Orange Scraps! Two Crumbs blocks and a few in progress

Crumb Blocks Plus!

My orange scraps are nearly gone!  Two crumbs blocks plus some bits and pieces that hopefully will yield 2 more. I have some, what I call "chunks", but those are safe in the basket! I may need some for binding  Precarious, my header photo!   Stay tuned. A decision of binding color has not been made. 

I'm linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday and 

Cynthia at Oh Scrap! 

Til next time, I'm off to do Birthday Party preparations, and an emergency run to the grocery store!  Sometimes even a list doesn't help me!  LOL

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday ~ Any Celebrities?

Good Morning All! Hope your week has been wonderful so far!  Join LeeAnna and friends to share the good things ! 

"have you ever had a close encounter with a celebrity? Seen someone in person, talked to them, etc?  please tell us the details!"

It’s pretty difficult to run into a celebrity in South Dakota or Wyoming! That being said, I did get the autograph of George Peppard when I was about 16. Some of the movie How the West Was Won  was filmed in and around the Black Hills of South Dakota, in 1962. That’s where I grew up. Some of the cast and crew did a promotional appearance. An all star cast in that movie, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Debbie Reynolds. But I only got George Peppard’s autograph. He was a heartthrob back then. 

Wish I still had that autograph book! 

I took a trip with my MYF( Methodist Youth Fellowship) when I was 18 and a senior in high school. We saw a Broadway play in NYCity. We saw “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. It starred Robert Morse. We also saw Elizabeth Taylor in a limousine on the street as we waited in line. Very exciting when you’re 18, and from South Dakota!

And just to bore you with my age, I’ve seen a couple of celebrities in concert. Kenny Rodgers in Billings Montana and Mac Davis and Barry Manilow  in Rapid City SD. I missed seeing Elvis! We had just moved to Wyoming and Mr Busy said” he’ll be back, we’ll go next time”! It was June 1977! You all know the rest of the story, he died August 16th, 1977. 

Well, that was certainly nostalgic! Nothing exciting in recent years! 

Other stuff:

We are still watching Rabbit Hole on Netflix. And Mr Busy and I watched The Mother with Jennifer Lopez. 

Intense but good! IMHO!

We did nothing special on Mother’s Day. Mr Busy bought flowers on Friday, they still look pretty good. I’m a real amateur when it comes to arranging Dollar Store bundles of mums!

I did take myself to an art show in our community,  called Local Color. All local artists, and all pieces were for sale!   I got permission to take a few photos, as long as they weren’t  up close. Hopefully you’ll be  able to zoom in on the first photo. 

This fiber artist is new to our community.  Just a few of the pieces she had in the show!

I took this photo mostly for Mr. Busy. It’s some examples of metal sculpture!

The crabapple trees are blooming in our neighborhood! This is fuzzy because I had to crop out the pickup trucks (almost) and garbage cans at the neighbors! 😂. There are white and pink flowered varieties. The pink ones haven’t quite got to full glory yet. I’ll watch for some to photograph this week! 

I finished quilting Precarious yesterday late afternoon. Now I’ll have to pick a binding, make a label and get it done!  Photos soon!

I’m still making houses! This is #6 to show, I have a 7th one done but haven’t shown it yet! 

Nine houses are needed for the throw size, so just  2 more. I’m leaning toward bright green and turquoise. 

There’s a birthday celebration for our oldest granddaughter on Sunday. She’ll be 38! How is that possible? I was 39 when she was born! She’s requested cheesecake or brownies for “her cake”. I’m going to do both! The rest will be simple. Burgers and brats on the grill, chips, dip, fruit tray and veggies! Soda, iced tea, maybe lemonade! 

Well, that was a chatty post! Go check out others by clicking the links on LeeAnna post. Not Afraid of Color

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Rainbow Neighbourhood QAL as of 5-17-23

Well, phooey! I blew it! I wasn’t paying attention! I linked five individual houses on Instagram, but I didn’t link all five together at Sandra’s blog. Also, I have to go check to see if my Instagram account is public. It might not be! When I first set it up, I was overly cautious about most social media! I’m a bit more relaxed now! 

I’m making a collage of my first 5 houses and will post this just for fun as soon as #6 is complete. The prizes are so fun, but I’m ok with missing the deadline. I’m having so much fun. I’ll get in on the final Show and Tell!

Finally here is #6. It certainly is red! I may have gone overboard on the heart theme! Check out the grass, there are hearts there too! 🥹😍

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO DO TUESDAY #140

Last week my list looked like this. And progress was made. I’m linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt to share my progress, keep me accountable and cheer along other list-makers and goal-setters. Come join in the fun!




May 9-15


1. More Precarious!✅. I have the pink section shown at the bottom in my header photo, and the orange and red sections at the top in the photo, yet to do! I have been working from the middle out!

