The Beauty of Flowers

The flower offered of itself
And eloquently spoke
Of Gods
In languages of rainbows
Perfumes
And secret silence...
~Phillip Pulfrey, from Love, Abstraction and other Speculations

Lynn

Grandma Time at the Ranch

I spent a few days with my granddaughters this last week while their parents went on a little trip.  We had a good time and I got to see them work with their 4-H lambs and them teaching the lambs to lead and practicing showing as the fair is coming up soon.  The sheep are pretty tame and are getting the idea of what they need to do when the girls practice with them now.  They will get a bath and be sheared off soon and will look so much better than they do right now.  Love this first picture of D. leading her lamb with the parade following her.  She has Maggie the dog supervising and the two black ducks, Quackers and Olivia, that the girls got at Easter time bringing up the rear of the parade.  Those ducks are so funny as they follow the girls everywhere, quacking as they go.

I am sure the sheep are wondering why they have to walk round and round then stand just so, over and over each day.  They don’t know yet they will get to show off at the fair with how much they know about standing and walking beside their girl in the show ring.  Don’t you love the bright pink boots S. is wearing?  That is a requirement from their parents…they must have boots on when ever they are away from the lawn around the house as there are rattlesnakes around where they live and some have been found on occasion close to the barn and the garage.  The boots won’t protect them 100% but at least it is better than flip flops!  A sheep stepping on your foot with flip flops on is not fun either so another good reason to wear boots.

Until Later,
Lynn

Blue On Blue Borders

The pile of extra blocks are ready to be lined up for the borders.

The blocks all laid out for the borders on the quilt.

Whoops, I have one extra block.  I thought I had made 296 but must have miscounted.

Border blocks all stitched but now I need to buy some fabric for the 5” spacer strip and an outside border.  What color should I look for?  Actually this beige carpet doesn’t look too bad does it?  I think if I go with another blue it could look pretty muddy.  Let me know what you think?  What color, what value?

Until later,

Lynn

Second Half Just Like The First

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The second half of the center section of my Blue On Blue quilt went together just fine.  The seams matched up and I kept the blocks in order thank goodness.  Now I hope that I don’t find two identical fabrics close together after it is all done.  It seems like you can look and look at the blocks and then find some identical fabrics right next to each other after things are sewn together despite trying your best to look it over first.  How can the eyes miss things like that when you have studied it so often?

Borders are next.

Lynn