tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18144250959854282542024-03-05T02:07:10.341-08:00Tracy and ScottScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646769039724152473noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-8410586690632010382014-07-03T12:57:00.002-07:002014-07-03T12:57:45.228-07:00EPIC DartmouthTeam Tri to Keep it Wild went fast and had fun during Sunday's Epic Triathlon. Even though it was a hot day, Scott and Sarah did as well or better than planned and neither one was too tired for a couple more days of Canada Day fun afterwards - going to the beach, touring the Citadel, checking out the Tattoo parade, visiting a working war ship... They raised $1000 for the Nature Conservancy. Woo!<br />
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Hope these fit on little Cowabunga all summer! 2 weeks to go!! :)</div>
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Blizzard warning, storm surge warning, daycare's closed, Scott's office is closed (sometimes happens for weather), my office is closed (NEVER happens). <br />
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Let's make this the end of winter, ok? Please?<br />
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-46865692343173139372014-01-31T16:52:00.002-08:002014-01-31T16:57:39.326-08:00Little things<div style="text-align: center;">
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I've just been working on a few little crafty things lately while my big project - the sawtooth quilt acts camera shy in the sewing room. Here are some tiny pants for junior who is set to arrive in May. Thanks for modeling, Kermie! </div>
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I've had this set of play numbers on the go for a long time. The numbers 1-9 are all fused on the backgrounds . Now I have outline them all with embroidery. Six more to go! Then I guess I'll make little quilty sandwiches with them and they'll be ready to play with. B already knows lots of numbers, so I'd better get going!! </div>
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And finally, a yellow hat, as requested by B, to match her "banana suit" - a favorite knitted sweater and pants set she got from our cousin last Christmas - still fits, woo! Thanks for modeling, Roberta Rabbit! </div>
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They have pineapples growing in the Public Gardens in Halifax. The Public Gardens is my favorite thing in Halifax. I didn't know pineapples are pink while they're growing.<br />
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It's almost time for Canada Day. Woo! We're going camping on Prince Edward Island (we hope). It's supposed to be rainy so we'll see how it goes.<br />
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I forgot to tell you...<span style="color: black;">We had an awesome New Year's Eve this year with
friends who came over and even brought LOBSTER!!! It was lobster-mania!
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<span style="color: black;">I don't think this evil winter will ever end. We went to see Shubenacadie Sam on Groundhog Day at the wildlife park (-10C max that day!) and he predicted more winter for us. Duh. We had a really cold snap for a couple of weeks. Then a storm that brought quite a lot of snow. And now it's back to the usual cycle of snow, rain, freeze, wind, repeat.Why is the text black? I don't know.</span></div>
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Scott's parents came for a nice visit just before I started my new job. We welcomed them with snow drifts so high we couldn't open the door to the back deck. <br />
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And we made a <i>snow </i>Bunyip in the backyard - FUN! You'll have to read "Watch Out Little Wombat!" by Charles Fuge to learn about the Bunyip. Gramps helped with the new flooring in the basement. Just a few more steps (I didn't say quick or small steps) and we'll have a nice sunny room we can hang out in. Too bad my sister's home improvement skills don't magically transfer to me somehow!<br />
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So... now our lives have become a rush rush rush as we cling to our sanity waiting for the weekend to arrive each week. I have to drive out to the airport each day for work so in the morning I leave early and Scott takes the girl to daycare in the stroller, then runs to work or takes the bus. The weather is not making this an easy feat. Then I pick her and the stroller up with the car in the afternoon and Scott has to work a bit later into the evening. She's definitely still adjusting to her new schedule.<br />
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I have been good so far - the first two weeks - planning and shopping for the week's meals on Saturday and Sunday. The weather, back-to-back bouts of pinkeye for B, bronchitis for me, and a bad cold for Scott have caused a few bumps along the way, not to mention some days and nights without good sleeping and napping, but I think we're settling in now.<br />
