THREE machine posts in a row....whew!!!

I can't believe this is the third day in a row that my Janome 5200 is being "featured" in my blog post. BUT...I have to talk about it one more time. For one thing, if you didn't see the names that were suggested for my machine in yesterday's post, GO LOOK. I am tickled at the suggestions...some very serious and a couple that were pretty darned amusing!!! I am going to figure out a way to choose one of those names.....even if it must come down to putting my favorites in a hat and pulling one out at random. I will let you know when a decision has been made. Thanks to all who participated and also for putting down some great reasons for the names you suggested. You're all just great!!!

Now...here is reason #2 today for mentioning my new machine. Last week when I was helping our Barb in American Samoa get her mailing address out to people, I "met" a very nice gal named Lynda G. when I sent Barb's address to her. Consequently, Lynda read my blog and I read hers. (Click HERE to read her blog.) She's also a retired teacher, so we had that in common. Then...she read about my sewing machine situation and emailed me to say she had an extra walking foot for the Janome machines and was willing to give it to me. I offered to pay her or at least pay postage and she declined saying I should consider it a PIF for helping Barb. Can you imagine that???? I was really touched by that gesture and the walking foot is on its way to me as I type this. Thanks, Lynda....that was very kind of you and I'm very appreciative of this gift to me. Okay...now enough about my machine (at least for today....LOL)

Our area has a large annual gathering of greyhounds and their owners on Columbus Day weekend....it's called Greyhounds Reach the Beach. I've come to know some of these people and only see them when they arrive for this event. Yesterday I spent the day taking two of them from the Midwest on a "tour" of Cape Henlopen State Park and Lewes. The weather was gorgeous...similar to Monday when I posted photos from the park....although a bit cooler. Yesterday, dolphins were swimming south and we were able to see them at the park. It's often hard to get a photo of them as you never know exactly when they will surface. BUT...I did get one photo....doesn't do justice to what we saw, but I figured I'd show it to you here anyway. I"m sure you'll have to click on it to be able to see the dolphins. (It kind of looks as if those fishermen were catching a BIG fish, but....trust me, it was a pod of dolphins swimming by and the guys weren't bothering them at all.) Another CALM day, as you can see by the small waves. No surfers in sight when the seas are like this!!!