Dime store quilt

                                   My "five and dime" quilt is finished.

I love the colors I chose for it.

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2021 Five and Dime Quilt.

This is my oldest quilt waiting to be finished and yesterday was the day.

Laying out a quilt can be back breaking. I am lucky Mr. b is always willing to help me. I lay out the layers on a board in our garage and then begin pinning.

I tried to pick out fabrics that you would have found in a Five and Dime store in the 1950's. I love vintage. Today it is supposed to  reach 104 degrees so you can find me in my little sewing sweatshop in front of the air conditioner quilting this old/new quilt.

There may be banana bread for my coffee break. I have an oven in the basement that comes in handy on hot days.

Stay cool...b

Kombucha

 I have been brewing kombucha for weeks and today I poured my first bottles. Kombucha is a fermented tea that is good for just about everything that ails you. While we waited for mine to ferment we have been buying it in the store to drink.

I tried growing my own mother from a jar of tea. When I failed or just grew impatient I ordered one from Amazon. Who knew you could order a mother from Amazon right?

I didn't think Mr b. would be on board as it has a strong vinegar taste but he may like it more than I do. We each have a half cup of it first thing every morning. 

Once in the bottles they need a couple of days to carbonate.  I made these blueberry.

I am enjoying this experiment like the sourdough I maintain.

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Are you crying?

 We pulled our camper to North Dakota for a week where we got to watch our two youngest granddaughters play ball. While we were having a discussion on sports I told them "There is no crying in baseball."

We really had fun with the movie lines from A League Of Their Own. Tom Hanks did a great job. "Zip it Doris!" may have been our favorite.

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pink

 

This has been the most flowers my Weigela bush has ever had.

It is years and years old and has been a bit of a struggle for it but I'm glad we both hung in there.

I put my North Dakota rhubarb to good use yesterday.

And that's all the pink I have to show you today. I love pink don't you?

~b