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I am an "intermediate aero/mech engineer (transmissions)" at IMP Aerospace and Defence now. Eek! I support the CSH149 Cormorant which is a Canadian Forces Search and Rescue helicopter. Here's one at the base in Greenwood, NS with some famous people. I believe they got a ride in a Cormorant from NS to PEI when they were visiting Canada. <br />
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Also, Scott is a genius. He rebuilt our computer so it doesn't suck anymore AND he put the coffee maker on a we're-not-at-home-turn-on-the-lights timer so it comes on in the morning before we get up. AWESOME!!!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-74374919495097798582012-12-30T19:11:00.003-08:002012-12-30T19:13:57.976-08:00EwWinds gusting to 90km/hr. Wet slushy snow... and...<br />
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And here it is in Fahrenheit for <strike>you</strike> us Americans... <br />
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I'd like to skip ahead to Friday, please!! I know there are lots of much colder places, but we just got back from Christmas in Virginia and we were paddling in the lake there on Christmas Day. I was hoping for a gentler transition, eek! High of 9? What the deuce!?!?!<br />
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This was one of the nice sunsets we got this fall - a view from our back window. Halifax is over there.<br />
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Look, Scott! You're on the new $20!!</div>
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Also today we got a 2-year-old! Eek! B is 2!!! She knew exactly what to do with the candles on her birthday cake, thanks completely to Elmo's World: Birthdays on YouTube. She saw those things and said "then you blow out the candles!" and then she did it. We have never talked to her about birthday candles and she's never seen them in real life anywhere. Thanks, Elmo. This event was NOT captured on film, blurry or otherwise.<br />
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One more new thing: I decided to make a separate blog just for crafty things. They were taking over. I had to send them away. Really I just wanted to have a place that would show me which of my favorite quilting blogs had been updated recently - you know, to save time surfing. There's probably a smarter way to do that, but I like to think I'm old-fashioned. Anyway, there are only a couple of posts there, since holiday and birthday things have been more urgent lately. Oh yeah - <a href="http://darksidequilting.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">here</a>'s the link. Halifax people like to call Dartmouth the "Dark Side" in case you were wondering. Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-15982234944139268622012-11-21T15:27:00.002-08:002012-11-21T15:27:42.935-08:00quiltyFour pies/basketballs done (I got another one done since taking this picture), and a sneak peek of a little something I'm whipping up for a Christmas gift...<br />
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The colors are SURF and PAPAYA (Kona Cotton). So tropical! If we ever get a sunny day I'll take a picture that shows the colors better. They make me want to sip a fruity drink on the beach. Ahhhhh.....Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-27215721766676380742012-10-28T11:59:00.001-07:002012-10-28T11:59:13.045-07:00Crafty!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Best activities with fall leaves: jumping, stomping, crunching, viewing.<br />
Worst activity: raking and wrangling into yard waste bags :) <br />
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Here's my second attempt (sorry for the bad photo - wish you could feel how soft it is!!!) at the Honey Cowl by Madelinetosh - free pattern found on <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/account/login" target="_blank">Ravelry</a>. Also ready early for Christmas. I hope you're not reading this, recipient! I don't think you know about my blog. <br />
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Our little pirate already knows how to say "Yarrrrr, matey" and "trick-or-treat!" I made a little vest for her out of felt for Halloween. Oops, the iron was a bit hot for the felt, but no one will ever notice. I just used sticky-back fusible web and plain old felt! Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-29495453165155506882012-10-27T11:23:00.000-07:002012-10-27T11:24:23.592-07:00Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some shots from our quick trip "south" to Maine. We had to ENTER Canada at a land crossing, even though we were already IN Canada and there are seaports and airports much closer than 7 hours from where we live. That pesky Bay of Fundy makes it a long drive to the U.S. from Halifax! Anyway, we are now permanent residents of Canada, woo! <br />
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Here's a post with more details about the Totally Groovy quilt, just to have something nice to link to the <a href="http://pileofabric.com/post/1255817-a-quilt-just-for-me-and" target="_blank">Quilt-Along</a> (click there to see some really amazing Groovies). <br />
