Today is a blissful hot summery day. Tomorrow the rain and storms will be back again. On days like this I’m trying really hard to stick to my resolution to try to take time to stop and smell the flowers. I have a zillions things to do as usual, but it’s hot and between you […]

Especially the weeds….so guess what I’ll be doing today now that the rain seems to have abated for a while! Every year it’s the same. I long for things in the garden to start growing….and conveniently forget just how much work a garden is. Don’t get me wrong, I love pottering in the garden, but […]

It’s arrived!! My Fat Quarterly Retreat name badge… Isn’t it great! I love the Swiss cross theme! And look how cleverly Katy has embroidered all the things I love to do…run, quilt, knit, write!!! It was made for me by Katy, who you can visit here. (Katy is an amazingly prolific quilter and a talented […]

Today I’ve been making zillions of blue and yellow half square triangles to add to my pink, green and orange zigzags in between weeding and cleaning the house. I’ve changed my method and am now starting with 3 1/2 in. squares and cutting them down to 3 in. once they are sewn to make sure […]

There is much to be said about having an ordinary life. Ordinary in the sense of balanced, not disastrous, not crazy successful. Just one day at a time of comfortable normality. Days like today I work, exercise, do some housework, cook, shop, maybe even sew or knit a little. It’s undramatic. A pottering sort of […]