Now that the Baskets and Blooms quilt top is done....what next, you ask??  I cut out the pieces for one of the quilts I picked up at the Quilt Show in May.    I also volunteered to quilt a project that Cindy's mother-in-law had started, so....I have the Mystery Quilt ready to quilt (actually started, but I needed the table for something else and pulled it off the table), and I am planning on picking up the backing fabric for the Baskets and Blooms quilt today, so I will have three quilts to quilt.

 

Book club had a jewelry making day last weekend.  I did more socializing that I did jewelry making though.  I only made one set of earrings, but had a lot of fun chatting with everyone.  Leona and I hung out in the pool after everyone else had left, just chatting and enjoying the weather. 

 

I took a day off on Monday, and Cindy, Willy and I walked the dogs along the Sacramento river at the Kum Bay Xerel trail - just off I5 and Knighten Road.  Monday turned into a misty, rainy day, but it was nice to get outside for a bit of a walk. The dogs really enjoyed it. 

The Baskets and Blooms quilt top is done.  I really like how this turned out.  I also like that it used scraps from my prior quilts - no new fabric was purchased (yet) for this project!  I will need to buy the fabric for the back.  I don't have the 4-5 yards of fabric in my stash for that, but it still was a win for me.  I did use up a few of the colors I had in my stash, and a lot of the white background fabric, so now I have room for more fabric, right?? 

The latest Mini-Mystery project is completed!  This is Happy Go Lucky - a cute little table topper about 23 inches square.  The next big Mystery Quilt project will start in July.  Maybe I'll be caught up on my other projects by then???  (Probably not, but, it's a thought!) 

 

My garden is thriving!  We had fresh green beans for dinner last night, fresh zucchini a couple of nights ago, and the tomatoes and cucumbers are getting ripe! 

 

Meet Harley, a visitor we had last week. Margene had dropped me off to pick up my car after having the windshield replaced, so got home before I did.  She wasn't paying too much attention as she walked toward the house, and when Jordan let her in, Harley came scampering in with her, took a couple of sniffs around and curled up in a dog bed, just like she lived there.  A bit of a surprise to both Margene and Jordan! (Not to mention for Ripley and Luna.)

She is the cutest thing!  Margene called the numbers on her tag, and in a few minutes got a call back.  The biggest problem, Harley's Mom and family had just landed at LAX.....oops!  Turns out they live one street over and their older son didn't go with them.  He came by a couple of hours later and picked her up.

I took Margene and Jordan to Glowing Wild at Turtle Bay while they were here.  I didn't take any pictures of the actual displays, but I did grab a couple of pictures of the river.  The bottom shot was taken as we were leaving - around 9:30.  The phone camera did a neat night shot! 

Cindy and her husband took Alli to a special sensory session at Glowing Wild on Sunday afternoon/evening.  The session was at 6:00 so it was still daylight, but I think Alli enjoyed it.  (Yes, I was invited, but declined so I could catch up from having company for a week and going back to work the next day - the worst part of a vacation!)

This is what happens when you forget to water your plants before you go on vacation..... I'm hoping it will survive.  Not what you want to see when you get back to the office after a week off.

I caught a couple of the "babies" sunbathing, or rather dust-bathing, the other day - too cute! 

 

Formations is officially done, and was gifted as a wedding present.  I finished it Wednesday, and the wedding was Friday.  Whew!

 

 

My first harvest of green beans! They were so trasty blanched and mixed with sauteed mushrooms, onions and garlic!

Some of the flowers I saw in the redwoods.