Officially Summer

It is summer, which means that I haven’t accomplished much at all. Having no air conditioning with 90+ degree weather does not put you in the mood to quilt. Add that to all this crazy bad weather we have been having. I have been getting out and having some fun. Over the weekend I went to our local big city’s Taste, which is comprised of good music and good food. I also went to the Water Park with some girlfriends this past Saturday and we just floated on the lazy river and soaked up some sun.
On the quilting front I have finished up the quilting on a couple of little doll quilts. I need to get my bindings ready to put on. I finished the bird on basket a couple of years ago but I had not quilted the border. I wasn’t happy with it so I pulled it back out over the winter and the border is now quilted. I am still appliquéing every day on my little ones in progress. They make a nice project for the summer.




“It is not the hours you put in your work that counts, it’s the work you put in the hours.” - Sam Ewing

Storms

We had a major hail and wind storm last night. It came through fast and did some major damage along the way. They are saying we could possibly have more bad storms today.







“If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped”

A couple of pictures

I finished up the appliqué on another small doll size quilt. I have started the handquilting on the red/green one with the gold bird. I really enjoy working on the smaller sized quilts.



Dawn gifted me with this awesome little block for my birthday. I love the colors and the piecing is so intricate. Great job Dawn! And thank you, as you know I love it.



I need to get busy on my birthday blocks as I am now behind. Depending on the weather I might try to spend the weekend playing catch up.

“Make the most of yourself for that is all there is to you.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rains here have made everything so lush looking. My flowers are just beautiful for early June. I hope they stay this nice all summer.
School is out here as of today and my youngest son is home from college so summer has begun for us. We are fortunate that he was able to find a good job fairly quickly.
My oldest son sent me a couple of pictures this week from his home in Wyoming. He was getting snow while we were sweltering in the heat. This one is from the hike they did over Memorial Day in the Tetons Mountain Range.



The ran into this moose on the way up. It looks like it is losing its winter coat.



We are certainly lucky to live in such a beautiful country and to be able to make the choice to live where want to live.

"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." _ Oliver Wendall Holmes