I fell down half a flight of stairs early in the week and got a nice big bruise down my right side.
The wildflowers are going crazy in the front beds! One plant is awkwardly taller than all of the rest, but I don’t have the heart to pull it out. They definitely put the “wild” in wildflowers, but I love it all the same.
On my nightstand: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, Consuming the Word by Scott Hahn, and The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller. None of them are exceptional reads yet, but I’m plodding on.
Mark took Tuesday through Friday off, which was so nice. He’s had a busy second quarter, so it was well deserved. We worked on a few things around the house, but mostly just relaxed.
I’m moving right along on my scrap quilt. Mark and the kids say I look like a little old grandma when I sit in the rocking chair in my bedroom, listening to podcasts, with my quilting in my lap. Frankly, there’s no better compliment, ha! Cool and hip have never been my middle names.
We had a quiet Independence Day. I made a strawberry pie and a blueberry pie, but had to rush a bit on the construction…too many people in the kitchen talking to me! Thankfully, what they lacked in beauty, they made up for in taste.
Japanese beetles were eating my zinnias, I hate them so much! I had my husband get a trap and it's been working well so far… Good luck!
I've just been picking them off into soapy water twice a day, but a trap sounds better and way less work!
That scrap quilt is so beautiful! Are you hand sewing it all or piecing it with a machine? I have so many bins full of scrap fabric that I should definitely consider doing a scrap quilt.
I'm sewing it all by hand! So happy to finally tackle my pile of random fabrics into something useful. It's been a nice stress-reliever too.
such pretty wildflowers and quilt!