News of Stauffer
Today is a 77 degree day here on Stauffer Avenue.
Even a Thursday as promising as this can have some sad news. Since about 2009 we had enjoyed a cast iron eagle that loved to sit on the patio with the “Red, White and Blue” flying over it. The eagle had been found when several of us gals were trolling garden nurseries. It was a good thing, my friend Doreen didn’t know her limit in lifting things. The eagle tipped in easily at 75 pounds.
In recent years when our Maple tree got a trimming, the fellow cut one of the limbs totally flat so the eagle could sit eight feet above the ground and keep an eye out. Last night, some brave varmint stole the eagle from its resting place. Yes, there is dirt that has been disturbed and a new hunk of the Maple’s trunk that was pulled off where the eagle was. Someone or somebodies might have had a shock when 75 pounds of cast iron was on its way to the ground in their face.
We did call the city police and I did put a photo on Facebook. Nothing may ever come of getting the eagle back, but we will try.
This late forenoon, Dennis and I had our pedicures up town. What a great thing to do for ourselves.
The lights popped on in the studio today for several hours. The air is chilly and that is why several hours did the trick. I now have the t-shirts cut down for this retired firefighter. As luck would have it, I had enough Pellon Shape-Flex to cut into the number of the blocks that these two twin sized t-shirt quilts will be. The Shape-Flex will be ironed onto the back of each wrinkled t-shirt making them as easy to sew with as if they were yardage of cotton. That was enough for one day.
I do have an oven dish to pop into the oven. Rotisserie cubed chicken out of the freezer, one can of Bavarian sauerkraut, one can of white kernel corn, and two cups of pasta with Alfredo sauce. The batch is large enough to tuck a small container in the freezer before I pop our dish in the oven. Sweet.
Enjoy whatever trips your trigger as Friday is soon to be here for the beginning of a nice weekend.