From Snow to ICE and a Hawk to boot

There is a saying, "out of the frying pan and into the fire". . . that's kind of how I feel with the weather that we have been having lately.

Tuesday we were hit with rain, sleet, hail, and cold temperatures. Which all resulted in an icy wonderland.



Of course, the wonderland wasn't very wonderful when I had to go out to my car {which was located on my private skating pond (formerly known as my driveway)}!

I'm sure I could have won America's Funniest Home Video if someone had been filming me chiseling the car out from the ice block while holding on to the sideview mirror to keep from falling!! he he he The mental image should be enough to cause a few giggles (right Lynn???)

Now, these next two pictures might not be so easy to see. . . we were visited by a hawk the other day and I tried to get a picture of it. Hopefully you might be able to enlarge the photos and see it. . . it was on the cross branch near the middle of the shot.




I'm hoping to have some quilt related postings soon. . .I have finished one quilt top and am almost done with a second.

In peace and pieces,

WIP Wednesday

Despite being busy I was able to get some more work done on some projects. . . here are the pics to prove it:

These first two are pictures of a Flickr block swap that I am in. . . these blocks will be winging their way to Arizona later today.



This is a progress picture of the baby afghan that I am making for a friend of mine. Yes, I like to make my baby afghans extra big so that they can be used by the adults with the child. . . .and there is plenty of "grow into" room.


I'm also working on a "secret project". . .namely the annual Twisted Mystery #6 project. I can't show pictures here until sometime in late October or early November. . .but I love the fabrics I was sent and now that I see the project coming together I am really happy with my decisions.

DH is feeling better. . . but with school starting in less than 2 weeks he has been kept extra busy and, IMHO, hasn't been getting enough time to sleep.

Not much else to report for today. . . we have been getting some rainy days lately (which I am NOT complaining about after the long period of high heat, humidity and no rain). . .it's been touch & go for several of my newer plants and I'm not sure if some of the dogwoods have survived. I'm pretty sure some of my azaleas are gone. . .there was just no way to give them the amount of water they needed with the summer that we have had.

DH would disagree with me but I can't wait for the cooler weather of fall to get here.

In peace and pieces,