Easter Morning

The winter has been extra harsh this year, with a January that saw below zero temperatures for most of the month, and deep snow that covered the ground from before Christmas to now when there are still a few patches left in shady places.  I wondered if any of the bulbs in the ground, or perennials would come back this year.  Glory be!  On this Easter morning, hope is alive for all things, because this tiny iris has given us a bloom to remind us what this day signifies.  May everyone have a beautiful day, and have hope in the future.

Posey Patch Quilt

The weather continues to be cold, but snow is beginning to melt.  Progress for the weather report for today.  (Snow this morning, but it didn't do much.)  Now, about this quilt.  In 20000, Ron and I went to stay at Tanner's, Ron to take a wood-turning seminar, and I  to help Ann recuperate from her diverticulitis surgery.  As the week went along, Ann began to feel better, and since she knew there was a quilt show in downtown Provo, it was logical that we should go to it.  And so we did.  The quilts were wonderful (This was the Utah Quilt Guild's annual Quiltfest, which I didn't know anything about then), and we enjoyed ourselves, finding chairs for Ann to rest so that she wouldn't get overtired.  Quilt vendors were there also, and we didn't take much time to shop, but the kit for this quilt, which included all of the fabric for the top, was for sale at Mormon Handicraft.  I already owned the book, so it was logical that I should purchase the kit.  I came home all fired up and made two blocks.  That was enough for me to realize that this is a quilt that, if done properly, takes a lot of time.  So....away into the box it went for another day.  This year, 2013, is the other day to finish up projects like this.  I chose some construction techniques that were much easier than my original blocks, using fusibles and machine stitchery.  I'm sorry to say that the quilt has a few flaws in it because of my "hurry up" techniques, but it is a happy pattern, and, hopefully, will make somebody happy.

Pretend it's Spring/Summer

Yesterday, Ron was at a neighbor's house, and he was surprised to find him out in the yard with his snowblower.  We have had piles of snow on the ground since before Christmas, and he wanted to see if there was any grass under all of that snow.  So, I decided to find a picture from last summer just to remind us that spring will come (although March has already failed its' duty) and things will get green again - the grass will grow and will need to get mowed, and it will get too hot in July and August and we will complain about that, perhaps yearning for cooler weather.  We are winter weary, however, and impatiently waiting some snow melt and see if any of the plants lived through this frigid winter.  Forecast for today?  100% chance of snow/rain.  We'd prefer the rain.  Is there really a perfect climate in a perfect place?  Perhaps heaven?