Sunday Starts

Now that it is November,

am starting a new turkey pattern. 

This is an older Plum Street pattern

called Gobble from 2007.

The picture looks like it would 

be a small one right?

Not

I believe this will be 

around 10 inches square.

Here is my start on this one.

Using all the called for floss

on 32ct Old Salem linen.

So while it is only early November,

I am also getting into Christmas mode.

So I decided to start Quaker Stocking.

This is where I am with upper right start.

Doing this on 32ct Heartland linen.

Using Weeks Dye Works floss

Gunmetal (gray Blue)

Blue Suede (Dark Blue)

Schneckley (Gold)

Finally another Christmas stitch.

Joyeux Noel

Merry Christmas in French.

Being of French decent, I really wanted

to stitch this one up.

Using all the called for floss.

Stitching on 32ct Smokey White linen.

In other news,

we are supposed to get our first snowfall today.

And so it begins....

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary

of the Edmund Fitzgerald 

freighter going down.

November 10. 1975

All 29 seaman lost their lives.

This tragedy was memorialized

in the song by Gordon Lightfoot.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Each year they ring the bell at 

The Mariner's Church in Detroit.

29 times for each sailor who was lost.

The irony of the Edmund Fitzgerald

was that it was on its last trip of

of the season and was due to unload

at a steel mill South of Detroit.

It never made it.

She went down in Lake Superior

and was only seventeen miles reaching

Whitefish Bay and safety.

Her sister ship was behind her.

The Arthur M Anderson.

The Anderson  made it through...

and this freighter still sails today.

 

The Gales (storms) of November 

are a real thing here on the Great Lakes.

There are many storms that occur this month.

The worst storm on Lake Huron

was November 9th, 1913.

More than 250 seamen lost their lives.

Many lake freighters were lost forever.

It was told that two systems converged

together causing the worst storm

in Great Lakes history.

One front came up from the South,

while the other came down from the Northwest.

The two storms came together in Lake Huron.

About 40 freighters were on the lake

at the time when these storms hit.

With almost 100 mph winds.

Waves reaching 35 ft or more.

It was heartbreaking.

I live 30 minutes South of Lake Huron.

My mom lives along Lake Huron.

It is a beautiful lake... but when a storm

comes in can be deadly for sure.

Speaking of storms,

we are due for 1-4 inches today.

Possibly some freeing rain.

Am hoping for nothing...

one can wish right? 

again UGH....

... And So It Begins Blessings To All!

Janice