What's After Work?

 Coffee, 7 years in the making.  About seven years ago my sister-in-law Cheryl gave me a coffee plant. It was about two inches tall and had two leaves, just a little sprout of a plant.  It was in a little tiny pot and I set it our near my orchids so it would get watered when my other plants got a drink. It did okay and soon had several more leaves and I moved it to a bigger pot and took its picture. Recording the start.  Surprisingly it did well on my porch with my other plants and required little care, just the kind of plant I like. I kept it watered and gave it a shady spot to grow.  As the plant kept growing and leaves kept sprouting I got to wondering if it would actually produce coffee beans. So I did a little research and found that it takes 5 to 7 years before a coffee plant produces coffee beans.  So this was going to be a long term project.  I kept my coffee plant in a pot and that pot had to keep growing with the plant. That was good because when it was 3 years old Jan and I

 Hi all, it's been a while. I guess with the continuing pandemic and all it's variations I just got complacent. Riding my bike, shopping online and planning a wedding. But now Christmas and the wedding are over and I can get back to telling about what happens during retirement.   Last year my son Austin became engaged to his now wife Morgan.  A tradition that my mom started is to make the newly weds a memory quilt. At the beginning of last year Jan and I began to make Morgan and Austins memory quilt. To the right are the fabrics we bought. The lighter blue is the fabric was sent to 40 family and friends.  We asked them to create a memory they have of Austin or Morgan on the square. As we got them back I started sewing them together into a quilt top.   As we got them back I started sewing them together into a quilt top.   We gave them the quilt on Dec