Saturday, August 6, 2022

Did I water and work in the yard this morning to avoid having to quilt? Did I start quilting to avoid having to wash the kitchen floor which was my original plan for the day? And what am I avoiding when I sit and make jigsaw puzzles on my iPad?

After my coffee this morning I wanted to get the watering done before I headed upstairs to quilt. I watered the pots on the deck, dead headed the flowers and picked the strawberries. When I went downstairs to water the yard I noticed piles of branches that Pat had trimmed; he ran out of energy before he was able to bag them up. So I watered the pots and the beds and then got out my gloves and picked up the piles. I did some dead heading in the pots and then tackled the daisies in the beds. They are almost done and although they say dead heading brings new flowers I can’t say I’ve noticed that in either the pots or the yard. Of course while I was out there I pulled a few weeds. We bought a new hose this year but Pat thought it would be better if we switched them around – the old hose attached to the water and the new hose attached to the watering wand. When that was done I treated myself to a couple of bouquets of flowers – glads and lavender (which the bees gave up reluctantly) and our first dahlia of the year. It was close to eleven before I poured myself a second cup of coffee and sat outside to enjoy the shade.

It was noon before I got bobbins wound and threads changed to start my quilting. I did one block before lunch and I’ve been back at it since. It is going well but it will take at least the rest of the weekend to get it finished.

Pat has a good day for his performance at the Texada Festival.