Joyce M!"Congratulations on 1000 posts. I've only been reading your blog a short while (just recently discovered quilt blogs-what a joy!), so I have lots of backlist posts to wander through. Cute dog!"
Thanks, Joyce; and to everyone who took the time to comment. (90 of you~) WOW! Thanks for stopping by.
I drink very few soft drinks these days, with age comes wisdom, nowadays I'm protecting my bones for the future! It hasn't always been this way, I used to drink sodas with wild abandon. When I finished up the grocery shopping on Thursday I purchased a bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper out of the cooler at the check out; just for old times sake, it made me feel young and altogether reckless again! I drank half of it on the way home, replaced the cap and refrigerated the remaining drink. At lunch time on Friday I grabbed the bottle and twisted off the cap. There was a code on the inside of the lid, a series of numbers and letters ending with "U WIN". Huh? Further inspection of the cap carried instructions that led me to the company's website. I had to log in and create an account to determine my winnings. The entire process took approximately ten minutes; all the while I was wondering what I could have possibly won; a trip, cash, a new car? The answer flashed across the computer screen: "You've WON... a free Diet Dr. Pepper! Your coupon should arrive in approximately four to six weeks!" Oh. Then I saw it, printed BOLDLY across the label on the now empty bottle: "ONE IN SIX WINS A FREE DR. PEPPER". It pays to read. But, still...
...from a day in the life of Mrs Goodneedle. I won a book. Sioux had a drawing over at her blog and believe it or not, my name was drawn from a hat! The book arrived, "Old Herbaceous", a novel of the garden by Reginald Arkell. It's full of British wit and wisdom, I haven't sat down to read it through, yet, but this excerpt is a lovely one: "If you could peel the years from a man's life, as you would the leaves from a globe artichoke, you would find him having his happiest time between the ages of fifty and sixty-five. The awful anxieties if youth have resolved themselves... competitors are not treading upon his heels... achievement has not yet lost its glamour... ultimate success, glorious and satisfying, lies just around the corner..."
... and the cat. Turbo's been with us for three months. She's become much more familiar with us by this time and actually makes frequent daytime appearances now. Hannes is coping well, although I can't report any snuggling together I can tell you that he tolerates the cat and watches her every move without barking. That's progress. They're coexisting. And yet, I wonder if Hannes isn't mimicking the cat at times. I found him sitting here the other day:
This is new for him!
Life is Good!1. “A Quilter’s Kaleidoscopic Reflections”
3. “Les chats de farfelu” (Wacky Cats in French)
4. “Hexed!”
5. “Spinning Out Of Control In A Quilt Shop”
6. “Turn, Turn, Turn”
7. “Through The Eye Of A Fly On The Wall”
9. “Kaleidoscope”
