PATSY just go to YouTube and:
Colditz season 1. There are 15 separate episodes in the first season. I'm not sure it's a series for all but I'm enjoying something from the 70s. It's not all one sided either. The episode I've just watched is called Tweedledum E10 and features a prisoner who very realistically fakes being seriously mentally ill to escape. The German soldier keeping a close watch on him to ensure he's not faking ends up being very kind and compassionate. As Mike says it's amazing how such an interesting drama could be made about men in a prison camp.
And even more Interesting, after all that heat two days ago, my furnace just clicked ON.
Anne.

Quick note before I head into bed...Jeanne, well you have now run headlong into my very odd brand of humor. Just my crazy way of saying, we are looking forward to hearing from you whenever you can spare a minute to say hello and chat. I loved getting to know everyone. It is one of favorite things each morning, to read everyone’s post. It is like we are all having coffee together, hearing about what’s new in our lives. I also live in Oregon, by the way. I live on the north Oregon coast.
Patsy☘️

Morning girls, John and Jake and pats for all the furries,

Michael is saying he might come over to visit now we are allowed what the "powers that be" call "family bubbles". That is to say we can be together with 10 family members in our individual bubble. Well our family over here only consists of Mark, Mary Jo, grandson Derek and Partner Bev, and Mike and grandson Dev plus me so we are well within our family bubble. A vast improvement though on the twosomes before. Jilly Bean and the ENORMOUS cat Hobbes don't count. Of course all of you know who my family members are by now so I repeat this boring bit of news for JEANNE so she knows who I'm twittering on about in future posts.

Anyway it strikes me what an interesting quilt that would be to make. A big round bubble to hang on the wall with all of us depicted somewhat like Jeanne's characters plus maybe our hobbies, Derek and his artists palette, Mary Jo and her gardening trowel etc. Alas, despite having a grandmother who was a tailoress I have no talent at all in that direction, BUT, maybe I should dig out MY palette and brushes instead once I've finished with Colditz. How's about you? professional artist PATSY!

JACKIE having consumed that very small carton of icecream I am all icecreamed out. Don't want to stare another carton in the face for some time and thus can plod on to try and become the sylphlike creature I was 58 years ago before Mike and his arrival changed the Anne contours somewhat.

SANDY, LIN, BUZZ, JERI, and BARBIE, not forgotten dears, it's just that the porridge is congealing and I must unglue myself from Beans hot little body jammed up against me on the sofa before I have to cut it in squares with a knife rather than using the normal spoon.

Hope the day progresses more excitingly, but not TOO much,

Anne. 🙃🍴

I drink neither coffee nor tea, but I have my same breakfast every morning with all of you. It helps me stay on a healthy path knowing that others are supporting me. Also, you will all listen to me and not interrupt in the middle of a story.

After days of "loving discussion" Jake has ordered a Ninja Foodie and a bunch of stuff to go with it. I rearranged some cupboards to make room for it because I don't want it sitting out on the counter. He has already decided what he'll make in the next day after it arrives.

Soon after he ordered the Ninja Foodie, Jake got a surprise package from Amazon which was a Fathers Day gift from his daughter and her family. It's an Amazon Echo Dot. He wasn't enthusiastic about it, but then he decided to read the instructions and try it out. In very short order he was asking Alexa to phone Barbie, then phone his daughter, then tell him the weather, then answer a cooking question, then to play music. It turned out to be a fun toy and bridged his often prickly relationship with his daughter when he could share so spontaneously and enthusiastically how much he enjoyed the gift she sent.

I'm off now to walk with the dogs. Our regular dog walking friend has gone to Idaho to visit her daughters, but my other walking friend is coming later for a walk with just me, no dogs.

Barbie in NW WA

Lin: Yes, Please! I'll join you with my Earl Gray and a bit of half and half.

Jackie: I almost never do block work because I find it tedious to match things up and I'm OCD about it.

Instead, I usually try to design something which doesn't require any fiddly bits. A good example is the quilt I made for another grandson. After I made the rockets which were whatever size they ended up being, I simply added pieces to make them squared -- 90 degree angles rather than wonky. Finished dimensions were not important. I then intentionally misaligned them and added pieces to bring it all together. There is not a single point being matched in it and no one could tell.



Another favorite I have are little quilts, usually typically 36" or less and not necessarily square. They are meant to be decorative rather than used. With these, I get to use my ever growing embroidery collection -- which I really need to stop purchasing as I have no idea how I will ever use all the ones I already have!

I recently did a collection of "Playing Cards." This happened because, believe it or not, I was trying to use up scraps. It all started with a mini quilt someone posted. I liked the result, but once again was not having any part of matching points. The "Love Nest" (Hearts) was the result. I don't recall why I thought of playing cards when I had the result, but it set me on a quest to find the rest of the suits.

The "Jack of all Spades" was an inadvertent (unplanned) homage to my husband -- everyone said it looked like him! Funny part, is that I wasn't thinking that way, only how could I dress up the very plain and boring spade! And the title, also plays to him, even though I was only trying for a play on words. When we met (believe it or not, on match.com when they first started in 1995) his handle was "Handyman" and he really is a Jack of all Trades.

The "Magique Trique" is probably meaningless to most people. The central block is a traditional quilt block called "card trick."



I hope everyone is ok with me sharing my sewing. I've been sewing a lot lately since I've been mostly confined to my sewing area in the basement. I don't just sew quilts. One of my favorites this past year has been to develop various cover styles for 3-ring binders, composition and spiral notebooks, etc. I've made them for adults to use as photo albums -- yes, some people do still have those -- as well as for school and projects. One was made for a teacher to keep track of her students progress though given the pandemic I've yet to have been able to deliver it.



Jeanne

Wow, JEANNE, wonderful work!
I've just been in the garden for three hours with Mark and Mary Jo, Michael and Bean. We worked and worked and now my front looks really spiffy. Grass cut, Apple tree and bushes trimmed back, weeded and this will make you smile, Mikes friend Sandy sent me seed potatoes from the farmer who lives next door to her and so, just like in wartime Britain when I was a kid, we've planted spuds in the flower border out front! I've already got a few in the back planted two weeks ago, but I wonder how many neighbours will realize I've got potatoes in the front! If this works we will have new potatoes for harvest festival!
Overheard my neighbour Joyce, Harry's wife, telling Mary Jo I was remarkable for my age bending over and weeding at 84. I told her she was a cheeky hound because I am really only 64! Got to be careful here because that would make me 6 years old when Mike was born, lol.
Well, everyone's gone and I can finish Colditz, season 1 tonight.
Jilly and I should sleep well after all the fresh air and her barking at every dog that passed. She thinks she's a pt bull, all 12 inches of her.
Anne.

Oh here's another picture



More pictures from our walks

Keep well,

Jeri

We continue to self isolate so our big adventure today was driving through the pharmacy drive through to pick up prescriptions. It was a sunny day in between many days of rain. I walked with the dogs in the early morning, then with a friend later. We went to a long meeting on Zoom that took up most of the afternoon but got a chance to reconnect with people we haven't seen in a very long time.

Anne, I love the idea of potatoes planted with your flowers. Hope they flourish.

Patsy, there are a lot of videos on YouTube about how to use the new gadgets. I was nervous about my new phone and now I use it for dozens of things.

Our neighbors who are moving to Ecuador had to slightly postpone their trip because the borders won't be open as soon as they had planned to leave. Fortunately the woman who is buying their house is flexible and they can stay the extra week they need.

Barbie