It's but about other sunny in addition to warm twenty-four lx minutes menstruum hither at the Three Cats Ranch, which agency it's but about other twenty-four lx minutes menstruum of weeding for me. Yesterday I took the twenty-four lx minutes menstruum off to run but about errands. There were groceries, of course. It seemed similar a adept twenty-four lx minutes menstruum to alternative upwardly but about annuals for planting inwards the outdoor pots. I skipped this business final twelvemonth because of traveling. We weren't abode until June, in addition to and so nosotros left 1 time to a greater extent than inwards September. It seemed a waste matter of fourth dimension in addition to money. And I get upwardly this exclusively because I've missed the annuals, in addition to I desire them back. So here's what I picked up:
In all of that, I forgot to instruct but about petunias for the hanging pots. That volition possess got to expect for but about other day. In add-on to the flowers, I constitute but about catnip, tarragon, in addition to basil. The basil volition instruct into a greenhouse pot. The tarragon volition instruct into the herb garden, in addition to the catnip is for reviving the Gracie Memorial Catnip Garden. Here's an icon from when I revived it final year. Last year's crop of catnip came back, but non this year. I'll possess got to replant.
In my wanderings yesterday, I noticed the blossoms on the clematis are initiative of all to open. It should go a volume of royal inside the side past times side twenty-four lx minutes menstruum or two.
Speaking of flowers, Mike texted me the icon below of these pinkish eve primroses. He was driving through Texas close Dallas, in addition to the wildflowers were inwards bloom all along the roadway.
When I spoke alongside him final night, he was at a seedy Motel 6 inwards Birmingham, Alabama, in addition to he was fit to go tied because his smoke alert was beeping every minute. He'd driven 800 miles, in addition to he but wanted to instruct to bed, but he'd been waiting 20 minutes for individual to demonstrate upwardly to position inwards a novel battery. He told me he was giving them 5 to a greater extent than minutes, in addition to and so demanding a dissimilar room. Then, field nosotros were talking, individual showed up. Disaster averted. He'll attain South Carolina sometime today, in addition to I know he'll go happy to possess got that RV inwards tow so he won't possess got to slumber inwards whatsoever to a greater extent than motels.
On the sewing front, I've filled the initiative of all hoop's worth of stitches on the latest Heart & Home block. I honey the sheep.
Now I'll deed the hoop to the correct in addition to instruct started on that side.
Also, my goal was to instruct a start on finishing upwardly the Wine Country flimsy. Six of the 12 blocks even so needed trimming to size. Here they all are together.
Long ago, I purchased but about fabrics for this quilt...the cork 1 on the right, in addition to the vino bottles on the left.
I had inwards heed to frame the blocks...thus...
It was difficult to create upwardly one's heed how much I wanted to practise alongside this. The blocks are trimmed to 8 1/2 inches square, in addition to so this could go a modest quilt or a larger quilt depending on how fancy I desire to be. Now that they are framed, the blocks are thirteen 1/2 inches, so I approximate it volition go a relatively large quilt. I similar that middle strip. It has a picayune chip of metallic element gold, in addition to so it seems a picayune celebratory to me...to instruct alongside the wine.
But right away I possess got a cloth emergency, my friends. I could croak along alongside that greenish for all of the blocks, but I actually desire to practise one-half of them alongside a burgundy to tally this vino fabric. It's going to go form of black if I practise it all inwards green.
My innovation has ever been to role the cork cloth for sashing, in addition to and so the greenish for a halt border. I could instruct on alongside but the green, but I know I'll ever regret non using to a greater extent than burgundy. So that settles it. I possess got a coupon for a local quilt shop. I'll possess got a swatch so that I tin tally the colouring stuff but right. The coupon won't go adept until side past times side week, in addition to so I'll croak along alongside the greenish blocks for now, in addition to and so alternative it upwardly 1 time to a greater extent than when I possess got the crimson fabric.
And that brings me dorsum to my categories of quilting. The exclusively affair left for this go-round is an fine art quilt. I possess got at to the lowest degree 2 fine art quilts on my agenda. One is for a challenge for the RV Quilters grouping on Facebook. (I'll tell to a greater extent than nigh that soon.)
Another is for the degree I'm taking from Ann Shaw side past times side calendar month inwards Vancouver. I've changed my heed nigh which photograph to role for the class. I'm going to practise these flamingos nosotros saw at Homosassa Springs field nosotros were inwards Florida.
Finally, I experience I must comment on how this picayune truthful cat has gone from existence a rambunctious kitten to existence a lazy bones middle-aged cat. He celebrated his 6th birthday on the 11th, in addition to he's initiative of all to demonstrate his historic menstruum inwards the cast of a lot to a greater extent than sleeping in addition to a lot less running around.
Hey! Who're you lot calling old?
This morning time he position on his best kitten aspect upwardly for me, but you'll expose he's lounging inwards the sunshine, rather than getting out in addition to hunting squirrels.
You powerfulness recollect that but earlier nosotros left on our trip, he spent the nighttime outside. We idea we'd lost him until he showed upwardly hungry in addition to mutual depression temperature the side past times side morning. It makes me wonder if he's nervous nigh existence out now. He has his catio, in addition to he's enjoyed the final few nights outside, prophylactic in addition to comfy on his kitty bed.
We've worked out a routine alongside the kitties. They instruct their treats inwards the morning, in addition to and so they pass but about fourth dimension inwards their Clubhouse (the infinite betwixt the basement in addition to the principal flooring of the house). Then, they instruct to a greater extent than treats, in addition to instruct outside. We've been getting them inwards early on inwards the afternoon, in addition to and so they pass the residuum of their twenty-four lx minutes menstruum on the catio.
Would you lot heed if I but maintain prattling on hither all day? There's weeding to do, in addition to I'm procrastinating. Apparently, those weeds aren't going to line themselves, in addition to the annuals aren't going to flora themselves. Time to instruct at it. When I come upwardly back, my bones volition go aching.