I have somewhere to stay in Ottawa! I got busy today* and joined several bookcrossing yahoo groups in the areas I’m going to, and posted messages seeking accommodation. And I just got an email from princess1984 offering a bed for the two nights I’ll be in Ottawa, and to pick me up and drop me off at the airport.
So that’s one more city to tick off the list…
(*I did do some actual work as well, honestly!)
Progress report on the patchwork, which I spent today working on instead of all the other things I could/should be doing. The point of no return – starting to sew the first seam (actually, the point of no return was really when I ironed the patches onto the backing stuff, but somehow starting sewing seems…
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