Quilts and more Quilts

Feb 8th Monday SUNNY 60 degrees

We awoke to Florida sunshine, giving each of us a feeling of needing to accomplish something. After having our usual breakfast, I headed for the laundry, which was in a beautifully kept room at the rear our site. I was able to get our laundry all caught up. Much to my delight we even had a clothes line, and

those of you that know me, know I took full advantage of that.

Lou worked on some of the bolts of the car hitch, as they were imbedded with salt and sand, and had made it difficult for them to work properly, both of us agreed it was much easier to do those things in the warmer weather. I even got the windows on the car washed before having a light lunch and shaking the sand out of all the rugs and running the sweeper throughout the house. Finally we were ready to drive back to my sister’s house.

I am absolutely amazed at how Estee has taken to traveling, she seems happy to go where ever we go and just makes herself at home and curls up where ever Lou lands and stays there until he moves. We have noted if he goes outside and doesn’t take her with him, she sits at the door and doesn’t move until he returns. For those of you that have asked about her tongue, it has healed, but when you look it is easy to see where the piece was cut away on her tongue.

Today was about Quilts and more Quilts Lou and I just sat and looked on in amazement as they brought one after another for us to look at. The two that really caught our attention was the one that Cheryl is making called FIRE which depicts a volcano and the destruction it causes. The other one is one that Daisy and Cheryl did together that used velvet and beaded organza with each square depicting a member of the family with embellishments representing something special about that family member. They were working on the square representing my father, adding a chicken, Ford tractor, and still looking for a Holstein cow, and will embroidery on a pitch fork and a bale of hay.

Cheryl works on family history and is the “keeper of the files”, so it was fun to read information that she had acquired of our ancestries. Some rather interesting folks. Seems like each time we talk, we remember different things we can add to her notes.

We enjoyed a chicken dinner and a very special treat from Tina, Daisy’s youngest daughter. She brought fresh Florida strawberries, so Daisy and I had to make fresh shortcake for desert. Wonderful and so tasty, as Lou says!

We looked at more pictures of school mates and family after we did the dishes and all too soon, it was time for us to leave to get back to the campgrounds. Daisy made us a beautiful quilted table topper for our table in the RV Lou and I had to use it when we got back to the park, as we enjoyed a cup of tea before bed. The colors are perfect for our RV.