Monday, November 28, 2022

Crumb Blocks and Fire Trucks....

 Doesn't that sound like a fun combination? 

Last Sunday (not yesterday - the week before) We woke up to do chores, and there was frost on the ground, and it was so pretty, until.... we saw something odd.... along the fence line.

I ran in and Grabbed the Binoculars and K started moving animals into a different pasture - and lo and behold - there was a car flipped over. I couldn't tell a whole lot so... I called the Non Emergency hot line to see if a wreck had been reported.

It had not - so! I reported it.

The awesome Dispatch asked if I could keep her on the line and go see inside the car to see if people were there. and I said I can - but - I have to get in the pick up, get thru two gates, and it may take a moment.

She gave me her direct line to call back.

K and I took off quickly and got down to the car. He started hollering to see if someone was in it. We did not see anyone, but we heard the sirens pretty quickly.






The Emergency team got there, and we sighed. The Girl Driving the car - had just arrived at the ER  ( 35 minutes from us) and the Emergency Hot line informed the Fire Trucks. They still searched the car - as there was a car seat in it. 

Now - here is the kicker - she rolled her car and !! LANDED RIGHT on the fence.... I mean DEAD on... 

First - I am so glad she is okay, second is it just a fence - but .... seriously - she couldn't have hit is any more perfect to knock it down... 


Now here is the funny - You can't see the car until you are right on it from the highway. So - the accident happened Sunday Morning - and by Tuesday they had had the wreck called in 8 times. 

One of the times I ran down there to see if they knew when the car would be removed so we could fix the fence. When the Sherriff stepped out - I was shocked! It was a kid ( well ahem a man) my oldest son had gone to school with - I've known him since he was 5 .... but now!! Holee cow - he's like an adult!

Good thing about it being called in so many times - they removed it faster than normal .. which led to us fixing fence on Friday !!   


Back to the Quilty stuff!!!! My Crumbs!!!

I took off all the other ones From this post : Plaid Crumbs  so I could see what I had left - and here I am....


oh !! and I checked in on my leader ender churn dashes to see how many blocks I could make with the parts....

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving... we had too much food, but a relaxing time!


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8 comments:

sue s said...

Wow- kinda scary stuff! Thank goodness she was ok. And you didn't lose any stock either. Your crumbs look really fascinating!

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Wow, that is quite a story Alycia. Glad there was happy endings all round and you were able to fix the fence very quickly too. I once saw in my rear view mirror a guy roll his car who was travelling several cars behind me. We all pulled over and a police car arrived quickly. The young man had been on his phone and actually passed away. Very sad but these phones are terrible distractions. It shook me up though pretty badly.

Michelle said...

Whew! So scary. I’m glad she is all right. But ugh about the fence. Glad none of your critters were hurt or escaped.

Nann said...

The adventures of living in the country! Had the driver fallen asleep, or just gone off-course? I just saw your crumbs yesterday and here's a rearranged version. I'll just have to come back to see what develops.

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl said...

I'm so glad the girl was okay and that you were able to get your fence fixed quickly. Such a scary thing to notice! The crumb and leader/ender blocks all look great to me. Have a great week!

Delighted Hands said...

I'm glad the story had a happy-ish ending!!! The wild churn dash blocks are, well, wild!

Mystic Quilter said...

I have to make a churn dash quilt, been on my list for a few years now and seeing your lots of love colour ones has me thinking possibly next year.

Kathleen said...

That is an exciting way to start the day. Glad there was no one trapped and that it got moved promptly....averting more calls. It is funny to run into your children's friends in these situations - reminds me that time marches on, even though my head thinks I'm much younger!