What a difference a day makes!  I planted some lettuce and spinach seeds the 10th of March in the garden and in a planter.  Though the dogs did dig in both areas, I have sprouts coming up!  And it's fun to watch them grow one day at a time! This is from Monday:

And Tuesday:

Monday:

Tuesday:

 

Speaking on on-going (AKA unfinished) projects, I have a few underway....This one is waiting for the binding to be put on.

This one is a quarter of the way to being quilted.

And this one is just waiting to be quilted.

 

One of my on-going projects is a block a month through Annie's Attic.  I get the fabric and pattern for two blocks a month - quite manageable, right?  Not when you lose the instructions for two of the blocks!  I had them in my hand, was talking with Alli's helper that day, did not leave the room, and can't find them!  I put them down somewhere, and will probably run across them in a couple of years, because they have not show up yet, and it's been a couple of months since I lost them.  Luckily I did not lose the fabric, just the instructions, so I was able to reverse engineer one of the blocks from the cover photo of the quilt. The other is much more intricate. I worked out the pattern, but not the dimensions (it came out too small).  I replaced that block with another pattern, and I doubt that you can tell which one is mine in the over all scheme of things!

 

Finally!  The mower is out of the shop!  Almost $200 later, it runs, but is no longer self-propelled...the drive train is out, and not worth fixing per the shop (I'm glad they told me that rather than bill me a gazillion dollars....)  The back lawn was easily a foot tall in some areas.  AJ weed-eated while I mowed the front (much shorter) and then I started the back.  You know it's tall when the bottom layer is yellow from lack of sunlight....

AJ took over mowing from me when he finished weed-eating.  Since the mower is now a push mower, I was quite happy to let him take it!  Due to the height of the grass, the mower died every few seconds/inches.  What is usually a 45 minute job for one of us to weed-eat and mow turned into a 2 hour job with both of us working it.  Now to shop for a new mower.....this one will be great for heavy-duty jobs like this, but I don't want to mow all summer this way.

With a break in the weather, AJ and I took the dogs out for a walk and I grabbed some shots of the local flowers - my neighbors have some beautiful flowers!  The first shot is from the field, the rest are from my neighborhood.

 

Rain, rain and more rain - that's what last weekend was, so no fun outing for me!  I did have plans to go to the play at the local theater with Meredith, Robin and Leona, but the matinee performance was cancelled due to the illness of a cast member.  We decided to go out to lunch together anyway, since it was cancelled at 11:00, and after lunch found out that the cast member was Malorie!  She's still in the hospital, but is recovering.  Poor thing!

Since I didn't get out much, I was able to get all the blocks made for the new quilt, but not put together.  I was arranging and rearranging on the floor, since it's too big for my design board on the wall.

 

What is is about cats and boxes?  I use this to hold my scissors, cut thread, etc. when I'm quilting the quilt tops, and I turned around, and it's full.....somebody had thread stuck on their tail when they jumped out....

 

Finally!  The sun is out!  Yesterday was a beautiful day in the valley - lots of snow on the surrounding mountains, and a few geese hanging out in the field when we walked the dogs.  We have sun for two days, and then back to rain, but I'll take the sunshine when I can!

 

Jeff sent me this picture of a double rainbow yesterday - beautiful!!!

 

And I have half the blocks done for the quilt.  This one is going together quickly.  If I managed to cut the fabric correctly, it would go even faster, but I cut the next set of fabric wrong and had to re-cut a bunch.....not a good way to spend the afternoon!

 

Another new toy for the kittens - gotta love Amazon boxes....

 

A few more spring flowers - with all the rain we've had, it's so nice to see a bit of spring poking through. I'm ready for some sunshine!!

 

Speaking of new quilts, here's another "block a month" quilt I have started - it won't be finished until October - two blocks a month....