This one needs a blue border of some kind, but nothing I tried worked well at all. One thing about these quilts, I have to like them, or I won't give them away. And so once again, I will try to FORCE myself to the quilt store.
Kissack Adventures
Nancy, Cooper, Jessie and Jonathan
Monday, April 7, 2025
Recovering ......
Sunday, April 6, 2025
ROCKING OUT!!
This may be another false spring, but we are up to 48 degrees this morning! YAHOO! We might even make it into the 70's on this day. Where's my shorts ... it's time for some fun in the California sun. Or after last night, maybe just a nap on the patio.
Working bingo does have its perks. We donate to several big charities in our County, and this is one of them. It's CASA ... Court Appointed Special Advocates. They have lots of volunteers in our area that help foster kids with whatever problems they may be having, whether it's with their foster parents, school or just hard times. This is their once a year fund raiser.
We have donated $5,000 every year to pay for the entertainment at this shindig ... the Killer Dueling Pianos. Honestly, I don't see the draw ... but what do I know. More on that later.
Pretty fancy table if you ask me. Truly, they might have dispensed with the middle chatchkey stuff. We had no room for anything! Though we only had tickets for 8, we had seating for 10. We've no idea why.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Early Bird Gets The Fish
Spring may have finally sprung ... or maybe just sprung a leak. My heater still comes on occasionally during the day, even though set very low. I'm hoping this month has a LOW gas bill. Lucky for me, the solar continues to keep the electricity going, but that gas bill ... oooweeee!!
How THESE guys are keeping warm is beyond me. It's very early in Bear Valley California where this little family only has Mom for heat. She's waiting for Dad to bring breakfast to the kids. It's definitely cold since she is fluffed up, so the babies must be freezing.
Friday, April 4, 2025
Another Dinner, Another Steak
Aye chi MAMA!! I thought we were into spring. Someone please turn up the thermostat!! We are back down to 43 degrees and C O L D!! It looks like that's where we will stay for the next ten days.
Though sometimes I think I could stay under the warm covers all day long, it was not to be. SOMEONE came scratching at my shoulder. GET UP MOM!!
He's SO demanding, Mr. Cooper is. What can I say. He's spoiled rotten and it's all my fault. On the other hand, he's the best company ever!!
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Storms and Stitches
GOOOOOOD morning!!!! Boy did I ever hate those words when I was a kid. It meant getting up really early, eating cold cereal, bundling up so much you could hardly move, and taking the long walk to the barn to catch the horses. I never understood why everything on a ranch had to be done at 4:30 in the morning.
Moving cattle from field to field (they were all numbered and we had to remember which one was which), gathering cattle for different things like branding, vaccinations, fly spraying ... it all began in the cold dark of morning.
There's nothing like riding your horse across the irrigated pastures and being completely covered with mosquitos. Folks that complain about mosquitos now, don't even have a clue how bad they can really be. We would spray the horses before we went out because they would be absolutely covered with them, as would WE. I think I lost a pint of blood every time. The most words I heard in my life were YOU WILL LIVE.
Mosquitos ... you will live. Fall off the back of the truck while moving ... you will live. Have a horse fall and roll over you ... you will live. Break your leg ... you will live. Get smashed in the chest by that cow they said would NOT run over me ... you will live. Almost cut your finger off cleaning fresh caught fish ... you will live. I suppose I have to admit they were right, since I'm still here.
I rather think that's what they say back East when these big storms roll through causing flooding and tornados. I'd rather have the mosquitos. I watched this yesterday every 30 minutes or so as Patsy and Bill were right in the midst of it. We had a little rain off and on, but nothing like this crazy storm.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
April Fools Day ... A Mystery
It's April Fools Day ... and boy did we get fooled!! The really nice weather turned into cold, wind, rain and hail that covered the ground like snow. We didn't see THAT coming!! It's also time for the Magic Castle of Bingo!!
Truly I expected sunshine and roses. I would have pictures, but most of that happened when I was at the lodge. Bingo folks came in soaking wet holding their heads from the hail. It's like the post office ... nothing keeps them from their appointed task of playing bingo.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Great Minds Think Alike!
You know those mornings when you don't want to get out of bed but you are wide awake? There is absolutely NO chance you might go back to sleep, so you toss and turn until the King of the House says I NEED TO GO OUT MOM!!
So up I got, stumbling to the door, brain not engaged. The SIREN was exceptionally loud on this day. I'm sure the neighbors appreciate that early morning wake up call.
After no breakfast, since I had a mind to see just how long I could go without eating, I set up the next quilt on the longarm. Rex if you are reading this, check your last blog post. I left a message for you. Hopefully I will have time to finish this one today since you KNOW what day it is once again. It's BINGO time tonight!!
Monday, March 31, 2025
So-So and Sew!
Well .... it's a deep subject ..... here we are at the end of another month that was six days long. Maybe I should do absolutely nothing all day so they would last a little longer!! It feels like we are at peregrine falcon speed diving for a fishy dinner!! 240 mph!
It was a dark overcast day once again, with rain off and on. We've got two more days of this scheduled, which is okay with me since I love the "cool". The breezes got a little carried away yesterday, but for the most part, it was stellar.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Pomp and Pose!
Tap tap tap tap tap .... that's the rain hitting the bottom of the downspout 5 feet from the head of my bed. Mother Nature is having one last winter blast. At least I HOPE it's the last one! Yessiree ... it's raining. She just can't decide whether to smile or cry. It makes me smile though because the sprinklers are still OFF. Oh yes, here we go with another summer of sprinkler angst.