pink and yellowseason

I need to stick some primroses in the ground, but don't they look pretty, waiting patiently for my attention?

I snapped this shot from the car as DH and I rolled home from breakfast. "What was that?" he asked and I explained that I wanted to share the pink showing up in the neighborhood.

Bless his innate hunter's nature. We instantly started driving all over the neighborhood looking for more pink. He knew where there was a good stand of japanese flowering cherry and drove me over there. Click, click!

Then he saw a pink froth floating above the nearby houses, and we were off and away again. Flowering plum. We drove around for another twenty minutes while he hunted for bigger and better pink things, bless his dear heart. I am SUCH a spoiled and indulged woman!! These are the pick of about thirty photos of pink trees. Wanna see more? I'll be glad to bring them out!

On Thursday, MJ and I got together and put a back on the quilt we made. She showed me the wonderful technique where you make the backing about six inches bigger than the top, then fold it over to make binding. He sewing skills made it look sooo beautifully finished. Another quilt to donate!

Now I am sewing a quilt for my darling niece, LB. She actually asked me if I would make a quilt for her. I was so touched that I have decided to actually PLAN and MEASURE to get it to come out right. She wants a king-sized quilt. I have a neat square that winds up looking like a japanese lantern, and I have a bunch of Asian style fabrics to make the lanterns with. The square is 10 X 10. I have to make 70 of them, then alternate them with solid squares. You know, there is a certain satisfaction to doing things the usual way. Ask me how I feel about all this when I am sewing the 68ths square. I have five done already.