We are OK! no damage, no trees down, no plants uprooted, no windows broken,and the garage and car are ok. and the ducks are ok too. All our power, phone, and internet are back on.
i went out early Sunday morning to check on the lake levels which were still within the boundaries, and there was no sign that it ever ran over them.
All the ducks were there, but only one group was braving the lake. the others were sitting quietly on the banks, probably wondering if they should venture in.
And in VA only 1 death due to a car accident caused by a non-functioning stop light.
Hurricane Irene is now but a memory, thank heavens!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
About those ducks and geeese...
Apparently the geese have more sense than the ducks! All the ducks are still here (so far)and the geese have apparently flown the coop.Some of the ducks are braving the lake, but most are on the shore. The lake is back to it's normal level from the rain that we've had, so that's good.
We've had some periods of wind with no rain this morning, but in checking the radar i see some yellow and orange rain in store for us this morning and this afternoon, as the eye wall gets closer.
The hurricane has made landfall near Cape Lookout, NC.
We've had some periods of wind with no rain this morning, but in checking the radar i see some yellow and orange rain in store for us this morning and this afternoon, as the eye wall gets closer.
The hurricane has made landfall near Cape Lookout, NC.
Good Morning from Hurricane Central...
Yep, Hurricane Irene is still with us and will be for a while!
latest reports are that she has been downgraded to a Cat 1 and is moving NNE at 14 mph. Central pressure is at 952mb.
From the radar returns it looks like the center of the large eye wall will go directly over Moorehead City, NC, and the left edge of the huricane is curently at Albemarle NC.
We still have power, so i've made a fresh pot of coffee. we got a 20 min break from the rain and wind, but it has picked back up just now. top winds are down to 90 mph now, so our peak winds will probably be around 80 mph or so later today. Strongest gust so far today has been 35 mph, with most wind around 15mph.
When it gets light i'll check the pond and make a duck/geese report. as of yesterday they were all still hanging around.
latest reports are that she has been downgraded to a Cat 1 and is moving NNE at 14 mph. Central pressure is at 952mb.
From the radar returns it looks like the center of the large eye wall will go directly over Moorehead City, NC, and the left edge of the huricane is curently at Albemarle NC.
We still have power, so i've made a fresh pot of coffee. we got a 20 min break from the rain and wind, but it has picked back up just now. top winds are down to 90 mph now, so our peak winds will probably be around 80 mph or so later today. Strongest gust so far today has been 35 mph, with most wind around 15mph.
When it gets light i'll check the pond and make a duck/geese report. as of yesterday they were all still hanging around.
Friday, August 26, 2011
She crossed the Border!
Irene is now in the South-Eastern tip of Virginia, and is expected to stay for just over 21 hours, or thereabouts. the barometer is starting to drop. it's now at 1009 MB here. And the heat is hanging around 80 sticky degrees.
and when they said it's huge, they were right. from the looks of the radar everything from the Blue Ridge Mts. on East to the far side of New Jersey will be getting part of this hurricane.
can you imagine that!
and when they said it's huge, they were right. from the looks of the radar everything from the Blue Ridge Mts. on East to the far side of New Jersey will be getting part of this hurricane.
can you imagine that!
Hurricane Irene
updating the blog for this hurricane. Weather forecasters are comparing the potential effects of this hurricane to Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Isabel_in_Virginia
We went thru that hurricane, having just moved into our apartment here in Suffolk from Portsmouth. I'm happy to say that we weathered that hurricane a lot better than we would have if we had been in Portsmouth. Since that time sevral more trees surrounding the complex have been taken down, so hopefuly we won't have as many tres falling as we did then.But even then only one car got hit by a tree! (not ours!!!)
We have all our supplies and everything is ready.The car is safe in it's garage this time around, and now all we have to do is hunker down and wait it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Isabel_in_Virginia
We went thru that hurricane, having just moved into our apartment here in Suffolk from Portsmouth. I'm happy to say that we weathered that hurricane a lot better than we would have if we had been in Portsmouth. Since that time sevral more trees surrounding the complex have been taken down, so hopefuly we won't have as many tres falling as we did then.But even then only one car got hit by a tree! (not ours!!!)
We have all our supplies and everything is ready.The car is safe in it's garage this time around, and now all we have to do is hunker down and wait it out.
Monday, April 4, 2011
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING QUILT PICTURES
a lot of quilters don’t know it, but if they make a quilt from a copywrited pattern and then publish photo images of that quilt on the internet, the photos themselves are in violation of copywrite law, even if the copywrite holder’s info is published along with the photos.
in other words, you can make a quilt for yourself or to give away, but you cannot publish pictures of that quilt.
that’s why, in spite of continual requests for photos, my blog, “The Egghead’s Coop” no longer features photos of what i’m working on, nor will it for as long as the law stays the same.
I’ll still make my quilts from copywrited patterns and give credit and include links where i can, but i won’t knowingly break copywrite law just to show curious quilters what they look like.
in other words, you can make a quilt for yourself or to give away, but you cannot publish pictures of that quilt.
that’s why, in spite of continual requests for photos, my blog, “The Egghead’s Coop” no longer features photos of what i’m working on, nor will it for as long as the law stays the same.
I’ll still make my quilts from copywrited patterns and give credit and include links where i can, but i won’t knowingly break copywrite law just to show curious quilters what they look like.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Stash Busting Report 2011, week #14
well, my numbers haven't moved much. i used 1/4 yard from my stash this week, and bought and cut up about 10.5 yards for another quilt.
so now i've got 2 quilts i'm piecing--the new quilt, "Motzart Modern" using two blue "Camelot" fabrics from Jason Yenter (along with other fabrics), and the next-to-new quilt, "Maison Bleue" with French General fabric.
the "Motzart Modern" quilt uses the "Amadeus" pattern from Carrie Nelson that I've made before, but this time i've made some changes. The center of the sawtooth star is made with the Jason Yenter fabric "Camelot Avalon Floral Blue" specially cut and twisted to form different kaleidescopic squares. the various star points will be 3 different colors of blue, each resting on a background of pristine white-on-white fabric with circles and undulating lines.
where the original 4 single corner blocks of the star block meet up to form a square of 4 on the quilt, i have changed into one single sqare block (eliminating the seams of the 4). the material for that block, "Camelot Sangreal Rose Medallion Blue," is also fussy cut, so each square in the quilt will be the same.
with that change in the 4 blocks to 1 block, i will also be changing the quilt top assembly. Instead of making up each star block and then setting them together, I will be assembling the quilt in vertical rows, 1/3 of the star at a time.
At this point I've got 20 of the 25 star center blocks sewn together, and they look fabulous!
so now i've got 2 quilts i'm piecing--the new quilt, "Motzart Modern" using two blue "Camelot" fabrics from Jason Yenter (along with other fabrics), and the next-to-new quilt, "Maison Bleue" with French General fabric.
the "Motzart Modern" quilt uses the "Amadeus" pattern from Carrie Nelson that I've made before, but this time i've made some changes. The center of the sawtooth star is made with the Jason Yenter fabric "Camelot Avalon Floral Blue" specially cut and twisted to form different kaleidescopic squares. the various star points will be 3 different colors of blue, each resting on a background of pristine white-on-white fabric with circles and undulating lines.
where the original 4 single corner blocks of the star block meet up to form a square of 4 on the quilt, i have changed into one single sqare block (eliminating the seams of the 4). the material for that block, "Camelot Sangreal Rose Medallion Blue," is also fussy cut, so each square in the quilt will be the same.
with that change in the 4 blocks to 1 block, i will also be changing the quilt top assembly. Instead of making up each star block and then setting them together, I will be assembling the quilt in vertical rows, 1/3 of the star at a time.
At this point I've got 20 of the 25 star center blocks sewn together, and they look fabulous!
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