This is what happens when your body hasn’t decided if it is on the East or West coast timeline.
Spool Souffle has had trouble coming to the front and getting finished. But it is now and ready for gifting. It measures 62 x 74″ and is ready for gifting. It is a Fat Quarter shop pattern.
Colorful mountains is a block in general public information and I used a fat quarter pack which I have no idea how I acquired, along with a pale blue for sky. I used the leftover pieces for binding and the back is also a leftover piece of backing. So this quilt used pieces that had not yet found a home. It measures 55″ square and is a perfect lap quilt size.
And that is what happens when your body hasn’t decided if it is on the East or West coast timeline.
It’s the little pieces that make my day. I finally purchased a new flannel backed tablecloth so hopefully my quilt pieces will stay up better. The last one was up for 2 plus years and had many extra threads on it. The cost was 1.50 and should have been done last year.
After checking in on the sheep and feeding them a bit early, I planted the tomatoes and peppers that I had started last month. I am hoping for enough energy to keep this garden going. So far, I have lettuce, sugar peas (which need stringing), garlic, and onions in as well as the winter crops that aren’t quite done. I have beets and zucchini that are started and are ready for planting – maybe tomorrow. I try to get just a half hour including watering in 3-4 days a week. I hope that will be enough to get everything growing and the weeds down.
My neighbor came over today and we spent a good amount of time skirting fleeces for the show in 2 weeks. We first put them on this table which is made from spaced PVC tubes. Then we take off all the bad parts around the edges, neck, rear, all around. We checked to make sure there were no breaks in the fleece and removed as much of the hay, weeds, whatever they embedded in their fleeces as we could. We then rolled them up with the cut side up, and slipped them in plastic bags, ready for the judge to look at as well as the buyer.
I did get some more tomatoes started today. I’m hoping for a long summer so they will get ripe.
Road work has been the “item” the last two days, the men have been working on this road which has been a big mud problem. It is 300 plus feet long and in the wet winter can try to eat a vehicle. Midweek they will be laying the gravel. (and I’m betting we will be on a starvation diet after this expense). But what a treat it will be to walk up to the barn from the house (you see the garage in the distance) on dry ground.
tagging the babies that are big enough – actually we were a bit late in tagging and had to watch to see which lambs claimed the rights to which mother. Rams are tagged in the right ear, ewes in the left. This is Kaarstan, a keeper. She is gorgeous and will be shown this fall. She was born February 13, so is about a month and half. They grow so fast.
Dinnertime is crowd time.
Shopping was my word for today. Beau went with me to get the sheep grain. I didn’t think ahead or I would have left him home. He usually lays down in the back of the wagon, but when these bags of grain were loaded, he had a difficult time as they are bagged in that slippery plastic paper. At first he slid around a lot and then he found a place for each of his 4 feet straddling the bags and planted himself. He probably won’t want to go next time.
For lunch I made tabouleh with some of the parsley I picked yesterday. I then made falafel patties to go with it, which made a great lunch and there is enough for another meal.
My cooking/gardening day began in the kitchen. I found another 10 jars of pear sauce to turn into pear butter since we eat the one, but not the other. So I filled the slow cooker with the sauce and will cook it down to a bit less than 1/2 what it is now. Then I went out to the hoop house. The weeds have started growing again with this warmer weather as well as the plants. So I spent time removing them and picking produce, I pulled the rest of the Brussels sprouts which were starting to flower. I picked then pulled out half of the winter broccoli which is basically done. The winter cabbage is still there along with half the broccoli plants.
(Photos can be difficult to get.) I have been working on a pair of socks named “As Time Goes By” and the name is so appropriate for today’s post. I flew to Wash DC for the Celebration of Life event for my sister-in-law who is at the end of her Alzheimer’s journey. She was so active and her entire life was lived to bless others. Maybe her genes knew time would not be as long for her, as she had what seemed like boundless energy. If she saw a need, she was there with a helping hand, from offering child care to a mother who was trying to get more education, to mission service while working a full-time job, where she was able to share her love of baking. She loved people and you never saw her without a smile that said “you’re special to me”. And somehow she always had time for you. At family gatherings when they would come to visit, she always made a stop at Costco and brought more than enough food for everyone. (even though it was a potluck and she was only bringing drinks). Hospitality was her game.
Today was the big stem cell day. It took 2 hours to drive into Seattle as there were several accidents, no doubt caused by the rain. It really was surprisingly simple. The doctor pokes tiny little holes in the “love handle” areas of the waist with a #30 needle and then suctions some fat out. Now for me, I didn’t have a problem because I have a bit extra there. For DH, it was a major problem because he really has no extra fat. However, they finally did get enough. They take out what would amount to a stick of butter. Then they process it to remove the stem cells from the fat. This takes about 30-45 minutes. We rested while that was accomplished. Because I have a bad knee, they inserted the cells into the knee joint and I should have full mobility without pain within 3-6 months.
Yesterday, I managed to quilt most of these colorful mountains. I used a circle design that came with my machine , but changed it to become more oval