Back to my OLD self…and a few new things

Well my knee surgery was just over two weeks ago now and I am now starting to get back to my old self. I made the mistake of doing too much right after surgery, like the next day! After that, I forced myself to stay in bed for a good three days or so, bored out of my mind!

I am not one to sit still at all. When I had my four wrist surgeries, at least I could walk around and do things left handed. Having knee surgery is a totally different story. Just glad it’s over. My surgeon was in there for an hour and a half. It still doesn’t seem right though…I tell Emma, it still feels “discombobulated”.

So, as I sat in bed, I had to do something…so I did a little cross stitch pattern I had downloaded a while back. I think it’s from Primitive Betty’s and was a free pattern she had offered. Thank you to her!

So here is that…

Once I was back on my feet, which surprisingly is one thing on my body that I don’t have trouble with, I decided to make some pantry cakes using this old cast iron cornbread mold I picked up at a little 2nd hand store I stopped into a few weeks ago.

I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.

I hung my tin Candleier in my rear entryway.

I found a couple “new to me” goodies…

This one at a church sale…A small blue bird stoneware crock with ears and lid for $5.

And this antique Walking Wheel off of Craigslist. This baby is huge…It’s over 5’ tall and 5’ wide. It was used to solely spin wool. It was also called a great wheel or a wool wheel. It is said that a spinner would walk the distance of twenty miles while spinning a skein of yarn…hence the name. Yes, it’s missing some components, such as the minor’s head, drive band, etc…which I may find in my travels, but I thought it was really pretty cool as is so I picked it up and put it up on my landing upstairs. Probably dates to the mid-late 1800’s.

Well, time to get going…

Hope all are well…Glad we are starting to get some cooler temps now and that the air conditioner isn’t running 24/7.

Have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Debra