Sylvia's Simple Shots

 This week new life appeared at the little pond.

I am sure they have been there all along but now that the mornings are quieter a few muskrats were feeding on bulrushes.

The morning sun was perfect lighting for these little fellows and I am sure their position where the sun arrives was well intentioned.

It was great to have continued photography interest at the pond.

I have been living with a pencil sharpener with a suction cup taped to the file cabinet.  When one which I could screw to the wall appeared at the thrift store it landed in my shopping basket.  The price was terrific.

It is 20 years older than the one I had so it dated back to the 1950's all metal with a pencil size selector dial on the front.

It works really well.

A friend came over for tea this week. Her last visit was in early August and the change in my place was remarkable.

I had left over desert from the house warming on Saturday so that was wonderful.  I chose the Ikea navy dishes for our visit.

The glass table set pitcher was great for water.

I have had the tray for a while and it sits under the serger desk.

It would slide in too far and it was hard to get out so I gave it a handle this week.

I checked my supply of knobs and found this plastic one tha would do nicely.  The bolt expects to have a drawer front thickness so I just added a piece of stiff foam to fill in the gap.

It sits on the floor right next to my sewing desk stool.

I have acquired a few Stampin Up products at the thrift stores in the last little while.

I was needing a "Thinking of You" Stamp for the IWin cards.  I was happy to return the rest of the stamps and keep the one I wanted for $2.

I picked up a SU Scallop Oval Punch in hopes that it matched the smooth oval punch I had at home.  It did. Another option for layering greetings on cards.

I picked up a sealed SU Oh so Ombre designer paper pad in 6x6 with some of the older colors that I have in card stock.

I headed to St. Albert for the fall art show which my aunt had some of her pieces in.

It was a great show with smaller pieces this year probably aiming for the Christmas gift giving shopping which is just around the corner.

Later, she indicated that sales were pretty good but because the pieces were smaller the total dollar amount was down.

We had lunch at Cajun House.

I also picked up boxes which have been stored at her house since 2022.  Now I have to got through all of them.  I am grateful she had room to spare for my stuff.

On my way to St. Albert yesterday I saw a sign on the highway for a quilt show.  I checked it out when I got home.

My neighbour aunt and I headed there on Saturday.

It was great to spend some time in this medium.  I am not a follow the pattern quilter but it was nice to learn more about AccuQuilt.  Interesting mystery challenge quilts. There was a vendor that dyed her own fabric which was great.

Several quilts combined the sewing of a quilt with the hand stitching of applique.  Those were my favorite one. 

I guess in crochet doily blanket will be something like that.