Girl Power!

I went to my Calendar Girls meeting today at Margaret Gingerich's house today. She has a really beautiful home.
We started out with a tour of her new studio space. It was very compact, but well thought out.

I was particularly interested in her drying rack here, for hand painted & dyed fabrics. She has pull out screens. A very neat idea.

The day of course included lots of chatter & a little hand work, & then of course there was food.

Mary Gerkin showed us her Tree quilt, I think it was "June",

& Rena Brinker brought her "May". Next month were supposed to have them all together for photos, & we hope to make real calendars out of them.

I stopped on Goldenview on my way home to snap a picture of these dark purple Lupin. They seemed darker than usual to me. I've noticed a patch down on Dearmon that are really dark too. The picture , I think actually washed them out a bit.

This bright orange beauty was just below them.

By the time I got home, I was exhausted & ready for a nap, but plugged along, & vacuumed up the dust bunnies & extra cats that Broccoli has shed lately, then made an early dinner, because Warren had to go back to work tonight. Poor dear.

I did catch a little cat nap after dinner, then after Warren left I got ambitious again, & decided I would just take a peek under the kitchen sink, & see if I could figure out where it might be blocked. Ali Honey's comment from the earlier post this week, keep haunting the back of my mind. She said,"I empathise with you over the water problems. Folk who live in the country or have their own supply, have to be handy and on top of the maintenance all the time!"

I decided I am after all an Alaskan. I feel much like a pioneer, who moved here many years ago with nothing but my family & some hopes & dreams. I've learned how to build houses, & quilt, & maybe I should try a little basic plumbing. How hard can it be?
I laid down under the sink. Managed to reach my arms far enough to unscrew the hose that I KNEW had to be the problem, & look what I found!

This is why we had no water pressure.

Tah-dahhh!!!! Look what I did!