From My Sewing Room to Chestertown, Maryland

 The westies have an appointment with the groomers this week.

 My mom needed new dishtowels that she could hang

from the handle on her stove door which is next to the sink.  

Since we couldn't find any pre-made I downloaded the top

pattern piece from the Internet and made these for her.

 My neighbor asked me to make a pillowcase and tooth fairy

dog for her grand daughters birthday this month.  I simply added

a tiny pocked on the dog [right] that is large enough to

hold the tooth and money from the visit by the tooth fairy.

 I've been working on simple Christmas quilts - nothing 

complicated just 8-1/2" blocks.  Two tops are made so far

and that's as far as I got in the process.  In one of the blogs I

follow I read she has 30 tops made and when she wants

 to give one away she then finishes the process.  I really

thought that was an interesting thing to do - finish as needed.

 This is the first time I had trouble with my machine skipping

stitches while sewing on the binding ... so I had to re-sew

areas on this quilt.  I'm donating this one to Outreach

since I'm not comfortable adding non-perfect work like this

to an auction where money is involved.  

Note to Chris:  This is complete including the made by

Bayside Quilters sewn in a corner.

 Sweet Julep

 The dog fabric is part of what my Facebook friend {Lee}

sent me from her stash clean-out.

The Trailer of Horses.

 On our way to Chestertown  yesterday afternoon to pick

up a photo Wilson had in a gallery exhibit of eastern

shore scenes.  This was taken in stop and go traffic on Rt. 50

which is a nightmare during weekends in from spring up to fall.  

It's one of the major ways to the beach/resort town Ocean City.  

 Yesterday we timed our trip just perfectly to get stuck

in a big traffic jam!  We were stuck in stop and go for 8 

miles before we made the turn off to Chestertown.

 I didn't get a photo of the top of the trailer but

the horses must be trotters.  Wilson pointed out the

buggy strapped to the top of the trailer.  All 5

horses seemed to enjoy hanging out watching

the cars slowly going by.

We didn't take our cameras and we should have.

There are homes in Chestertown that are very quaint & charming.  

This is also a college town so there are several restaurants

and a few little shops in the town center.  I used my 

iPhone app called RoundMe and found Fish Whistle

on the Chester River which had good reviews.

The food/service = very good.

.  .  .

Yesterday morning I woke up not feeling great and I

told Wilson he might be going to pick up his photo

on his own but ... as the morning progressed I was 

feeling better.  Even thru lunch I was feeling great

but ... by the time we got home I was sick again.

Yuck - Yuck - Yuck ... with a sinus infection.  Didn't

sleep well last night and so I'm going to put myself

on antibioitcs to clear this thing up.  I have what

you would call a love-hate relationship with this

golden rod time of year.