Find of the Day

As I told you a week or two ago, I am spending a lot of time trying to get all ends tidied up at my parent's home, which is next door. My goal is to be totally finished in 5 days- next Friday. I am (not so patiently) waiting for my brothers to "do their part"- pumping out the oil barrel, and capping off the water. Then we're ready for demolition. That will be a difficult day for me. Watching the home we all grew up in, being torn down. But it is the only solution and it has not been an easy one to make. However I keep telling myself I'm past the emotional/sentimental aspect and we must move on.

I still have some furniture to get rid of, and some other household odds and ends. I guess another yard sale/tag sale is the answer. I have gone through all the books- my Mum was a great reader - and never got rid of a book. I have piles- one pile for me, one pile for the City Library, another for St. Annes Court Library, a stack for our elementary school, a pile of some to be given to friends with particular interests, and a "what do I DO with these" pile. I still have 78 Readers Digest Condensed books - do any of you local readers know anyone who does "Altered Books"? I thought they might be perfect for that...? I'm having a real hard time with the whole "just throw them in the garbage" thing....

My mother never was a quilter, so imagine my surprise when I found this hand-pieced quilt top in the very bottom of the linen cupboard! I have no idea who made it; the only possibility I can think of is my maternal Grandmother.... I'm guessing it's at least 70 years old. It smells pretty musty, so I'll let it "air out" on the clothesline while I contemplate it's future....

Well, back to work for me.....

Piece,

Linda

"If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures." ~ Emerson