It could conduct maintain been a picayune warmer yesterday, but at to the lowest degree it didn't rain. The cooler temperatures made it easier to build clean out the greenhouse, however. Now it's create for a novel generation of seeds. Mike dumped that one-half handbag of potting soil into its bin afterwards I took that picture. Today I'll travel out too institute some seeds. It ever feels similar a fresh start to the yr when nosotros larn in conclusion year's dead materials pulled out.
So, it ever seems similar a big task when nosotros facial expression at the mess, but nosotros had this finished inwards less than an hour. Each yr nosotros exercise it a picayune faster. Next year...maybe magic wands volition endure the alone tools we'll need.
As for the residual of the yard, the cherry trees are looking marvelous correct now. Let's only promise the bees are out doing their jobs.
This is the lily nosotros finally got into the dry reason in conclusion yr afterwards it spent years sitting neglected inwards a pot. I'm surprised the matter is soundless alive. After all the abuse it took, it deserves a gamble to grow. Fortunately the wintertime was relatively mild, too and then it's looking pretty good.
The Andromeda is starting to larn its cherry foliage.
This dry reason embrace is getting its bluish flowers. These are nigh the size of a dime. Every yr I inquire my friend Marei to remind me of their names. Every yr I forget.
The tulips that are inwards amongst the poppies are looking too then pretty correct now.
Some novel ones conduct maintain appeared at the forepart door too.
I needed to fill upwards the aeroplane feeders, too I threw out some cracked corn for the ground-feeding birds. The birds are non picky...they'll swallow whatever they find. I'm trying to attract some quail nosotros encounter running some upwards on the primary road. Many years agone I was able to larn them to come upwards to our yard, but alone only that ane time. Nevertheless, I stay hopeful. Besides, it makes the squirrels happy.
The bluish jays conduct maintain alone a few seconds to notice when I fill upwards the peanut feeder. I tin barely walk away earlier they're afterwards them.
Even the hummingbirds got novel nutrient yesterday.
About this fourth dimension nosotros larn swallows passing through. It's too then much fun to picket them zooming around. Yesterday, nosotros saw them for the starting fourth dimension time this year. I'm never actually sure as shooting whether we're seeing swallows, or swifts, or martins. It's difficult to tell for sure. I was wishing this ane would conduct maintain faced the camera, but I intend he was looking critically at the moss on our roof. As I've mentioned, anything that doesn't movement gets moss growing on it inwards Oregon. Looks similar a task for the resident engineer. It's been a piece since he's been upwards on the roof to build clean the moss. As he gets older, he's less too less willing to larn upwards there, too and then this task powerfulness larn hired out this fourth dimension around.
Finally, nosotros turned on the shower over our aeroplane bath. When nosotros starting fourth dimension issue a aeroplane bath, nosotros weren't getting many birds, too and then nosotros consulted ane of the employees at the Backyard Bird Shop nigh it. They told us birds can't encounter H2O that isn't moving, too suggested this shower. It runs total fourth dimension from ane of the garden hoses, spraying a sparse stream. The birds took to it instantly. We plough it off inwards wintertime because freezing temperatures volition suspension the picayune nozzle. Mike hooked it upwards too turned it on yesterday too the birds were using it inside only a few minutes.
We also hacked dorsum some branches from sure as shooting trees where sure as shooting you-know-whos similar to prevarication inwards wait.
Sadie gets pretty mad when nosotros thwart her evil bird-murdering ways.
She's all trouble organisation when she's outside.
After lunch, I got dorsum into the sewing room, too here's where the "overdue milestone" comes in. I finished all lx blocks for Mulligan Stew. Yay!!!!! These were the in conclusion ones. This starting fourth dimension ane isn't equally sinister equally it sounds.
Here's the associated story:
And here's the block I made.
Two to a greater extent than to go. First, this one:
And, finally, this one:
Here they are all set out. There are 4 cornerstones. When I destination this quilt top, I'll add together a edge pieced to facial expression similar a railroad track.
So, phew! That was a long fourth dimension coming. I started this quilt on Apr 15, 2013. So to a greater extent than than vi years on, I finally conduct maintain the blocks finished. The quilt top won't larn sewn together until the halt of the year, too and then it soundless won't endure finished earlier adjacent yr sometime.
Now, I don't know nigh you, but Spring ever puts me inwards the mood for self-flagellation. I've decided my adjacent projection volition endure this Pansy Mosaic from Jane Kakaley. I purchased this blueprint some fourth dimension ago, too never made it, too and then this projection falls nether the PINS category (Projects I Never Started).
The pixelated grid consists of 28 rows across too forty rows downward for a total of 1,120 1-1/2 inch pieces. Yikes. It sounds grueling, but they actually are completely engrossing. Once I start one, I tend to travel on it feverishly until it's finished. I've made a couplet of her quilts before. You powerfulness recollect the Blooming Sunflower, made for an "Initially Yours" challenge from my onetime guild. We were to brand a quilt using our initials (BS for me). It was tempting to exercise something genuinely tacky too tasteless, but I ended upwards amongst this one:
For purposes of the challenge, I cutting off the bottom part of the blueprint where at that spot were to a greater extent than leaves too a stem. Also, yous belike recollect the Cardinal mosaic I did recently. I'll endure quilting this ane adjacent month.
So anyway...that's my adjacent project. Sadie loves a novel project.
She helped me conduct the fabrics. I needed v values each of green, yellow, purple, too blue, too ane value each of dark too brown.
I'll endure sewing this ane together inwards grids of 4 x 4 pieces. I only barely got started on it yesterday earlier deciding I'd had plenty sewing for ane day. It's form of fun because many of her patterns start amongst rows too rows of background. This ane gets into the flowers correct away. They proceed propelling me forrad because I'm wanting to encounter how it volition facial expression amongst the adjacent addition.
Finally, there's a novel challenge inwards town. You powerfulness recollect when Amy Ellis used to exercise her One Week, One Thing challenge. She ended it some fourth dimension ago, but she's dorsum at nowadays amongst a novel one. For now, it seems to endure alone on Instagram, but I intend she's soundless considering how to larn inwards travel for everyone. Anyway, the hashtag on Instagram is #onethingwithamy too my goal is to destination upwards this May heart.
The challenge runs Mon through Friday, too and then these are picayune goals. That's where I'm headed next. Today I'll endure running some errands inwards town too planting some seeds. I hold off to conduct maintain some fourth dimension for sewing this afternoon.