So little to do and so much time....

Wait a minute!  Strike that.. Reverse it!

I took a few days off to have a sort of "staycation" while hubby went on his annual fishing trip to Canada last week.  I got a lot done, and had time to enjoy myself as well.

When the weather cooperated, I enjoyed being outside. We're enjoying (or enduring, depending on your point of view) a nice slow spring, where most days have been in the mid to upper 60s.  The sun is still nice and warm, so I can enjoy being outside and not sweat to death as soon as the sun clears the horizon. The ground is still pretty muddy from all the rain we've had, but I am making small progress in the gardens.

I made a couple of small fairy gardens, and am hoping the raccoons and/or chipmunks will leave them alone.




















I have an iris in bloom which has never done so before.  I'm not sure what this color is called (marorange?), but I really like it!
















I love my walkway this time of year!!












On one of the nice days, Kiara and I visited Tinker Nature Park in Pittsford.  



 On one of the trails, someone has made fairy houses in the woods!



















Aren't they sweet?  My assignment for the next time we get together is to find things around here we can use to make our own fairy houses. I think we all like to believe in fairies. 
Ask me sometime how many hours I spent as a child watching toadstools in the evening waiting for the fairies to come out and dance. 







When we got home, we got out the Fairies coloring book I had stowed away for just such an occasion.





















On the last day, I set out the hammock and indulged in a few minutes of lazing in the sparkling sunshine.  Once the trees are fully leafed out, it'll be a nice spot to hide from the sun on a hot summer afternoon.

On the days it rained, I spent time in the sewing room.  UFO #12 had misbehaved, so had to go into the time-out corner.  So I finished up a couple of other projects.

This one had been layered for a while.  It was on the UFO list at #2.  Oddly enough, number two was called for June!
This was a piece I started when I was teaching the "Four Patch Stacked Posies" pattern, way back when (when?  I don't know!).  I didn't love it, but figured it might make a nice baby quilt someday.  It has dinosaur flannel on the back, but I think it's flowery enough to work for a girl as well.   I used techniques from Jacquie Gehring's book, Walk on this one.  Nothing fancy.

This one is from a kit I got in April at the River Lea Quilt Guild show.  I'm just now noticing I forgot to stitch on the mouth.  This pattern is by Bloomin' Minds.  I shouldn't have gone there to find the pattern,because I found half a dozen I need!

In spite of today's announcement, I will hold onto hope that the momentum for sustainability and saving our planet can NOT be stopped.  I read an article today about a wind power company offering to retrain displaced. coal workers- For FREE!

I am grateful for:
Jonathan seems to have recovered from the stomach bug.
A great opportunity- maybe just what I've been looking for.
Seeing the wonder in a little girl's eyes.
My wisteria finally put on a good show.
Cookies in a cup.