Family Hobbies & Government

Sue Ann and I have found a lot of enjoyment and hobbies that we do together. In the wintertime those hobbies are restricted mainly to indoor sports. Not actually sports but it is sewing, my art, and little projects around the house. As old as this house is we will never run out of projects. Sue Ann has just finished one small quilt which she plans on using for herself. She's working on the quilt using my drawings. I'm doing one for a friend and Sue Ann is doing one for a family member, but I can't post photographs of either one of those because that would be letting the cat out of the bag. Yesterday we went Creston because Sue Ann heard there was a very good quilt store there and we found out that she had heard right. We didn't do too bad because it only cost us $60 to get out. I hate to admit it but over half of that $60 was mine. I bought some needles still trying to find the best needles for the embroidering and a package of precut quilt blocks large enough to make a full-size quilt. I'm going to post three pictures with this entry. One will give a rough idea of how the quilt will look with my drawings and the other is a rough idea of what the blocks look like that I purchased. Third is a small brown quilt that Sue Ann made for herself. We worked together on each one of these quilts to different extents.

Best of all sue Ann says that she does not need any more drawings for the quilt using my drawings. That means I can draw what I wish now instead of more buildings. Considering how much I like to draw buildings that may be what I draw anyway. I've been concentrating more on the quilt that I'm working on that I have been all my drawing the last few days because I need to get it done. I'm anxious to see someone's face when they get it and I'm anxious to be able to post photographs of it here.

I just received a letter from my state representative letting me know what the state government has accomplished so far this year which is basically nothing. It appears to me that the two-party system in this country is broken. They seem to be more concerned with preventing the other party from getting credit for anything than they do with actually accomplishing something that would help the general public. Our federal government is just as bad and I believe the city government in Winterset is worse. The people aware set deserve what they get though because they keep reelecting the same people over and over and over again. If someone new does run they do not get elected. What really disturbs me about this city government Winterset is how they raise taxes and come up with new taxes without the citizenship ever having a chance to vote. If the people who live in Winterset vote to re-elect any of the current members of the city Council they're showing either a complete lack of understanding of what is happening to them or possibly just plain stupidity. I find it really hard to believe that they wanted to continue their streetscape project in the middle of a depression. Of course that's just one example of the things that have been happening and a complete lack of fiscal responsibility shown by the city Council, the mayor and city administrator. Of course this is just my opinion but I've not heard differing opinions from anyone I've spoken to. I would really encourage people to comment on my thoughts and leave their own thoughts about Winterset city government. You did not have to identify yourself supposed to comment if you're concerned about disclosing your identity.

Larry