I had to stop working on my "big" quilts, and get at last one baby quilt done.  I need three by late July, two for little boys, and one unknown.  I like how the colors worked out on this one.

 

Some of the Spring flowers (and a tree) that are harbingers of summer!  The poppies are wild - growing out by the field behind the subdivision.

The sycamore tree is fully leafed out, and the hated balls are growing.  They look so pretty, but are such a pain to mow over!!

My succulents are blooming!

And I found a lady bug in one of my grasses out by the koi pond.

The yellow roses are blooming - the last of the roses to bloom.

 

One more quilting project done!  This became a wall hanging because I didn't know what else to do with it.  It's only 24 X 30 or so.

 

I had two yards of rock delivered a couple of weeks ago, and I got one project done!  I put new rock in the pool area (behind a fence/gate with barely enough room to move the wheelbarrow through!)  I like it a lot better than the lava rock that has been there forever....

 

It's summer time!!!  Well, at least pool time.  Sunday we went swimming - and the water wasn't cold at all!  It had been in the mid-90's all week, so the water had a chance to warm up.  We dropped back down to our more normal mid 80's this week.  

 

Here's an update on the chicken quilt - all the blocks are put together - now I "just" have to put the quilt top together.

 

And a new quilt started - a chicken quilt for Rachelle.....

 

Somebody just cannot resist the laundry basket with clean laundry.....

Look at that face.....

And the snuggles....

 

I left a crochet project out on the table one evening - bad idea!  

 

The "quilt" for my quilt club this month is a small wall hanging - about 20" X 30".  Here's the quilt top - now to get it quilted!  (The club meets this Saturday, so I have a deadline!!)

 

Allison got a new mattress last week, and the kittens got a new toy. I cut some holes in the box that the mattress came in and the kittens have been enjoying it ever since.

 

More evidence of the "help" I have while quilting/sewing....she's hard to see, but Jessie is in my chair - she's been almost sat on a few times - black cats and black chairs are a dangerous (for the cat) situation.

 

I was trying (again) to quilt on my new machine, and was having issues (again).  This time, it wasn't the machine that was the problem - James was lying in the quilting path and I ran into her and stopped. Silly girl!  I did get the bugs worked out on the machine (I hope!!).  It is working much better for me now - I just need to find the time to quilt more!!!

The quilting area is a favorite napping spot, even if I'm not quilting.