It’s a good day for wearing warm socks whilst mending …
I do love patching jeans, especially those with holes worn into the knees by our grandkids, imagining the stitches inside absorbing future falls, like a hand slipped out just in the nick of time …
Fortunately, padding shouldn’t be needed today as everyone’s safe inside …
while everything outside is being slowly encased in ice …
Don said he saw a local news report last night on how to use an ice scraper (if you had one) and cautioning against pouring hot water on car windshields. Good advice under the circumstances …
Addendum:
No hole yet, so (sew) a bit of preventive maintenance …
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
you are such a beautiful stitcher (((Liz)))
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(((Mo))) … and you are a most beautiful limner
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I've been doing some darning lately some darning lately, it must be the the mending season.
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F&I promise not to send any more nasty weather your way. If it comes, we are not at fault! LOL. (Grand) Mother Bear protecting her precious cubs.
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Mending season … yes, I believe darning gives one time and space to ponder new beginnings while retaining the best of the oldAnd Nana Bear? Absolutely true!
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lovely repair work, one of my passions is repairing vintage clothing
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Susan – Just took a scroll through your blog … beautiful nature photography and naturally I gravitated to the dye pot posts. Finding Austin was an added bonus.
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that's so funny — how to use an ice scraper! PS on blogger blogs, finding wordpress ID doesn't 'take' lately — which is why I'm using google ID
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Dee – thanks for the blogging tip … and yeah, I’m glad we brought an ice scraper with us when we moved from Virginia
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Love your pre-patch Liz! I once patched a knee of work pants and one of my under-two's pointed to the patch and said, \”Ouchie!\”
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Nancy – I'm going to need super-sized patch \”sandwiches\” for the next round of mending. My daughter told a familiar tale: \”honestly, the holes weren't that big when I brought him to school\”
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