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| Baby Girl Quilt Top in the Making |
Last night, I stayed up too late watching news coverage of the fires. Eventually, however, I went to bed and slept in, this morning.
I spent a relatively quiet day, today. I spent most of the afternoon sewing the baby girl quilt top. I chose a very simple pattern of squares and pieced the top. I shall cut out and attach the borders, tomorrow. When it got too dark to sew (I prefer to sew in daylight, not under electric lights), I knitted and watched TV.
Friend M came over, in the evening, and tended to the garden and did some tidying up, for me. The resident spiders have been busy decorating the area near the front door for Halloween with their webs, but, M took them all down, in order to make the place look more presentable, next weekend, when I host the prayer gathering. I need to do the same inside the house!
I called cousin V in the afternoon to see if she is safe from the fires; she is not impacted, but, the venue where she had planned to celebrate her grandson's Christening was closed, today, due to the fire! She is hopeful that it will be open on Sunday!
I made a tentative menu for the prayer gathering dinner, today. I wanted a menu that will be easy to make: Roast chicken and beef curry, smoked sausages cooked with bell peppers, rice, sauteed green beans, salad, and desserts of flan and fresh fruits, maybe a cake or a pie. I can cook the beef curry a day or two ahead; everything else will be easy to prepare on the day. This is one of the few times when I make a menu ahead of time and shop for the ingredients, rather than buying whatever is on sale and planning my menu around what I've bought.
Today, I am grateful for:
- Daughter felt well enough to go to the office
- My family and I are not in the path of the fires
- An afternoon spent sewing
- M helping with the garden
- Video chatting with daughter
Today's joyful activity was sewing the quilt top.
Saturday's To Do List:
- Continue to sew the quilt
- Make cards
- Make a grocery shopping list for the prayer gathering dinner
How was your Friday? What are your plans for the weekend?
We're being very quiet and doing very little, as Bob's been very unwell this week. Grateful he's making a good recovery, and grateful for kind friends who have been so supportive
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear that Bob's been unwell. Glad to hear he's making a good recovery. Keeping you both in my prayers, Angela.
DeleteFire season must be so hard because you never know which way they might go or when they will be contained. Fires are very scary.
ReplyDeleteMy Friday was good because I was able to work in the yard after work. The weekend will be busy. Today we visit my son and tonight we have a neighborhood chili cook-off. Tomorrow we go to visit my father-in-law. I thinking now about what I want to cook to take to him.
Our fire season seems to be getting longer and longer! The brush is so dry that even a small spark can cause a fire and combined with the strong winds, it can spread very quickly.
DeleteI'm glad you had a good Friday and will be spending a weekend filled with family and friends. Have a wonderful time. :)
Stay safe. Blessings to all, I am praying the fires will be put out soon. Blessings, xoxo, Susie
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susie. Hope all is well with you and Ted, too.
DeleteGlad everyone is safe from the fires so far! I was looking at photos in the Dailymail and they also mapped the areas of CA that has fires. Andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea. Yes, so far, we are safe. There is nothing scarier than a fast moving fire, I think!
DeleteI’m so glad to hear that you are not affected by brush fires, Bless.
ReplyDeleteThe menu for prayer gathering looks so good. Can I stop by? 😁
Thank you, Nil. You are more than welcome to stop by! Anytime! :) And I am not just saying it, either. I mean it. By the way, I will be having my annual almsgiving in December - scheduled for the 8th, if you think you might be able to come to that. :)
Deleteahhh the semester ends on Dec 10th!
DeleteOne of these days I will come visit both you and Stephanie. :)
Oh, well, maybe next time. :)
DeleteThose darned spiders! One consolation I have during winter is that it is too cold for them to be out and about decorating the porch and shutters.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the baby quilt is getting under way and I love the delicate colours.
I took a "fit" this afternoon and started rearranging pictures in the house, which was a challenge as I didn't want to make any fresh holes in the walls! It was rainy today so no puttering in the yard.
I usually let them be; as a result, there are quite a few cobwebs inside the house, too!
DeleteThe quilt is almost done. Just need to sew down the border/binding. I rather like how it turned out.
Hope you were able to rearrange the pictures! My mother used to love rearranging the furniture, saying change was refreshing. I tend to be a stick in the mud, myself!
The quilt looks cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Akasha. I will post pictures of the finished quilt, later. :)
DeleteGlad you are safe from the bush fires, Bless. Are they each year?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ratnamurti. Yes, unfortunately, we have fires every year. The vegetation gets really dry over the summer and some small spark of fire can set the whole area burning.
DeleteThe quilt is looking lovely. X
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is almost done!
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