Our Weekend Company

We took a long and much needed break this last weekend.

Packed up the camper and headed toward Imnaha.

It was absolutely beautiful.

No electric, reception, phones, clocks, gizmos, you name it.

Our nearest neighbors for the weekend...

She was part of a larger crowd.

But their children were well behaved - especially at nap time.

The architecture was amazing!

The local watering hole was pretty lively

and featured music by "Tweety & the Steelhead Fish."

The weather was warm and beautiful.

(Sorry, I know 1/2 the nation is buried in snow, but we actually

need rain/snow over here.  We're in a drought.)

It was so nice, we could have stayed another day or two.

But alas, we must all wake from our dreams:)

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

!!!!!!! High Waters !!!!!!!

Over the past couple days,

there has been flooding in the area.

Our lazy little river that flows at a meager 50ish cfs

in the summer was raging up over 4000.

Usually those large rocks are

several feet above the water.

 The cool part is that the waterfalls are running.

This is 'our' waterfall.

It actually belongs to the person who owns

the property across the road, 

but it faces us.

We are pretty fortunately situated

in that our house sits at a nice level

above flood stage.

Farther down river, there were folks who

were not so happily situated.

I don't know that there was any real damage

as far as homes go,

but fields, yards, and corals were all under water.

Livestock was moved to higher ground.

Today it dropped back down below flood stage for us,

but there are several tributaries that flow into it

as it flows on down so that things are still

pretty soggy down river.

I am very thankful it was no worse than it was.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

*~*~*Just How Cold is It?*~*~*

Last night when we went to bed,

it was -9 & -23 with windchill!

It is so cold that the water is freezing on the rocks.

Then as more water flows,

it flows over the ice and freezes even more.

This is the same corner from up river.

When I make soap,

I do the lye water outside

because it is caustic & can get up to 200 degrees.

I carried it in the house with my bare hands.

It was like holding a cup of hot coffee,

but there was no 200 degrees.

Now it's Mama Hen time.

If you have to travel - even just to work or the store,

carry a few things with you, please.

Water

Food

Flashlight

Rope

Matches

Small Shovel

Blanket

It might sound like a lot,

but I just pulled a fella out of a ditch

Friday on my way home.

My tow rope is always in my rig,

but it was out for some reason.

What saved the day was

that the fella had one with him.

I will have another gift idea for you

here within the next couple days,

but wanted to encourage you all

to keep safe and warm.

PS - What's up with naming storms?  We used to have one name

for all the storms - Winter:)

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches 

Hey Cutie

A quick note to let you know about a little secret.  But first, isn't he just a cutie?  He is my pencil sharpener and sits right next to my computer screen to keep me company:)

I am actually packing to head over to the Hood River Quilt Show.  I have never been to this one so am anxious to see what-all they do. 

Now - for all of you who are stitchers and who especially love wool, I will be sharing some exciting news next week so no heading off early for that Labor Day Weekend - got that?  Hee hee 

I hope you all have a most glorious weekend - enjoy the slightly cooler weather and those last couple weeks of summer.

Until next time ~ nifty stitches

JoeyLea