I am so glad you are still able to do some sewing Lois. But do be careful, I would imagine that you could have a relapse if you have to do any housework!

Thanks for the kind wishes everyone!

I am so glad I live in the UK...we get foxes in our street occasionally and last Sunday there was a stag beetle on our garden step...ugly brutes I picked it up and put it in the flower bed as I think they are endangered, but that's about it.
Anne

Lois so glad to hear you are quilting while recovering. Just do not overdo, but enjoy what you can do.

Glad you're able to still do some quilt-related things while recovering, Lois. Hope you have a full recovery before you need more fabric cut and that it continues to go smoothly.

You're doing really well Lois, what a brave person carrying on doing so much I hope they are quilting drawers. It's a really good excuse to neglect housework

Clara how amazing, I saw a road runner once I didn't think they existed. I hope the clarinets didn't sound like my dad playing.

crocus999 wrote:
I am able to do some sewing. I am working on the 2010 BOM, Star Crazy. I had all the blocks cut out and packaged in individual sandwich bags so they'd be ready for retreats. They are keeping me busy now. I have a Bonnie Hunter Leaders and Enders project cut and ready to go which I am working on simultaneously. I will be in trouble when I run out of stuff already cut out. My arm gets tired and a little achey but because I have no cast I am surprized at the degree of flexibility I am capable of and comfortable with. Now, doing anything that requires much strength is out. I am using a Clover mini iron to press seams. A larger iron is out of the question. If I run out of sewing projects I have plenty of drawers that need to be decluttered and reorganized. I just can't complain. I am not needing pain medication, but I do enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the day. It could have been so much worse. I am especially grateful for increased chatter in the Forum and I am so very happy that you, Terrie, are well enough to join in.

We currently have a pair of armadillos that live under our house. And a red tailed hawk that will hang out on the fence. We have grasshoppers!!!!!!!! Right now, plenty of them. Scorpions, all kinds of insects, coyotes, racoons, road runners, buzzards, turtles, bobcats, foxes, snakes (good and scary kind) and many other critters. One night we had a pack of coyotes run through and hang out in our back yard briefly. Hubby questioned me if they were really there or still far off. I said I could hear the puffing of their breath after running. They were there! The next morning there was a road runner in our front yard. Coincidence? Humm

When out in the country you do get used to the critters. I think you see more of them, because of the habitat being around you. They are also in the city, but spread out more. In Austin, we still saw all those critters, just not nearly as often.

We used to have a neighbor that had about 30 elk. I miss them because of their calls at night. They sounded like clarinets to me.

Snakes, turkeys, mice, lizards and turkey buzzards we have too but no scorpions or armadillos. I spent the first 20 years of my life in Chicago where the only wildlife I saw was birds and a rat once. So moving to Indiana has be quite and experience especially spiders and praying mantis.

Yes, Lois--how is your elbow?

Annis, as much as I hate bugs, I don't think I will look up the picture of your centipede.

:shock: :shock: :shock: Yikes !!! right up there with snakes and scorpions !

idaho wrote:
I lived in Idaho about 20 years. But not anywhere near the bears unless we went camping in the mountains. I'm glad we don't have any of them here.

Now that I'm back at my city home, I have a few minutes before going to visit my sister who arrived from Virginia Thursday night for a surprise visit (we knew 2 days earlier) and is staying with my other sister. I will tell you a story about the centipedes. Last fall my oldest DGD was getting out of the shower at our guest house when she screamed loudly. Everyone started running to her (I wasn't there). My oldest son, her uncle, almost got there first but she hollered I'm butt naked so he retreated and let her mom go instead. They found out later centipedes bring big money at the pet stores if you capture them alive with all of their body parts. This one had the antennae break off when they captured it. A couple weeks ago her younger sister found the second one in the living room of the guest house. I was there in the kitchen but don't remember any screaming. There was much debate over whether it was dead or alive or maybe even fake. We finally got it in a plastic bag and there is a picture of it somewhere, but not on my camera. It was about 5" long! If you want to know what it looks like look up Texas red-headed centipede.

Lois, how's your arm?

I'm glad some of those critters are yours Annis, and not mine, up here in Idaho ! :shock: