September 12, 2020 - September 21, 2020
Saturday was the beginning of the college football season. Even though the Big Ten (Penn State is our favorite college football team) season had not started it was fun watching the football games that were broadcast that day. Then Sunday was the first Baltimore Ravens game. Although it was unusual seeing empty stands at the stadium the game was great to watch. The Ravens won against Cleveland 38 - 6. While I’m watching football I usually sew a bit. Since we will be staying in Baltimore for the winter I have made a few cool weather items.
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| This blouse will be a staple in my fall wardrobe and by adding one of the cardigans I made last summer I can wear it throughout the winter. |
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| Stripes are one of my favorite fabric patterns. This cardigan will be very useful as the temperature drops. |
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| I was drawn to the fall colors in this blouse fabric. |
Believe it or not, we took three trips to Annapolis this past week and didn't have a single doctor's appointment! We just did some errands and had lunch at some of our favorite Annapolis restaurants.
Bob has been working diligently refinishing the teak toe rails. I help whenever I can, mainly vacuuming up the dust from sanding. He should be finished the whole starboard side by the end of the weekend. Fortunately we have a string of sunny days in the forecast.
I remade the cushions for the stern life lines. The ones I made a year ago were already worn out. We used pipe insulation as the cushion material inside the fabric tube which did not wear well. This time we inserted a small pool noodle into a larger fabric tube. Hopefully. these will hold up better.
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| This is the only sewing boat project I have done this season. |
We have been enjoying the cool nights and warm sunny days this week. Now that it has cooled off I’m back to walking in the morning. I always feel energized after a brisk walk. Unfortunately, most of the runners/walkers on the promenade don’t wear masks and with my mask on they can’t even see that I am giving them dirty looks :).
The boat ladies were finally able to go on an outing together on Thursday. We visited the Baltimore Museum of Art and ate lunch at Gertrude’s Restaurant which is located in the museum’s sculpture garden. We had to make reservations and the museum was very strict about the number of people allowed in any of the numerous galleries. Of course, masks were required. It was fun to get out and do something together.
Our “Biden for president 2020” flag arrived and I hauled it up on the mast halyard.
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| My mom worked for every one of Biden’s campaigns until she died. She would be so happy to see this flag. |
There is no mistaking the political preferences
of the captain and first mate of Rainy Days.
Another weekend of football games brought the Ravens their second win of the season. They beat the Texans 33-16.
Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, and wash your hands!
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