December 2021, cribsize quilt for a girl.

I found  this pattern in my file folders, saved for a special project.  I made this by request for the grandchild for one of Vere's friend.  Actually, my neighbor, Barbara had loved one of my earlier quilts and I gave it to her to give to this family, it was bright greens and they loved it for their baby boy.  Now they have a baby girl we agreed they needed a wildly colorful quilt for her.  Close up of some of my favorite fabrics that I pulled out.  As I was cutting, I cut some strips of the same fabric for another smaller quilt, ready to go when I get to it.    

 

December 2021, Cutting down the tree

 This tree in the front of our house was nice looking, about as tall as the house when we moved here 20 years ago.  It's been getting uglier and uglier, dead in the middle with some green branches in the front.  I've been nagging Vere to cut it down, even offering to call someone to cut it down.  He wanted to do the cutting, and he started on it.  I knew it would take some time, a few branches and then a rest.  Vere loads the cut branches into the pickup and drives it out  to drop them off in the vast dessert around Moab.  

2021, Christmas cookies

 I make Christmas cookies and candy every  year to send to the children.  These are the sugar cookies which is a standard, and their favorite.  I thought this year I'd keep from breathing on them by wearing the ever present masks.  Vere surprised me by snapping this picture.  If I'd known that was going to happen, I'd at least have combed my hair.  Also, I'd have worn something other than my ugly house dress.