I can feel it in the air.... on a Slow Sunday....

Hello all... wandering back in here... oh yesterday was a GLORIOUS Saturday here in SW Ohio... sunny, high of 72... now it was also quite windy but I know that's because a rain front is on its way for today... and there a forecast of more seasonal temperatures for later in the week, but as I type this I can feel SPRING is on it way. 

I'm writing this on Saturday so it can post early on Sunday and right now I'm sitting in my recliner on the sunroom porch... and this is my view....

I put away the snowmen and broke out the bunnies!!! I love having seasonal decor, but the actually changing of the knickknacks and whatnots takes more and more time... I'm getting old... and I don't like it one bit!!!  Insert stompy foot & frowny face... I'm blessed that my younger son totes things up and down the stairs for me ... he's a lifesaver for my knees... and in years past I could put away the outgoing stuff, get out the "new" stuff and arrange it all in one day... that ain't happening anymore... one day to put things away... and then a couple of days to get the "new" stuff where I like it... I do try to change things up here and there... There are always some items that are so large they can only land in one place but I work on mixing things up.  I patted myself on the back because the only really "new" item I purchased was one small pink bunny... who will go great with the display I'm going to make with this cross stitch when I get it done...

maybe today I can finish it up... This is Be Hoppy by Salt and Pepper Stitching... you can see her stuff here on Etsy... I changed a couple of colors to go with the lemon yellow linen but overall such nice clear Easter-y colors... 

I haven't made any progress on quilting... here are the blocks I have sewn so far for Vanishing Time... and here's the link for how it is constructed... it is a disappearing 9 patch variation... I'm liking this A LOT... but just haven't felt like sewing... but then the events of the last week haven't been easy to understand... I'm sure I'm not the only one who's still having good days and bad days... and sometimes both in the same day... ooops... wandered off there... back to the blocks...

My excuse for not having anything new to show is life has been hectic on the personal side... how did I end up with sooooo many appointments in February???  Mammogram, semi-annual eye clinic visit, dentist, endodontist, dentist again, semi-annual visit for my son, dentist for him... someone once told me when you retired you fill the time up with doctor's visits... I laughed... they were dead serious... and now I understand... it's that getting old stuff again... my knee hurts, my teeth need fixing, and a re-occurring problem with a blocked salivary gland which leaves me looking like John McCain... has filled up lots of hours... 

BUT.... I'm headed into March with a plan to sew and stitch more and spend more time sitting in my sunroom porch than I do sitting in medical offices... 

Lots of stitching I want to do and the light out here when the sun is shining can not be beat... 

Here's another display I made... The quilt is my version of a Lori Holt tulip pattern... lots of hot bright colors...

a bit of Fiestaware, a cute stitched bunny... don't remember where he came from... a tier tray of colorful eggs and the little chick in the egg display is a gift card from Target... got it for nothing...cheap decor...LOL

This quilt use to be my palette ALL the time... but I'm doing lots of different palettes these days... Momo... vintage 70's, avocado green with some harvest gold...American Jane.... clear crayon colors but not intense... Tilda... soft pastels... Jen Kingwell... 50's prints ... there is just so many pretty collections... I need to spend more time with a needle and thread and less time on the internet... I keep telling myself I'm burning valuable daylight but like this blog... I get chatty with lots of people trying to fix all the ills of the world...needless to say we haven't been too successful...

Well I hope next week brings brighter weather and a brighter outlook for the world... I keep saying my rosary... are you old enough to remember praying the rosary for the conversion of Russia?  I have a memory of dear Sister Dorothy telling us about this in the 2nd grade... that was a looooooong time ago... 

I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts and spend some time seeing what everyone else is up to...

happy stitching-

carol fun