Braid Quilt & Yard Update

Yes, I am still quilting here. Sue made a wonderful scrappy braid quilt and asked for feathers. I quilted 'ribbon candy' in the narrow yellow border.















Well, here is what is left of my beautiful climbing hydrangea. Three weeks ago it was ripped off the wall in a huge rain & wind storm. Then it fell prey to the backhoe. sniff, sniff.








But the basement is coming along, in between the downpours. The clay down in the hole sticks to everything... work boots look like they have morphed into pontoons.

Note to self: it does not pay to whine about the dry summers - it WILL turn around and bite you in the bum!