Hot Time in the Summer

 I'm back! It's July 3, in the 50s and raining. Welcome to New England weather. If you don't like it, wait a bit and it will change.

I'm back after chopping and hacking at the jungle that is my front yard. After a couple of hours, I have a lot of cut leaves and branches to haul down the back. That's the great part of having scrub in your way back. Eventually, the cuttings turn into soil. The temperature has gotten all the way up to 61 degrees and it's overcast, raining off and on. It's heaven for gardening. I should go do some more, but I don't know if I have the oomph. 

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This is what I have been working on. It's slow going because I made this many years ago and I'm finding a whole host of mistakes that I'm fixing. I'm binding it now and have about 1/3 done. 

Detail Showing Hand Quilting

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A while ago, I had brought Emily a plant for her front door. It really liked the mini heat wave!

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Dali Pillow Dripping Over the Side

Tratitional Pillow Wishing You a Happy July 4

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Yes, it's true, I'm not showing the 8 million weeds, but the lilies are back!

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Those of you who live in the desert, have never seen my 'real' hair when it's 98 F. and 56% (or more) humidity. This is me in the kitchen on one of my poodle days. As the southern belles on Designing Women used to say, "big har."

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Today supposedly starts the second heat wave of the season. We had one before it was officially summer. I don't know -- it's only 90 degrees according to my phone (although the car said 94 F.).

Yesterday  (Saturday), Emily and J came to meet me at my house in Amherst and we took him to Groff Park which is very close to my house. The new splash play area was open and loved by many children!

Sunday (June 27): I'm going back to Worcester today and Emily doesn't know it yet, but I bought the cutest outdoor chair for J. It's child sized and it's a lightweight one that folds up into a bag. It even has a mini umbrella to keep the sun off his head. [Ed. note: he liked it a lot!]