather is beautiful today – the next few days we have 80 degrees predicted and then rain.  So I would rather be outside walking on the beach than working.  But alas I need to work to continue with my creative habits.  As I have mentioned before I purchased a spinning wheel.  Oh the fun I am having!! I have worked with 4 different rovings since I brought my machine home.  It is really amazing to see the difference in the yarns that I am spinning.  I do see some improvement.

I plied 2 strands of spun yarn to have a thicker yarn.  The fiber that I was spinning had lots of variations in the color.  I am really please with the results of the yarn – the variation in color reminds me of the ocean.

while still in the process of being spun

while still in the process of being spun

This is the yarn after I spun the 2 strands together.  Pretty cool don’t you think.  I think this will be knitted into a Christmas present for someone who will remain nameless.

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the last of my fiber to be spun until the end of next week

 –  the last of my fiber to be spun until the end of next week

So I will finish up this fiber that you see above and then I will dive into my quilting.  I am going to promise myself that I will work on my quilting at least 2 hours every night.  The way that I am talking it sounds like a punishment – it of course is not – I love to quilt and to make quilts but I am like a kid with an attention deficit problem – I keep flitting from project to project.  Lots of fun flitting!!!

So my spinning is part of my distraction – the nice weather is part of my distraction – the desire to cook (because of the cooler weather) is part of the distraction.  But as you can see by the photo at the top of the page there are quilts to be finished.  1 is a baby quilt, 2 are Christmas quilts that I have been working on for years, one is a mystery that needs to be marked for quilting and then quilted.  Plus I have many other projects on my shelves waiting for my attention.  I also have not mentioned the unfinished sweaters that are in the bags by my couch.  Far too much to do and far too little time for it.  There needs to be more time in the day, if only I didn’t need to sleep I would be getting much more done.

Remember to let your creativity shine – it is fun and rewarding.

Be Kind…

Faith