Star Block in progress

This is my star block in progress for the Patriotic Block Swap on Missouri Star Quilt Company forum.    I have three blocks completed.     Each one is getting better.  LOL!

Dresden Plate Quilt

This is how far I am on the Dresden Plate Quilt.   I need leaves yet and a couple of borders.  The quilt needs to be lengthed.  LOL!   Flying by the seat of my pants.

View from my deck

If I aim my camera up (and over my neighbor's home) this is the distant view from my deck

What kind of bird ?

This bird eats at the same feeder as the Goldfinch.    He barely ate at all but keep a real close eye on the neighborhood.   Me, in particular.   Of course, Boz is also outside.    She is a little smaller than he is and all brown.      He is about the same size as a Goldfinch but has red instead which tells me that they are probably some kind of finch.     Only this one pair has made an appearance and neither time was at the same time as the Goldfinches which descend on our feeders in droves.....several pairs bicker and fight over two feeders.....all at the same time.

So pretty !

I now have some of this salvia hanging out in the butterfly/hummingbird garden.   The hummingbirds seem to have left us.  They hung around for about two weeks and then disappeared.  I guess they didn't like the neighborhood.   LOL!.

Augh. . . . . . .

Help, Blogger is confusing me.    Evidentally, I changed my email and when I tried to log it in, the system set me up as a new user for that email.   Now, I have to use the gmail email for logging in and getting responses.   I guess that makes perfect sense.  Unfortunately, I don't check that email very often.   Guess I'll have to now.  LOL!.   

Groff's Plant Farm

Lots of pretty flowers at Groff's Plant Farm.   Come on down.

Star Quilt

Fabrics for Star Quilt Swap.  I finally got up to Joann's to pick up the red, white & blue for the current swap . . . . and a pen to sign the Wild Swap.

You gotta love this living in the country !

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2008 . . . . the last time all four of my children were in the same place.   I wish that I were with you all today to celebrate Mother's Day.   Since we are all in separate places, I would like to send a big hug to all of you and to your extended families as well.

Michelle . . . .Dan, Jared, Victoria & Kirby
Michael
Melissa . . . .  Tom, Gaby, Tommy
Marc . . . .  Danielle & Addy

Have a great Day !

Isn't the "park" coming along nicely?

A view of the wooded section of our back yard.   It's coming along nicely.   The landscaper that works with the builder is doing some more work in the rear to clear out tree stumps and other yucky things.  

Eventually, it will be all grass and a pathway lined with hostas and other shade plants.

Bozwell

Here's goofy Bozwell.   He is a 14 yr old Brittany Spaniel who has decided that he is a guard dog after all this time.    He is on the alert for cats.  Especially a big black cat that lives at the farm behind us.   Watch out cat.

Woodland Flower

Isn't this just the prettiest woodland flower?   I'm going to have to check at work to see what it's called but I suspect that it's some kind of a trillium.  

Dresden Plate

What to do?   I started this thinking that I would make a table runner.   Now that I see it, I'm thinking more like turning it into the focus point of a new quilt by adding stems, leaves and then more of the same color for a border and going from there.    Unfortunately, I didn't notice that two of the colors are in the same place on the left and right plates until I looked at the photograph.  Oh well,  things happen and I'm not going to rip it out.   All that hand sewing.   LOL!