Objectives Met
I am not fond of having to set the alarm on my phone. When Dennis goes out to our VA clinic each month, that means Grammie has to set the alarm. Sure as shoot, that would be the morning both of us would sleep in, I mean really sleep in. Seven was the time we had agreed upon and seven was the time I shook the sheets to get Stauffer Avenue up and running.
I knew dang well what the forecast was for the day. A forecast that would mean I would not be doing anything outside after twelve noon. With coffee in hand and dressed for getting dirty I tackled those ten bags of garden soil that had been sitting on the north side of the house since Sunday. The objective was to cover the rotten clay that had begun our landscape project in June. With all the rain, the clay had a chance to run off from the slope that we had made from the foundation out to the remainder of the yard. Man, did it run. Man, did it make a mess on what had been nice grass. The
ten bags were just the right amount to cover the clay. Dennis coming home from the VA came to give his opinion. It was a good review. After checking things out Dennis decided that the remaining area needed some light tilling before we used up the Walmart dirt we bought yesterday. A bit of roughing up and then a covering of garden dirt might be just the answer before we mess with the grass mousse.
I had had enough with my dirt work and I cleaned up and went into the sewing studio. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Dennis making passes from east to west, from north to south with the Mantis electric tiller. I stayed put. He did not need to be interrupted or have any of my comments. Let the fellow to his work! He was wise to take several breaks as the afternoon humidity was nasty. By the time Dennis came in for some iced tea, I was finishing up my quilt top.
In days of old the five piece crazy quilt pattern was all the rage. In finer circles, many used velvet cloth and each seam was 
embellished with hand embroidery running the lengths. I had decided on blues and putting them together in such a way that they resembled pinwheels. I enjoyed doing something different for the border and yes, sewing seams on the bias is a challenge so as to not stretch the fabrics. What can I say! The top is done and the borders are very happily lying flat. I will be tucking this away to meet my December appointment at Old Alley Quilt Shop. With the top being 100″ x 100″, I will gladly have Sharon long arm this. My arms had all they could do to wrangle the bulk to finish up the borders.
Here it is suppertime and all of our objectives have been met. It’s a good feeling to get a workout and see some great results. It will need to be a bit cooler before the Walmart dirt is broken in to. That will also give the hard crust dirt that Dennis busted through a chance to get some air.