It was a jubilant solar daytime for cherry picking yesterday, but in that location was other work concern to have got attention of first. My irksome stitching has suffered over the yesteryear busy week, in addition to I expression adjacent calendar week volition survive busy every bit well. The Fourth falls on Wednesday, in addition to our household unit of measurement tradition is to laid upwardly a base of operations military camp on the eastward banking concern of the Willamette River to hold off for the evening's fireworks. Here's an picture of Erik from in conclusion year.
Always a groovy day. Oh yes, in addition to did anyone respect his dearest OSU Beavers won the College World Series of Baseball a few days ago?
Also adjacent week, I have got appointments for my monthly pedicure in addition to a haircut, in addition to then it'll survive to a greater extent than or less other calendar week of running around. As for my stitching, I gave myself a lilliputian extra fourth dimension to operate on it yesterday morning.
Now I've hooped the in conclusion of it, in addition to I'll in all probability complete this upwardly this morning.
There was a quick grocery shopping trip to practise next, if grocery shopping on a Sabbatum tin e'er survive "quick." Sigh. The common irksome movers inwards the aisles, in addition to is in that location to a greater extent than or less dominion that restocking the shelves inwards a grocery store must survive done on the busiest days of the week? It seemed every aisle was blocked alongside a huge cart loaded alongside boxes of to a greater extent than or less kind. But let's simply non teach in that location okay? My blood pressure level can't have got it.
When I got home, I finished upwardly the in conclusion 2 blocks for row 3 of the Shop Hop quilt. Next upwardly was this block from the Suwanee Valley Quilt Shop inwards Trenton, Florida. This was 1 of the to a greater extent than interesting shops I've visited. You tin read my postal service virtually it right here. At the fourth dimension of my visit, the possessor was retiring in addition to the store was upwardly for sale. I wondered if it was soundless open, in addition to it seems to be, every bit evidenced yesteryear its active website. My impress for this store had to survive these manatees.
We'd been on something of a request to come across the manatees inwards Florida. We'd visited many places where they were present, but the H2O was in addition to then murky, it was hard to come across them really well. Thanks to our dear friends in addition to amazing Florida hosts, Dick in addition to Karin, nosotros found them at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.
What a thrill to come across these interesting critters. You tin read my postal service virtually our view to the park right here.
The concluding impress for row 3 was this 1 from Sew 'N Sew Fabrics inwards Fort Bragg, California. You tin read my postal service virtually it right here. Fort Bragg is a rather modest community, in addition to and then I wondered if the store was soundless open. It seems it is, although they have got no spider web presence aside from their Facebook page. I'd been on the hunt throughout California looking for to a greater extent than or less California poppy fabric. This large scale impress was the best I could do.
You powerfulness remember that I boldly used it every bit a background for the "Working for Peanuts" quilt. And, FYI, I took this quilt in addition to showed it to Ann Shaw in addition to asked her for her honest evaluation of the fabric. I told her I made my determination based on my novel "WWAD" criteria I'd established for myself: What Would Ann Do? That seemed to tickle her, but she pronounced my pick a expert one. So there.
She also offered that the low-cal pectus of the aeroplane is a lilliputian hard to come across against the background in addition to suggested doing to a greater extent than or less quilting in that location to select out the boundaries of the bird. Very expert advice that I volition follow. And every bit long every bit we're talking virtually this, quilting in addition to binding "Working for Peanuts" is going to survive my OMG for July.
With the in conclusion 2 blocks finished, I sewed the whole row together. While I was getting railroad train to have got a pic of the blocks sewn into a quilt, I received a view from my furry friend. Hey, Smitty, expression at the camera!
Your purrsistence that I furrequently pose for snapshots is purrticularly annoying. However, I volition submit if it volition motivate yous to set catnip inwards my bowl.
And hither is where the Shop Hop quilt stands...or lies, depending on your perspective.
About that time, Tractor Man came to state me it was fourth dimension to pick to a greater extent than or less cherries. And, whoa, what a haul! We started alongside the low-hanging fruit.
Then, alongside me at the tractor controls, I raised him upwardly inwards the bucket to the highest limbs of the tree.
We soundless couldn't accomplish the tippy tippy travel on ("tippy" taking on a whole novel important here), but nosotros managed to pick 4-1/2 pounds of the ripest cherries.
We solely picked the Bings since the Black Tartarians are non yet ripe enough. With this haul, I have got plenty to brand both cherry chutney in addition to to a greater extent than or less sweetness cherry barbecue sauce. Something else to add together to the listing of adjacent week's activities.
While nosotros were out, I noticed the foremost sunflower was foremost to open. This morning, I went out to have got a pic of it.
H5N1 few days ago, I was out in addition to noticed the sunflower beside it had fallen over in addition to uprooted itself. This caused me such grief. The flora soundless seemed unharmed, in addition to and then I propped it upwardly within a Lycopersicon esculentum cage. This morning, it looks no worse for wear.
Still, it had in all probability lain on the solid set down for at to the lowest degree a day, in addition to and then it had grown toward the Sun alongside a distinct curvature inwards its stalk. We idea it powerfulness straighten itself out when nosotros stood it upright again, but I think the curvature is in that location to stay. It looks similar I practise foremost affair inwards the morning.
While I was out, I was joined yesteryear my furry friend. His solar daytime outdoors was cutting brusque yesterday when our neighbor's domestic dog appeared inwards the field. They both high-tailed it into the house. The domestic dog was corralled yesteryear its possessor almost immediately, but they wouldn't exit the balance of the day. This morning, they were railroad train to exit again. So what's he looking at?
Oh...it's Miss Sadie...and she looks similar a truthful cat on a mission.
Birdies in addition to mousies...I'm looking fur you!
Before ending my sewing solar daytime yesterday, I was off to a expert start on the June block for Tuxedo Tales. I'll teach dorsum to that today, in addition to I'm also hoping to teach a start on July's block. Before that, however, I have got dilled carrot spears to make. It's pretty quick, but I have got a distich of bunches of carrots to operate with. I expression sewing volition have got to hold off until later lunch.