Pea Soup and Birthdays

Fog! From this spot, looking south, I usually can see the sleeping Indian.  For the past few weeks we have had rain, fog, rain, fog and more fog. (pea soup)  STOP!  At above 7,000 feet in elevation, our gardens cannot be put in until Memorial Day usually, but now we are having some snow with the rain and fog and I am not so sure that this will just morph into winter.  Our lives here have been a little unsettled...the Mr. has had some small health issues and is doing just fine now, but even those small things interrupt our normal day to day living.  So there has not been much to put on this blog and in addition, this computer is in the ICU waiting for a replacement to arrive.  It is just becoming too old to do what it used to be able to do.......Wait, I had a birthday this week and I can relate although I am not ready for either the ICU or a replacement.  And speaking of birthdays, I try to celebrate all week.
My neighbor here also had a birthday the day before mine and she invited us and a few of our other neighbors for a celebration, but I had to make the cake!  I always make my birthday cake, but it was fun to be with them for a little party.  I also took cupcakes to my quilt group on Monday and have been out to lunch every day this week.  When you have had as many as I have had, might as well milk it for all it's worth.  Today we are lunching with friends from out of state who have come to say goodbye I fear.  We are all in the "golden" years and health issues are always a factor, but I think they should be called the "rusty" years.  Anyway one of these friends is suffering from dementia and we have not seen her in several years, so this will not be an easy day for us, but I fear it will be the last time we will see her.  Soooooo..until the weather improves and we see the sun again I will be retreating to my quilting and hope I will have a few more interesting things to blog about in the near future 'cause I have a lot of livin' to do yet in spite of the fact that the birthdays keep coming!

Yellow today

 Today's post is about yellow.  I put my hummer feeder out a couple of days ago and within 10 minutes, the little guys had found it and the yellow finches arrived at the feeder out front at the same time. They are such a brilliant yellow.

 Our row exchange was yesterday and this is the quilt I had to work with this month.  The top row was the quilter's row and the rest were added by consecutive quilters with mine at the bottom.

Since the yellow is such a bright yellow in all rows (each row is actually 60 inches approx) I felt that the little finch was a perfect addition to the blog. We had a large group for the exchange yesterday and for lunch and we all are always excited to see what each of the 12 quilters had added to the previous rows.  I have a new series of rows now with which to add my personal touch.  This has been a great group of gals and we have developed a sense of community among the "clan".

Spring?

 These are old pictures I pulled from the computer as I have had "stuff" on my plate this week or so and actually have no other excuse except that I have worked outside mostly.  Those pics later.  Also next Monday is our row exchange and I just finished mine.  Post will come this week.  So above is a small Dresden plate square which is only 6 " from yellow side to side.  Below is a sampling of some of the garden "totems" we have made.  These were made in Cheyenne several years ago, but we are still constructing these for the gardens.  A conversation came up last week about these and so in searching for something to post, I found these.  We have already begun to look for treasures for this year's craft week and my buddy and I went to Laramie last week and discovered a couple of thrift shops.  These and garage sales are the best places to find affordable junk.

As you can see, we use a myriad of pieces...vases, lamp parts, candy dishes, bowls etc.  So if you are in a winter funk....go for it!!!  It may bring spring or even summer to our gardens.