SPRING IS HERE AT LAST!!!!!

MAY 13, 2008

YES, IT IS TRUE, FLOWERS AND BUSHES ARE FINALLY BLOOMIN!!! I TRIED TO CAPTURE THE COLORS THAT ARE BLOOMING BUT A CAMERA JUST CAN'T QUITE MAKE THE COLORS THAT GOD HAS MADE! MY HOSTA'S ARE BEGINNING TO GET TALLER AND MY YELLOW PEONIES ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW THEIR COLORS, AND THE AZAELEAS, WOW, IS ALL I CAN SAY...

HAVEN'T BEEN POSTING MUCH LATELY AS I KINDA BEEN IN A "FUNK" AROUND HERE. LOSING MY 4 LEGGED PAL, "OREO", IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. IF YOU OWN A PET OR HAVE LOST A PET YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN THE NEW PUPPY, "COOPER" IS IN PUPPY "BOOT CAMP" FOR TWO WEEKS AS HE HAS NO MANNERS WHATSOEVER, AND IS GROWLING AND BARKING AND, WELL, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH A NEW PUPPY. SO I AM NOW MISSING HIM...ONE WEEK DOWN, ONE TO GO...HE IS AT AN ACTUAL TRAINING CAMP FOR PUPPIES AND I WON'T EVEN TELL YOU THE COST, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS AND TRAIN POLICE CANINE DOGS, SO, HUBBY BROUGHT HIM THERE BECAUSE HE WAS GROWLING AND WENT AFTER OUR 15 YR OLD TWICE. SO FAR, HE IS DOING GOOD, BUT HE IS STILL ACTING VERY AGRESSIVE, SO THEY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. (PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS!?!?!?)

NOW TO THE QUILTING PART OF MY LIFE...AM WORKING ON THIS BLOCK CALLED "MISSOURI STAR"- IT WAS IN ONE OF MY PREVIOUS POSTS AND AM HAVING THE HARDEST TIME WITH PIECING IT...IT HAS Y-SEAMS. THAT PART IS OK, IT IS WHEN I ADD THE BACKGROUND (SQUARES AND TRIANGLES) THAT THE BLOCK DOES NOT END UP SQUARE...SO STARTED ALLLLLL OVER AND WILL PIECE THAT THIS AFTERNOON. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS QUILT, AS I AM USING ALL 30'S FABRICS AND LOVE THE ANTIQUE LOOK OF IT, SO WILL POST MY PROGRESS.

I ALSO, WAS AT MY LQS AND FOUND SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL CIVIL WAR FABRIC. I HAVE A PATTERN(S) FOR SOME JO MORTON BLOCKS, SO I ALSO WANT TO GET BUSY DOING SOME OF THOSE BLOCKS.

THEN, IT IS ON TO SPRING CLEANING AROUND HERE...DO YOU HEAR YOUR CLOSETS CALLING YOU, WELL, I DO!!! NEED TO BRING THE SUMMER UP FROM BASEMENT AND WINTER DOWN TO BASEMENT, THEN ADD THREE KID CLOSETS AND HUBBIES AND I WILL BE UP TO MY ELBOWS IN PLASTIC BINS...OH, I LOVE SPRING, BUT HATE THOSE CLOSETS!!!! SO BETTER GET A MOVE ON HERE...

HAPPY QUILTING,

HUGS,

MARY