Monday, June 30, 2025

Life at Home

The boys are back to having their grooming sessions together. Here they are, relaxing after their spa day.



I picked up that pink poodle body pillow during a grocery-shopping outing. It was on the clearance table at Freddy's. Sandy has been taking his Lamb Chop toy, which is as big as he is, out to the backyard and getting her dirty. When "Pinky" caught my eye, my first thought was: It won't go through the dog door easily. So far Pinky has stayed indoors. We'll see. Lamb Chop made another trip to the backyard and was wiped around in the dirt, so she went into the laundry, protected by a zippered pillowcase.

Before I dropped the pups off at Deschutes Dog Salon, we stopped at Ponderosa Park's off-leash park for little dogs so they could get their wiggles out.


Here's how they looked after grooming.



The whole-cloth quilt is coming along. The swags are almost done. Look at the bottom of the stitched area, and you will see one swag partly done and one more not begun. All the others are finished.



Just the rest of the border out to the edges to finish. There will be a lot of fabric and backing to cut off when it's done. In this closeup of the same photo, the arrow points to where the edges of the border are, so you can see, there won't be too much more work to do.



Rehearsals for Sound Fourth continue. Friday afternoon is our performance. It's a lot of music to learn in a short period of time, so I've been listening to the practice tracks and going over my part. It's fun to see people at rehearsals I haven't seen since last year's event.


Charlie has been working on the garage, which has been half-full ever since we moved in. We didn't know what kind of home we would have when we moved here, so we brought things we ended up not being able to use. Most of it has just been sitting there. Our photo albums were in trunks buried in the middle. I think I inspired him to get at the huge job by mentioning wistfully how I wish we could get to our photo albums. He made a big pile of trash, which will take a few weeks to have picked up in our regular trash pickups. Another pile was stuff to give away. We still can only fit one vehicle in the garage, but it's easier to walk, at least.


Our rhododendrons are blooming. Charlie brought me this lovely flower he clipped off from one of the bushes.


Karen's family made it home from Europe after a delay of a day due to a mixup in their return tickets.



And the new book has gone to my proofreaders!

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If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon and B&N and search for More Classic Tales Retold or Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart". Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of any of our books, including Emil, Mariah, Classic Tales RetoldOur Favorite Verses or More Classic Tales Retold, please leave an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.


Where's my blog: If you want to follow my blog, go here and sign up to follow.

What's on my needles: Still working on The Love of Spiders shawl by Melanie Berg. I finished a row while waiting for my doctor.

What's on my iPhone: Finished listening to The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Emily Rankin on the Audiobooks Now app. Now listening to music for the Sound Fourth Concert on Friday.

What's on my sewing machine: Still waiting on something.

What's in my hoop: My whole cloth quilt. Almost finished with the swags. Then just fill in the border to the edge, and it will be done. 

What's in The Doll's Storybook: The dolls say goodbye for now to Gabi, and Dolly will be leaving soon. They will be working as project models at the yarn store showing knitters what they can make for dolls in Earning a Living.



What's my tip of the week: When I'm ready to put my dirty dishcloth into the laundry, I rinse it out well, wring it out and use it to wipe the edges of my kitchen floor. There are always spots where something had dropped on it, and I can use my foot to wipe. Then it goes right into the laundry.

Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with a few changes. 


The stories in More Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Welcoming a StrangerThe RescueUnmaskedFuzzy Town––A Play and Sky Blue.

Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook. Poems included are Valentine's DayKeeping PetsBack to School, Victor the VultureThe Week Before Christmas, Insomnia and Veronika's Vocabulary Verses.

The stories in Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Little Green GreatcoatThe Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.

The stories in Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Best BudsGetting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.

The stories in Mariah are Being LittleBesties, and Distraction.

If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less, because the publisher gets a cut. Find my books at Barbara's Bookstore as well.

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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