ScrapHappy Saturday

 

I’m joining Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday  plus other more prolific scrap happy quilters  today. (I was gone and just realized I didn’t post this!)

I’ve been working at finishing this Glowing Hearts baby quilt. It almost qualifies as scrappy. And there is purple and orangeish fabrics there. 

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In between stitching triangle corners and sashing I’ve been making potato chip blocks in this month’s color. The chips make great Leaders and Enders. 

I finished the outside three-fers  on last week’s purple chip block and added a 2nd purple block. 

I also did one more orange block from June, because I need at least 4 of each color.

Looks like this  one needs a really good press. 

That’s all the sewing I did this week,  there was a new stitch start, but I’ll save that for tomorrow’s Slow Sunday Stitch. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

Not Finished Friday

 

I’m linking up with Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday. I haven’t had a finish in forever. This isn’t one either. It’s a not finished. 

The first row of hearts is sashed and attached to the second row. The second sashing is attend to the last row. Now the 2 rows need to be attached to each other and small narrow borders added. Then I need to find some backing, maybe purple/lavender flannel.. The quilter will have her turn, then I’ll bind it. A label will be added as soon as I know the name of the new little miss. 

In  the event you are interested, this is the Glowing Hearts pattern by Sandra Walker of   mmmquilts. If you click on her tabs at the top of her blog, you will find a list of all her QALs. This is the 4th one I have participated in. 

I should have it done by next Friday or the following one. LOL. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Gardens

 

Last week I promised pictures from our Garden Walk. 

Our walk started with stopping by the Master Gardener’s table in front of the County Extension Office. We picked up wristbands and bought raffle tickets. They also had this photo op board. We took advantage. Only places for three faces, so Colleen “volunteered” not to be silly. Joan in the pink flower, Connie in the purple , she’s the youngest and could get down on her knees, and me behind the turquoise petals. LOL

I took a photo of this lily to show Mr Busy what I want to put in our yard. 

These two picture were taken at a huge yard that belongs to a local owner of an oilfield production company . Needless to say he’s “made a buck or two”.  The statue in front of the home is actually a fountain.it shows a horse taking a drink of water out of the cowboys hat. It’s titled, “Friends Drink First”.

The artist is Bradford Williams. 

In the backyard is a sculpture of a stagecoach and horses. I couldn’t get close enough to see the plaque. 

Another garden had a large water feature. There were several with ponds and small spillways. 

Also a tiki bar complete with sand. 

This owner lives out of town and owns her own business. She lives on the business property. 

LeAnnaasked if we like to go to Flea Markets or Thrift Stores or Secondhand Stores?  My resounding answer is NO! I am donating TO them as fast as I can!.  

Go visit LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color, to see how other bloggers answered. 

As you can see, some gardeners in our town are avid thrifters and  flea market shoppers. ⤵️

 

The last garden had a beautiful hanging bird bath, some lovely pots surrounding her mulched trees and a large greenhouse. Almost necessary in our short growing season in Wyoming. 

Hope you enjoyed the Garden Walk as much as I did. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

Scrap Happy Saturday

 

 

Trying to get back in the swing of posting again. The color for July is Purple and luckily I used purple when I tried out my potato chip block way back in January. Granted it needs the outside round but it is started. 

I will try to squeeze in two more oranges from June.  Because I need at least 4 of each color and the small chips are already cut. 

Today I am going on a Garden Walk with my friend who recently lost her husband. She is a great gardener and has a lovely yard. We will visit 4-5 local gardens to admire the designs and the flowers. I'm looking forward to time with her. The Master Gardeners in our town do this Garden Walk as an annual fundraiser. 

these are some of the gardens we will view. 

Hopefully all of you are enjoying the weekend..

Joining the group at ScrapHappy Saturday

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

A July Birthday, Petunias and a summer evening sky..

I LIKE THURSDAY

LeeAnna asked:

 spending time outdoors: would you rather:

resting in a hammock
or digging in a garden?

10 years ago I might have answered: both. 

Now at 79 1/2, I’ll take resting in a hammock. As long as there is someone to help me out of it!  LOL!!!

Have you seen the Lay-Flat Hammocks? I hoped to link an Amazon page, but it didn’t happen. 

Found this on Bonnie Hunter’s page. I agree wholeheartedly. 