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I chose the colors from one of my daughter's favorite books: Leslie Patricilli's "Higher Higher." There's a girl in it with brown hair and a pink and red dress flying through space on a swing. We love all of Leslie Patricelli's books! I've never made an all solids quilt before so this was a fun chance to design my own color scheme. Kona Ice Peach, Windsor, Ruby, Camellia, and Mocha.<br />
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It was tough lining up all those seams. I agree with some of the other quilter-alongers that this can be avoided by doing the piecing differently than indicated by the pattern. I saw it coming, but in the end I decided to just follow the pattern because I was worried that my muddled mommy brain would screw it up and I didn't have time or fabric to spare. <br />
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I do have a darning foot for my sewing machine, but have never tried any free-motion quilting so I went for a walking-foot friendly design. I've only used my walking foot for perfectly straight lines, and only on one throw-sized quilt and one baby changing pad, so I learned a lot on this one. The curves were trickier than I anticipated, but I learned as I went - especially about starting and stopping in the middle of the quilt. The long curvy lines of the design were so cool and I like how the quilting accentuated them. <br />
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On the back, I made the brown-red seam match a seam on the front so the quilting wouldn't cross it. Though I matched the quilting thread color on the front to the piecing, I forgot about matching the colors on the back. I just wasn't thinking about it since I've never not used the same thread in the bobbin as on top. Drrrrr....<br />
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Here's my pieced binding: mostly brown with a section of red and a little piece of pink, just for fun. I love crinkly quilts, but I'm not sure if I want to wash this one if I'm going to hang it on a wall on my house. Gotta look at what some other people did.<br />
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This was so much fun - thanks to Alyssa for hosting the quilt-along. Wooo!!! I even learned how to use flickr :)Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-25510932368020529962012-10-15T11:13:00.002-07:002012-10-15T11:18:03.601-07:00Acorn PeopleAunt Barb tucked these little guys in our bag for the trip home from Ontario after Thanksgiving at Gran and Gramps' house. Tee hee....<br />
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Wish I had some of those crazy long green California acorns to make a scary acorn monster family to go with these guys!<br />
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When we got home, we took a drive to do some apple picking on the coldest day we've had out here so far. Brrrrr!!!!!!!!! Do you like our technique?<br />
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We ended up with a peck of apples. That's about 40% of an almost-two-year-old, weight-wise.<br />
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I also finally finished off the binding on my Totally Groovy quilt. Yay!!! Now, where to hang it (if at all) and should I wash it? I like the crinkly look, but I don't know if it would be cool with this design. And Scott said it already looks wrinkly. As long as he doesn't say I look wrinkly!!!! :)<br />
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And finally, for a good time, may I recommend scraping the popcorn off your 80's basement ceiling? It actually comes off easily, but makes a lot of dust and mess. Quite satisfying overall, though. There's just a bit more to do. When the weather gets cold for real, we can focus on getting this room in the basement in shape. Scott does the work, I have to admit, and I just make myself anxious about it.<br />
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Hooray!!! Our new windows and front door were installed on Tuesday! Here's the big window in our family room. The sill and some of the siding was a bit rotten so now it's all primed and ready for paint if it ever stops raining!</div>
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Here's my Totally Groovy quilt all quilted and ready for binding. I've trimmed it and attached the binding to the front now, so I'm in the process of hand sewing the binding to the back. I was all ready to try my first bias binding, but I was worried I didn't have enough fabric, so it's a straight-of-grain binding. Here's a link to some others' work on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/totally_groovy_qal/" target="_blank">FLICKR</a>. I'm thinking of hanging it up on the wall in our house. This was such a fun project.<br />
