What's novel amongst you?
Here's what's novel hither at the Three Cats Ranch. Yesterday Mike picked upwards the trivial compact dishwasher for the RV. It's practically the whole argue nosotros bought the novel RV...that, too all the other stuff. Originally, it was supposed to hold upwards a non-optional selection inward our rig...only then, non-optional became nonexistent when the manufacturer stopped installing them. We couldn't fifty-fifty acquire them to produce it despite our ongoing too insistent begging. Not to worry...the Resident Engineer tin give the axe accept tending of that, too so he's done his inquiry too settled on this model. Straight out of the box, it looks similar this:
In a word: "Shiny." The door opens down, too inside...
I await it'll operate corking 1 time it's installed...and 1 time nosotros acquire the cardboard too styrofoam out of it. So, I justice you lot know how the Resident Engineer volition hold upwards spending the residuum of his weekend. He's been spending the final 24 hours researching Home Depot too Lowes for the plumbing parts he'll need. Last dark he was really excited to present me a plumbing configuration that hooked into the dorsum of the dishwasher too and so had a piping that led over to the sink. He was ecstatic at his notice too showed me the motion painting on his iPad. I was enthused too..."That's amazing!" I said, piece mentally shrugging my shoulders. I'm glad this materials turns his crank. He says the same affair close me too my quilting.
But what turns both our cranks these days is our PAVED ROAD!!! Just accept a facial expression at that shiny asphalt. It hasn't fifty-fifty been striped yet!!! Yahoo!!! (Don't retrieve I can't tell you're mentally shrugging your shoulders.) We alone drive close 500 yards inward this management earlier hitting the route that was paved to a greater extent than or less 5 years ago. Still, the lack of dust/mud thrills us to no end. I wonder when we'll halt beingness excited close it.
We were headed downward to Witness Tree Vineyards to pick upwards a vino shipment. There's the witness tree at that topographic point on the left. We hardly always acquire skillful weather condition when nosotros come upwards downward this direction, too so it was overnice to run into blueish heaven too sunshine.
Here's to a greater extent than or less other shot of the witness tree. I've written close the witness tree before. You tin give the axe notice my blog post close it correct here and an article from the New York Times close witness trees inward general. And I dear this tree.
Here's an article close this item tree, hanging on the wall within the vino tasting room. Remember that you lot tin give the axe brand the icon larger past times clicking on it, too that powerfulness arrive easier to read.
Across the vineyard was this one-time barn too a to a greater extent than modern version to its right. Which 1 produce you lot similar better?
Sadly, the Witness Tree Vineyard is closing downward within the adjacent year. The winery has been sold, the vines receive got been removed, too the wines are going on sale past times the case. We learned close their closing at our final pick-up. We're told at that topographic point volition likely hold upwards 1 to a greater extent than pick-up, too and so Witness Tree Vineyards volition hold upwards no more. It's distressing because they brand the most wonderful wines. We'll lady friend them when they're gone.
After picking upwards our shipment, nosotros headed to the Golden Valley Brewery inward McMinnville for lunch. It's a favorite lunching spot. They had to a greater extent than or less beautiful trees dressed inward their tumble best inward the parking lot.
Inside, Mike had a beer, too I had a difficult blackberry cider. Yum.
Mike had a chipotle burger amongst lots o' bacon.
I had a veggie sandwich amongst marinated portabello mushrooms, roasted cherry-red peppers, too a trivial every bit good much cheese.
Despite the cheese...Yum.
Back habitation nosotros picked upwards the mail, too I establish a novel majority I'd ordered. I read close this majority on Melissa's Sea Breeze Snippets blog. Since she's done all the operate for me, I'll only immediately you lot to her spider web log post to read close it. It has lots of handy tips close how to role modern methods to arrive at traditional results. I agreed amongst Melissa that at that topographic point are lots of useful tips inward this book. She also notes the majority is out of print, but it's nonetheless available on Amazon if you're interested.
The Cardinal Mosaic has a trivial fight of applique when I've finished amongst the piecing. There was to a greater extent than or less skillful information close manus applique inward the book. I've been wanting to give it a try, too so this powerfulness only hold upwards the motivation I necessitate to acquire started.
The alone sewing I did yesterday was to stitch to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than of the Appalachian Memories barn. I am loving how this is looking, too I can't hold off to produce to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than on it this morning.
As I mentioned yesterday, I was going to endeavour to a greater extent than or less Thread Heaven on the Valdani floss since it wants to shred earlier I've finished the length I'm using. I wouldn't state the Thread Heaven made much difference, too so today I'll endeavour a dissimilar needle amongst a larger oculus too run into if that helps. Maybe it'll accept a combination of the two. I'll allow you lot know. And this beingness Sunday, I'm linking upwards to:
Also, I'm caught upwards on my housework too so I'll acquire dorsum to the Cardinal Mosaic.
Just half dozen sections to go. I won't acquire it finished today, but mayhap tomorrow.