Itching to Stitch

Good morning, my friends. We getting into the relaxation groove here at the Traveling Three Cats Ranch. Sadie spent her yesterday morning snoozing on her window hammock.

Later she decided to chase the sunshine across the back of the couch.

Having missed a couple of days of slow-stitching when we were driving south, I as in the mood for some slow-stitching. I spent some extra time on it and filled what remained in my hoop.

Smitty kept watch over my shoulder, making certain my needle didn't stray outside the lines.

When I moved my hoop to encompass the last of it, I could see that I had an impending stitching emergency. I had more to stitch than I had floss to stitch with.

Happily, we found an oasis in the desert...

And I was able to refill my stitching coffers. I really only needed one skein, but one can never be too careful when it comes to matters of stitching. Wouldn't you agree?

Our drive pretty well demonstrated the state of the weather since we arrived in Escondido. Periods of blue sky and puffy white clouds, overshadowed by dark gray and threatening ones.

As we drove back to the RV, we decided to drive a little farther north and check on the status of our favorite farm stand. HALLELUJAH! THEY'RE OPEN!!!

We spent some time chatting with them about our concerns. They weren't worried about ICE for themselves, but they said it had hurt their business some. They explained that many people here are afraid to leave their homes. It's very sad. They didn't have any of the Hass avocados, and that was the reason for the closure. As you might have noticed in a picture I posted a few days ago about the avocado groves, many of them are grown on the hillsides. With the recent rains, it's been too slippery to pick.

That was okay. We had the beautiful Fuertes at the RV, and we were motivated to make lunch of one of them. This is our easiest way to consume avocados. Remove the pit, add some Catalina (or Russian, or French) dressing, scoop it out with a spoon. Dee-lish.

Freshly flush with embroidery floss, I sat and stitched, and stitched, and stitched, until I'd finished it.

As I'm writing, I'm rinsing the Sticky-Fabri-Solvy out of it, and I should have a pressed and finished piece to show you in tomorrow's post. Here's the wrinkly version.

We had leftovers for dinner last night, but we also imbibed in our favorite way to eat avocados. Hear me out, now. This is canned grapefruit, chunked up avocado, and Catalina dressing. Mmm, mmm, mmm.

I learned this from Mike's mom. When Mike's dad was still alive, he used to send us avocados from his own trees. I'd make my workday brown bag lunch from a can of grapefruit, an avocado, and some dressing. The grapefruit kept the avocado from turning brown before I could have it for my lunch. Canned grapefruit is best. I once tried to make this with fresh grapefruit when we couldn't find canned in the grocery store. It wasn't the same. And, for this trip, I bought three cans of grapefruit before we left home. We won't be denied this time.

Okay, so next up on the embroidery front will be the two designs for Block 10 of Raggedy & Friends.

It's kind of hard to see in that picture. You can see it better in this image from the pattern.

And I've nearly forgotten, but it's time to link up for January's

My goal will be to finish these two embroidery designs before month's end.

On today's agenda, we need to make a quick trip to the grocery store. Friends invited us for dinner on Thursday, but then texted to ask if we could do it tonight instead. Fine and dandy, and the sooner we see them the better. But that means an emergency run to the grocery store because I want to bring a salad to share. I need me some ingredients if I'm going to do that.

So, off I go...not a second to waste. And if you've enjoyed this post, you can thank Sadie for her careful editing and input.

 

Have a good day, Everybody!