Midwest Birding Symposium

Terry and I had a wonderful time Sept. 17-19 at the MBS in Lakeside Ohio. We stayed at the Evening Song Cottage Bed & Breakfast, went on a sunset cruise on Lake Erie, heard great naturalist speakers, saw some birds (including an osprey and a caspian tern), ate good food (especially Buckeye Classic ice cream), bought "birdy" stuff at the marketplace, Terry gave me Julie Zickefoose book "Letters from Eden" that she signed for my birthday, and walked around the town with cute little cottages. We enjoyed very beautiful weather and it was all over too soon.

Quilt WIPs

WIPS=Works in progress. In August did a little sewing; two more Dear Jane blocks, my fifth Applique Affair block, and another set of four 6" blocks for the guild BOM project.

Prairie Celebration

Took Nick to Rock Springs Center this afternoon. We watched the "old Time" artisans-a potter, yarn dyer, weaver, blacksmith, etc. Nick watched the blacksmith complete the long process of making the S hook, and he gave it to Nick when he finished. He's standing in front of the tall prairie grass.
Kids were trying the Native American atlatl which was used to hunt buffalo, and Nick made it really fly.
Terry was working there today, and drove the wagon ride when Nick and I went on it. After the ride we went inside and listened to a couple of songs from the bluegrass band that Chrissy and Cody's other grandparents play in.

Walk to Pond

Morning walk to Kingfisher Pond, the egret was there again today. Also I took a picture of "The Scream" tree.

Lovely "Lincolny" Day

Took Jenny and Chrissy to the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Home in Springfield. (Cody is gone on a fishing trip with other Grandpa.)
Jenny and Chrissy with the Lincoln family.

Chrissy and me in front of Lincoln's home.

Some Quilting Done in July

This is my fourth Applique Affair block, June DQG Evening Star blocks, my second Home Sweet Home block, and the borders finally put on my Flying Birds quilt! (in order from bottom to top)

Happy Summer Solstice

Here is my "nickel quilt" in progress, started in Pat Speth's class 0n May 29, 2009.
I changed her "Texas Two Step" pattern by changing the half-square triangles in the shoo-fly blocks to four-patches. I'll call it "Summer Solstice Dance"; it is almost finished at the summer solstice- my goal is to have the top done for show-and-tell at this Wednesday's guild meeting.

T and I went to our church picnic today at a member's property in the country- she has beautiful English perennial beds. It was HOT and humid, -the Solstice was celebrated by eating potluck, touring their place and sitting and talking- thunder was rumbling so we didn't do our drumming and ritual.