I ike Thursday # 426

 

I won't mislead you, I have very little gratitude in my heart, it's been replaced by despondency for my country. I will try to share some of the week with you, I need companionship, I feel frightened all the time. 

We got two snow alerts that came to nothing. The third was for 3" and the surprise was it lasted 4 days leaving totals here near the 20" mark, or with a bit of melt, half a standard poodle high. 

DH shoveled a path for the poor boy who is not able to step on his left back leg. Then two hours later there is 3-4" in the path. Out he went to shovel that off. Why couldn't the weather people warn us this would be a 4 day event with feet of snow? 

I couldn't focus, so I turned to medicinal sewing... two pre cut packs (bought on sale.) For the non sewing people here, that means a designer's line of fabric is cut into 5" squares with about 42 in the pack. I had two of this line and just started arranging them on the design wall

I wanted to just sew squares into groups then rows then a top. I have now finished the top with a black multi colored border fabric and am layering that with backing fabric and cotton batting and plan to quilt it simply. It's my mourning quilt and I don't like it much. I will finish it and use it to huddle under. It's about 44" X 56" now. It reminds me in looks of my granny's utility quilts so I wrote a story about my connection to her, read it here

I watch a tv show called crime scene kitchen. Couples compete to see who comes closest to figuring out the clues to the item baked, then bake their own. I looked at our counter as we finished up baking this week... know what we made? clue that's cinnamon sugar in the measuring cup, a buttered loaf pan, bowl of cream, rolling pin and mat coated in flour. 

(cinnamon bread loaf)

I tried to make tortillas with sweet potatoes and lentil flour... big fail so I actually threw them away

I never throw away food if I can help it but they were bitter. I can't take bitter at the moment.

what is your favorite Fall movie? I need diversions.... 

I love "when Harry met Sally" and there is a lot of Fall footage in it

Milo is very very poorly.

 We gave him the rimadyl (antiinflammatory) for 2 1/2 days and he stopped drinking. Nothing could persuade him to drink, I tried pouring teaspoons of water in his mouth and he turned his head. He ate very little. 

We stopped the pills but not before he developed a urinary tract infection, so he's on antibiotics. He wont eat anything even cookies. 

The vet ordered nausea pills and heavy pain meds today.  He began drinking again which means he pours out urine wherever he lies, and goes out to pee 10 drops 10 times about every 2 hours. 

I'm worn out of washing our bedding despite diapers, and it's been three days on antibiotics. 

our traveling vet said we have to go to some brick and morter vet office for sonograms and diagnosis. 

Our family unit is the three of us, I despair of losing Milo. 

just to keep it Thursday, I like my poodle son, I love him. 

Lovely

this artist sings so beautifully, and I have sung this song countless times in my life... she shares my name too altho spelled differently. It made me cry for the times I believed in my country as so secure. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyRMD0ZXW68 

Videos of interest

broccoli cheese soup with cannoli beans

https://scratchmadefoodforhungrypeople.blogspot.com/2020/07/broccoli-or-any-vegetable-and-cheddar.html 

made it and it was good

Make art with Christmas cookies? 

I will not go to these extremes but it was VERY fun to watch and I see using some techniques in a more simple way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9BQ0KzlwYU 

just sayin'

interesting that republicans have argued for the last 5 or so years that the voting system was broken... til suddenly when they "won" they immediately shut up about it. He said he didn't need votes to win. 15 million votes have disappeared, how would a Harris voter know if their vote was counted or made to disappear like he promised when he said he had people in place to remove votes. Le Petit Roi. 

the knitty quilter

https://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/

 http://3poodlesandanana.blogspot.com/

https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/  

http://littlepenguinquilts

princess bubbles creates   

https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/

 craftscaviescontras   

https://knittingquilter.blogspot.com/

grammajudyb.blogspot.com

https://lavenderdreamstoo.blogspot.com/

 

taking a break:

http://imworkingonaproject.blogspot.com/

https://www.homesewnbyus.com/

https://scrapatches.blogspot.com/ 

https://brianshomeblog.com/  

http://itsasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/   

http://goodrandomfun.blogspot.com

https://llbinourbackyard.blogspot.com/

               friday smiles