Another Day

Started the day by going to my folks and doing some paperwork and making phone calls for them and having a little visit although we were just up there yesterday with the Sunday lunch which was chicken on the rotisserie, french fries and salad and creme brule for dessert.

We then went lawn tractor shopping for Paul.  At the first place, he negotiated a $300 discount.  At the second place they were completely sold out but while we were there, I snapped a picture of this really cool truck in one of my favorite aqua colors.

While Paul was buying his tractor, I went for a walk at the canal with Pearl and Ralph.  There was a lot of activity, five boats went through while we were there requiring the locks to be opened and closed and the bridge to be turned.  I wasn't close enough to get a really good picture but you can see the bridge turned to the left of the boats.

There were two boats from Quebec travelling together.  The people didn't speak English so I had a chat with them in French.  They were followed by some people speaking German (I think), then a sailboat from Halifax with 4 young women and the last one I couldn't tell where it was from.

Back home, Paul tried out his new tractor and I took Pearl and Ralph down to the lake to cool down.  They both love going in the water and will actually swim out and retrieve sticks.  Funny thing is, they won't bring a ball back on land unless I have treats to bribe them with but in the water they bring the sticks back without being bribed.  They are terriers, no other explanation is required.

Yesterday I put the backing on the piece of fabric I started in Judy's class.  I am quite pleased with it but I thought it could use some more texture.  Last year I purchased a flower stitch foot and due to the travelling back and forth to Cape Breton, buying a new house, selling the old one, I never had the time to try it out. I thought I would use it to add a few flowers to the top of my piece.  I struggled with that foot for quite a while but could not get it to work.  So I turned to the internet.  Well it turns out that the flower stitch foot does not work with embroidery machines.  There is no indication of that on the packaging or instructions and my retailer  certainly did not inform me of that fact even though both my machines come from that store.  So I am very annoyed.  If anyone knows of a way around this, please do let me know.  Anyways, I am thinking I will finish my piece with a simple beaded edge.  Now the problem is to find the right size and color of beads in a place where there are no bead stores.  Its difficult to buy a specific color of bead on the internet but I shall persevere.