Monday, January 26, 2026

Hooking, Cooking, & Shoveling Snow

 The great snow storm of 2026 is over. Hopefully the snow has stopped. We got 11 1/2". That's a lot of snow. It's not supposed to be above freezing for another 8-10 days, so it's going to hang around awhile. We did not get sleet or ice. We did not lose power. And for those things I am grateful. 


The snow is very pretty 


My son came over this morning and used the snow blower to clear my drive. I have a private drive I share with the neighbor across the street. So he has to clear the drive that is perpendicular to the drive you see. I decided to help with the shoveling part. It's a light fluffy snow so it wasn't heavy. Thank goodness. I shoveled close to the house, around the van, and the porch. I then cleaned off the van. Then I had to shovel again. So much snow.

Below is my son Jeremy, AKA Iceman. 



I kept busy hooking and cooking. I made some delicious chicken with mashed potatoes and an onion gravy. Yum. And I got quite a bit of hooking related stuff done. 


I finished a little bit of hooking, then steamed, zigzagged and applied the wool binding.


I finished hooking up what I call I lost my mitten. This has a simple fold over and stitch into place.


And plodding along on my dog with basket rug. One blotch done, two to go. I really like the naivety of this rug. It's so simple. 

Stay safe, stay warm. Sue

2 comments:

  1. You got more snow than I did, but it been snowing all flippin’ day. Enough already. My son did my drive and sidewalks last evening. Since it is a light fluffy snow, I did go out and shovel it again.
    Great picture of Jeremy. Bbbbrrrrrr 🥶
    Great progress on all your hooking. I love the name of your mitten rug. When I saw it, I didn’t realize that there was one mitten that didn’t have a mate.
    You will soon be done with your camp rug. I have not pulled one loop on mine 😢
    Stay warm!!!

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  2. You made good use of your snowstorm time.
    And you had great help with your driveway.
    Cathy

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