ahhhhh

We took a walk after dinner. After three days of heat so intense we could not leave the house (you know what they say about elderly people not going out in a heat wave), a cool breeze is wafting in my window and the air conditioning is actually off.

It rained a little bit last night and we are expecting more tonight -- good, beause my poor flowers are thirsty.  Mums are doing better, albeit in the wrong season. I don't get it -- they are autumn plants.

And the few daylilies that are left were blooming this morning when I went out to get the papers.

The pile of small pieces waiting to be finished includes one that is already sold, so I am not going to post it.  Here are a couple of others standing in line.  I finally decided it needed the black border and decided to leave it alone.  It just didn't look as good stretched.

This one hasn't been stitched yet -- although I did put some in last night and then unpicked them.  Shouldn't quilt when I am tired.  Once I sit down to do it, it doesn't take that long -- it's finding the time to sit that is the problem. My friend Victoria advises taking just 15 minutes a day at the sewing machine.  Sounds like a plan for me: I can do it on my coffee break.

There's one more 12x12ish but I couldn't get a good picture of it -- and then a big one that requires thought before I stitch it; something I am short on these days.

This has been one long weekend - from one end of the week to the other, probably because I have been working at home.
Next week, hopefully it will be cool enough to go to the studio.