How not to bathe a dog

Well it started when I picked up C and he smelled as if he had p;;;on himself.  Got home, jumped out
of the car, grabbed dog, put him into bathroom, turned on water for tub, closed door to go get soap and towels, tried to open  door but it was locked.  And yes the water was still running.  I ran next door to get Harry and fell on the wet grass, must have pulled something so limped back, Harry came and with a sewing awl was able to open the door.  C must have tired himself out because he was nearly asleep on the rug and the tub was nearly full.  Some things just should not happen.

This is my clean dog.

This is my quilt top I just took to quilters and which I started April 2018.

Just started this for new baby girl born to couple who live across the street.

And last but by no means least is Baby Kemp Pope, born Saturday June 1 to my husbands nephew and his wife.

Had a great time Thursday visiting and quilting with C and P.  Ride home uneventful.

Cooler quilting.

Sally

at home

This week is a good rest week at home.  I went to a concert by the Wilmington Boy's Choir at my
church last night with LV and then we went to Rx restaurant for a delicious supper.  It was a very
nice evening.

This is the second blooming of an orchid that was given as a housewarming gift in July 18.  All 8 blooms were perfect.  It is so beautiful.

Sunday was so special to be at Pete and Lily's house for brunch with my family.  LaVonne was the

mom and here she is with her two boys.

I won the blocks last month at guild.  They were so cute with some blocks having extra embellishments.  Now to quilt it.

Going to lunch with friend from Goldsboro who volunteers at the Ft. Fisher Aquarium every other 

wednesday.  Then home to prepare for quilting buddies tomorrow.

Love this cool weather.

Happy spring quilting.

Sally

Post Easter

I know it is not right to say but I am glad to settle down to everyday life after Easter.  It was so
crazy but rewarding.  I had only been to one Saturday night vigil service and that was at a Coptic
Church in Egypt.  The men and women were on separate sides of the church, everyone was dressed
for Easter.  The Bishop? was there and the men and boys lined up to pay their respects.  The lights went out and when they came back on there was a boom and everyone stood and sang.  It was impressive.  The service here was so beautiful with everyone holding candles and then the altar
was set for communion and the lights came on for the rest of the celebration.
I have been making tops for neonatal quilts the guild gives to the hospital here.  Also trying to
finish up some other donation quilt tops and one large top

Some pictures I took after the Sunday service at St. Paul's in Wilmington.  The music was un-

believable and so many people.

Off to get a foxtail fern and another firecracker fern.  Yea.

Sunny quilting and gardening.

Sally

Watching others work

Well Lily came by yesterday to make my front bed beautiful.  I had gotten some plants on friday and
she came by to put them in, get up those pesky leaves, put in mulch, fix the water spigot and the sprinkler system.  That girl can do anything in record time. Some ladies came walking by and
I was quick to say that Lily was my niece in case they wanted to hire her.  Her days are so full
and I am so grateful for her work in my yard.

I finished these tops last week.  The top one is animal fabrics with star points from blenders we

got on a fabric buying trip with the quilters from Sneads Ferry.  The bottom one is to use all those

wonderful grunges I have stored up.  It is a Lucy Prior pattern.  I reduced the number of boxes to make it smaller but the ratio of sizes for the boxes is crazy.  6 inches finished for the large ones and three and one half for the smaller ones.  Hence the inner border of one-quarter inch!!!I made so many

of the boxes that I have made a modern quilt out of the left overs. We will see what Heather does 

with it!!

This is not the final setting but close.

Well Mr. C slept until 8:45 this am and the rain started at 8:46 so we got wet.  He is sleeping on the

floor where ever he wants at night so he won't fall off the bed.  

Time to work on the 9patch wonder quilt.  Only 15 more small blocks to go.

Rainy quilting.

Sally

New Bed

Just loving this fine weather.  I even sat out back late this morning as the breeze is cut off by
privacy fencing and the sun was overhead.  Wonderful way to get my Vitamin D. 
I cannot finish until the guarantee of frost free night.  So the big blue pots will remain empty.
Lily put in two minature gardenias, one regular sized gardenia and a blue hydrangea as well as dug up roots and two nearly dead bushes by the mail box.

She wants to sod the front when it is warm enough and we(she) will fill in the spaces with hostas 

and lilies. She also wants to make the black flower box in the back to hold soil and flowers.  I am 

excited.  Love the big blue pots.  

Yesterday I decided to get the last red, white, blue and brown donation quilted.  It has been a long

time since I quilted and I was rusty.  I wanted to do feathers but realized after some practice they are

not ready for prime time so I stippled the rows and did leaf/vines in the sashings.  The outer border is

just straight lines.  Now for the binding and handwork.  Hope i still have a label from Guild.

I have begun binge watching Vera on Brit Box/Amazon Prime.  It is really good but it is a good thing

to have Closed Captions because of the heavy accent.  It is not uplifting but so well done.  I can only take so many episodes at a time.  I think there are 9seasons.

In checking on my favorite "Endeavour" series I see that Shaun Evans is sporting a mustache in this 

seasons episodes to start airing in England in April I think.

Also want to check out the new season of "Shetland."

So much tv so little time.

Spring quilting

Sally

Finally sunshine.

What I am working on now.

My latest project including the ongoing 9patch scrappy and the two-block red and white quilts is
this panel of Van Gogh's Irises.  Let's just say that snowball blocks are not my favorite but it was a
kit so.....
This is at the quilters.

This is a Lucy Prior pattern called Soft Corners? from an old Kaffe book I was looking through.  I got a package of star, dot, and solid grunges in Myrtle Beach at the Quilt Gala last weekend.  I'm not sure

that I will like it when finished.  Hopefully after using other colors it will grow on me.

These two quilts were my favorites at the small but nice quilt gala. I don't like English paper piecing or green but I liked the colors of the one above against the white and the placement of the pieces.  The green one was quilted with a fan feather in each of the clam shells and you know how I feel about feathers. I also liked that it had no borders.

Time to get quilting.

Sunny quilting.

Sally

this and that

This is a donation quilt top.  I don't like the layout but it is done.  Now to quilt it.

My back "patio" garden.

A quilt to be of Van Gogh's Irises.  Kit from Heart Song Quilts.

Just love getting lilies for the table.  They usually last about 10 days.

Of course my fav month quilt.

So much going on this week.  Monday BA came to work at aquarium and we ate at the lunch box. We had mah jong at JA smith's house in Goldsboro on Tuesday and nearly everyone was there.  M and I came from Wilmington.

Today I take relatives to the airport for some much needed R&R in the Southwest.  Hope to get by

the nursery to look at bushes to put in my front 1/100th of an acre. 

Tomorrow M and J are coming to go to lunch.  Friday night is a long awaited organ recital by Richard

Rhodes at St. Pauls to replace the one wiped out literally by Hurricane Fran.

It seems as if there is always something going on.  Or off as in the case when I tried to correct this post.  I had to google how to fix the computer when the keyboard stopped working. It suggested i take out the battery from the laptop and let the power drain completely.  I did and it worked. so I am 

trying to correct this post. 

Lily came by and planted my small gardenia and is going to work on sprinkler system.  We will get to the dead grass later.

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