We're going to have a visitor! Cop Car is making the trek from Kansas to be with us for a week or so. We've had the chance to meet, but this will be our first long-term visit.
We share a lot of interests. Cop Car is a quilter, and we have traded fabrics over the last year. I've been working on a series of wallhangings from that fabric, and I can't wait to show them to her. I'd be very happy to quilt with her all day long, but we have WAY too many other things we hope to do, including a trip to our favorite quilt shop!
If you've read here in the past, you know that I'm generally mired in weeds during the warm months. My gardens were in the best shape ever this spring, and then I hurt my knee. I'm just getting back into the gardens to pull weeds, so they have a two month head start on me. It's probably just as well that we haven't had a lot of rain! Did you catch where Cop Car says she's bringing her WEEDING CLOTHES??? YEA!!! I might even learn the names of some of those miserable plants.
We have a bird feeder just outside the kitchen window. CC is going to check out our birds so that she can tell me what visits. We have a huge flock of sparrows that flit around so fast that I can't tell which species we are seeing. It's always nice to have a specialist on staff. *G*
Cop Car has also graciously offered to help us make chili sauce. This has been an annual activity here, but it's more than I can do on my own. In the past Elegante Mother and I have worked together, but as she nears 90, it's becoming a bit too much for her to do. I hope to take CC to the Farmer's Market on Saturday, to pick up the produce we need. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the jars I need tomorrow.
I have no doubt that our days will be tightly packed, and that we will sleep well at night. It's wonderful that we have this chance to spend time together.
Comments (9)
Buffy--You make it sound as though I am doing YOU a favor by coming. Here I thought that you were providing my summer vacation! Yes, we shall have fun. (And if we don't, you or Elegant Mother can send me packing! I assume that you Dear Husband will have his business to attend so won't be quite so "put upon". :*) Did you know that the fastest way for me to get there is through Des Moines? Map Quest says so. However, as previously stated, I plan stops in Kansas City and St Louis, on the way.
Posted by Cop Car | August 14, 2006 8:52 AM
Posted on August 14, 2006 08:52
YEs....Dear Husband has to work. I'm waiting to find out if he will be home on the weekend, or whether he will make his excuses and go to sail.
We ARE providing your summer vacation! lol Do you sail??
I'm not surprised that going through Des Moines was the fastest way to get to us, until you told Map Quest that you wanted to go to St. Louis first! That's just a tad bit out of the way.
See you on Wednesday!
Posted by buffy | August 14, 2006 4:52 PM
Posted on August 14, 2006 16:52
No, I do not sail. I did have a tiny sail craft, at one time, but never put it into the water. The sun and water do a number on my fair skin.
Posted by Cop Car | August 14, 2006 7:30 PM
Posted on August 14, 2006 19:30
oh hey thats wonderful, i look forward to posts about your adventures.
Posted by bod | August 15, 2006 1:55 PM
Posted on August 15, 2006 13:55
She'll rat me out, bod...I know she will. She'll go to her blog and tell you about all the WEEDS we have here, and that I made her WEED 24/7!
Posted by buffy | August 15, 2006 2:46 PM
Posted on August 15, 2006 14:46
It's just as well that you don't sail, Cop Car. I'd have to let you go off with Dear Husband while I waived from the shore. I don't sail either. I was a bit queasy on the motor launch the other night, so it's just as well that we didn't spend our entire night on the lake!
Posted by buffy | August 15, 2006 3:07 PM
Posted on August 15, 2006 15:07
ah yes, therell be no hiding from the weeds then! (aside) hmm good job its not my house!
Posted by bod | August 17, 2006 8:12 AM
Posted on August 17, 2006 08:12
It sounds great for both of you... making chilli sauce, visiting... one of you getting away, one getting a guest - it is ALL Good, and I'm happy for you both.
Posted by Desiree | August 17, 2006 10:17 PM
Posted on August 17, 2006 22:17
So far, it's been wonderful, Desiree! I'm afraid her visit might be cut short by the need to get back for Red Cross meetings, but I will pack her visit as full as I can, right up to the minute she has to leave!
Posted by buffy | August 17, 2006 10:50 PM
Posted on August 17, 2006 22:50