Wow... I didn't get my list of August goals added to my blog. Where have I been and what have I been doing?
Fishing! I went fishing on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Quatsino Sound. It was a fishing trip that my husband really wanted to go on after watching many hours of fishing shows on tv and he really liked the sound of the place we decided to go to. We were gone a week because we stopped on the way there and back at really good and very long time friends in Courtenay.
Because of COVID, my husband was leery of going with a fishing buddy and he convinced me I would enjoy the luxury of this resort. He was right! It was fabulous and there were only 5 of us in the entire place plus a few staff and the fishing guides. They treated us very nicely, fed us well and were friendly and happy. All the rules were followed and temperatures were taken every morning as well as before letting us board the boat that took us from the parking lot to the resort. Self distancing was in effect which made us all feel comfortable and our rooms were lovely and included satellite tv plus wifi... what more could a girl ask for? Of course, my husband was happy since he got to watch the Canucks play. But, who knew I would have to be up, have breakfast and be on the water by 5:30AM? But, I did it!
The last morning was lovely... a sleep in and a great breakfast of eggs benedict, cooked to perfection! And then saying good-bye to a very different vacation.
Of course, I have to brag a bit... I did catch a salmon, first morning on the water and the only salmon caught by any of the boats that were out on the water for the duration of our trip. Apparently, the salmon decided to head down the inside passage and not the west coast of Vancouver Island. Lucky me!
We had fabulous weather and a first for me was taking the ferry from Duke point.
And back home to reality... meaning laundry and another Moh's skin cancer surgery for my husband the next day. But, lots of fish, all neatly filleted and vacuum packed as well as frozen for us in the freezer. Mainly white fish (halibut, ling cod etc) but also my salmon!And the weather has been good so playing tennis every morning and it has taken me a few days to get back into my studio and accomplish anything.
However, since the beginning of August, I have been working on my goal to get 9 quilts quilted... these have the batting and backing ready so I just have to 'do it'. I have 6 of them quilted but they are waiting for binding. I also have 6 preemies waiting to be layered and I will quilt them on my domestic machine and might wait until I am at retreat next month.
The rainbow scrap challenge for August is purple so I made my purple bin plus a brown one since it is easier to make two at a time.
Then I got to work on making my purple string blocks:
I dug out my fabrics for my granddaughter's Harry Potter quilt. Her birthday is coming up quickly and I need to get to work on this.
But first... I read a blog this morning that was chatting about the Rainbow Scrap challenge and how they never choose brown as the monthly colour.... since I had made a brown bucket earlier in the week, I dug out my brown strips and was surprised that I have way too many for my container. So, time to make some brown strip/string blocks to go with the others that I have done so far this year. I think I could probably make an entire quilt out of brown strings!
So, for the last week of the month:
- quilt flower garden
- quilt for Jane for QOV
- quilt for Darlene for QOV
- make binding for 9 quilts
- layer preemie quilts, ready for quilting
- make brown strip pieced blocks
- get going on the Harry Potter quilt
If I can get this all done in the next 7 days, I will be very happy. It looks like a full week of tennis, plus a haircut (yippee) and all the other usual things like meals, grocery shopping, housework, laundry and hoping that our new roof gets finished this week. We have had a dumpster in our driveway for over 2 weeks and am tired of parking on the road.
Love the photo of you with your fish! Your facial expression is priceless.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't want to touch it... no way to wash my hands and I did take out some wet wipes the next day, just in case! The guys just lean over the side of the boat to wash but that wasn't in my comfort zone!
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