Flag Day

It is standard procedure for our household to display our flag on the appropriate days. Since we have been in our new house Ron has taken down my hanging plants and hooked our flag on the two rings that held the plants. We have a nest with two baby Purple Martins in the corner, right next to where he usually hangs the flag. Also to avoid having to remove the plants each time, we made the decision to put up a bracket for our flag... then Flag Day arrived and we had not taken care of that project. At 7:30 this morning we made a quick trip to Walmart and found a flag pole, complete with bracket and a new flag in one package.  Took about 5 minutes to get the bracket attached to the house and the new flag was blowing in the breeze before we headed off to church.

This is my latest project which started out as a panel.  I know, it doesn't look like much more than a panel at this point. 
The outer border was not part of the original panel and the star sashing and inside mini border were 3" strips running on both sides. I should have taken a photo before I started cutting.  I needed to change-up the panel before I started the quilting.
The intent was to use material I already had on hand. I will have to post a picture once this is done and hanging in our "smallest" room.

My attic window quilt has been complete for a while already.  This one has not found a new home yet, but is neatly folded in a stack of my completed treasures.



Below my Springtime Critters was assessed by Cabbage, my resident inspector... this one got her stamp of approval.
The back was almost as nice as the quilt top.

One day in June...

First, since it has been a while since I last stopped by here to update... the geese have flown the coop.  They did not all leave together.  Original family was seven, then there were only four, and finally one.  It has been a couple weeks since we last saw that lone goose.

This picture was not one of my originals, but I saved it when I ran across it online... because it made me smile.
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Someone made the comment the other day that I should have a GoPro hanging around my neck so I could catch on camera when I get into some of the situations that seem to follow me around. Made me think how easy it is to snap a shot of what is going on cause my phone is usually not too far away. Most are not picture worthy, but could add a smile the next day or week when I look back.

It was not the first thing I did today,  but I remember when we were having breakfast that I mentioned it might be good to mow the lawn this morning before it got too hot outside.  A little later when I heard the lawn mower, I thought it would also be good to get some weeding done... my flower beds out front were looking pretty crowded.


My flower beds are looking better than they did yesterday, but they still need to have some sprucing up.  I have tried to be good about watering, which is very important if you want anything to survive here in the summer.  With the empty spaces more defined after my work this morning, maybe I can get inspired to find some new plants to add some new color.

The hummingbirds actually like the purple one on the left... but I don't even remember what the plant is.



A couple weeks ago I got Ron to help me put up some lattice work on one end of the porch.  It is basically to create a frame for the Queen's Tears plant in the macrame plant hanger I made. First macrame in a while and I was very impressed with the end result. Soon I hope to have a couple more made for the other Queen's Tears that still only have a chain and hook.


I actually got into another project after lunch today, but there is another whole story that goes along with that, and I am likely to be less busy tomorrow... besides this is long enough for today.