SLOW is the one word that comes to mind when I describe my garden this year.  I even had most of it planted by the end of April.  I’m chalkin’ it up to our wonky weather this year, too much rain!! 

Everything is small too, therefore, I feed it to the ducks.  At least they are dining well!

Lots of blossoms, but barely any squash.

I’ve got a teeny tiny watermelon that doesn’t seem to want to grow up.  He’s been this way for a few days!

Green tomatoes that don’t want to get red.  Even my Big Boy’s are not very big.

But my salvation is the cucumbers.  I’m starting to see cucs with those blossoms.  There is hope!

But the most fun for me while I garden is watching the waiting girls.  They sit, they watch, they wait, for any fresh morsel I will throw over the fence. 

How does your garden grow this summer?

My BFF, Renee, scored another pre-garage sale quilt scrap bag from one of her neighbors. It cost her a whole dollar. She gave most of it to me, except she kept the 30 or so completed Dresden Plate patterned blocks!! 

This is what I pulled out of the bag……

It looks as if someone started on the border and then started to work inward.  It has all been hand stitched….

But has all these dangling strips ready to be stitched. 

 I really don’t even know where to start or how to begin to finish this puzzle of a quilt!

I assume this is the middle because there are pre-cut squares in these colors all in the same bag.

There are lots and lots of squares just ready to finish this whole thing.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to do first??  HELP!

I think I’ve finally realized that I am addicted to fabric scraps. Some quilters may enjoy buying the most fabulous fabrics, but I really like getting their leftovers! My dear friend, Renee, scored 5 bags of scraps for a whopping $2 at a garage sale last weekend, and she passed them to me.

My wonderful hubby suggested I sort them into bags of color, therefore, the lovely horseshoe I’ve created while sorting the last couple of evenings.

Lots and lots of pre-cut 4 and 5 inch squares!!

And mounds of expensive and great designer fabrics!! 

You can see how much Kacey helped me with this chore!  But the best part about all of this treasure for me, is that it inspired me to dig out the string quilt I started months ago.  One of only 1,345,789 projects that are left, waiting to be finished in my closets!

OK, gotta go keep pluggin’ along!  The goal is KING SIZE!!

To all those hard working men out there, especially my dad today!

And my brother and my hubby, who are out there in the heat and wind of Kansas, cutting wheat and…….checking weather on their cell phones!  WAIT!  What’s wrong with this picture?  Maybe I’m just not used to these high tech farmers with their fancy gadgets.  When I was a little girl we had the luxury of two way radios and THAT was cool! 

KUDOS to all the farmers out there and happy harvesting!

PS!!!!  Here’s how we ended the day.  Couldn’t resist showing you this one…….