Winter or Spring?

Here's a photo I took March 4, 3 1/2 weeks ago. These crocuses are right outside my front door, and they're doing their best to brave the snow. Three days later, on March 7, it warmed up, and I put up my Walls of Water in hopes of planting tomatos soon. Then it got cold again. Yesterday, I planted two kinds of lettuce, radishes, and green onions in my shirtsleeves, and last night at 1:45am, a storm blew in that was so loud that it woke me up. This morning, it is cold AGAIN, with winds still blowing hard! Spring yesterday, winter today--I can't keep up!

Final Four!

A few weeks ago, MS einvited us to pick brackets for March Madness. I didn't want to seem unsupportive, so I picked. I haven't followed college basketball at all for YEARS. K, J, and L told me the rankings would help me, and they did, but I made some other picks, too. I really liked the names "Xavier" and "Villanova", but I figured #1 Pittsburg would beat #4 Xavier, so I went with Pittsburg on that round. I stuck with #3 Villanova over #2 Duke, just because it's such a cool name. I picked #2 Oklahoma over #3 Syracuse because I dated a guy from Oklahoma, but then picked #1 North Carolina over #2 Oklahoma because that relationship ended badly. I missed on picking Louisville, however! So I've picked 3 out of four of the Final Four, and in the bracket standings today, I find myself in first place! Who knew?

Spring Break in McCall

We headed to McCall on March 13 to meet J, L and R! We had a wonderful time. J and L went ice skating, skiing, and snowshoeing, and we played with R! We even kept the monitor down with us at night, and all was great until the one morning that R decided she wanted to wake up and play at 3am! R, K and L all went back to sleep at 6am, but it was still fun. It was just amusing to watch little R, play games with J, L & K, and just enjoy the snow. It did start snowing on Sunday morning, and didn't stop until Tuesday afternoon. Here are just a few pictures---

Here a profile shot of little R--the longest eyelashes, the cutest little nose and smile!

Little R giving K a kiss, it's a little sloppy, but worth it!

L, R, and J in front the Jr. Olympic torch at Brundage.

The stairs provided NO END of entertainment for R, or us, because one of us was always one step behind her...
It simply doesn't get any better than this!

We had a fabulous Spring Break!

It's All in the Marketing . . .

Today, while in McCall we all went to the Thrift Store. Now, you have to admit that presentation is everything to encourage a purchase. This store owner was most inventive in her presentation.

Check it out: From our viewpoint looking down on the carpeted floor, we see what is advertised as "3 PIECE FOOTSTOOL" for $25 (now marked down on sale for $15).

Upon closer investigation, viewing it from the floor, we see that it is really, in fact, just 3 couch cushions stacked loosely on top of each other to MAKE A FOOTSTOOL.

Caveat Emptor ("Buyer Beware")

If I only would have had a camera...

Today, while running 5 miles (in 60 minutes, I might add--about 12 minutes per mile!) I watched the moon set in the west, and the sun rise in the east, all in the space of about an hour. The moon was full, and absolutely gorgeous, and the sunrise was magnificent. Then add to that some mourning doves on the sidewalk in front of me, some geese sleeping beside the little creek, birds singing, and some crocus blooming...it doesn't get much better than that!

GROOVY

Several months ago, after working with some humanitarian quilts made of some crazy polyesters, I got it into my head that I wanted to make a polyester quilt. Problem was, I couldn't really find any of those crazy patterned polys from the seventies, I wasonly finding solid colors. While the rest of my quilting group was making this quilt from batik prints, which I'm absolutely sure will be stunning, I was trying the same thing with my solid polyester fabrics. Can I say the same about my quilt?

What do you think of it? Tell me the truth, you can't hurt my feelings on this one.

Polyester wears like iron and never fades, so it will make any excellent car quilt, great for those impromptu picnics or changing a flat tire. (a few weeks ago, Kirt was called upon to help a friend's unfortunate wife who had gotten a flat on the freeway on the way to Eagle. When we got there, he asked me, "do we have an old blanket or quilt in the car?" The best I could do was a towel. If only I would have had a polyester quilt!)

The good news is, after putting this beauty together, it seems like I have enough blocks for an entire second quilt. Or maybe that's bad news.