Thin skinned

 Am I the only one that can't seem to get tomato skins down?

How 'bout those that can't handle the fuzz of the peach?

Here 'ya go.

OXO has a peeler that is amazing.  This one for thin skins removes them like a hot knife through butter.  Smoooooth, slick, and only the skin.

Can also cause a real hurt and lots of blood so caution is needed.  I bought several OXO after switching brands and couldn't be more pleased.  Found online and my local kitchen shop.

No stitching last night or today (so far).  Fingers are numb again and lasting a long while.  This also happens from Raynaud's.  When the circulation returns, it hurts!  Photo was taken at doc office and it is a really bad photo on my laptop.  My fingers to first joint and some to second are pure white.

That ring was made by hubs for Carole from a piece of stainless steel pipe.  She wore it on her thumb.

Enjoy your holiday.

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When you think the worst is over

the Lift n Snip come out. 

Some errors can't hide.

The rose hid them perfectly.

It's 46 degrees now, summer is over, and that can't change.

But I can change my stitches and fix the errors.  

Nice try putz. That hour of frogging won't make the crab feel any better about the rest.

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Who knows?

Several errors I cannot find, but in a motif such as this, who knows?  I guess the tedious patterns have a silver lining ... they hide errors very nicely!

So the worst is over and I survived.  Just a few more stitches at the rose bottom, and the rest of the motifs in the bottom right are not bad.

Vertigo testing was rescheduled, roofers are installing a gutter guard today.  We've heard that anything with a screen will catch the maple droppings and oak fuzzies clogging the mesh, this is different.  Very rigid plastic that will allow water through even with some debris.  Guaranteed (aren't they all), fingers crossed.

Since it feels like fall and the furnace is running, seems like a good day for pierogis and kielbasa.  Lots of onions in brown sugared butter, several packets for the freezer.  Makes it easy to have them anytime.

Furnace ran in June and now August. 

 Summer came late, left early.  

Have a good weekend.

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The new black

My shingle picks from this roofer were Glacier or Granite Black. Glacier is almost black as is Black Sable, but after seeing them on multiple homes, I saw a reddish tone to the browns in them. Beautiful.  But I wanted more of a neutral. 

This is Granite Black.  The solid deep black of years ago is very hard to find, and actually what I wanted.  But I don't have the patience or incentive to research or shop.  Metal was not an option and higher cost.

The new black in sun

or shade.

Only a few days left in August.  

Damn.

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Next up.....

that rose. 

More detailed stitching.  And I was concerned about the border!  

I wish I would have changed the 926 to 927 for the blue in the border.  The photo looks much lighter, not as pronounced in that pattern.  Too late.  Hope to get the majority done before my vertigo testing Thursday morning.  

I'm in sweatpants and sweatshirt.   

And I'm not sweating.

Have a peaceful day.

 

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Little stitches here and there

makes me want to pull my hair. 

But it has become so thin there isn't much to grip.

My conjoined tomato snowman.

Hope everyone is doing well.

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