I always thought flutter-by was a better name than butterfly for these beautiful fluttering insects. Yesterday we went to the Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri. As soon as we walked in, a large butterfly landed on DH’s shoulder. The Butterfly House is in a large atrium, with butterflies everywhere! At the far end of the […]
This afternoon, I took a walk around the yard to cut some iris that had fallen in the rain. We’ve had more than 3″ of rain since Wednesday, with more coming Sunday to Wednesday. DH stopped by on his lunch hour and we walked around the front yard to see the newly opened irises. But […]
What teddy bear?? As we drove through a small town yesterday, DH saw this dumpster with bear. I missed it first time around, but he asked if I wanted to go back for a picture (I always carry my camera when possible). So we drove around the block and there was teddy, topping the dumpster […]
DD was excited to try her hand at making the noodles for supper for last night. After simmering the chicken (in enough water to cover, with some dry onion, garlic, celery seed, about 1 tsp basil, 2 tsp chicken bouillon, and salt and pepper), I diced it and returned it to the broth, which I […]
The old old purple irises from DH’s family farm are always the first to bloom in our yard, along with the few early dwarf iris. Those vintage purple ones were blooming well when this picture was taken May 1. This iris is more purple than the picture shows. We brought this one from our previous […]
While walking the yard this afternoon to take pictures of the newly opened irises, I found this poor robin hanging from a string wrapped around his foot. I snapped this picture while DD ran inside to get some scissors so we could rescue him. Thankfully, he was low enough in the tree that I was […]
The second quilt-along block for the snowflake quilt is done. I had a little help this time. Buttercup was very curious about what was going on. Finished block. The first two blocks (of 13). I wondered if there would be enough contrast between the lighter snowflake fabric and the white, but it works fine. Here’s […]
Amandajean’s quilt-along is in week 2. It’s a star quilt. I spent yesterday working in the yard, so didn’t get to the block until today, but it went together easily. I need to find some white fabric to go with the snowflake fabric in the second top I’m making in this quilt-along. I’ll post that […]