Does your brain spin with ideas when you are driving by yourself? I used to spend a lot of hours driving alone, but that doesn't happen as much anymore. Some days I literally had to pull over somewhere and make some notes about projects - not just quilting - so that I wouldn't forget them before getting home.
Well, yesterday I had a 200 mile road trip, mostly alone. And of course my brain began contemplating various future project ideas. Some were quilting ideas, like how I want the borders to look on the Lone Star quilt. Did I pull over and make myself notes? Yes I did - luckily there was a convenient rest stop on the interstate.
But because I was still thinking about the Quilts of Valor awarded on Monday, and also thinking about the next QOV award coming up later today - my brain was thinking about more Quilts of Valor. In the car I had an interesting conversation with my granddaughter about something she had just read about WWII, and my brain got really busy. We talked about her great-grandfathers and where they served during the war. And that's where the little idea in my head started to become a big plan.
We have quite a collection of old photos from my father-in-law, taken when he was serving in the army during World War II. This beat up little "suitcase" is about 7" by 9", and about 5" deep. It's full of those old photos! And it's time to scan them and put them into a book. I hope I can actually accomplish this task.
And then speaking of the 200 miles in the car - it is officially road construction season everywhere. It was 75 miles on the interstate from my house to the aquatic center in Sioux Falls where I picked up granddaughter Sophia from swim team practice. I drove through 8 orange cone zones in that 75 miles, all with reduced speeds and reduced lanes.
I took her home - another 25 miles, and 3 more cone zones!! The last 10 miles from the interstate into her town is finally paved, but is still 1 lane each way with lots of cones. After dropping her off at home I turned around to get home in time for an afternoon appointment I had. Back through ALL of those road construction zones. LOL
I'll be passing through some of those same construction zones later today, as I drive to Madison SD for the QOV award, then back to Sioux Falls to meet one of my daughters at a cooking class we are going to take together this evening.
Should be an awesome day!!
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you have some long distance traveling for sure - many years ago I use to do some of that in Idaho being way out in the middle of no where - it was common to drive 75 miles for an evening out or grocery shopping and spend the day doing other things - I'm kind of glad I no longer have that kind of distance to cope with
Making a book with the scanned photos is a great project and will be a treasure for future generations.
Yes I day dream about quilting etc while driving or being a passenger! I even dreamt up a snowman table runner while out on a relaxing bike ride with hubby!! I lived in Madison for about 10 years, met my hubby there.
You were out an about and put on lots of miles. That sounds like a great project!! Time consuming but it will be wonderful!
You aren't joking about it being road construction season! They've been working on the major streets around our house, getting any where the last week has been a short lesson in frustration. I don't tend to think of quilting ideas in the car, I like to to listen to NPR, so I tend to think about the state of things.
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