2. Purchase batting for May UFOs ❌ ( Long May She Wave, En Provence, One Happy Girl!)
I have been watching for a sale. Not yet, so I made some frankenbatting for One Happy Girl. It’s a bundle ready to go to the quilter.

I’m going to dig into my batting pieces. Because En Provence is square, I may be able to join two pieces of smaller batting to make the correct size.
3. Spring Stamps….make progress✅ Yes!

4. Stitch on DECEMBER✅ Yes!

5, Rainbow Neighbourhood = House #6….Red or bright green? Or dark blue? 1/2 done. The house is in progress! I may have gone overboard with the hearts!

Next week is much the same.


May 16-22
1. Stitch on DECEMBER!
2. Make progress on Spring Stamps
3. Finish House #6
4. Start on House #7
4, Orange crumbs blocks


These projects in addition to having out of town company and a birthday celebration for our oldest granddaughter!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Lacking Orange, but sewing just the same!

Linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday!  

No orange sewing of blocks this week. My orange challenges were to get 2 quilts ready to go to the quilter. Long May She Wave, now has a backing. 

And En Provence and it’s backing are out of the closet. No outside photos today. It’s been raining since Wednesday night. 

Now I need to buy batting. Waiting on a sale. 

Local college graduation was last night,

I think it’s fun how that decorated their caps! 

 there is an Art Show of local artists this weekend, 

Oh look! There’s some orange!

and both high school graduations are this weekend too! It’s still rainy this morning! I feel badly for all those involved in those activities. 

I’m still quilting on my crumb quilt. Today’s color is blue. Pink, red, orange, yellow and purple left to do! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday. ~ Favorite Music

Prompt for  May 11 2023:

do you have a favorite musical style?  For fun:  what kind of music calms you, makes you want to dance, or stimulates you creatively?

I really like most kinds of music. I’m not fond of Heavy Metal or Rap! Mostly I think because it feels violent to me, and I don’t get it. 

But Classical like Beethoven and Chopin.

traditional Christian hymns, How Great Thou Art, The Old Rugged Cross, Are Ye Able, Blessed Assurance

 Easy Listening calm  me. I have an old iPod and speakers in my sewing room. I don’t have a TV there. My iPod has old songs I downloaded from iTunes years ago. I turn it on sometimes,  not always. I just click and listen to whatever is playing. Yesterday it was The Eagles! I like older Country music too. George Strait, Vince Gill, Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn. But I also listen to Maroon 5, James Blunt, Josh Groban, Little Big Town and Lady A. 

We are not dancers (gasp!). Though years ago we did Square Dance with a club. It was great fun. I love to watch people dance. I watched Dancing With the Stars regularly until it filled with so much drama, like every other reality show! 

I don’t think of music as stimulating me creatively!  I wonder why?

Mostly this week, I’ve just been putting lines of quilting on Precarious! 

It’s sort of tedious. That’s why I turned on the music on Tuesday.  

Yesterday I finished the two sections that needed aqua thread. I played Thread Chicken!

Yikes!  will I make it?

Yes I did!  Barely!

Nine colors are done, 7 more to go!
Half way!

It’s been an ordinary week. We did have some warm days and got the back deck and patio cleaned. Deck furniture out. I need to get Mr Busy to take the Garden bench apart, so I can re stain the slats.  I have plans for a bench pillow!  "wink"

Last week end I cooked a pork roast in some salsa, broth and Penzy’s 33rd and Galena! I divided it, finished 1/2 in BBQ for sliders and the rest of it in green enchilada sauce for pork tacos and enchiladas. We are still eating it. It’s still good, but I’m glad it’s finally gone! 

I’m back on WW and in a week have lost 5 lbs and am feeling better. My joints respond to less sugar. But my emotional psyche thinks it needs dessert every night! It’s a process and I know from past experiences, it’ll get better. 

As I was sitting on the deck yesterday afternoon with a glass of just regular black tea iced, I noticed my Lily of the Valley have poked through the dead leaves from last year. Boy have they!

I had better get out my kneeling pad and clean our the dead stuff. I can't wait for them to bloom. They smell soooooo good!

Lots to like this week!  Join other like minded bloggers over at LeeAnna's blog, Not Afraid of Color!

There will be lots to LIKE and lots to share. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Hands 2Help Link Up! Week 8

Wow, I’ve got to start keeping a better calendar! I nearly forgot about the link up this week. 

I have this quilt of happy blocks done.

And after reading Diann at Little Penguin Quilts’ post, I remembered I had this quilt just waiting in the closet! Time to move it forward! 

I’m liking up with Sara’s Hands2Help party from. Sunday! I’m planning on sending both these quilts to Little Lambs in Utah. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!