A few more L & I

These came today from Melinda [top row] and Alexis [bottom row]. Should be getting two more envelopes and then I can start "designing" the top.

Hot, hot summer weather, nevertheless I put onions, lettuce and spinach into the vegetable garden.  They might not like this heat! However, it looks like the radish seeds are sprouting.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Oscillating fans!
Ice-cube maker in the refrigerator!
Shady porch for breakfast and lunch.
Finally an idea for Secret Sister.

Increasing Lakes & Islands

18 blocks with Lakes

15 blocks with Islands

11 blocks of Fields

That's what have accumulated up to this last day of May.  I'm expecting a few more in the mail.  And then the arranging and rearranging will start in order to make a TOP out of them.  A good project for JUNE.

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Meanwhile the chives are blooming in the herb garden, and there are a few annuals to plant, alysium and impatiens.

The wild phlox are in full bloom on the hill down to the lake.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Vegetable garden bed being built

Picnic on our deck with new neighbors yesterday

Every where there is lush green, green, green

More Lakes and Islands

From Sandy, five blocks and three extra islands!

From Cindy five blocks, and WOW look at that eNORmous island!

And for Spoolspinners' Bee this evening, more Fireworks blocks:

Seemed like we should have some 3.5" to fit between/among the 6.5" blocks.

Sara

Gratitudes:

A plan has evolved for a vegetable garden
Survived exercise class today
Soup and strawberry shortcake for dinner

Lakes & Islands, coming in!

I have been getting some FUN fat envelopes in the mail - blocks for my Lakes & Islands quilt from the members of the SCRAP bee [15 Minutes of Play blog].

The three above from Glen, along with an extra Island.

These five from Beebee in Baton Rouge.

And these two from Victoria in NYC.


Meanwhile, spring is continuing to develop in western Michigan:
peonies sprouting next to the late daffodils,

Juneberry, also called serviceberry, blooming,

two kinds of trilium in the woods [the one in front has inconspicuous flowers],

and the saucer or tulip magnolia in full bloom.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Gardening helpers
UNeventful doctor visit
Re-reading favorite books

Lakes and Islands

I am asking my fellow member of the 15 Minute SCRAP Bee to make these blocks for me.  First they construct the green blocks form scraps and then they use the "water" fabric I sent them to make them into "Lake" and "Island" blocks.  I'm imagining this to be an airplane's view of the vacation lands of Minnesota, where I grew up,  and Michigan where I am now living.  I plan to put the Island blocks together into a great big lake in the middle of farm/forest lands.  Sort of like Lake Michigan.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Again survived the eye injection
Nap afterwards means I can get up early for THE Wedding
Great purchased lasagna for dinner [dear Charlie heated it up]