Four blossoms now

 

My amaryllis continues to amaze!  It now has four blossoms on one stalk with another ready to open and another stalk with three waiting to open.  I didn't do anything special but put them in a pot with potting soil.  I worried I was neglecting it by not watering often, but the tag said not more than once a week, and that's what I do for my other plants.  I had one years ago that only had one blossom, so this is just wonderful for me.

Today I'm baking and keeping as warm as possible.  It's six degrees (F) below zero right now and a big snowstorm is on the way.  I made chocolate chip cookies and blueberry bread.  That may be "it" for today although I'm not sure what's for dinner.  Maybe mac and cheese with salad?  I also did a couple of loads of laundry.  That's a whole lot more than I did yesterday which was mostly finish reading a book, The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan.  I enjoy books set in Scotland, and she does it so well.  Light but fun.

I was happy to receive a picture of a baby quilt I made out of "strings" yesterday.  And the baby, Murphy, looks very cute, too.   Guess she's a future ski bum because she lives out west.  She's Paul's sister Pat's first great granddaughter, about six months old.  The mom wanted a "neutral" quilt, and I just happened to have this on hand.  

Otherwise, I would have whined about making one from scratch.  I don't understand why young moms want "neutrals."  My niece in Holland, bless her heart, was very happy with the pink floral quilt I sent her as her new baby's room is pink.  Jules was born right before Christmas.

As for quilting, I'm working on the Holland quilt by Karen Abrahamovich.  I'm making the 32" x 32" size, but I'm not including the heart, "windmills," or "tulips," just the shape of the country.  I will turn that into the center of a medallion quilt and surround it by Dutch-themed, pieced blocks.  

It's another blue and white scrap quilt, and I'm all of a sudden sick of using blues!  This pattern size requires 1.5" strips which are a little tricky to work with and the positioning is a bit intense.  But I'm about a third of the way through, so it shouldn't take much longer (if I keep at it).