Look what followed me home!  Cindy C was selling her A-Liner trailer rather than move it to Wyoming, so it is now at my house.  It so cute!  It has 2 beds, a small refrigerator, stove, and heater.  I did manage to break one of the bubble lights on the drive from her place, but I have no idea how that happened.  I also need to get extended mirrors for the Volvo before I drive it very far. I even managed to back it up (almost) right where I wanted it in the driveway once I got it home - not bad!

For my 30-year anniversary with the bank, I got to choose my own present.  That's when I really realized I'm spoiled (not that I didn't know that already, but....).  They had things like a pizza oven (I have one) an outdoor fire pit (I have one - though a gas powered one is on my radar - just to avoid burning wood), a laptop, (I have one) an i-pad (I have one....) etc.  I ended up getting a SUP - stand-up paddle board, and Cindy M and I went out on Monday, my first real day of vacation.  

 

It went pretty well at first....as long as I was on my knees....

 Cindy manage to capture one of my falls....

 

 

And one (of many) attempts to climb back on.

 

 

 

 

All in all - it was fun and I'll try it again!!!

One project finished!  I got the latest Mystery 5-0 quilt done (named Feast, but they could have come up with a better name...).  It's been sitting on my to-do list for a while.  I had started quilting it, but had to put it away for some reason, and when I put it back on the frame, the fabric/batting had shifted.  I had 1/4 of it quilted before I realized that too.  Bummer.  I didn't have to rip out all of the quilting, but I did have to rip out a lot of it, so it sat in the corner for a while, thinking about its actions.   Once both of us had a time out, I got it out to quilt again and got it finished over the weekend. 

We've been at this house since 1999, and the pool was here when we bought the house, but this year is the first year that the pool has been invaded by frogs!  Big frogs!!  Luckily, they don't seem to like swimming with me any more than I like swimming with them and jump out as soon as I get in the water.  Last week though, one was doing opposite laps with me for a few laps.  I swam one way and they swam the other for about 4 laps before they got out.  I think they were just making fun of how slow I swim.... 

 

It's officially summer - the butterflies are here! 

I finished the quilt top last night (staying up way too late to finish, but I was so close!)  It's nice size baby quilt, and turned out pretty nice.   

 

A garden update - almost everything is doing great!  I have a couple of tomato plants that  have issues, but they were types I hadn't planted before, and I'm assuming they aren't really ready for the Redding heat.  And neither am I - at least we are cooling down - 108 over the weekend, but back into the high 90's the rest of the week. 

 

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!