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And a few weeks ago, Scott and I got out for a night (thank you awesome neighbor for babysitting!!!!!!!) and got to see a film at the Atlantic Film Festival here in Halifax. We saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048877/" target="_blank">The Ambassador</a>, which I quite enjoyed - very controversial. After seeing it, we rented another of Mads Bruegger's documentaries, The Red Chapel, which I didn't like as much. It was a bit baffling, really. I especially liked Mads' boots in The Ambassador :)Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-20950944265522456572012-09-05T11:21:00.000-07:002012-09-05T11:21:00.011-07:00Groovy TopIt's a dreary rainy day here, so sorry for the indoor flash photo. I've finished the top, so now I just have to put something together for the back and quilt 'er up! The size is manageable enough for me to try to quilt it on my machine with the walking foot.<br />
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Next I'll get back to my flying basketballs. Maybe some more bibs and an attempt at making a new bag for our sad old IKEA laundry basket too.<br />
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The girl can sleep for HOURS in the backpack when we go for a hike. She always wakes up for the most scenic parts, though.<br />
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At Louisbourg Fortress. The dancing kids had to move inside because of the rain, but we had fun anyway. You have to visit this place. It's AMAZING! The largest historical reconstruction in Canada (I want to say North America, but I'm not positive). <br />
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We would like to perpetuate the idea of a Cape Breton "Big Five:" moose, coyote, bald eagle, bear, and whale. Yep, we got 'em all. <br />
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The money shot, north of Cheticamp on the "Skyline Trail." Possibly the only <strike>hike</strike> walk EVERYONE has to do when driving around the Cabot Trail. <br />
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Flying kites at the Alexander Graham Bell museum in Baddeck. The most toys ever assembled in one room to keep the little ones out of trouble while you learn about telephones, tetrahedra, and hydrofoils. Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-26783043951570648312012-08-04T18:44:00.003-07:002012-08-04T18:50:20.201-07:00PieI ATTACKED curved piecing for the first time today with my Denyse Schmidt Pie in the Sky quilt. I spent a lot of time pinning carefully so the actual sewing didn't take too long and came out very well, yay! Here's my pie just lying on a crumpled piece of the background, so it looks more wobbly than it is. The machine sewing of the white "crust" onto the orange and blue "pie" is what I did today. Next I'll hand applique the whole thing to a piece of blue. I can fix any non-round bits of the outside of the crust when I sew it down to the background.<br />
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For home maintenance news, today we have steam cleaning of the carpeting in part of the basement and carpet removal in the back room of the basement. Super groovy linoleum was underneath. We're having that small window on the left replaced, with the same thing, but vinyl. The seal is shot and the sill and siding all round it on the outside are all rotten. Scott had to cut out a little piece of the subfloor that had water damage. Fun. Also more obliteration of weeds and small trees. <br />
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In the fun with toddlers category: Yesterday we went to the <a href="http://wildlifepark.gov.ns.ca/" target="_blank">Shubenacadie Wildlife Park</a>. It was farther away than I had thought, but cheap and worth the drive! Even though it was mostly just common creatures like moose, skunk, and raccoons, they also had some awesome birds, reindeer, a lynx (so cool!!) and other cool animals. It was a pretty big place and luckily there was lots of shade; it's been pretty hot and sticky here lately. This is a long weekend for us (Natal Day - I don't know what that means, but I like three-day weekends so it doesn't matter). Hooray for watching track and field live at a not-too-scary hour of the day with the whole fam :)Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-58433291044571424982012-07-31T18:11:00.001-07:002012-07-31T18:54:15.284-07:00Groovy Quilt Along - much text, few picsI read quilting blogs way too much - and way more than I actually quilt. To get myself in gear, I've joined the Totally Groovy Quilt Along at pileofabric.com. Can I get my supplies on time through the mail from Canada? Can I get anything done with a 1-year-old running around? Can I piece curves on the first try? Stay tuned - possibly for a long long time since I'm not too good at keeping up with the blog these days. :)<br />
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While I wait for those festivities to commence, I've been working on a Denyse Schmidt quilt from her first book, <u>Quilts</u>. Got it and her newer book from the library. Pictures later if I'm feeling feisty.</div>
