What lovely plans for the quilt, listener! Going to be much fun, fer sure! And a pleasure all the way.
Got a tiny bit of a thaw, and I broke away a bit more ice. Still no way to retrieve the bucket though, alas. And it fills too much of the hole to be able to get more water, either. Which is okay: I have plenty for now.
Well, it's tiny, and only going to last for another day or two, but hey. The problem is not a lack of pick ax, which I have, but getting down onto the river (and back up) especially when the ice is rotten/unknown thickness. One of those "pincers at a distance" would help. Maybe. But the bucket's 2/3 full, and therefore heavy. At this point, I'm actually more unhappy about adding that much plastic to the flotsam.
Went to the grocery today, opened the side door of my van..... Well. I had left a carton of Diet Coke in front of the back seat when babysitting at Son #1's house. It froze, or they froze, or whatever. But the resultant explosions of multiple cans blew their tops off and liberally speckled the back seat with soda drops. Fortunately most of it was in ice chunks, kind of like the slushies you can get. I managed to scrape most of the chunks out once I got home, will recycle the cans. But when warm weather comes I'll have some serious interior car cleaning to do.
And listener, I wouldn't presume to give anyone quilting advice. I call myself a "slap dash quilter". My only criteria being 1.) is it finished? and 2.) is it warm? On occasion my corners don't even say "howdy" to each other. I've been know to lose a star point or two in a seam, and sometimes my borders are wavy. Nobody ever seems to care. As I told my quilting group: "non-quilters don't know the difference and quilters are too polite to say anything".
Non-quilters are so gloriously happy that you've done so much work of love for them, that missing star corners and wavy borders are put into proper perspective -- which is: invisible.
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Oh, cute story about Emma-cat helping with the cupcakes! Sounds like Grandad is a keeper, eh?
And that's some quilt! Enjoy!
Susan--might the back seat of your van be removable? If so it could be heavy, but I'll bet a liberal dousing with a hose would do the job and not damage it if the weather were good. I removed and replaced the rear seat in our old minivan several times; easy enough except for the fact that it was darn heavy. It was held in place with a kind of spring-loaded, levered hooks.
Puddle--Mother won't mind; you have a lot of credit in your account with her, I think.
This evening and tomorrow (MLK Day) are for resting up, and other light stuff as the spirit moves me. Darned if they didn't interfere with my beauty sleep at the horse pistol Friday night. None of the Darkover books I mail-ordered have arrived yet, but I have a Sword & Sorceress anthology to occupy me until I sack out, maybe 9:00 or 9:30 this evening.
Susan...coke usually comes out fine. You could spend $45 to rent a steam cleaner or pay $100 to someone to "detail" it for you. I'd save up and go with the latter.
I agree with Alan, puddle. Mother won't mind. A bucket doesn't kill the fish or other creatures and you never know...it could wash downstream and get picked up by someone and become useful for someone who has no bucket presently.
I'd thought about that. After the hurricane, I saw my favorite swan planter and one of my mother's patio chairs down river. I left 'em with the new owners: they'd done the work of dragging them from the river. . . .
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What lovely plans for the quilt, listener! Going to be much fun, fer sure! And a pleasure all the way.
ReplyDeleteGot a tiny bit of a thaw, and I broke away a bit more ice. Still no way to retrieve the bucket though, alas. And it fills too much of the hole to be able to get more water, either. Which is okay: I have plenty for now.
Sounds like you need a pickax.
ReplyDeleteThaw? What's a thaw? Ha! We're expecting minus-6 tonight.
Well, it's tiny, and only going to last for another day or two, but hey. The problem is not a lack of pick ax, which I have, but getting down onto the river (and back up) especially when the ice is rotten/unknown thickness. One of those "pincers at a distance" would help. Maybe. But the bucket's 2/3 full, and therefore heavy. At this point, I'm actually more unhappy about adding that much plastic to the flotsam.
ReplyDeleteWent to the grocery today, opened the side door of my van..... Well. I had left a carton of Diet Coke in front of the back seat when babysitting at Son #1's house. It froze, or they froze, or whatever. But the resultant explosions of multiple cans blew their tops off and liberally speckled the back seat with soda drops. Fortunately most of it was in ice chunks, kind of like the slushies you can get. I managed to scrape most of the chunks out once I got home, will recycle the cans. But when warm weather comes I'll have some serious interior car cleaning to do.
ReplyDeleteAnd listener, I wouldn't presume to give anyone quilting advice. I call myself a "slap dash quilter". My only criteria being 1.) is it finished? and 2.) is it warm? On occasion my corners don't even say "howdy" to each other. I've been know to lose a star point or two in a seam, and sometimes my borders are wavy. Nobody ever seems to care. As I told my quilting group: "non-quilters don't know the difference and quilters are too polite to say anything".
Non-quilters are so gloriously happy that you've done so much work of love for them, that missing star corners and wavy borders are put into proper perspective -- which is: invisible.
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70% chance of precipitation
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ReplyDeleteOh, cute story about Emma-cat helping with the cupcakes! Sounds like Grandad is a keeper, eh?
And that's some quilt! Enjoy!
Susan--might the back seat of your van be removable? If so it could be heavy, but I'll bet a liberal dousing with a hose would do the job and not damage it if the weather were good. I removed and replaced the rear seat in our old minivan several times; easy enough except for the fact that it was darn heavy. It was held in place with a kind of spring-loaded, levered hooks.
Puddle--Mother won't mind; you have a lot of credit in your account with her, I think.
This evening and tomorrow (MLK Day) are for resting up, and other light stuff as the spirit moves me. Darned if they didn't interfere with my beauty sleep at the horse pistol Friday night. None of the Darkover books I mail-ordered have arrived yet, but I have a Sword & Sorceress anthology to occupy me until I sack out, maybe 9:00 or 9:30 this evening.
TTFN
I agree totally with puddle.
ReplyDeletePlus, thanks, Susan, because you're helping me feel more like I can do this.
Which, in fact, I already am. It's sooo much fun!!
Susan...coke usually comes out fine. You could spend $45 to rent a steam cleaner or pay $100 to someone to "detail" it for you. I'd save up and go with the latter.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Grandad is definitely a keeper. :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alan, puddle. Mother won't mind. A bucket doesn't kill the fish or other creatures and you never know...it could wash downstream and get picked up by someone and become useful for someone who has no bucket presently.
ReplyDeleteI'd thought about that. After the hurricane, I saw my favorite swan planter and one of my mother's patio chairs down river. I left 'em with the new owners: they'd done the work of dragging them from the river. . . .
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