Saturday the 15th
With much of the snow lying where it fell, it is super bright outside. Every make of vehicle that can pull a trailer with a snowblower on it is out and about.
Dennis waited until Randy had blown the driveway off before he suited up to tidy around our doorways. It took until noon before it was above zero.
Today the Christmas wall hangings have been taken down and tucked away and the Christmas valences are also down. Dennis thought I had better look through my totes for some wall hangings to put up as the house looked bare.
The wall hanging over the front door window is called “Let it Snow.” Decades ago it was the perfect pattern to use up dozen of the small buttons from the Fairfax button tree. When the heat run is going the four panels do a bit of a wiggle. The front door may have a bit of a draft and the wall hanging acts as a buffer. Homes that are a hundred years old are allowed a few infractions.
The living room north wall is ready for all things spring like and sweet. This is one of a few that I still did all the hand sewing an inch apart for the waffle weave appearance. The applique work of the hearts and the basket of flowers were a challenge, even at that time. It was done when the hands were nimble and tired little.
Several years ago while us stitchers were on a retreat, my friend Sharon clued me in on the packet of designs for machine embroidery barns. I couldn’t wait to get the packet downloaded. I did three pillows for family, as well as a three-barn design for a table topper for my nephew’s home. I had to make a wall hanging for our stairwell. The wall hanging designs were done on synthetic suede that I had had in my stashes for a long time. It worked up great.
With Dennis spending time with his walk-behind snowblower, I decided to see what was in the freezer for supper. Though we had a Dennis-made chicken oven meal earlier this week, there were some frozen chicken breasts that needed to get out of the bottom of the freezer, along with the last bag of frozen carrot rounds. Dennis had used canned chicken which can be a bit bland. I diced up my chicken and pan fried them after tossing them in seasoned breading that had turmeric powder, Bisquick and cinnamon in the mix. The egg noodle pasta took second fiddle to the chicken, carrots and bright green peas. Talk about a bright fresh looking oven dish that had Alfredo sauce to blend all.
All is well on Stauffer Avenue. I do plan on spending some time in the studio tomorrow.