Stay With What I have

I tried looking for new backgrounds last night and today.

I found one that I really liked . . copied and pasted and guess what . . .

it wouldn't work . . .

some code was off.

Then I found another, said it was for the latest version of blogger . . .

it wouldn't work either.

So now, I went to the site that ByHook uses . .

this background/template was taking forever to upload

so I just decided

the hell with it today.

Will stay with what I have

and see if there are any pictures

of the Cherry Christmas Afghan I made that I can show off.

Nothing like patting oneself on the back to make one feel better.

These are the 1st pictures I took of the blocks

in the way I wanted them organized.

I took the blocks/squares out to the driveway

and laid them out in a "pleasing" manner.

Then up to the front porch

and checked the pattern out.

I had Gene move them around

and was that ever fun giving directions

when I couldn't use the names of the squares

since he had no idea of what they were.

When I finally got around to piecing them together,

I ended up,

I think,

connecting them in a row instead of a column.

Or, perhaps the bottom row became the top row . .

I think this is what I did.

Either way,

I still liked it.

I wanted to give it the look of a stained glass window . . .

with the yellow as the "wood" between the panes.

The more I completed, the more I liked the look.

When finished,

it was a very sunny

winter day.

So the afghan and ,

and of course Indy,

went out on the porch

for the picture taking.

No rocker on the porch

but the swing gives it a little

of the old fashioned charm it required.

This past Saturday morning, I took it to the dry cleaners . .

hopefully they will be able to remove more of the animal hairs than I can.

Then, when I pick it up,

off with it to the "mayor of Grove Street,"

who happens to be a man who lives down the street.

He knows absolutely everybody

and talks to everyone,

thus the name "mayor."

When we talked to him,

during one of the actual snows this year when Gene shoveled,

I asked if he could use it

for an American Legion raffle

or Vietnam Veterans raffle?

Either way, someone would get some use out of it.

He gave me the funniest look,

so I explained a little more.

He said they would take it . . and any others I make.

Now, I have a purpose

for making the squares

and swapping them.

I can donate them to a good cause

and they can use them in whatever manner they choose . .

and I can still maintain my addiction to crocheting squares.

Signed,

Square, beading and charm addict . . wonder where the meetings are for SBAA is located?(5317)