Mystery Quilt Completed…

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creativity, Quilts, sewing

almost…the top is finished! Darling daughter loves the way the colors all worked together, even though the lime green is a bit more obvious than we expected. Still she thinks the splash of bright color adds to her bedroom color scheme.

Now to decide on a backing and put myself to the real test. Can I manage all this fabric through my machine? This will be my first time machine quilting a full size quilt. It’s a little scary so I’ll probably decide on a simple pattern.

Creative Coleus

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creativity, gardening, nature

The older I get, the more I experience, the more I experience the more creative outlets I discover. Our God is so multi-faceted and so incredibly creative! He instills us with diverse interests and talents and provides infinite possibilities and resources for expressing creativity. It is such a testament to being made in His image and gardening is no exception…

On Mother’s Day we spent hours strolling through an incredible garden center collecting plants for the patio and gardens. It was there I discovered yet another amazing creation – Under the Sea Coleus. I was so intrigued that I had to look up the web site when I returned home. Turns out these beautiful little plants were the result of a college project.

Though we came home with a car loaded full of plants for the patio and gardens, this artistic arrangement is by far my favorite. I even purchased some of the Juncus and created an arrangement of my own with some geraniums and spring mixes.

My patio is now covered with plants to be planted and potted, including a new honeysuckle which is to be the first planting in my new secret garden. The creativity never ceases - be it painting, quilting or gardening.

Let the Gardening Begin

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gardening, health, organic

After weeks of wavering weather the work on our 2012 garden has finally begun.  I am so excited to have a new rain barrel this year. Hubby even yielded to my pleas for the “pretty” one. Soon it will be hooked up to a new soaker hose for the raised beds we built last year.

I decided to try and use up some of these seed packets this year. I may be setting myself up for disappointment since some of them are old, but they have been stored dark and dry so we’ll see what happens.

It was a lot of fun sorting through them. I could almost taste their yummy delights as they grew in my mind. I have high hopes that this (our second year) will be even better than our first.

My creativity lept into action once again as I was determining the best way to make my rows nice and straight. I didn’t want to put nails in the boards since the rows will change each year. A box of large paper clips that I’d been saving for “some future” project ended up serving me well. Amazingly they are exactly the right fit for the sides of the cedar bed.

I made tripods with 3 bamboo canes. One for the beans and another for the peas, then planted a variety of each between the legs. This gave me 6 short rows.

To the left of the beans are 3 rows of lettuce and to the right 2 rows of broccoli.

We also built a new tomato support this year since last year’s crop grew so tall and strong. Planting that bed is my next project and I’ve been told hubby has the lumber for bed number 3!

Lost Another Month

Days come and go

Moments slipping through our fingers

Never to be held again

Gone

Swiftly

Some remembered, others fleeting

from our minds

whence did they go

those April days?

Vanished without a stroke upon this page

yet recorded with ink on paper

Reading

Reflecting

Revealing

Mysteries from high

and imprinting cherished smiles

of little ones

with angelic voices and silken hair

and breath of babes blown in the air

a month was lost within this realm

yeah life is so much more than here.

I will not apologize.