Look up grasshopper!

Tonight’s the night and if it’s not cloudy, no excuses. Go outside and look up and see something worth seeing! Want more info?

On one front: KnowSpam has blocked about 600 emails for me in about 3 weeks. I think the overall amount of spam has dropped, which isn’t a bad thing at all. I am still checking the list of held mail from time to time but it’s basically running on automatic.

On another front: I’ve started quilting the pink and green quilt. I know that the pre-quilting procrastination thing is pretty predictable but it really was ok to start this. I’m glad I took the time to try out some threads. I am going to try hard to resist the hand-dyed threads in the future. They’re probably great for embroidery etc but for quilting they seem too heavy, making it too hard to find a good tension. Luckily I didn’t have to wait long for plan B to arrive and now I’ve got about half the center quilted.

Errands: Given that my week of vacation is underway, I think I should have a dedicated servant to run errands and get my car inspected. It would be nice if the same person would also heat up my dinner for me. Tomorrow night dinner is out. The night after that – pasta with bolognese sauce. OK, back to quilting. Will take photos later.

In honor of the ending of the Julie/Julia Project, I cooked myself the all-American summer dinner: Big hamburger with sauteed onions, fresh tomato wedges with a garnish of black pepper and hellman’s, BaTampte half-sour pickle and fresh corn on the cob.

Remember the great quote from by Garrison Keillor: “People have tried and tried, but sex is not better than sweet corn.” I need say no more.

Popped up a quick shot of the last journal quilt. These have been very educational for me, although I think they won’t be more than glossed over by viewers. Oh well. Guess one night I’ll have to finish all the edges of the last few so they’ll be ready to go to Houston.

Must have had some whopper of a storm yesterday afternoon. the last webcam image is just before three and it doesn’t look dark and threatening, but it is the last. Big branch got moved into our driveway and our cable modem is apparently toast. Not clear if Ron’s G4 tower is toast too. Meanwhile, I am on dial up. whooo hoo. At least it’s 44-46K not the 200000 bytes of the cell phone. So yes, slower, but not horrific.

Last night, in celebration of my coming week, I did my September journal quilt page. I remembered that last year there wasn’t a lot of time to do the sleeve etc so I thought I’d get that done.

It came out pretty good actually. As I thought it might be, it’s reddish in color to end the string of black, grey and white. A few technical glitches. OK, more than a few, but all fixable and they don’t bother me. And the organizer will be glad to hear that I learned several things from the experience and may use it to make another quilt with a similar technique. Photos at 11. Now – COFFEE.