We were supposed to go on a hike Saturday, and one of the participants forgot about another event they had already comited too and had to cancel. I know he felt bad, but what a blessing a Saturday....with nothing planned can be. I caught up on just a few things that were severely neglected lately. After all the chores, Go Postal and I enjoyed a bowl of ice cream on the porch swing, finished all but the very last row of flooring in the barn and went to see his Dad. A pretty full day.
Here is Zorro strutting around after loosing all this winter fur on the table. Too bad there isnt a way to use cat fur as quilt batting.
Go Postal needed some new annuals in this trough at his cabin. He will be having lots of visitors in a few weeks so things need to get spiffed up a little.
I havent had such a poor showing of flowers since moving into my house. I dug up all this grass and replaced......
With double wave petunias.........
I was able to get my two $5 quilt blocks cut out (in between my material handling duties of brining more flooring into the barn and staging them for Go Postal)
And finally, here is Banjo.... so exhausted from watching all the work in the garden (I had to chop out a lot of grass and do damage assesment....the deer are chomping all the tops off the tomatoes and the ground hog has completely eaten all the cucumber vines)
I bought some more deer repelant and the ground hog has a bounty on its cute little head......He is also burrowing under the pack house and making the foundation unstable so he needs to be gone. I also got Banjo brushed although I had to physically pick him up from this position and take him over to the stairs to get his brushing. I put all his fur in the garden to see if it will deter any visitors. It was a hot day and my legs are very sore from all the bending over....but how nice to get the unexpected time, we will reschedule the hike soon I hope.
The potato vines were withering away....which meant it was time to check for potatoes underground. Its the first time I have tried to grow potatoes and may be the only crop safe from the deer and ground hog. Drizzle Olive oil and some rosemary over these and oven roast....yummy!
I let the kids do the jumping thing at the Mall as a reward for being dragged around shopping for wedding stuff all Saturday. OK, my neice didnt mind the shopping but my nephew was less than enthused shopping for shoes. I only found out later that adults can do this too....maybe next time!! Neither would do a flip which suprised me....its good they have a little fear still left I guess.
And finally, here is Banjo.... so exhausted from watching all the work in the garden (I had to chop out a lot of grass and do damage assesment....the deer are chomping all the tops off the tomatoes and the ground hog has completely eaten all the cucumber vines)
The bee packed into the new quilt room at the barn yesterday afternoon for an afternoon of sewing. Some were doing hand work and some were piecing away. A few of us took advantage of the floor space to lay out blocks and baste quilts. We had a great dinner (everyone brought something to share and GP grilled some chicken for us) But look what we had as a treat for dessert. OhQuilter (who is a charter memeber of our bee but moved to Cincinatti : ( for a new job) sent us some of Cincinatti's Graeters ice cream to share. We all lined up with our bowl and spoons to check out these very cool flavors....like blueberry pie, buckeye blitz, butter pecan and I think my favorite the Chocolate Cocunut Almond Chip. My sister got wind of the feast and showed up with the boys to share. Little Man stood at the front of the line bowl and spoon in hand wearing his shorts and cowboy boots. My grandparents lived in Ohio but I had never tried this ice cream...it was yummy. Thanks OhQuilter for thinking of us, wish you could have been with us to share! And yes there were a few left over and if Go Postal's Dad gets a little better we will take a pint up to him....he likes ice cream almost as much as the boys.
