Just a couple shots of a quilt I have been working on. I have added siding and shingles to the houses, ducks in a pond and circling the mountains, and even a buck to the front of one house.  Awfully hard to see in a photo though.

Cabin in the woods

Thought I had better add a few pictures of the cabin again.  It is all but complete.  I think I will let the little girls get involved with the rest of the completion. We still need to hang curtains and pictures, add dishes, etc. So, this is the front porch with a couple of porch chairs.  I want real peeled posts, but the ones we got were too large and unpeeled., so that is in the future.

This is a view of the kitchen set from the front door.  You can see the little lounge chair in the back.  It is hot pink while all of the kitchen stuff is pale pink, but it seemed better than to have it be black vinyl.

Not the best shot, but a picture of the table and two of the four chairs Sweet C refinished for use here.   We had had the chairs since our own kids were little, but they were mostly broken.  He made new seats of wood and they are stained to match the leaves in the wainscoting.

This is a shot of the kitchen set from the other side.  As you can see, there is a sink and dishwasher, stove with oven, refrigerator and microwave oven.  Still need flowers in a vase, the dishes, pots, pans etc put out,  And the food of course.  Oh, if you know where I can get silverware only for a kids kitchen please let me know.  I found some at K-Mart but only with a set of dishes, and I already have a nice set of dishes from Ikea.  I would also like some mixing bowls and a tea pot. (Have tea cups)

Now this is just a view of the back yard from one side to the other.  It is just so green and pretty right now.

This view is up the hill toward the deck.  Also very green right now.  Soon will be stressed from the heat so love it while you can I say.

This is one of the benches Sweet C made from scrap lumber left over from the deck and playhouse.

This is another.  They are similar, but not exactly matching, very sturdy and good looking, very earth friendly.

The next two are for Kip.  Since he hasn't seen the deck we built two years ago I thought he should see it.  The rest of you will remember it.  The lower portion, an octagon, I would like to plant trees to the southeast for shade and beauty.  If you remember, that is where the globe willow used to be.  The one that split three ways right after I came home from Vegas.  It had been damaged by lightning but lasted 7-8 more years?  I don't remember the exact amount of time. 

Last picture I promise.  This is the upper part of the deck from the lower part.  It is funny how hard it is to see things with the bright sunshine and shadow.  I could see the benches and the deck just fine, but the photos have too much contrast.  (expect more when the girls arrive)

Up, Up in the Air

I've wanted forever to go on a hot air balloon ride and today I got to (birthday gift from my husband)  What fun!!! I've  wanted to look down on houses, roads, etc from a bit closer than 30,000 feet.  It was as lovely as I thought it would be.

We were flying over Eagle Mountain as it was their city celebration today.

(Now, not to sound like a total spoiled brat but I also rode in a helicopter.  That was also part of the Pony Express days, and really, how often do you get the chance to do two things on your bucket list in one day?  For that matter, how often do you find such an opportunity?)

More Playhouse/cabin

Sorry, somehow I got these out of order.  This is of the blackraspberry bushes.

Time for a few new playhouse pictures.This is the front view with the log siding on.

This shows the front and east side.

This is of the rear and west wall.  The box hanging off the back holds the battery, which runs the lights.  By the way, they work wonderfully. And the five windows make it very light in the daytime.

This is the door, leaning against the inside wall.  I need to varathane it before sweet C hangs it.  You can almost see that the wall is half beadboard and half flat.  There will be a lovely little wood divider between.  Not quite  finished yet.

This is a view of the attic room with the walls up.  All that is needed here is varathane on the window trim.

And I thought I ought to throw in a couple garden views.  Blackraspberries above, and below is a shot of the peas, chard, spinach and beets.  Would you believe that the spinach got sunburned when we had a 90 degree day a few days ago.  We ofter skip over spring.

Now I need to get the corn in the ground.  However, I have quilting work too so will probably wait till evening.  It will be cooler then too.

Log Cabin playhouse

I haven't posted in ages but I really think I should show you the log cabin playhouse sweet C is making for our grandchildren.  He has been working on this Wednesdays, Friday mornings and an hour every once in awhile as he can.  I simply didn't take pictures.

Sweet C put in the windows this morning

And finished the roof caps

I painted the soffits and facia. Next we will put on the log siding. 

Then we will begin to finish the inside. We hope to add a bit of a kitchen, maybe a nice chair and of course we will need to build stairs.

And this will be the loft where girls (and boys) can sleep out if they want.  I will try to remember to post when finished.

Amazing Harvest

We had a really good year in the garden in spite of the lack of water. I believe we got 19 cases of raspberries, 3 or 4 of black raspberries, tons of beans, cabbage, squash, fruit etc.

These are the butternut squash and the pumpkins I just picked.

These are pumpkins I have not yet picked.  In fact, I didn't plant these, they came as volunteers. Both these and the ones I planted are those small sugar baby pumpkins. Great for eating.

And these are the third time I have thought, well, this will be the last time I will be able to pick tomatoes.  Here it is the 18th of October and I am still getting tomatoes.  I quit picking the cherry tomatoes weeks ago though  I could still pick them as well.

Whole cloth again

Here is a slightly better picture of the whole cloth quilt. At least the color is better.  By the way, for those of you in Utah, this quilt will be hanging in the Springville Art Museum Quilt Show through August.