We've had some beautiful weather condition recently. Spring has definitely sprung, as well as summertime is right on its heels. Sue as well as I met upward for a squeamish breakfast yesterday. We met upward at our common identify at the bottom of our hill, the South Store Cafe.
It's a fun identify to meet. In the fourth dimension Mike as well as I convey been inwards our household (17 years), it has had a few changes inwards ownership. It has been inwards its electrical flow shape for quite some time, as well as fifty-fifty survived the unexpected decease of its possessor a few years ago. If I'm remembering correctly, the missy took over as well as right away runs the place. It opened inwards 1903 equally a full general store. It was named to differentiate it from the North Store located almost a mile north. The North Store is all the same where it ever was, exclusively right away it has been renamed. It all the same does concern equally a full general store, spell the South Store has instruct a gathering identify as well as a restaurant. There is a brief history of the South Store Cafe here.
Sue brought me some pretty flowers from her ain garden.
We enjoyed our oatmeal as well as a long gab session. She was limping on her knee, as well as thence nosotros decided non to walk. As nosotros were leaving to instruct inwards our cars, I noticed the South Store's catch house...at least, I intend its their catch house. It has its ain footling quilt block.
My straight-on picture is a footling blown out inwards the brilliant sunshine. This looks similar a Friendship Star, but it's truly a Spinning Star.
When I got home, I filled the plane feeders as well as and then took a footling walk around to view what's novel amid the blooming things. The lilac is oh thence unopen to bursting into total bloom.
I caught the clematis inwards the forenoon sunshine.
More blossoms are opening on the rhododendron, as well as it looked pretty alongside the Sun shining through its petals.
These wild strawberries are planted adjacent to the culinary herb garden equally a solid lay down cover. I noticed them many years agone growing inwards our field. They were dug upward alongside the heel of my kick as well as and then stuck inwards the solid lay down closer to the house. It's an ongoing battle to proceed them from invading the herbs, as well as thence I grade them appropriately.
The origin goldfinches convey arrived hither at the Three Cats Ranch...a truthful harbinger of leap heading into summer. That's his friend the household finch there.
With the birds gear upward for a few to a greater extent than days, I got dorsum to run on the pansies. The 9th department was nearly finished, as well as thence it took exclusively a few minutes to add together that to the bottom.
And as well as then at that spot was only 1 to a greater extent than department to finish. It took most of the day, but the mosaic part is done. Yahoo!
It all the same needs borders as well as cornerstones. The cornerstones volition live square-in-a-square made alongside these 2 fabrics.
And as well as then I pulled the greenish as well as the floral from my stash for the other 2 borders. I'll role the same majestic from inwards a higher identify for the binding.
This adjacent stuff was pulled for the quilt back, but as well as then I realized I belike convey plenty stuff from the edge stuff to role for the back. If that's the case, I'll role that instead. All of these fabrics are long-time residents of my stash.
So, I've been alluding to our trip to the beach this weekend. On Lord's Day we're heading over to Bandon, Oregon, for the Circles inwards the Sand project. You tin read almost it at that link I've given you. It's the projection of a gentleman named Denny Dyke. All summertime long, he's out at depression tide alongside a grouping of volunteers creating the labyrinths. They tin live seen inwards their entirety from the Face Rock scenic viewpoint, as well as my agreement is that it's possible to instruct downwards to the beach as well as walk amid the circles.
We're expecting skilful weather, if a footling chilly, as well as thence it should live a squeamish footling getaway. Also, there's quilt store inwards Bandon, thence we'll pay them a see too. Bandon is a fun footling beach town inwards southern Oregon. We spent a footling fourth dimension at that spot many years ago. They used to convey a cheese factory, but I haven't seen Bandon cheese inwards a long time. I'm non certain it's all the same there. In whatever case, nosotros normally only crusade through on our means to some identify else. We're both looking frontwards to spending a footling to a greater extent than fourth dimension there.
And all of that to say that today I'll live cooking as well as packing. I similar to brand some things ahead to cutting downwards on cooking fourth dimension on the road. It also cuts downwards on packing the ingredients I'll need. I'm planning to spider web log spell we're away, but it ever depends on whether nosotros tin connect to internet. For now, I'm signing off for a twenty-four hours or two. If there's fourth dimension today, I'll stitch the borders on the pansy mosaic as well as telephone telephone it a finished flimsy.