Galesville, MD

June 19, 2020 - June 25, 2020

In the week we have been back in our home area we have visited most of our favorite restaurants: Italian market twice (once for pizza and once for Italian subs), Mexican Cafe (for guacamole, margaritas, and quesadillas), Naval Bagels (for six grain bagels) South County Cafe (for sandwiches and a cookie), Carol’s Creek Cafe (for cream of crab soup, a crab cake, and Greek seafood salad), and Jack’s Fortune (for cashew chicken and crispy beef).  We either got take out or ate outside where we could. While waiting in the boatyard queue to have our transmission removed we have started on some of our summer projects.  Bob replaced light bulbs in the head and now I can see to put in my contacts and when I start wearing make up again I won’t come out looking like a clown.  Bob also removed items we don’t need now that we will be in one place for awhile from the cock pit and tidied up the dock lines.  I cleaned out the quarter berth of unnecessary items and we took everything to storage.  We put our bikes in the back of the Prius for easier access. We worked together to tighten the faucet on the galley sink and we are in the process of cleaning and water proofing the canvas and cleaning and polishing the clear acrylic windows in our enclosure.  We will probably remove some portions of the enclosure and store them over the summer.

I retrieved my sewing machine and some of my fabric from storage and made new facemasks for us.  I made seven for me (I change mine everyday) and one for Bob (he has other masks and doesn’t change his as often).  Sewing has greatly improved my mood while biding our time here in Galesville.  I took one afternoon to complete the quilt top I had started last summer for Rachel’s (my second daughter) quilt.  I’ll be able to get it to the quilter as soon as I buy the batting. 

I used the shoe box pattern to create
this quilt using forty different fat
quarters of batik fabric,

I found the pattern for these masks online and
created them using left over quilt scraps.
The elastic is designed to go around
the neck and over the head which
I find more comfortable.

We were informed today that our transmission will be hauled out tomorrow morning. Hurrah!  This will be the first step in the repair process.

Stay safe and thank you for reading my blog.