Monday was a birthday party. Our second to the youngest great granddaughter turned 9. She got a new bike. 

Her party was at a local park. There is a bike path all around the Fishing Lake.  Do you see the geese to her right and slightly behind her? They were blocking her path just before I snapped this picture, so once they let her pass, she was hurrying!

Her older brother decided he would do the grilling. Their daddy is working out of town, so mama did the party by herself with Jo’s help.

The hamburgers were awesome. He was pretty proud of himself. 

My little anniversary pot of petunias got pummeled by a hailstorm on Wednesday last, but just a week later they are coming out of it. 

I need to do a bit more dead heading, but petunias are resilient. This was the year Mr Busy was going to repaint and refurbish the front porch.  But it will have to wait til fall, if not til next spring.  

On Saturday, our local Master Gardeners have their annual Garden Walk Fundraiser. Maybe I’ll get inspired. I’ll have some pictures hopefully for next Thursday. 

Did you see the new Quilt-a-long at Alycia’s Quilts

It’s a QOV called The Ribbon. 

I want to join in. But first I must finish The Glowing Hearts QAL from mmmquilts that got put on hold when Mr. Busy ended up in the ER and subsequent Triple Bypass. He is improving every day, though some days are better than others. It’s to be expected, all the experts say. 

Well, I have nothing else to bore you with on this warm Wednesday evening. It’s 8:45 and still 83° as I sit on the front porch typing. The sky is a bit cloudy and pinkish. Maybe it will rain again tonight. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching- July 4th weekend

 

I’m hoping to get some stitches laid this afternoon. May and June were hectic, stressful, and as Diann at Little Penguin Qults said, turned my life upside down. Most of May and the first 10 days of June were spent in hospitals and rehab. My DH had an unplanned but necessary triple cardiac bypass. Then when we returned home and were taking it easy, still recuperating, a good friend was killed on his motorcycle! 

Now that the 4th of July is over and the weather is warmer. I hope to spend some time on the deck, stitching. I worked on this sporadically the last few days. 

The Rose Garden Mini Sampler from Melissa at Pinker n Punkin Quilting. She used different colors than I did. I used DMC #729 for the alphabet, #368 for the vine and #347 & #335 for the roses. 

When I took it to my Thursday Stitchers gathering, a fellow cross-stitcher, said I needed to put the date and my initials on it . She was right, of course. So now my initials are placed, the date will be finished before I pull out the Octopus Biscornu again. 

I had hoped to get some stitching done on this project. But I visited my friend who lost her husband on the 18th of June. She’s a strong woman and is doing as well as can be expected. 

I’m linking up this post with Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy’s Quilts. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

July 3rd. I LIKE Thursday

 

Our conversation starter for July 3rd

do you like picnics? Are you a sit on a blanket on the ground person, or a table outside? Tell us about some picnic that stands out in your memory ( who was there, foods, time and place, etc)

July always meant picnics. When we were at home, we often ate outside on a big picnic table my dad built. It was so long, my mom made a tablecloth out of aqua and white and purple plaid terry cloth. As the first kid with a family it was handed down to me. When my kids were little we often had a picnic in the city park in the summer. We didn’t have air conditioning and it was cooler under the big shade trees in the park.  a lot 

As I sat on the front deck earlier this week , I heard an unfamiliar bird song. 

I tried to see the bird that was singing. A tiny yellow warbler, my Cornell Lab app said. I finally spotted him in the big golden willow. He is not much bigger than the leaves. I had my phone nearby and took a picture before he flitted away. I tried to magnify it, but he still is very well camouflaged. 

Not much else to share this week. Laundry, cooking, some cleaning. Saturday was the funeral for a good friend. So hard to do, but there were lots of people there we hadn’t seen in many years. Why does it always take a funeral to bring friends and family together. 

Mr Busy has started cardiac rehabilitation, and the 4th of July all his sternal precautions will be lifted. He is doing well, with just some bouts of AFib. He doesn’t have symptoms but the blood pressure monitor picks it up. As do the Telly leads when he’s at rehab. 

I’m looking forward to not following him so closely and getting back in my sewing room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

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of pot luck picnics growing up, such as family reunions, or childhood birthdays, church gas I 
I remember a lot of pot luck picnics growing up, such as family reunions, or childhood birthdays, church groups, and always a great variety of food