I have been having trouble with my blog for a couple of months now and still don’t know if this post will go through, but I am going to try.

Since I wrote my last post David has had some health issues to take care of. He has had this red spot on his neck for over a year and finally went to the doctor to have it checked out. Had to see a dermatologist that he saw today and he has basal cell carcinoma, a slow growing cancerous growth that he will have to have removed. In April he has an appointment to have it done. They will remove the growth, look at it under a microscope to see if they got all the cancer cells and if they didn’t, they would cut out the rest. All under local anesthesia. Please keep him in your prayers because that isn’t all he may have done. He has had a pain in his neck, and it’s not me, for a while and had it checked and will see a neurologist this week to see if he will need surgery. I really hope he won’t need surgery, but we shall see Friday.

Other  than that,it has been a very calm year at our house. After the rush and business of the holidays,I really enjoy January to just chill and do things I want to do, which, of course, involves quilting. I have been working on a Christmas present, yes, I’m crazy, but I think of Christmas all year and if I can make some of the presents, all the better. I really wish I could show you what I am making but I can’t

What I can show you are a couple of little quilts I have made. I joined a group on Facebook where we are challenged to make a small quilt from this particular quilt designer, Kathleen Tracy.

Here is my January quilt. I used reds for Valentine’s Day. The pattern is called Friendship Star. I made a bunch of pot holders before Christmas and I sent two to my best friend who lives in Oregon. I sent her one with the Friendship Star on it. She sent back a really nice letter and pictures of her grandchildren. I .ove getting letters, but it is becoming a lost art.

This is the one I finished for December. And the book I got the pattern from. I have several of Kathleen’s quilt books.

now I am working on my February quilt and will show you when it’s done.

I got on a Facebook group called Find your Doppleganger.( Lookalike.) I put David’s picture up. Guess who they thought he looked like?

If you said Santa Claus, you are right! To a person that’s who they said he looked like. One lady even wrote it was the sweetest face she had ever seen! What a compliment! And he is sweet to my sour. I won’t even show you the picture I put on and not one person could name anyone I looked like. At least they didn’t say the Grinch!

we finally had a good snow in January. Indiana hasn’t had a good snow for years. I keep wishing for a blizzard like we had in 1978 when I was a young mother with two small boys and a baby. It was an adventure. David went out with the Guard and we were snug as bugs with plenty of food because I have always kept our cupboards and freezers well stocked. David did have some Guardsmen bring me some milk although I didn’t really need it. He was gone three days. He told me the snow was so deep on the roads he was driving above fence posts!

Today we have rain which we need to fill our reservoirs and wells. Speaking of reservoirs, wasn’t it terrible that reservoirs were empty in California when they had those fires? I cannot imagine losing everything like many did. And of course, there are those people in North Carolina who are still living in tents or campers. I really pray they get their circumstances worked out.

Hope you all are keeping warm and well this Winter. The groundhog told us only six more weeks!