Landscaped in June

Those two pallets of landscape blocks - GONE!  or maybe I should say used for their intended purpose.  I purchased 3 pallets of blocks years ago to separate the plantings, shrubs from the lawn.  Hired Jason D. to place them and then winter blew in   That was years ago.   The surround was almost done there again, two spots were left unfinished.  That seems to be the recurring theme around here.  Anyways, his employee Cal W. did the most of the work.  

So I contacted JD in April to see if he would be able to finish the job and found out he's now in Maryland so gave me Cal's number.  Contacting Cal, I learned of his upcoming kidney surgery 5/1/2023 so he gave my name and number to another man (JL) who did this type of work.  The month of May came and went.  Nothing.  So I re-contacted CW via instagram to see how he was post surgery.  We talked, he had wondered... as he didn't see any progress and I found out that JL had moved to Tennessee, so bada-bing, bada-boom - we scheduled 6/4 on our calendars to get it done.  Gorgeous day and success!   

It now looks like this:

I also worked on my outdoor lighting which I'm thrilled with.  

They are all solar lights and differently styled so it doesn't look like a airfield landing strip surrounding the house.  lol        Perhaps tonight I'll go out and grab some evening shots to share later.  

The retaining wall on the left side of the house, I did many years ago and it took me three times to stack those field stones so they looked level.  I was satisfied then with my efforts and gratefully  they served their purpose for decades, however just one of my idiosyncrasies is I don't like patch jobs (except for  quilts that is) on roofs, additions, landscaping materials.  I'm an all or nothing kind of girl.  So I wanted the materials to be cohesive.  Thereby my desire of changing the retaining wall to the same landscape blocks.  

A couple of photos of before and during...

  

The dump cart's tire blew so there is another flat tire I'll need to contend with.  That seems to be another ongoing problem around here and for so many years as well!  :-0! 

 Oh well, that will be for another day.

Am happy at my progress. 

Was really tired too but that day's stats on my fit  bit were:  

7.82 mi; 17896 steps; and 157 minutes cardio 

another win!

TTFN, Jane

Cloth Spool Progress.

 Slowly am getting my mojo back.  Very Content… Progress. 

 The last of the necessary Spool blocks were completed this week.  

All 100 block units are done with 16 pieces each.  Next up, trim units if needed and then preview layout colors. 

Am hoping this center will be completed in February.  My Mom has been in Hospice Care now for 9 + weeks.   Bittersweet times and her Love, dignity, strength and resolve continue to be amazing. 

Stash Report #15 of 2013

Good to report that another 3 Yards were used this week with 3 pillowcases made for PGD#1.  What's that?  Yeah Me!  Two weeks in a row.  Maybe I'm on a new improved trend? 

Can I get a Hoot whoot?

The stash report for this week is: 

Stash In: 0 Yards

Stash Out: 3 Yards

YTD In: 47.75 Yards

YTD Used/Out the Door: 28.5 yards

That's a Net gain this year of 19.25 more yards into stash for this year (finally under 20 yard mark again, promise I'll be good for awhile and stop adding to my gains).

 

 

 

 

With those 3 pillowcases tallied into this week's stash report but were actually finished today. 

Sometimes there are just not enough hours in a week!   

 

Would you believe that bright striped fabric was setting in my stash and I thought it worked well enough with all the other colors in the Field of Flowers quilt that I finished at the beginning of the year.  It could be that perfect blend, but yet  something a little different so it wasn't all matchy matchy if you know what I mean. 

 

What do you think? 

 

Here's a closeup showing how intense those colors in the stripes.  They are a bit overwhelming if I used a bunch of it, but using just a hint of it in the areas I did, I like the looks just fine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made three pillowcases since PGD#1 has a trundle bed, thus  2 cases were absolutely needed and made one extra just in case. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here they are laying on top of that quilt,

just in case you forgot what it looked like.  : o )

 

 

Also, I am thrilled that the 10 minute blocks made out of those batiks are totally done! 

 

That makes 20 really big blocks that will each finish at 19".  Planning on using them in a grid of 4 blocks wide by 5 blocks high.  They will be shelved for the rest of this month so I can get to my other get 'er done items that were listed for April.   Hopefully in May I'll remember to list them to get the top sewn togehter. 

  I'm just loving this disected way of approaching my projects lately.   Talk about progress without the pain.  

Just like eating an elephant ........ One bite at a time!

 

The next focus for this week will be the pom pom project that I need to have finished

for the 29th for the Shake your Pom poms blog hop.   

What I was planning to make may have to change since in my excitement I showed lil' Miss PGD#1 what I intended and she doesn't think she'll like it. 

 

Stop the Presses! 

What!!! 

I think it'd be so stinkin' cute and she doesn't think she'll like it? 

How does a 7 year old have that much huxepah

to tell her Grandmother that she doesn't think that she'll like it? 

Humph! 

I think I'll be making it any way and we'll just see about that! 

Can ya tell I'm miffed just a tad. 

 

Well besides getting that pompom project going, the other 2  focuses for this next week will be to finish quilting that Convergence wallhanging and to cut out another A Little Something Jacket in between Dr's Appointments and other commitments already arranged.

 

TTFN,

Jane