TEMPTATION

I have more wool than I can use up in my lifetime and in every color combination possible.  Why then, when getting The Wool Studio samples am I tempted to buy one or two yards of the wool I see?  Hey, I quit smoking cold turkey, no patches, no hypnotization ~ just quit.  But wool? 

BTW, the colors of wool you see on The Wool Studio web site are way different than the samples in a flyer.  For those of you who don't get the wool samples here is a photo below.  I particularly like Sky Bridge which is the 3rd one down in the middle sheet.  But looks so very different on the web site which is not nearly as interesting as the sample.

And just for comparison, here is a screen shot of one page on the web site which includes Sky Bridge.  I also liked Salt and Pepper but figured a good overdye of some wool already in my stash could sorta resemble that.

In other news, I'm having some tree work done and thankfully that gawd awful gum tree out front will be gone after today.  Plus other work which amounts to the cost of 71 yards of wool, 😬.  Wish I could afford to have all the gum trees removed but this one is more troublesome since it is in the very front of my house.

Here is a before photo of the gum tree but you can't see all those gum balls which are the main pain.  The guys are working in the back and side yard on other trees right now.

Here  is the after.

A humongous dead oak was removed and it was huge.  The after stump is hard to see even with the red outline.  I've still another huge oak tree closer to the house and hope it lives.  Although it was a falling branch which bent the leaf filter system just after the new roof was put on.  You'll love it in the woods they said....

A dermatologist appointment tomorrow and dread the hour drive there.  Wish there was one in my town.  But maybe I'll stop and pick up a couple things I need; but I always think that but will probably be anxious to get back home instead.  There's no place like home.

Saundra

JUST CHIT CHAT

Just stuff to write about ...  Remember my new but useless range I purchased?  I've had several visits by technicians hired by Lowes and 3 items replaced so far.  Next week the technician I trust most is coming to replace the electrical system.  He said that since nothing else has worked this must be the problem.  So he ordered the factory part and was delivered here.  Yeah, we'll see if this is the answer, and I hope so.  If still not working I'll ask him to request a new range.

I've continued to eat my Mon-Wed-Fri green salads with no problems whatsoever.  The lettuce or salad isn't "deadly", the reporting has indicated some areas where people have had bouts of diarrhea.  

In the next couple weeks a tree service will be here to remove a gum tree and do other work.  Presently he is doing work for the areas nearby who were devastated with a tornado and/or straight-line high winds.  His company was here in 2022 and the work scheduled cost over $2,000 but he did much more than I'd even requested.  So know he will do a good job this time.  Haven't received my estimate yet but I'm anticipating around $4-$5,000 with all I need done.  I do live in the woods ya know, lol.  Seemed like such a great idea 28 years ago.  

The gum tree is just outside my front window and it is a pain to walk to fill the birdbath and tears up the yard when cutting grass the the gum balls catch everything.  While I don't have nice grass or even great green weeds to cut, at least the moss is green until it is ripped up.  Here is just a small section of gum balls.

Here's the seemingly innocent gum tree ~ looks can be deceiving. 

In anticipation of the removal of this tree, I've plucked up the brick trimming, many of which were sunken into the earth after several years and will move them before the tree folks come.  

Sadly I've still not decided on my next rug project.  I have, however, drawn out something in case of an emergency fix, lol.  But would rather have something to work on which makes my heart skip a beat.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Saundra