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Are you glad July is almost over?

Me too! It's been to hot and dry to enjoy summer...

although there has been a few things I loved about July.

All the fresh garden produce finally coming on.

 

Creamed onions and cucumbers from the Sall Farm garden...

so good.

 

 

 All the peaches we can eat because a flat of peaches

is really to many for two of us.

 

 

Hundreds of straw bales everywhere you look

 when you take a country drive.

 

 

Mr. b servicing my machines in the little sewing sweatshop.

 

But...here comes August.

It will be a very special month for our family again.

 

~b is for baby

 



flowers and birds

New bags...

as opposed to old bags.



 

I love this scrappy quilted bag with its burlap base.

 

 

The lining is pretty too.

 

 

An elderly lady requested a small bag

 to carry a cell phone in.

She told me she likes birds.

 

This bag is shabby chic with it's large roses

and leather base...

 

 

C’est une belle vie.

 

 

~b is for beautiful

 

 

 



skinny dipping...

 

 

adding it to my bucket list.

 

~b is for bare



spicey

Mr. b bought a Traeger smoker.

We love grilling in the summer.

 

Our son introduced us to Traeger smoked meats last summer

and our son-in-law smoked a turkey a few weeks ago while we were there...

we were hooked.

 

It takes a lot of spice rubs

 for all this smoking so I decided to make my own.

 

Cue: Penzeys Spices

 

 

Is it cheaper?

I read that it is but the verdict is still out.

 

 

                 14-Spice Dry Rub Mix                

1/2 c dark brown sugar

1/4 c seasoned salt

1/4 c paprika

1/4 c smoked paprika

1 T garlic powder

2 tsp onion powder

1 T celery salt

2 T chili powder

2 T black pepper

1 T rubbed dried sage

1 tsp ground allspice

1 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp cayenne

1/4 tsp ground mace

1/8 tsp ground cloves

 

For use on chicken, beef, pork or fish.

 

~b is for barbecue

                           

 

 



some summertime

If you don't have air-conditioning today...

 

 

you might want to find a swimming hole.

 

Mr. b and I spent a lot of summer hours in this very same pond.

No complaints...it was a great place to cool down.

 

~b



canning

Two days of screen printing =

18 flour sack towels

 

 

 

I still love this jar design.
It is time to get those canning jars out
for this season's garden vegetables.
Pick up a fun towel for the canner in your family...
he or she will love it!
My brother and brother-in-law have been canning for years.
Mr. b had a co-worker (male) that did all the canning in his family.
Way to go guys!

 

 

A new pheasant design for fall.

 

 

We only print on high quality extra large towels.

 

~b is for basil

 

 

 



 

LIFE

is better

-on the-

FARM

 

~b is for blessings

vacation

When the maps come out you know it's time for a vacation.

 

 

When the map fabric comes out...

 

 

...well it's really time!

 

 

~b is for beach



finishing up things today

I am finally taking these pillowcases across the finish line!

 

 

Three shades of blue

and a lot of satin stitching...

which is my favorite embroidery stitch.

 

~b is for Blue



CAPITAL business

 

 

It was a cool cloudy day

 so we loaded up the granddaughters

for a history lesson at our state capital in Pierre SD.

 

I was impressed that they were impressed.

 

~b



Skittles

Having the granddaughters around...

 

 

is always my excuse to buy Skittles.

 

 

We ate our Skittles and sewed silly penguins.

 

 

~b is for bellyache  

 



in the quiet

 

It's way to quiet at our house this morning

after 4 days with these two.

 

~b is for bored



kiss me goodnight

A new grandbaby in August requires a quilt...

 

read me a story

tuck me in tight

say a sweet prayer

and kiss me goodnight.

 



 

Great-grandma did the embroidering...

Grandma did the piecing and quilting.



~ b is for baby



America The Beautiful

 

As parades go...it was a fun one!

 

 

~b is for blast