Jeana’s Journal

How time flies! Spring has passed and we are quickly heading into Summer. In our yard, the weeds are knee-high and still growing! Maybe we need some sheep to trim them back….

I have been thinking lately about time and how things have changed so much in such a seemingly short time. Today’s post is about following up on things mentioned earlier in my Journal and how they have changed.

We will start with the best first. Do you remember when our last little granddaughter was born in December of 2007? Well here she is now, looking all grown up and very pleased with her life. Her mom is thinking along those same lines too, don’t you think?

When we moved here we started with lots of bare earth (well not really—it was covered in weeds and it still is for the most part). In June 2007, I posted the beginnings of some of our plantings. Here is an update on the things I showed back then.

The front flower bed is now full to overflowing. The rocks in the “Before” picture are still there buried under all of the growth.

The first rose bush did not make it, so we have started again this year. Unfortunately, we have found that is often the case when trying to “tame” uncultivated land.

The line of cottonwood trees are all still with us and growing. In my mind’s eye I can see them towering over the house and making lots of delicious shade. There I am in a lawn chair sitting beneath them and peacefully stitching. Can’t you see it too?

And finally, a progress report on the Christmas Quilt.

The applique is finished on An Old Fashioned Christmas and it has been mostly machine quilted. I am now hand quilting the individual applique squares. Five done. Eight to go.

I have decided to publish it in pattern form and you will have the option of buying individual blocks, or the whole quilt. More details later…..