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So Many Highs and Lows

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  Let's see, a High, or at least I think. JWS made me buy a gun raffle ticket.   As some of you know, I have gone on rants about gun raffles before. I don't like them.   Not the "gun" thing, I am just not a gambler and I don't consider them near the entertainment that JWS does.   But, I did my civic duty and bought a ticket. It supports the fair. Really? I put enough time in there to more than support the fair, but it was worth the $20 to have JWS not pester me anymore.   And I won a gun.   I don't need a gun, don't want a gun, much less an expensive gun. Truthfully, and don't hang me up on this one. I would have just liked a cardinal gun.... but we won't go there. So far the construction paper hung on the outside of the window is working for the cardinal problem, so he is allowed to live. I don't know that I want construction paper on my windows all summer, but...

Itching to get to work

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  On the awning for my camper!  The material arrived on Thursday, but it has been one of those weeks that I really have not had time to start it. You know the whole BLOCK of time that is needed to really get into a project. So there it sits. Well actually this morning it made it out of the living room and to my sewing room. I so wanted to just order a ready made awning and the price was not terrible, but JWS wanted it in place before we went camping next weekend, and no "awning" person was co-operating with HIS time schedule. I will keep you posted on that project. There is something a little intimidating about cutting into that roll of fabric though. Very intimidating.       See this? Those of you that are my FB friends have already seen it. This cardinal is driving me crazy! He just keeps flying into the window. Lands on the screen and then flies up at the top window. Over and over and over ...