A Little Rain Today!
We were supposed to have rain yesterday but it went way East of Round Rock. We got a little this morning, not a lot but any is welcomed.
Late last week after Galen got through his 300 plus pictures he took while on the trip to the valley more plants were pulled out of the beds. It’s time. Now to get the support cages disassembled and put away until next Spring. We also need to transplant some Iris and get the new bulbs in the ground. Galen did spend the weekend trimming our one big bush out front. Needed too before the net lights go up. He will probably start on that later today and finish up tomorrow. We won’t turn them on yet but they will be done!
We met Osie last Thursday. She had one quilt ready for me and I gave her the 3 I had here to be quilted. This is the one I got back. A very old 5 at the Hive block of the month from Honey Bee in Austin. Have black binding machine sewn on the front. Now I have something to work on in the evenings. Good thing I have good lighting by my chair-black binding on a very busy black backing! That’s Lady in the picture she turns 9 this Friday.
There are times when it seems I go out of my way to make a pattern difficult. They say read through a pattern several times. And Cozy quilt patterns aren’t normally that difficult unless you make it that way! After a lot of ripping, sewing again, and sometimes ripping once again I finally got an A block made. B blocks are easier. Have a lot more to make but now I will keep this one at the machine where I can see it! Yes a few threads to get rid of!!!! I am loving the Kaffe fabrics with the black background. Would make a good pattern for scraps.
The other day Galen and I were having coffee on the deck. We both had a chuckle at our Anole pole dancer.
Yesterday I was watching one through our clear roof extension. Reminded me of when we lived in Taiwan. Sometimes we had small wood carvings framed with a plexiglass mat and then the wood frame. The geckos would run and hide behind the clear plexi!!! They thought they were hiding!
Spent a little time in the kitchen yesterday cooking a whole chicken so I could make Mom’s recipe for PA. Dutch Chicken Pot Pie. Chicken is cooked and boned, broth is strained and saved. Sometime later this week we will have it for dinner. I don’t think Mom would mind since she has shared this recipe many times. Mom always made hers with chicken and she did use saffron. My one aunt sometimes made it with beef and rarely used saffron. When ever the Kleinfelters got together for a reunion a lot of Pot Pie was made and eaten. Comfort food! and memories of home.
Rain is over, sun is coming out. The rain was nice while it lasted.
tagging up with Small Quilts
Until next time——
