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Today
was lovely to look at, but hard to hold. Cold. That
sums it up. We had blue skies and bitter cold. Lovely
if
your inside looking out, which I was. Attila was not. I dragged out my old sewing machine, an Elna Lotus. I bought this lovely machine in 1970, when I was working on my first degree, in Home Economics. I started out at Ryerson in a certificate program, but Ryerson received university status while I was attending and the whole thing morphed into a three year BSc. I couldn't hold out financially for three years so that degree only saw two and a half years towards completion. No certificates were given after the degree status was granted so there were quite a few of us who attended three years and got nothing for our trouble. They said they were sorry. That made all the difference. Not. Those cracks I keep falling into showed up early in my life. But I digress. I bought this sewing machine to fulfill the requirements of the coursework in couturier techniques. I made some lovely items at that time. I seldom sew these days, but every once in a while I get the bug and out the old girl comes. I have several projects in mind this year, one was completed today and another sits ready to keep me busy tomorrow. Since the sun was shining, I set up a card table by the big window and sat there working on a jigsaw puzzle. Attila and I like to while away a little time working on jigsaw puzzles. A quiet time when the mind can wander free and conversation becomes unfocused and easy. I spent the morning sitting in the sun with the puzzle. Sunlight has a way of lightening the grip of cabin fever. |
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