Sunshine & Flowers

Hello dears,
I've been feeling really badly for all of you with so much snow and dreary overcast skies.  We are having a really nice (unusually nice) week or so of just the opposite.  So I thought I'd share some of our sunshine and some of the blooming types.

The only rose I didn't prune back.  You can see why!  I just didn't have the heart to cut off all those blooms.

Daffodils are starting to bloom.

Hyacinth is starting to show some color.

I don't know what this is. I got it from my neighbor to make Halloween plants with. It blooms, too.

 Now if you know lemons you know these thorns... about 2" long and deadly sharp. Notice the blue sky?

My Azalea is blooming. The other one is purple but has decided not to bloom at this time.

These last two are Camellias... they like Azaleas are winter bloomers. Mine are decidedly later than others,  probably because mine are in the shady part of the yard. There are lots of buds this year, so I'll have flowers until other kinds flowers start coming out.  I love a cut Camellia floating in a small dish. So pretty.

Well, that's it for today. Tomorrow I'll show some more of the stars and trees quilt. I have more stars done. Thank you for all the comments!

Love you all, especially my followers!!!

Terri

More (bragging) about my boobs!

First, let me welcome all my new followers!  I'm so pleased you have signed up!

Now I bet you folks thought this was a quilt blog - oh, and a card idea place.  (In all my posts so far there has been no cards featured... that's because I can't wait to send them once they are completed. I'm like a little kid that way, I guess.)  Anyway, this post is to brag on my boobs yet again.  You can see them at
Nina Lise's blog. There are others there, too.  Fancy ones, and plain ones and some that are in between.  Go have a look see.  You have to scan down a few posts to see mine.  I've donated the most and I'm putting out a challenge (sans button, cause I really don't know how to make one yet) to all you quilters and sewers -MAKE SOME BOOBS, try to beat my record. (Just so you know it's 29, but I am still making some so you'll have to do better than that! You can see how on Make a Boob (same link as above).  It's a cause for Breast Cancer!!
Terri

I see stars

some of the stars are made - I'm a nebula!

So that's how it looks so far... I'm not spending much time on it... being a naughty girl and playing computer games.  Canasta is my favorite, but I like Inca Ball, and a host of others.
Lotsa love to you all!
Terri

Orange oranges and tangerines!

My favorite tangerine.  I don't know the name of it, but it is yummy.



Here it is again from another angle. Lots of fruit this year.





this is a Clementine, I think. My Grandson from Florida says it's a Mandarin Orange, but it smells like a tangerine, so I think I'm right.

 

This is the juice orange - smaller oranges, but still navels.

This one hangs over the fence and has the biggest and sweetest oranges I have ever had.

Now all my roses are pruned back for a rest. This is just one example. There are 34 of them.




I did get some of the stars done for the wall hanging, but I'll show those tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.

Half a wall hanging!

I've got a picture of the wall hanging I started last week. It's only half pieced... There are stars in the sky yet to make. (Click on the pic to get a closer look.)

For those of you living in stormy spots, that shine on the left is Sunshine!  We are having a week or so of nice weather here in CA.  It's in the 60s - above 0 - and the nights in the 40s.                                           

                                         

I've been outside the last 2 days pruning the roses, and then there will be the apple, lemon and cherry to        prune after that.  I am so achy and my hands are all cut up by the thorns and the thumbs especially are achy  from squeezing the pruning shears. Hopefully they will still work on the scissors!                                          

So thanks for tuning in.  Hope you leave a comment!

OOOs and XXXs to my special followers (you know who you are!

Terri

Can you find the fabric?

So this post is showing my silk oak tree, which I started from a seed several years ago. (Can you tell I'm proud of myself?)  I didn't even know if I had a seed or a piece of dirt.  (I picked up the seed from a neighbors tree.)  Here is my baby...

I used some thin strips from the scrap bags to tie it to the stakes.  It is almost 8 foot tall!  It needs a bigger pot, and now would be the time to transplant it.  They have the most curious flower - a big orange comb shaped thingy.  They shed flowers, leaves and seed pods, but what tree doesn't?  They are drought resistant and that is a very good thing around here.  We usually don't get any rain between April and October.

That's all for today.  Gotta get back to piecing.

(Heart) U all, especially my followers,

Terri

New cause!

It's called the Butterfly effect. I couldn't pick up the button - it's a pretty one, but my skills at computer things, or my computer itself, prohibited the button.  I like the cause, and I'm getting to work on the project this afternoon... I'll leave you in the dark for a few moments until you click on the link and read about it yourself.  A little mystery~

Here's the quilt I'm working on now, when I should be doing 9-patch or the Project of Doom patches.  I loved this quilt as soon as I saw it, and am only using fabric from my stash to make it.  What do you think? (Remember you can enlarge any picture by clicking on it.)

The photo from the QuiltMaker Magazine showing the quilt put together.  I copied off the patterns and had to make some of them in reverse - which I did with the help of my light table, a leftover from my typesetting business (which is now out of business for 23 years!)

Still working on the trees.

Once I have the patterns made I pick a big bunch of the colors I like for the project and take them to the couch.  While watching TV I match up the colors to go into the block. Makes the sewing go faster if all the decisions are already made. These fabrics above are for the stars.

Here are some finished blocks of the trees that are done, and waiting for the next step, trimming and then hanging on the design wall. (I keep parts of the projects together in box lids I get for free at Costco.  You know they are always trying to get rid of their boxes. They are a good source for box lids.  Not a good source for moving boxes as they are all cut open or display boxes.)

Some of the unfinished trees are waiting on the end of the ironing board.

Since it's Friday, I'll wish you a happy weekend!!!!!!

I'll try to have something on the design wall for you to see on Monday.

Love yuz,

Terri