Gardening in Wyoming

 Gardening in Wyoming can be challenging and I used to be much better than I am now.  Part of that can be attributed to my age, but mostly to the weather and each year it seems to become more difficult.  Global warming? Most of the people I know are not believers and feel that everything cycles.  I probably won't live long enough to see another wonderful gardening cycle, like I remember if that is true.  We have had rain, and more rain and some hail and even some tornadoes.  The tornadoes were a few miles north of us this weekend, but they did significant damage and destroyed eight homes, all rural thank goodness or it would have been much worse.  Because of the rain and hail, what I have planted has suffered and with such a short growing season, I am not sure it is worth the effort.  I do have a few pots that get moved several times a day and so far so good. I do have this wonderful African violet that is blooming and after only a year seems to have outgrown the pot. Perhaps I will have to be satisfied with indoor plants for now.

Our library group has taken a break from the library quilt and sew days for the summer, but above is the last completed quilt for a wall in one of my bathrooms...it is titled "We're on a Roll".  I have started a Wedding quilt since I received an Accuquilt Go machine and a couple  of dies for it.  It has taken a few sessions to get the hang of putting it together on the machine as this is an old pattern which was traditionally hand stitched.  I will try to get a picture of a couple of squares, which are not really square, but rounded in shape.

I had my friend of over 50 years come to spend the weekend with us and we hit garage sales, saw the movie "Book Club", and toured the botanical garden.  Had a wonderful time.  Our neighbors bought a new truck and they have two vehicles in their garage already.  With no room for the new truck, they purchased a Hail Protector and honestly, it looks like a large caterpillar when it is inflated.  They won't let me paint eyes on it, but it has gotten a lot of attention from onlookers and probably does a good job.  I will try to get a picture of it also when they inflate it again.

"Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives." ~ Alexandre Dumas the Younger