Friday Already??

I can't believe it's already Friday! I didn't finish reading my book, because I accidentally left it at work on Monday. I didn't work again until Thursday, so most of the week was ruined for reading.

We've enjoyed some beautiful days of sunshine and perfect temps. Today I had a good day: I ran a couple errands, including purchasing some flowers for our yard. I did a bit of weeding and planting until I ran out of potting soil.

I attended a neighbor's garage sale where I bumped into a mom from church and her little boy who is one of my faves. Fun!

Later I walked to a nearby lake and park. There were many beautiful flowers along the walkway.

Look who I found at the park! Another of my favorite little boys and his mommy and his sister. (She's a fave, too! I have a lot of cutie pies in my life these days.)

This cutie pie is helping me assemble a quilt. The quilt blocks are 9 inches, so you can see approximately how long he is.

Now it is evening, and I am enjoying a lovely evening with the windows open and doing some sewing. What a perfect day!

Gorgeous Spring Days!

Here is what happened yesterday:

I thought we had received 8-9 inches of the white stuff, but in the picture it looks like only about 6 inches. It was beautiful! I can say that, because it's true, and also because it's spring, and we knew it wouldn't last long. We chose to not even shovel. Here is today:

The sun is shining brightly. The sky is a BRIGHT, beautiful blue. Just gorgeous. And the snow is melting fast.

I love Minnesota!

Little Free Library Love

You probably know what Little Free Libraries are... little boxes or containers which contain free books. People can take a book, read it, return it if they want, or return another one, or put a book in another Little Free Library in another location. I love stopping at other LFLs. Now that I'm a steward of one at our church (I take care of loading and organizing it), I notice other LFLs all over the place. I love to stop at them and see what they have. Sometimes I share our overflow with those other libraries.

I decided that the month of May will be "Minnesota Authors Month." I filled it (already, even though it's still April) with a bunch of really good books by really good Minnesota authors. I have overflow of these, too, which will be placed in the library as time goes by this month.

Today after work I took a "scenic route" home, and noticed three or four other LFLs! It was a beautiful day, a perfect day to stop spontaneously at other LFLs. I even found a couple of books I want, and I gave them some of my overflow books. Fun, fun, fun. This one was cute. It matches the house it stands in front of, and I loved the cute little bench. I am hoping we can some time soon have a bench installed near our LFL at church.

Party Animal

I'm a party animal!! No, I'm not. Last week three of us got together to celebrate HH's birthday. We ate and talked. That's about as partyish as I get.

Then I went to a bell choir "party" (concert) at my cousin's church. Her son is in the bell choir there. I was amazed at how many bell groups they have, and the amazing array of bells, both large and small. It was a good concert.

I loved this woman's hat. She was wearing an outfit from Chile.

Next party, a trip out of town to visit my mom. We took her out for lunch. My two cousins and I got a tour of the new high school in town. It's beautiful. FAR better than the "cardboard box" I went to in that town, a hundred years ago. I made a small contribution to the building fund and got my name on the contributors' wall!

Spring has sprung, and so have my allergies. I'll be fine soon enough.

P.S. My mom is doing well. My mother-in-law had to stay in the hospital many days longer than she wanted to, until they were satisfied with some number they were measuring in her blood. She's home now, finally. Yay!

Day Retreat: Day Five

Sadly, I must report that the retreat has come to an end. We had a nice time, and I met a whole new group of nice quilters. I had to leave a couple of hours early today.

I rushed to finish the sashing pieces for this top:

That and some crumb blocks are all I had time for.

Now it's already March! May we live happily through whatever storms March is keeping in store for us!