Hang On
What a season of winds! After I had taken care of what needed to be tidied in the house, Dennis mentioned that maybe my walk should be done sooner than later. His forecast was that the winds would only get stronger as the day went on and there might be rain. I checked the computer and 45 degrees was doable for walking.
I checked before I left home as to what Dennis had on his plate. Oil needed to be changed in our Sears rider lawnmower as well as the Cub-lo-Boy mower. Dennis had coffee on board and I knew he would take a break or two during this. As an ole 18 wheeler trucker, Dennis does know how to take care of the mowers . . . me not so much. The extent of my portion of the mowers is . . . pushing mine.
Saturday as we came back into town from our road tip we had stopped at the grocery store and picked up a rotisserie roasted chicken for supper. For us, it is a lot of chicken, but . . . bones out it speaks to a chicken pasta hotdish within several days. Today was the day! I had a package of small egg noodles that would pass for the hotdish. Lots of cubed chicken. There was a lonely package of frozen brussel sprouts that was weary of being pushed around. Those sprouts were quartered and will add great color in the mix with the Alfredo sauce. Though not Dennis’ favorite vegetable, he will enjoy them when they are outnumbered by the other ingredients in a hotdish. This hotdish will actually take me out of the kitchen for tonight’s supper as well as tomorrow night’s fare. I love leftovers.
As of today my itchy, bitchy hexagons are one. They have been gathered, paired and rearranged multiple times to find just the right configuration. There was no one right answer. Within my stashes, I found a good green to use for the border. The green border actually made me like this project a bit more. It mellowed it out. The backing is sewn together and ironed with a tone of the golds that are within the hexagons. That is as far as I took it today. All I have on hand is a king sized package of batting, aka: 12o” x 12o”. It will take a bit of doing to decide where I take out the 55″ x 65″ to allow the remaining batting is be a good fit for the next project.
By the way . . . today the evergreens in our backyard were not whispering . . . they were howling with the 20 mph winds.