It's Joanne's Turn!

Now that the school work is complete, it's time to PLAY!

Joanne and Joe chose the same pattern as my previous quilt, but in different colors. 

I LOVED making the Double Wedding Ring;

here it is all stretched out on the big frame, for the pinning process.

All set to start stitching!  Thanks, Joanne, for getting engaged,

so I have a Quilting Priority!

Post Script Post!

Just a little addendum to previous post.  The Snow Plow Man came and did his duty, and then our friend came with his truck / blade to wrap up the street cleaning.

View of our front walk and step!

The Mountain at the top of the street.  Susan's garage and front door in the background.

And NOW here's what that poor fire hydrant looks like! 

Wonder how long it will take to melt???

February 1 Midwest Snow!

The month of January was consumed with two tasks: 

1.  Jeff and I substituted as Shift Coordinators at the Temple for friends who had pressing obligations elsewhere.  That meant creating the "perfect" schedule and then seeing what really played out in the lives of our wonderful friends who are ordinance workers.  Four Weeks In A Row! 

(In addition to our normal Saturday shift)

2.  I worked like a robot to complete my Capstone course to finish my degree.  There was a major paper, an essay which turned out to be a miracle, a long set of paragraphs about what I learned getting this Bachelor's Degree, and LOTS of new things to learn about the computer--and to beg for Jeff's help on.  I put my portfolio binder into the mail on Monday, January 31.  That evening we fought battles with the computer, getting the files small enough to email to General Studies Office. 

And then we waited for the THE STORM to match all storms which brought February in with a WHIRLWIND.  It snowed and the wind blew for about 12-15 hours. 

Here are some photos of the results of the storm:

Rick Marshall pulled out his snow blower before the sun was up this morning.  Note that the snow is up to the "head" of the fire hydrant in front of our house!

I opened up the back (basement) door to THIS! 

Note that the height of the snow is WAAAAAYYYY more than half the width of the door!

Jeff shoveled a path one shovel wide to my parent's house. 

Above the top of my boots, and nearly to my knees.

Mom's and Dad's back deck.  It was nearly full, up to the railing!

The wind blew the snow completely around the U of the back of our home.  From the left (garage) clear across the bottom of the photo and out the other corner.  The resulting drift left a chasm on both sides.  It is amazing the way the snow blew for hours yesterday.  And, the snow plow has now come to clean the street, so we can now leave home--which Jeff promptly did! 

This photo is for Joanne. 

Thought you'd like to see the nice "nightcap" on the light outside the back door.