One More Item
Today, one more item was ticked off the list that needed attention for 2020. It was my turn to have my eyes checked. I was a bit gun shy as Dennis came home last week from a usual eye checkup, only to have had an injection in his eye for wet macular degeneration. In curiosity, I asked Dr. Pinke how it could come on so fast for Dennis. Every person, every eye is unique. The wet version moves quickly. The dry version may be detected with nothing transpiring over years. That is where I am at. I believe it was six years ago, there was a detection of the macular degeneration. It has not progressed on a bit as of today. I left with knowing that all was well with my eyes. A very thankful visit.
After having been to the Old Alley Quilt Shop last Friday, yesterday I received an email that I had won a $20.00 gift card. That moved me onto taking a quilt top and backing to Old Alley this afternoon. Having put together the project thus far, I don’t care for UFOs, unfinished projects, in the sewing studio. It may be several weeks before it is long-armed. It will be a good thing to have it in-house to work on the binding of it. The gift card paid for the batting. Sweet.
We had a fellow that arrived last night to look over the Craigslist merry-go-round and Ferris-wheel that we have listed. He labeled it as one of a kind “Folk Art.” He agreed, he had never seen anything like it. He was impressed how the items on the merry-go-round were engineered individually and all run by the belt driven treadle sewing machine wheel under the table. The tuna can that had been made into a movable twirling ride for the two figures sitting in it, was run in part by a portion of an old metal hand-turned egg beater under the decking. Mr. Tom took measurements and went home to see where he would have room for these as he wanted them to be each free-standing so all aspects could be enjoyed. What I gathered is that Mr. Tom collects “Folk Art.” In truth . . . I was so happy that someone deemed this special enough to come and have a look-see. The Ferris-wheel, done up with the erector set look, was boggling to him. The tiny brads used in building all the seats were intact and solid. Neither Dennis nor I are mobile enough to be able to get under the tables in the event there would be something that needed care or maintenance. As I have said many times “time will tell.”
We did have the furnace running for a bit last night over supper to take the chill off. Once Dennis was tucked into his bed with the electric mattress pad on #3, I shut the furnace down. I sleep well when it is cool. To make sure of that I opened a window just a bit.