Tuesday, Tuesday

Our weather has turned chilly again, so I guess we had summer last week.  I did manage to plant petunias between batches of rain over the weekend, and they look pretty good.  This year, I found "wave petunias," and I'm looking forward to not having to pinch them of dead blossoms all summer. 

Our shared garden looks quite good, thanks to neighbor Gale who works tirelessly there.  She moved a maidenhair fern from her old garden to our new one just because she knew I like them.  I must take her hiking in the town forest this year to show her the huge patch along one of the trails.   (I copied the photo below from the internet)

With gloomy weather, I spent quite a bit of time in the sewing room, and yesterday I put a small red and white sampler mostly together.  Paul and I had lunch with Ruth before I could finish putting the outer border on, but I got that done today.  It will sit in the closet until I can get it quilted.  

When we got home from lunch, I spent some the rest of the afternoon reading the last book in the Magpie Murders series.  I know there will be a PBS Masterpiece series and want to get a jump on it.  So far it's as intriguing as the other two, and I'm sort of sorry there won't be another.

I woke up early (1:30 am!) Monday and spent time in the dark thinking about the Wensleydale quilt.  The red/white block is in the little sampler top I finished, but I have 59 more foundation papers left to play with.  It's the rectangular block - middle right below.

I kept sleeplessly ruminating on what color combinations to use.  Scrappy?  Not scrappy?  Later in the day I broke down and ordered a bundle of Tula Pink leftovers on etsy.  I'm hoping to do some fussy cutting for that central rectangle.

Because of waking up so early yesterday, I fell asleep at 9 pm, listening to the dulcet tones of the Boston Red Sox last innings.  Today I felt refreshed enough to get back to the little red/white quilt before aerobic walking at the library.  Because it's still cold to work outside, I went to the hardware store and got some impatiens and some compost/manure for someday when the sun comes out.