When I returned habitation from the dentist yesterday (having survived the ordeal), Mike had the 2 novel garden pots installed inward their rightful places. It seemed every bit skilful a fourth dimension every bit whatever to found the marigolds in addition to geraniums that induce got been waiting their plow inward the greenhouse. It's skilful to induce got that chore finished now.
These are large pots amongst build novel soil, in addition to thus I'd fairly inundated them amongst water. The geraniums are a trivial weighted downward amongst it.
And then, it seemed similar a skilful fourth dimension to induce got a walk closed to the garden. The rhododendron is looking magnificent right now. You tin give notice come across the dogwood tree all the same blooming away inward the background.
Here's a close-up of the rhodies. This ane has the most frail blossoms.
We're seeing the firstly trivial nubbins of plums on the plum tree. I'm looking frontwards to genuinely harvesting the plums myself this autumn since it's unlikely we'll live traveling then.
The white azalea is ever the final to bloom, but it's looking pretty skilful now. I'm afraid its leafage didn't come upwardly through the wintertime really well, but the bush seems to induce got plenty of life.
The other azaleas are looking splendid.
The cerise ane is specially pretty.
I noticed the firstly flowers opening on this nighttime imperial rhodie.
It has a lot of flowers coming, but most are all the same tight inward their buds.
Along the driveway, this imperial rhodie is offset to open.
The flowers on the golden chain tree induce got opened now. It's an young tree, but it's looking really pretty right now.
Around the dorsum side of the house, the peachy-pinky rhodie is looking really pretty. This is the ane that gets sunburned inward the summer, in addition to y'all tin give notice come across the yellowing of its leafage there. It exclusively does this on the Sun side of the plant. The other side looks fine.
At the other terminate of the sidewalk, this ane is looking magnificent.
Here's a close-up of its flowers. There are none showing inward this picture, but it is crawling amongst bumble bees.
The chive blossoms are coming along. I shout upwardly within the adjacent twenty-four hours or 2 (maybe today), I'll induce got plenty blossoms for chive blossom vinegar. I'd also similar to travail some chive blossom jelly this year. I'll live watching these closely over the adjacent couplet of days.
The cherry tree is loaded amongst cherries this year. It had a skilful bloom amongst total sun, in addition to the bees did a skilful job. Possibly nosotros should harvest them at in ane lawsuit earlier the raccoons pocket all of them...or peradventure we'll hold off a trivial longer. They powerfulness live a trivial tart right now.
The firstly iris are offset to open. This is absolutely, positively the final yr for the iris. When they complete blooming, we're taking them out in addition to starting over amongst this weedy bed.
Here's my high-stepping cat. He was next me around, but decided to consume some grass at this moment.
The mint is emerging from its whiskey barrel. At ane fourth dimension I had this planted inward the culinary herb garden. Then it threatened to induce got over the world, in addition to thus I dug it upwardly in addition to planted it inward a pot, in addition to thus buried the pot. Still, eventually it broke complimentary of its pot in addition to tried in ane lawsuit again to dominate the herbs. That was when I started treating it similar a weed in addition to dug it all up, never to live allowed inward the garden again. Then, it volunteered to grow inward this whiskey barrel...and that was a really skilful house for it. It all the same tries to grow inward the herb garden every at in ane lawsuit in addition to then, but I describe it upwardly whenever I come across it there. I offering this upwardly every bit a alert to y'all should y'all every create upwardly one's hear to found mint inward your ain garden.
So that's what's growing outside. Let's come across what's growing inside.
There was housework to do, but I'd but come upwardly habitation from the dentist. I wanted, nay, needed to sew. What would y'all induce got done? As for me...sewing. I'm almost 2/3 finished amongst the Quiltmaker's Garden now, in addition to thus the terminate is inward sight. The balance of the tulips were quilted.
I've been puzzling almost how to quilt the watering can. Consulting Google images, I looked at some watering tin give notice images in addition to saw ane amongst a Sun painted on the side. That's what I decided to quilt...or peradventure it's a flower...I don't genuinely know. And in addition to thus I outlined it both within in addition to out.
In the greenish department higher upwardly the watering can, I quilted a meandering vine amongst leaves.
Below, some large pebbling. What practise y'all suppose this is? It's right adjacent to the pavers, in addition to thus I idea peradventure river rocks? Water drops? Hard to say. What practise y'all think?
Here's how that department looks from the back. Looking at this image, I realize I forgot to quilt the transcend of the watering tin give notice below the handle. I'll larn dorsum in addition to create that adjacent fourth dimension I tumble out it.
Then I quilted the bluish jay, but the same every bit I did its friend the cardinal.
Then, I finished off the "floor" of the gazebo. The block on the left was exclusively a partial, in addition to thus I quilted a branch coming off the plume to its right.
Then I was railroad train to quilt the lilies at the left border of the quilt. I did them inward the same agency I did the tulips, but amongst a few to a greater extent than overlapping petals in addition to leaves. Being at the border of the quilt (and paper-pieced), the edges needed basting hither to tally them inward place.
Here's how that department looks from the back.
And then, to a greater extent than acres of Greek keys in addition to terry twists. The Greek keys induce got been going well, but on this section, I painted myself into a corner a couplet of times. To correct, I but crossed the stream. I dubiety anyone volition notice. Crossing the streams tin give notice live a security hazard, I know, but I did it anyway. I similar to alive dangerously when I'm quilting.
And then, I was railroad train to halt for the day. Since I won't induce got fourth dimension to tumble out this in ane lawsuit again earlier Monday, I took it off the machine in addition to set it out on the flooring to await at it (and to assess my progress). As long every bit I had it set out, I took a few pictures from different angles.
Here's how it looks from the back.
With but a few exceptions, it's nearly finished below the roof of the gazebo, in addition to thus I'm estimating somewhere betwixt 2/3 to 3/4 finished. I'm optimistic I'll induce got it finished earlier month's end.
And at in ane lawsuit I ask to complete getting railroad train in addition to and thus caput out for my class. But earlier I go...here's a gratuitous paradigm of a sleeping Sadie.
I'll live dorsum tomorrow to tell y'all how the course of report is going. I'll acknowledge to beingness variety of excited almost making a quilt of the flamingos. Yesterday piece the dentist was doing his thing, I was distracting myself thinking of names for the quilt. Flamingo Flamenco was what I came upwardly with. I dubiety that's what I'll telephone telephone it, but y'all know I loves me awesome alliteration.