Summer continues it's perfect beauty.

Dresden Plate . . . . continuation

This is my Dresden Plate quilt at this point.   Oops, I also put a border of green on it since I took this picture.   Jim and I went to two stores in search of some kind of fabric for the backing.    I think that perhaps I should have just ordered something online from the same line as the Dresden Plate but . . . ..  didn't.  LOL!

So, I have the backing but still have to do some work on the front before quilting.  Once I do the grass below the flowers, I can put the layers together.   I think I'm going to do SID on the squares and borders with the machine and then hand quilt in the squares and around the Dresden.  I have something special planned for the center of the Dresden but I'm still unsure how it will work.     Happy quilting !

Flowers galore!

Phlox

As we entered July, the flowers started to bloom with the happy magnificience that only July can bring us.     The colors of our sun perennials are absolutely fantastic and the annuals in our yards are continuing their bright happy lives.   

It finally rained last night.   A hard downpour that pounded everything with at least an inch of water.    Everything looks so bright and fresh this morning.  

I was already outside picking a basket of green beans and trying to find the other plants in the garden.   The weeds are larger than they've ever been.    Let me tell you that Lancaster County weeds are much larger than Lehigh County weeds.   LOL!

Now, I just have to process said beans.    Did three quarts last night and have approx five quarts to do now.   Then yellow beans are next.