I finished the blocks on the chicken quilt!  Now, I need to put it all together (and quilt it and bind it...still a long way to go before it's complete)  Here are the blocks:

And here's some of the borders added - a thin yellow border and a wider green border. 

The Welsummer Chicks are growing and needed a new home.  Cindy is busy hatching two more sets of eggs and needed her chick container back, so I moved them into Koori's old crate.  They immediately made a large mess with the pine chips.

I found a tray to go under them - problem solved!

Except...not so much.  They are just going to be messy.....

That is if they make it through James "playing" with them....

Luckily she really is just playing.  She puts her paw in and pats them gently....

Progress on the latest Chicken Quilt....not a lot, but I'm plugging along.  Too many other things to do in the springtime - specifically in the yard.  I had Pat, Pixie, and Don over for Easter lunch, so also added housecleaning to my weekend list of chores.  Not much time left for sewing that way.

 

As you can see, there's been no progress at all on my quail quilt either - I'm three months behind on it....

Cindy M was out of town for spring break, so I got custody of the chicks for the week.  They are now "teenagers" and are not cute fluffy chicks.

  

The cats love hanging out with them - the chicks?  Not so much.....

 On the weekend, I let them hang out on the back patio for a while as I clean their cage.

I have been taking photos of all the flowers, and now have a post of just random flower photos.  I recently dug out my camera to take on our walks, have some on the memory card that I need to upload as well.   

 

Progress so far on the 2025 RBD quilt:

  I was showing it off to AJ, and was kind enough to point out an issue...it's fixed in the photo above....

Oops!  At least he saw it before I got the quilt put together....

I started my latest Chicken Quilt - Doodle-Doo:

 

I started a new exercise routine with AJ - he's my coach and work-out buddy....but I think I found a new work-out buddy....James does not make it easy to keep my form as she tickles my face with her tail...

 

 

 

The dogs and I went for a walk (again) in the field - the flowers are just amazing!  I know it will be all brown and dry in a matter of weeks, so I really enjoy the greenery and spring flowers while they are here.  Luna photo-bombed my tree photo.

 

And the garden is in - except for a couple more tomato plants. I was a yellow tomato plant and a pear tomato plant (unless I see something else I like...) and I haven't found them yet in the stores.  I'm early this year, but we've had warm weather....and it was time.  Even with our rain, the temps have been in the 60's. I have peppers and bush beans...

Pole beans, cucumbers, zucchini, and peas...

And three tomato plants in. 

I'm ready!

Some of the flowers blooming in the yard...

 

We took the dogs out to the field for a walk last week.  The sun was out, along with the butterflies and the ducks.  I'm always amazed at the photos my phone takes - these were long-distance shots:

 

On a whim, I bought a couple of tomato plants a few weeks ago.I knew it was too early, but I was ready for Spring!  I had planted some sweet pea seeds in January, but they didn't come up, so I thought I just had old seeds.  The tomato plants sat in their containers for a couple of weeks before I even got them in the garden. A couple of weekends ago, I planted them, and planted some cucumbers and zucchini seeds. Last night, I have everything coming up, including the peas that I thought weren't growing! 

The tomato plants haven't done much yet, but...we have temps in the 70's this week, so I expect to start seeing some growth on them.  I also plan to grab some more plants today on my shopping trips.