damn deer.

I came home from Seattle with three large beautiful hostas, and a box of other assorted plants, courtesy of my sister Gretchen.  My plan was to plant the hostas out in the triangle area along side the driveway. They could grow and fill in nicely there. Or so I thought.  Because I’ve been feeling lousy and I wanted to sew, they hadn’t gotten in the ground just yet. This morning I went out to see that something had a nice meal:
 which is half of what it was, and this:  Damn deer! I was just starting to like them again, too. There are young ones about lately, and they are sooo cute, if they’re across the street, or anywhere that they’re not eating my stuff. These plants were sitting just outside the fence on my little planting table. I guess I should be happy that I hadn’t planted them yet. Foo. So, now I need to find them a nice, safe place.

Moving on.

I was able to make and finish two quilts for the charity project. I used flannel that I had in the stash, and made whirlygig quilt blocks, in an easy quilt-as-you-go style. They turned out very sweet. One girly, here      and one for a baby boy     . The guild collected 27 baby quilts yesterday, and we agreed to try to donate three times per year; these should keep pace with the approx. five per month that are given out.  

Now, I’ve got some planting to do, and get back to my spider web quilt.

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