Minatures

My miniature succulents.

Will be bringing these in shortly. 

Love my plants.

Not sure my husband can keep these alive

for me after my knee replacement surgery. 

Don't you love the old table they are on.

Found at a garage sale last year. 

They will make me walk around the house more

taking care of them. 

garden clean up

Good Morning.

My morning will be spent in the yard,

cleaning up for summer.

Saturday's delight. The Robins journey.

Every year the Robins spend a week here at the Ridge.

They dine on the berries from the big Cedar tree.

Drink and bathe in the Koi pond by the house.

What a nice way to start the day.

Love my birds. 

Good Morning Saturday

                       Love old buildings. Rusty things, old cars
                       and anything old that would include me.
                       Age is a good thing. Another beautiful day
                       at Cedar Ridge. Spending the morning
                       cleaning out all the flower beds of the
                       old dead  flower heads. The birds quit eating
                       them and have moved back to the feeders
                       so time to clean up with the help of my
                       grand daughter Jenna.  We will share the
                       last watermelon for a snack break.
                      

Start of The Woods Road art quilt.

Yesterday was busy.

I laid out the background and

started quilting the sky.

My new art quilt will be a road

disappearing into the woods.

Lots of trees and leaves. 

                                   I made another 6 quarts of tomato juice.
                                   This is the last of the melons from the garden.
                                   We will savor this one.
                                   Next week on to the watermelons.

 

I am glad to be back in the studio again.

The pantry will be full for the winter.

I will be happy as a clam in the studio.

Watching the snow blow past the windows.

I am probably the only person who likes winter.

Enjoy your day.

A needed day of rest.

A quiet stroll around the pond

and some nice photos for future quilts.

Such a peaceful way to spend the morning. 

                            Found this little fellow in the grass
                            He thought if he stood still I would go away.
                            A needed rest full day after a Saturday of
                             canning a bushel of tomato's into
                            17 quarts of juice and  doing another
                             5 meals of corn, going to an  auction
                             way too much for one day.

Vistors from the sky.

18 geese showed up this morning on the pond.

                     They strutted around the yard nibbling grass.

                           This afternoon I went down to the studio
                           to play with some fabric and looked out the window.
                           Must have gotten hot out there.
                           Some of them found a shade tree to rest under.

The garden has gotten in the way of my creating

I will be glad when we are finished so I can

go back to hanging out in the studio again.

Winners at the Fair

This succulent basket was the Grand Champion and

Best of Show in Horticulture .

                         The winter scene art quilt received Reserved Champion.

         The sunset photograph recieved Grand Champion.

                     Quite a nice bunch of ribbons.
                     When I was 10 years old in 4-H
                      I only got red, yellow and green.
                      Sort of fun to grow up and do better.

                       Off to the Studio to paint today.

Knee high by the 4th of July.

Indiana knows corn.

Indiana grows good gardens.

I think we are at thigh high already.

The countryside looks so pretty in green. 

                         My husbands garden is lush in the heat of summer.
                         His 99 tomato plants will fill more than 100 jars.

                Five rows of potatoes.
                We will have lots of spuds for winter meals.
                We cook for shut ins.
                That is I cook-he delivers.

                            Sweet corn of different ages for the freezer.
                            Corn and scalloped potatoes is one of our
                            favorite meals to deliver to our friends.

 

                No Indiana summer would be complete without
                                             muskmelons.

                                 Than my favorite. Watermelon.
                                  End of August or  early September.
                                 As one of 6 kids we raised 45 acres
                                 of melons every summer. Weeded
                                 Picked and sold them to pay for our
                                  school tuition.
                                 Smart father also kept us very busy.