Successful Sunday
There are some days that feel just right! Today was one of them. It was my usual tidy, tidy on the first floor.
With a cup of coffee, I sat on our new front deck. We had opted for a wide top board, just for a morning such as this, when I had that cup of coffee. After receiving a cherry red reading chair, the black non-functioning retired reading chair was put out onto the deck. The awning on the house is the perfect extension for shelter of said retired chair if and when rain comes. That has already been tested.
I kept an eye on temperatures. When it got doable, I was going to try out my dandelion poker that Dennis fixed for me. It’s amazing what a sturdy nail wedged between the metal poker and the wooden handle will do. The east end of the acre still had Hosta coming up. Within that batch were some beauties of yellow. The fixed poker and I headed east. With all the rain we have had, every single one was poked and flung. None had as yet gone to seed. We spray the grass with weed killer, but no so much where there are sweet plants.
While I headed east, the second string of this team, Dennis, headed for the studio. I had completed 16 t-shirt blocks, complete with the quarter inch trim. Those 16 blocks will make up one of the twin sized quilts. Dennis’ job is to arrange them before the orange sashing and black corner stones are sewn on. I have always put Dennis in charge of this next step in t-shirt projects, as well as color choices in other sewing items. It gives Dennis a vested interest into what happens in the studio. I never stick around when he is making his decisions. The end results were . . . that I achieved my goal of clearing out unwanted dandelions, giving myself a good physical workout outside, and the blocks have been decided on the first of the two twin sized quilts. Headways have been made. All the lights for sewing were turned off for the day.
There had been one chair on the new front deck . . . now there are two. Dennis had retrieved an old metal folding chair from the garage. It has been cleaned and is sporting a new coat of black paint. Sitting out front on evenings . . . sweet.