Tiler's quilt, moving forward.

Tiler loves Van's tennis shoes, so thought I would

add a few to his quilt.

A celebration in the garden!

Congratulation Patricia and Albert!!

Patricia and I graduated from the Master Gardening School together

almost 2 years ago. Since then, we have been working in

the Demonstration Garden together and have become great friends.

So, it was a special day in the garden when we could celebrate

Patricia's marriage to Albert.

A glass of champagne and a wonderful cake.
Thank you Master Gardener Nancy for
providing the treats.

My good friend Patricia.

To see more pictures of the Master Garden go here

Back to the garden.

I was absent from the garden the latter

part of the summer....but when I recently returned,

look what I found.

This is just one of the wonderful plants I missed

in it's growing stage.

The PURPLE HYACINTH VINE.

Never too late to sew.

Sophie came over for the evening and it was getting late.

We had our PJ's on, but it is never to late to sew. She needs no

instruction to sew her 4 patches together.

It is so nice to sew side-by-side.

She is really getting to know this machine, the

old Singer is her favorite one to sew on and it will be hers someday.

Michael

It was brought
to my attention
that my son-in-law has not been part of my blog lately. I don't know why, maybe because he is always hard at work.

So here is a little tribute to him.

He is a wonderful guy, a good father,

he is smart and very handsome.

What more could you want!!

Oh, and he cooked dinner tonight!!

A surprise at Willow Lake

Willow Lake was a little rocky today,

as there was wind when we arrived.

Especially out in the open water.

There was some calm in the coves,

and here, there was a big beautiful

Cottonwood tree.

There was plenty of riparian area to see

wildlife, which we did.

We saw Belted Kingfisher, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Harrier Hawk,

Red-tailed Hawk, Herons and Egrets, Western Grebes and even more

but we did not have our binoculars with us so we cannot

name them all.

We sat here for a while and listened to
the Virginia Rails calling, but
they never came out, darn!


There was a lot of exploring to do...we love that part too.

Biggest surprise of the day...A big and beautiful
BALD EAGLE. We could not believe our eyes!

We stayed on the lake for about four hours

but the wind became stronger than we were.

It was another great day on a

LAKE WITH NO PEOPLE!!

Kicking back at Watson Lake

Kayaking in the BIG FAT RAT RACE

We decided to go kayaking at Tempe Town Lake, it's close, it's good size and it may rain in Prescott.

It looks nice....doesn't it!! There is a lot of stuff going on at this lake, a rail and a train are two things.


Great picture of Marlene but notice behind her, loop 202 (big noise) and a dump truck that goes beep beep when backing up.


This is the pretty part of the lake, so they don't let you go there, plus they are building a new bridge, more noise.


Low air traffic every 5 minutes and I am not kidding, this lake is right by the airport.



But....nice clouds,

a little desperate wild life,

a little shade, it was 102.

All in all, not relaxing but we did get some exercise and we laughed a lot!!

About TV shows.

You know that I do not watch much TV....only things like Top Chef, Project Runway, Biggest Loser and Flipping Out, which makes my friends come to the conclusion that my taste in TV shows may be just a little wired.

Anyway...this is my new thing, I think watching YouTube is a lot more fun, entertaining and educational than any TV show.

For instance try this one .....this lady has 4,000 videos about what goes on

in her life, it is hilarious and it will make your life seem so organized.

Long overdue pictures from the Mexico trip.

Mexico July 2009

The colors of Mexico, one of the things I love the most!!

We were there for the full moon. It was beautiful!!

A view from the lower patio.

Sunset!!

The entrance to Toni's beach house.

High tide.

My kind of beach, NO PEOPLE!!
Low tide.

Thank you Toni for the awesome trip and sharing your home with us.

Can I just stay here forever!!!

I will be calling this home for the next few days!!

Yes, going to Mexico with my friends Toni and Cindy.

This is Toni's mother's home on the beach near Rocky Point.

We have so much fun!!

It is pretty hot in Arizona right now but I must say

one of the good things about living here is that it's

only 4 hours to my favorite beach in Mexico.

When I am in Mexico I am the happiest person in the world!!!

The Pillow Project

This pillow started it all!

I blogged about it earlier in May, it is

made of flannel and fleece, it was so easy and fun,

soft and cuddly.

I thought.....it would be nice if every small child could

have one.

It didn't take long to make but if I was going to make them as

a gift to small children in need, I would have to

think of a faster and more economical
way of doing it.

So....I think these are just as cute and even more practical.

Each pillow case has a fleece signature heart applique on it.


The costly part of the pillow was the form, so I decided
to make my own. It turned out that this made it even
softer and more cuddly and cut the cost by so much I
could not even believe it....God is good!!!

If someone out there would like to help make these little pillow cases,
I will make the forms for them.
Make them from flannel in a child's theme.
You can make them any size but these are 10 1/2 x 16 finished.
I also made some measuring 14 x 18 for older children. The handy thing
about this larger size is that a pillow form can be purchased for these
if needed, it is a standard neck pillow size.

I hate to rush off now....but I have some sewing to do!!!!

I just realized I did not have

recent pictures of my grandchildren on my blog.

There are several reasons for this.....Tiler is 16 and he is constantly on

the move. Sophie is 7 and it is hard to get a good

picture of her because she has her own idea of what a good pose is.

Tiler with his friend Khristian.
Sophie going to her art awards night.

Her art award.