Dennis and I have spent the day at my Aunt Lorraine’s home. After my Uncle Maynard died, Lorraine’s daughter and her family built a unit onto their home for Lorraine to join them in their part of Arizona.
Lorraine admittedly acknowledged she would have more room in her unit if it were not for the long arm sewing machine that easily can accommodate a king sized quilt and the three specialty sewing machines. At 84 years young, she has more energy than most at a lot younger age.
I have always admired the Brothers sewing machines with the abilities for embroidery. The Baby Lock machines make the Brothers brand look quite infantile. Yeah, well . . . I would still think a Brothers brand would be as slick as sliced bread.
We came back to the motel for us to take a bit of a break after the long voyage getting to Arizona. We are due back at Lorraine’s about six their time to go out with the total family. The total family includes Dick. Dick is also 84 years young and has become a great friend to Lorraine. Dick is a retired chemist working for Dupont, developing the polymers in various paints, but has recently found a passion in the Baby Locks. It was fun watching the two of them as they worked through the challenges of a project they are both involved in.
Lorraine enjoyed reminiscing as to the times that her family visited with Orlin and me. Surprisingly, the time that her son, Mark, came to check out a grandfather’s clock that Orlin had built, became a reality for Mark as well as he went on to complete his clock.
Today was the hottest day in some time for this part of Arizona. I must say it felt every bit of the 103 degrees.