Eric ties flies! LOTS OF FLIES! EVERYDAY!
He is very good, teaches classes and spends afternoons at the table tying with people that need encouragement. (not sure what this one is called (yes, they all have names) Woolly Booger?)
Post Thanksgiving Turkey broth.
Total=14 Qrts
Thanksgiving this year was a hit in the 'pie biz'. Caitlin said they made approximately
600 pies. Each year the numbers grow and grow. This year even the youngest was put to work sorting boxes alphabetically and an amazing job she did.
The Christmas Season could not start here in my house til after Gus's 5th Birthday (a rule made by the littles) and an excellent rule to be followed. I started going through quilts on December 1st, pulling out the obvious Christmas ones and hanging them about the house. Slowly, ever so slow, the vintage Santa mugs, Santas and Snow Men large wax figures and white lights are making an appearance.
On the Making side of life:
Finished a quilt for Interfaith Quilting group
continue to work on my Hexie Quilt
picked up a UFO scarf-Groovey (a fav)
and a few more rows on my Half and Half.
In Books:
The Pioneer Women- the stories of Kansas women and their struggles settling the grass lands of the Kansas frontier.*****
The Three Graces of Val-Kill: Eleanor Roosevelt, Marion Dickerman, and Nancy Cook in the Place They Made Their Own***** If you love reading about amazing women this book is a must.
Bunny Mallon- Halfway through this book and I am enjoying reading about this new to me figure in American 'style' history.
Joining up with As Kat Knits
(oh good lord, I forgot how to do all the link ups;-/
will do better next post, or not!)
5 comments:
Fun to see the fly! My brother used to tie flies all the time...and my nephew too. Not sure if either of them now has the time to fly fish. Thanks for the book recommendations!
600 pies?! My brain cannot even fathom making that many (or wanting to eat any afterward)!
Holy Cow - 600 pies is a huge number of pies. I can see why everyone needs to help. I am going to look for The Three Graces of Val-Kill. I admire E. Roosevelt and we visited Val-Kill sometime before the pandemic. I think the slow approach to holiday decorating is the right one. It took me a week to get out what I wanted to display this year.
That fly is incredible!
But those pies! Wow! (and those quilts... wowie, wow, wow!)
I love you catching us all up! XO
My husband, Tom, is an avid fly fisherman and long time fly tier. (We enable each others' stash-building. Which works out nicely.) I love the names of the various flies he ties. (And "Wooly Buggers" are VERY popular in our household.) I love seeing all your beautiful quilts, Eileen. It must be so fun to bring them all out again for the holidays! XO
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