After a long absence from writing blog posts, I'm beginning the journey of staying in touch once again. I'm also figuring out how to link these posts in a newsletter sent out from my website to those who have signed up at trunk shows or online. I promise not to overwhelm you with lots of emails. At this point I'm hoping to send something quarterly and, IF I get into a rhythm, it may be monthly.
After a slow start and a late freeze, we are finally enjoying the gorgeous peonies lining the north and west sides of our yard, along with more iris than we expected after that freeze. I'm taking some time to play in the garden and am planting shade loving perennials in the backyard where nothing has grown in years. Between the tree that shades that corner and the shed that was there when we moved in and was removed after a big wind storm, along that fence is bare ground. As I told my cousin today, I'm mostly spreading packets of seeds as it's cheaper to replace a seed packet than buy more plants. My thumb is not always green, but I have hopes the plans will come to fruition with a lovely wildflower perennial area near the bird feeders where we can relax and enjoy time on our patio with a more colorful view.
In quilting news, I've added another topic in my list of available trunk shows, added a couple of new classes, and have an online class that is now ready for signups! I'm also continuing to create new quilts, do my own FMQ, am learning to quilt pantographs on one of the machines at Quilters' Paradise, and have several patterns that will be released (hopefully) soon. I guess there is plenty to share and talk about.
