"There is a garden in her eyes, where roses and white lilies flow." Thomas Campion. Happiest of birthdays to Miss Violet Claire! 🎈🎈

10 rows sewed together on quilt. kinda liking it. :)

photo shoot with my favorite little Missouri models....

...and on this day in history, I commence The Sewing Of The Strips 🧵🧷🪡

5 strips done, started on 6th when my hands demanded a break. watched a Bernie Madoff doc. series. I never went to college, but I've always been a 'student' through tv watching and book reading.

did any of our 11 guests notice that I'd cleaned house? probably not. but it's what I do.

Izzy got some cool gifts and blew out the candle on her birthday cupcake. she played with her sister and uncles. got hugs from the grandparents. it was a wonderful day!

flea market. movie matinee DeadPool and Wolverine.

I've been inspired to make a baby Deadpool and a Dogpool. as luck would have it, just found a video on making dogs from pipe cleaners...just need pipe cleaners! would need white (check, was dog white?), black for glasses, pink for tongue, and red for outfit. found the perfect book at flea market to turn into a spooky book (another video) , a baby doll on eBay that will be baby Deadpool, AND decided that I'll type up my infamous Bisquick Banana Nut Bread recipe for Rachelle's bridal shower. whew!

what I'm reading📚... Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell

kitchen is closed. (if only I could insert pic of bar stools up on counter like I'm closing a restaurant...) party cleaning almost complete. need to clean front of fridge. hands are screaming. why do I bust ass cleaning house for family events like our house is just always naturally clean? they grew up here. they know better. sewed last strip together and just out of curiosity laid out on my bed....a king quilt and then some. I could make a chair quilt as well, pert much 🙄. counters cleaned off. projects put away. after party will assemble strips and bind. and then....The Scooby Doo Gang Quilt. rode along to Kevin's chiropractor appt. I went back to Trenton DG and got the pink hair and green hair clown masks. (if only I could insert pic of me in car holding these masks. but I can't figure out how to sign in to post pictures now....wtf.) got an amazon book haul today. serial killers and Branson ghosts.

went to shower. glanced over at The Creepy Corner, and a frog I made looked weird. closer examination showed that he was chewed up in several places and quite flat. he'd been stuffed with rice. I guess at some point the basement mice got hungry and ate all his innards. then I'm showering. I look down and see a nasty wad of hair in the drain. after I showered tried to pull it out. used a pen and a paintbrush and seam ripper to try to pull it up out of there. almost had it. then I am sure as fuck I saw. a. tiny. foot. fuckin' mice. anyway. I lost it. went down the drain. hopefully it will keep on going. jeez louise.

also did some meal prep. cooked up 2 lbs of HB to freeze, and put stirfry and onions in crock pot.

yesterday Rip and I journeyed to Trenton for his groom.

did my usual groom day shopping....DG and Dollar Tree and Halloween has arrived! lots of glorious browsing. mowed at farm. hot. T-storm evening. 1/2" in rain gauge.

today picked up Rx. (and they've called with ANOTHER one. no more peopling today. no. no. no.) unfortunately, Halloween has NOT arrived at P-ton DG, so will shop at Trenton tomorrow night while he's at chiropractor, since I have decided (and conferred with Tracy) that it would be fun to take pics at Clown Motel wearing Clown Masks. so. I almost bought masks yesterday cause why not. but couldn't think of anything to do with them. has someone else with The Clown Motel in their future bought Every. Single. Mask? if so, my go-to Amazon is always there for me. trying to get the strips for quilt sewn together so I can clean off island for Iz's party this weekend. have 1.5 more to go and I. just. can't. my neck hurts. my eyes hurt. and the party is Sunday, not Saturday like I thought. I did get table cleaned off. and balloons from Z's party taken down. I am Woman, hear me roar. I will get it all done. I will.

working on Rag Rug #4. sewed 6 rows for quilt.

and decided when it is done, will write a story about each quilt block. there are pieces from shirts of Dad and Lije. old pj pants of Kj and Kate. leftovers from projects. fabric mom bought at auction and gave me. walmart remnats and fat quarters. fabric I bought but never used. when I was a kid I read The Patchwork Quilt about a quilt full of stories. I think I'll name this quilt The Scrappy Scrapbook Memory Quilt. or maybe just The Scrappy Scrapbook.