I am thankful for

On this rainy day, I am sew thankful for:

1. My grandma Pelz for teaching me to sew
2. My sewing room/office/bedroom which although small, is very cozy and my cats love it as much as I do!
3. Completing a nearly entirely paper-pieced quilt top
4. Groups and individuals who, at the drop of a hat, will make quilts and donate them anywhere they are needed
5. Bonnie Hunter. She is a designer/quilter that inspires me not only with her talents but with her outlook on life
6. The quilts I've made that have been loved
7. Being asked to make a special quilt. Even if I am unable to do it, it feels good to have been asked
8. Verna's quiltshop. I am so thankful for this quiltshop and its owner. I can always find exactly what I need - whether it is fabric or advice
   
9. a card that my oldest daughter made me recently. Such beautiful sixties flowers and a wonderful Robert Frost verse inside
10. Seam rippers. They are the greatest invention ever!
11. I can't live without my seam ripper.
12. All of the people who spend 6 weeks piecing the same mystery quilt from across the country.
13. I always love the Ohio Star
14. Quilting has taught me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

These are in response to #IMSEWTHANKFUL from American Patchwork & Quilting

Grammar gremlins

 

Me - in dog form

It is interesting that when I happen to read a blog post after it has been published, words have been mixed-up, misspelled, and/or misused.  It is a little embarrassing and sometimes, I'm unable to decipher what I was trying to say!

I really should keep to the simply words: cat, dog, fabric, coffee, etc. Those words make me happy. Maybe not so happy today though.  Someone hit and killed one of my cats. I have about 5 cats that live outside my house - they have no interest in living inside with the rest of my cats and dogs.  They are all spayed or neutered. They are all very well fed.  They all have little cat houses that they can live in when it is cold.  So it's not very often that any of them hang out in front of the house on the road.  I don't know why the kitty was out there but he was hit and no one even stopped. It appeared that he was killed instantly.  

It's sad to know that there are killers who live on my road.