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I've been forming a close relationship with the public library lately. I was lent a few Lisa See books and they were good reads so now I'm into <u>Shanghai Girls</u>. I think I'll have to move on after this since I've already read <u>Snowflower and the Secret Fan</u>, <u>Peony in Love</u>, and <u>Dreams of Joy</u>. Also read <u>Room</u> based on Scott's mom's recommendation, and it was pretty good. I love free stuff. I read about 1 page per month in Nelson Mandela's autobiography on the side :D</div>
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*install new downspouts and drainage pipes *repair garden hose tap *install deadbolt on back door *remove squirrel nest from back deck roof *replace light fixtures in kitchen and master bedroom *massive weed removal and cutting down of trees and dead limbs on all sides of the house *repair shed doors, replace hinges, and repaint shed trim *pull out, clean, and properly install dishwasher *lift oven to fit properly in cabinet cutout *re-caulk around bathtub *remove massive dog hairball from forced hot air fan.<br />
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Each of these things sounds small, but anyone who owns a home knows that any little project you take on always turns out to be more annoying than you think it will be. Ongoing headaches include the weeds, the squirrel nest in the roof, the green mildew that builds up everywhere, the ceiling fan light of doom, a severe lack of furniture, and the dog hair that seems to keep oozing out of every nook and cranny in this place. Worst of all is the leaky wet basement. That's #1 on our list now. Stinky demo and bugs, ew! I still really like this place. Ahhhh.... so nice to have a home with space. ahhhh.... </div>
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Mostly we've been doing a lot of new house stuff since we moved in at the beginning of June, but we also took a trip to Wisconsin to visit my grandmas and had a nice visit with Scott's parents over Canada Day. They were super wonderful awesome taking care of lots of projects at the house, looking after Bea.... AND they brought some much needed furniture. Yay! Thanks!</div>
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Shooting at something from the Citadel to celebrate Canada day. These things are not usually up there. There is normally a daily firing of the noon gun (a big cannon with no cannonball, of course) from the top of the Citadel. I can hear it a lot more distinctly over here in Dartmouth as it's aimed in this general direction. Our old apartment in Halifax was behind the Citadel so I never heard it from there. Scott is in its direct path when he's at work and very close, so he gets a shock every day around lunch time. WAKE UP! Time for lunch!!!</div>
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I can't take any credit for helping to assemble the new bbq (as seen on the deck at our new house, yay!). Good job dada and gramps!</div>
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At the beach at Taylor's Head. We LOVE the beach these days. We got to stop at Chickenburger in Bedford on the way home and had some good eats, even though their power was out after a big thunderstorm. </div>
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More babies at the farm. HONK!</div>
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Bea is STILL talking about the neigh-neigh ride at the farm. We also saw the apple barrel cooper at work and a blacksmith making shooes for a team of oxen .</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-65028839781812529902012-05-30T09:56:00.001-07:002012-05-30T09:56:12.696-07:00Space Cadet<div style="text-align: center;">
Yeah, she must be my daughter. </div>
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<br />Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-72344913983144157072012-05-27T09:31:00.001-07:002012-05-27T09:35:29.448-07:00Gorey GuyI love Edward Gorey. Some day I'll make an Edward Gorey quilt I hope. Just for fun, I started a little embroidery of a page from "The Gashlycrumb Tinies." D is for DESMOND thrown out of a sleigh... <br />
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Plus, we move to Dartmouth - "the dark side" - next weekend so... kinda busy. Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1814425095985428254.post-12121384884191018052012-05-15T16:34:00.002-07:002012-05-15T16:34:50.952-07:00Pants!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tried on the pants over jammies tonight. The elastic in the waist is not quite tight enough (not terribly tough to fix), but overall I think they turned out SOOOOO cute! I'll see if I can get a shot of the reverse side some time. I made the biggest size, so we'll see how they fit as spring/summer progresses. <br />
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Hmmm, what should my next project be? I should probably take care of some non-exciting business/paperwork I've been putting off that is completely non-blogworthy. Groan...Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136229536619277965noreply@blogger.com0