Just a Little Quilting

Yesterday was such a nice day outside that it was a yard working day for me – mainly the grass needed cutting and I was ready to tackle it.  But first the quilting on Good Fortune

And then it was time to roll the quilt down and low and behold the beginnings of the border is seen at the top – remember this is a very wide border – but the rows of orange and blue/green blocks is getting less!  Linking to MCM#152 — Love Laugh Quilt — Small Quilts and Doll Quilts — Em’s Scrapbag —

I started back in the middle last night

I cut grass in the back yard, then the front yard  then over to the side of the house where the garden beds are – I took photos last night around 6:30 while I was taking a walk around before coming in and writing my blog and quilting – I got in about 20 minutes of walking and 2,500 steps making my total over 10,000 for the day.  I love it this time of year when I can spend more time taking laps around the property

this big area used to be just a big open field with one tree close to the road – now it is full of trees and I cut this all about every 2 weeks at this time of year so I can walk out here and about once a month after the rains slack off in the middle of summer.

If you turn the opposite way you see our woods these run the length of the back of the property  and then one full acre of woods along one side of the house by the driveway.   The woods are so thick with underbrush that you don’t bother to walk in it – you would be fighting the vines and prickly things.

As I was walking along this area heading towards my big “open field” I thought I heard a noise behind me I guess

I found I had a companion following me – this one is harmless most are – people out here in this part of the country just do not seem to take care of their dogs and we constantly have them running through our land – this one followed me to the end of our property and then walked on down the dirt road that runs along one side and was gone after he licked my hand and got a little petting.  I had seen this one around before but he never stuck around to get petted.  I don’t know what kind of dog this is but he was a big one – look at those feet – if you click on the photo they go to an enlargement.

So that was my day – I was cutting grass, reading a book on the porch, doing laundry, walking numerous laps around the property, and I even dug up a little more plants from the bed I am digging up and replanted a little – but a lot more of that garden to take care of!  You can see the end I started digging up plants on and you can see how much more there is to go!

I’m not doing the replanting nice and pretty – I’m digging a shallow hole which is about all you can do here in this area and dropping a big clump of plants in it with as much dirt still connected to it as I can get and then empty the wheelbarrow with the dirt that is left and packing it around them – I hope they will take hold!  These are purple coneflowers and black eyed Susan’s mainly with a little bit of other things that surround them – we will see how they are next year!

Hope you all had a great weekend!