Be Careful What You Wish For

Drum roll please.... Last Thursday was my last day at work. After 30 years, it seems totally strange to not get up and drive out Grand River. I was just thinking last week that I didn't have to watch the speed limit signs along the way because my car KNOWS exactly where each change occurs. I've always pondered what I wanted to be when I grew up. Now is my chance to totally change directions... or not. Do I take the first job I find just to have a job? Do I go back to school and start something totally different?  Stay tuned......

I was trying to think of some analogy to a snake in the grass but I couldn't come up with anything. This is me petting a snake at the 

Ft Wayne Zoo so that Cubby wouldn't be afraid. Be brave, try new things...

I wished that I had more time to enjoy the summer which seems to be flying past (it's July already!) Last Friday we took Cubby to the water park and enjoyed time in the sun and a picnic lunch. Today I spent some time working in my long neglected garden. 

Be careful what you wish for.

More Views from Sauder Village

Jan, this picture is for you. Our friend Jan G has been working forever, hand quilting on a wonderful quilt that uses these same bunnies. Jan's quilt has the bunnies hiding among flowers. The first time I saw it, I thought it was an antique top that she was finishing. It has a wonderful old time feel.  I also seem to remember being on the hunt at a quilt show when Ruth D was looking for the pattern.  The are so cute they have universal appeal. 

Daisy, this would have made a good entry for your Drunkard's Path challenge.  Louise could have made it since she's into strip quilts. Look closely. There's a weird shaped curve that's kind of intriguing. At first, I thought it was the background showing through the "hole".  But I think it's another half circle appliqued on top.

For those of you who haven't seen Cubby in awhile, he's becoming quite the little man. Here he is at Sauder.  The lady in the little church played him "Twinkle Star" on the organ.  He was so excited! That's not what he usually hears at church!