Hot, Hot, Hot

Isn't there a song about Hot, Hot, Hot?? Well it is time to start singing! This is a summer to remember for sure. I have actually cooked dinner already this morning, then will pop it in the fridge so that it is ready to microwave tonight when I get home from work. Won't be wanting to cook then for sure. Washing machine, dishwasher and air conditioning are all running. This gives me pause for gratitude that I have an air conditioned car, home and shop.

This is amazing "hay" weather however, and there is still lots of irrigation flying. The heads on the grain are starting to drop, which means it is drying and getting ready to combine soon. It is fun to watch the crops ripen and the reward is of course, the harvest. Some years are much better than others, and to be honest, this one is not going to be terrific, but farmers do, what farmers do, we get what we get and we are sturdy people who hopefully will continue for generations to come.

Off to work again with high hopes of having customers to enjoy the cool shop and the wonderful fabric. Isn't it to hot for anything except quilting? Maybe a chick movie and quilting? Paper piecing tests are coming along and should be able to post about them soon, it is very exciting!

What a way to start a day!

Now I admit to being a morning person, so the fact that I was up at 4:15 this morning isn't really anything unusual. But when I did my morning walkabout on the deck and in the yard, I noticed large black and white cows laying just across the driveway. They were on the wrong side of the fence, just laying there in the cool morning. So I recruited Dan and we put them back where they belong. Did you know that when it is this dry outside the electric fence isn't as hot as it normally would be. Thus not being as big of a challenge for the cows. One nice parts of this activity is that it was cool this morning, the cows were calm, and no one saw me in my pj's and flip flops playing cattle chaser.

But I did go out and sit on the deck doing some paper piecing this morning. Our new shapes and sizes are working out well, Pictures soon.

Great Summer Evening

This is the view from my back deck on this hot summer night. What a summer we are having!

Had homemade ice cream and apple pie for Dan tonight just to let him know that I do think of him sometimes. Lately we have both been swamped with work and are like ships in the night, but he is still number one to me.

This is a picture of the field of carrots out my front door, they are beautiful and smell so sweet. They will dry and be combined for seed. We have raised lots of crops for seed, but this is the first year for carrots. Baby calves are bounding and it is a very busy time for farming. We raise corn, peas and green beans for frozen food processors, so when you eat your veggies, we thank you.

Tomorrow the shop will be welcoming Lissa Alexander from United Notions in Dallas. It is an honor to welcome her to our store. Hope that she has a wonderful visit. We will also be buying more Moda fabric for your shopping pleasure.

We have new paper shapes and sizes for our paper piecing addiction that hopefully will be in the shop by the end of the week, if you haven't tried it come in and get your free sample packs. This is a great take along project.

Better get some stitching in before the day ends.

A new venture

This is Collin and his kitten Ruby. Ruby was thrown out into their yard from a passing car. All I can say is bad people, lucky Ruby. She found a family better than what she was born in to. Please spay and neuter your animals.

I have two adorable grandsons, and they are amazing. They have brought me to the realization that I am getting into the later part of my life, and how much work raising children can be.

Took a leap this morning and am doing a personal blog from home. Seems that my best times of the day are late at night or early in the morning, so this is a peek into the private life of a daughter/wife/mother/quilt shop owner/granny and friend to many. I don't have a sister, so my friends are so very important to me. There is a strong community of women in my life that I care so deeply for. Talking with Cindy at the bank yesterday and we commented that one of the good things about getting older is that you can see both sides more easily than we did when we were young.

I am a total morning person and this is one of the best mornings of the summer, it is cool out, the sky is waking up for a great day and my cat is sitting on my feet waiting for me to put the computer down.

Providing glorious fabric for projects that being joy is what makes my heart sing. Being able to help someone find just that perfect piece is the fun part of what I do. Owning a quilt store is challenging in many ways, after all it is a job, but it is a great place to be. Join us if you can in person or virtually.