Some of This and Some of That

Our Memorial Day was spent quietly at home. 

 

I’ve made some progress on Homage to Mutti including kitting up some units for better portability.  These will come in handy when we travel to Dallas for a family funeral later this week.  I’ve also begun work on this month’s anti-ouch pouches.

 

This puzzle was a real challenge and Bob had to help me with it.  We learned that unlike other puzzles we’ve done this one is easier if you start in the middle rather than with the outer edges.

Not My Hand

 

This happened on my way to my Tuesday quilting group.  …Not my best day and needless to say I never made it to the group. Thankfully, we were able to get assistance quickly.

 

I’ve been enjoying the blooming plants on our porch. 

 

A neighbor once commented that he thought plastic flower pots were tacky.  I don’t think he was intentionally directing this comment at me.  While I prefer the look of terracotta and ceramic pots, plastic ones have some real advantages besides being less expensive. They hold moisture better, are lighter and it doesn’t hurt some much when something like this happens.

Anti-Ouch Pouches

Wednesday’s Guild meeting was sneaking up on me, so last weekend I got busy and finished stitching the 15 anti-ouch pouch kits I picked up last month.  Other than that, no news from the sewing room.  My enthusiasm was dampened by a cold.

 

The Blackberry bushes continue to yield fruit with more not yet ripe.  I’ve put several quarts in the freezer, so Bob will eventually get his blackberry cobbler.

 

I’m certain this Salvia had white blooms last year!  I’m just glad it came back as it died to the ground during the winter.

Another Catch-Up Post

This little piece only lacks hand-stitching the binding to the back to be Bound-Labeled-Done.  I’m pretty sure the 4 1/2 inch square panel was intended for use on a t-shirt as it felt like it had adhesive on the back.  It was given to me at a Guild retreat many years ago.  I decided to turn it into a wall quilt for my sewing room.  The entire piece is 10 ½ inches square.  I used the embroidery function on my machine to stitch some hints about retreat shenanigans in the border. 

Other than that, I have nothing to show for the past two weeks, which presented some unexpected challenges.  Without going into detail, I will just say that one of those challenges involved a fussy gallbladder which will probably be evicted sometime in the near future.  I see the surgeon May 20.

 

A bright spot was the graduation of our grandson from Texas A&M.  We are so very proud of him.

 

 I asked him to write down the title of his major, and this is what he gave me.

 

One of the last things I had to do before leaving for College Station was purchase a clear handbag, a requirement in the stadium.  I didn’t know such a thing existed, but if I ever go to a rock concert, I’m all set.

 

There was the first turtle rescue of the season.  They get caught behind our yard fence.  Fortunately, I spotted this one before the dogs alerted to its presence.  This one was on the large size and very shy.

 

Also, this 1,000 piece puzzle was finally finished.

 

As it turns out, April was much wetter for us than average and May has had some early showers as well.  A storm rolled through Sunday night which gave us .69 inches.