Out With 💜 In With Orange

 finishing up with purples & bringing in oranges for the month of May

I'm not much of an orange person so I always have to buy a few pieces when it comes the month for orange lol

a head start for May with the first orange block this morning

have you got your orange fabrics out?

Goals One At A Time& Ice Cream!!

 yesterday I set out to make pillow covers for the layneigh,grill ,go to the park & throughout the day everything went like clock work

I took advantage of a meat sale at one of my local grocery stores & grilled up pork chops,pork steaks,beef patties,steaks,even seared a roast that's gonna be so good in the crockpot ,it's gonna be good to my meats done & just whip up some veggies

Mason Jar Icecream

have you seen where you mix few ingredients ,shake & freeze for Icecream?the original recipes calls for heavy cream,I always keep on hand pet milk but this time I tried the cream,the difference? the pet milk takes longer to freeze 4-6 hours,the cream around 2 hours you can also hear the difference as with the cream the sloshing stops when you're shaking it ,both are good ,the pet milk gives a choppe texture where as the cream a more soft serve texture

it's not always feasible to go to the store for just one item, never let what you have keep you from trying new things

MASON JAR ICECREAM

placing your jar in the freezer to get cold helps speed up the freezing process

1c. heavy cream

2tbsp.sugar

1tsp.van

add ingredients to a pint mason jar do not stir

apply lid & shake for 5 min.

place jar in freezer

icecream will freeze hard but will soften 

Do You Make To Do List?

 now this is a to do list I can stick to😁but I am still guilty of writing out plans to be marked off only to be transferred over to the UFO project list😂 grilling is on today's list,taking Grace🐕to the park & soooooo..........sew...,in ...,sewing! there I said it! S..E..W🤣

Backyard Happenings

 catching up on sewing here & there,  mostly focusing on my flower beds one at a time,finished planting my last rosebush for one bed,it's a drift rose bush & will produce different colors of roses

caught the woodpecker on the feeder,he usually comes early in the morning or late in the evening

the red bird couple came today,male & female will not feed together unless they are mating

Mr Jay's coming around more & more ,it's hard to tell male & female apart as they're almost identical,research says their crest is different so I  need to look a lot harder lol

almost finished with my tie quilt,some call it tacking,whatever it's called I'm about to call it done!😂

Flowers & A Quilt Top Finish

 

  

Have you heard that ole saying,"never say never"? well this is my first full size quilt ,maybe because it's a little heavier being a  brushed flannel blend but for now I say never again🤣

I just roughly measured one of my purchased quilts ,added the overhang length & divided how many 5" squares I needed, hopefully I'll be able to get it backed & tacked by this weekend

I spent the morning planting a few flowers around my bird feeding area & the rest of the morning watching the birds lol

1st Flower Haul Of the Season

 Grace🐕& me ventured out to our favorite Nursery,a backyard Oasis can't be created overnight but little by little,makes for a happy yard

Zinnias,marigolds,butterfly bush, red cherry & lemon gold cherry tomato plants

And we just couldn't leave without these delicious fresh strawberries

have you started gardening?

A Wish Good Morning & Quilt Update

Wishing e beautiful blessed day & a new week filled with possibilities,I'm half way to the home stretch attaching the rows to my tie quilt,this is my hand at making a full size & man oh man what a lot of sewing 😄 but I'm luving how it's coming together

Park Adventures & Quite Evenings At Home

when temps rise to the high 80's you make a run for some fun because it's sure not to last long😄 so the other day was perfect day for park adventures because this weekend it's going to drop down to 47 with rain 🙃

after the park I took Grace to Tractor Supply to see the baby chicks

today's been one of those home in your PJs kinda day,collards from last year's garden,stuffed egg,fried chicken tenders- candied yams make for umm umm good comfort food

to prepare for the chilly rainey 47 degrees coming in this weekend I'm working towards finishing my flannel tie quilt 

Backyard Bird Watching

 It's been a while since I've been able to sit out back on the layneigh & enjoy the birds comeing to the feeder,today they showed out,I luv how my phone captured the flight in motion on the blue Jays,the woodpecker came but I wasn't quick enough lol,golden finches,blue ground doves, mourning doves, cardinals

invest in a good bird reference book,set out some feeders,saucers for larger birds as they have trouble hanging on to most feeders,& a bird bath,they get thirsty too lol! keep a journal & live your best life just outside the back door!

Happy Easter

 Wishing all my online friends a happy & beautiful Easter,today we celebrate life ,because of a risen savior we are given not only life but life eternal,life is a free gift,we get what we put into it, remember the significance of this day,cherish the moments with family& no matter how old join in on the egg hunt,sometimes there's money inside those things🤣 

Purples,& Rainy Day Happenings

April brings in the color purple for the RSC challenge,I've been working on these blocks throughout the week& pleased with the good start on them

the pouring rain is beating my hydrangeas to death,yet it's somehow still a beauty to behold

don't think for one minute wild birds can't become spoilt lol I keep a container of seed on the layneigh that's southern for back patio😄this little guy is chirping at me through the window,his seeds are wet but he knows where the dry ones are lol 

the milk jug planting experiment is a success! flowers & carrots ready for transplanting 

Happenings at The feeders & Seedlings

With Spring comes the return of all the beautiful bird species,the first of the yellow finches have returned,our woodpecker is back,the bluejays are back but I haven't been able to catch them yet how do they know when my phone's in my hand😄

I had seen on line a new way to plant seeds in plastic milk jugs,I planted a few flower seeds & they're sprouting all ready! grab some jugs,cut around about 2"from bottom leaving just enough to pull back & fill with potting soil,add seeds,water & tape the jug back together with duck tape or packing tape

Still Powerful

Memories as far back as a great grandmothers bible, first bibles, the white one I won by answering a Bible question on the radio back in the 70's, I noticed in the big one from my Terry's grandmother ,she had written in a simple but powerful scripture on the first page, be sure your sins will find you out.........even generations before they stood in the gap & instilled the word, how powerful!, they sit on a shelf  among other books &  precious memories, they may appear as just old tattered & worn to you but I promise you the words between the pages are still just as powerful!