Monday, April 14, 2008

Spring

Well I think it is finally Spring. It has been warm the past few days and today it will be 72 and very windy. But tomorrow's forecast is for rainy weather and in the 40s. But that is Spring for you-- warm one minute and cold the next. We have started burning off the gardens and alon the fence line. The grass is turning green and the collies have been able to stay out side all day for several days now. I have bought my onions and my pea seeds and have ordered potato onions and Egyptian Walking onions. Corn seed is so exspensive this year . We will grow tomatoes, peppers, onions-- red, yellow and the two new kinds, beans-- both romas and regular green, carrots and radishes and lettuces. I am also going to start some herbs this year. We have chives already and I am adding several others. The strawberry plants are beginning to look better and I may add some new ones. Last Saturday the raspberries were not looking so good but it is still early. The new neighbors down the road have a couple of goats that periodically come up here and we are going to have to fence our garden as they do nothing to keep them home.

My grandchildren garden is growing nicely. Wendy writes to me via e-mail fairly often and I love hearing from her. James is enjoying his mission in Puerto Rico although he is working hard each day. They had their first baptism last Saturday.

I have done alot of quilting this winter. I quilted a couple of small lap quilts and Wendys quilt is finished as is Sarahs. I just have to quilt Andreas and Michaels and bind them. And I finished the quilt for the Collie Club of America and it auctioned for $600+. That makes 12 that I have done. Next years quilt is going to be a signature quilt and at the National this year they collected all the signatures they could and others have e-mailed them to me. It should be a fun quilt to make.

I am still loving serving in the Family History Center each week for two days.