Let it snow?

Wow, I hope today was just a fluke, and not the end of autumn already.
It snowed here today, rained, then snowed, then rained.....you get the idea.
It was cold and damp, and I still feel chilled.

But the harder it snowed, the more frantically the birds jockeyed for position at the feeder.

This guy looks like he is saying, " Do you expect me to fly in this stuff?"

This one looks like a 'bitch session' is in progress.
Can't you just hear it???   blah, blah, blah, blah blah.....

Chagrin???
"I'm so embarrassed."

Yes, they were a little nuts at the feeder.
We were staying warm, and busy, in the studio.

"Got seeds?"

The sewing machine is all together, with the help of a friend.    I would have slashed my wrists half way through it.  Seriously.  We had to call the place in Montreal where I bought it, a few times.  They were incredibly helpful, and supportive, which is why I bought the machine from them.

After I watched the threading video MORE THAN ONCE, I was able to thread it, and get the bobbin wound.  Then I tried it out.  Hesitantly.
I admit it.  I was scared, worried that I would hate it like the first one I bought, or that I wouldn't be able to get it running.

All so not true.  I not only got it going, I tried it out on a couple of things and it sews beautifully.

Usually when I sew tote bags together, I have a difficult time sewing the sides up.  The gussets are so impossible, I sew them by hand.
I had an unfinished tote, so I decided to give it a try.  This machine sewed through the corners like they were made of jello.
Hallelujah.

I have been known to make occasional crappy decisions.  Thank God this wasn't one of them.
Whew.

Now I can't wait to make up a whole new batch of totes.  They're going to be a breeze.

I feel like a kid at Christmas.
Yay.