Quazeequilts

Picture is my flag picture ...for Memorial Day. It will be a long weekend here. Nickie goes home to his owner who will be home from a trip to China today.. We all survived..Nickie had a great time being part of my pack.. Running in the back yard.. Chasing squirrels, diggen in the dirt and going for long walks.. And sometimes short walks. Sophie is slowing down. She really didn't want to walk today.. down three houses and sat down .. That was all she wrote..

I'm hand quilting a baby quilt right now.. about 1/3 done.. Fun with those applique flowers we did at Brooks house.. I'll take a pic when I get a little farther along. I finally got those scrap 8 X 8 blocks done there are 85 of them .. So we'll see how they look together.. Very scrappy and old fashion I would think.. No sure about border.. I've also been making more of those 6 1/2 inch blocks of scraps sewn on muslin base for that crazy quilt.. Not doing a border, just more blocks and a black binding.. Also making red, white and blue star blocks..not sure for what yet..

Salute to our flag .. to all of the veterans..includeing DH and me.. BE Proud.. We still are a great country..

Good morning sunshine...I had this little screech owl sitting on my porch for six or seven hours yesterday.. She has a nest under the porch soffit.. I couldn't understand why she hadn't check on them .. and then she was gone.. she had two babys last year.. maybe this year wasn't as successful..It's hard to photo brown on brown. She is a cute little thing.. The cats and dogs keep an eye on her most of the time..She didn't seem to mind knowing she was high and fast and silent..

Not much quilting getting done.. I've been spring cleaning with elbow grease, soap and water.. Some progress made slowly..Kitchen is sparkling.. Now I need to move on to the dining room and then living area.. bookcases need going over and pitching..Slowly and steadily ...I will get through this house..

and then I hand quilt or knit in the evening..
The question is how much clothes do I really need.. And how many linens do I really need.. Time will tell when I get to the linen closet and my drawers... Much less I suspect.

I just feel crappy.. I don't know why.. joints ache.. slightly nauseated.. tired and discussed.. Doubt there is a quick cure for this.. Don't know that it is even worth going to the doctor for.. Maybe it's from all this crappy smoke drifting in the air around here.. We need a big rain here in Central florida..

I went to the ocean today.. Just to do something I did in my much younger days.. The ocean takes me to a whole other place. A place that is calm and restful.. I would live on the beach side if I could afford it. Way out of my league. But, I do enjoy driving over and watching the waves .. Especially today with the waves reaching 10 feet.. A nice surfer dud even talked to me about his surfing .. He got out because he was alone and felt it wasn't safe to do alone.. So we stood there on the stairs watching this 2 younger skinny kids battle the waves. With in minutes the surf had pushed them at least 1/2 mile down the beach southward.. Rip currents are amazing to watch. But I did have fun snapping pics.. Also managed to get somekind of beach debris stuck into the bottom of my foot.. Oouch.. These kids walk on the beach bare foot and keep going and here I am with crocs on with ankle socks and yes.. I get the junk stuck in my foot.. Had to use a needle to dig it out. now soaked it and put bandaid with antibiotic ointment on it.. Why me/.... I 'm a good person.. simple.. kind... I try to leave a small un notices imprint on this planet. Why me... Anyway.. such is life.
NOte to Finn.. you sound down ... I send you cheers and a big hug.. YOu could be my kindred sister... Keep quilting and give Ebby a pet from the fur kids here in Florida..

Labels: Ocean days

this is my feable attempt at growing flowers in a drought.. I've been using condensed water from the A/C to keep the little things going.. Crazy I am for sure.
But, too much sulfur and salt in our well water and it's and old well. So I do not want to stress it out too much. Everyone around me is pumping and pumping to maintain their green lawns..
Back to making scrap crazy quilt blocks.. Need to get back to quilting those donation quilts, but my left shoulder is sore.. So I will wait..
Oops I almost only saved this as a draft.. Too funny.. Well, off to do some cleaning and lunch with a friend..

Labels: ramblings