Erin Go Bragh!

Slainte!!
The Heredia's love Ireland and all things Irish, so dinner is in our plans tonight. Irish beef stew with soda bread and champ are on the menu.
And the High Kings are on the radio.
And everything out my window is green green green thanks to that big storm we had a couple of weeks ago.

I hope your day is shaping up to be lovely, too!
I will leave you with this Irish proverb:
May your home always be too small to hold all your friends. 

And this little taste of the High Kings:

Purposeful Living

Falling Short

I am not a shopper. I am a yard sale scrounger and a flea market hopper, but actual store shopping... hate it.
Consequently, I am a stocker-upper. When I go to the feed store, I will buy 300 pounds of chicken feed. Toilet paper, 50 rolls. Beef, just buy a side and be done with it.

I feel the same way about studio goods. If I need thread, I order a lot and call it good for the year.
(Plus it looks nice hanging on the studio wall!)

So when I sat down to quilt this quilt, which has a looming deadline (of course)...

...and only had this much white thread....

AARGH!!
Now I have to go to the store AND worry about a looming deadline.
Falling short is such a pain to the patoot.

Young at Art

There are so many lovely things about having lived in the same small town for a long time. Predictability is one of them.

At the post office in my town you can predict (with amazing accuracy) long lines and lousy service. A shabby building and shabbier attitudes. It's ridiculous.

BUT, in the town just north of here the story is completely different. The place is small but clean. The employees are not only knowledgeable and helpful but they are actually friendly. They know the names of their patrons and can anticipate what they might be coming in for that day. It's great.

And, if all of that isn't enough, they often have seasonal art displays, like this salute to Abe Lincoln.

A-DOR-ABLE!
I know the last picture is a little blurry, but my favorite Abe is in that collection. He is the block head with one regular eye and one black eye.

Can it get any finer?