http://www.whatupduck.com Livin' country in the city. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:18:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.whatupduck.com/garden-2010slow/ 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 ... http://www.whatupduck.com/another-scrap-bag-but-what-is-it/ 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 ... http://www.whatupduck.com/i-am-a-scrapaholic/ 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 ... http://www.whatupduck.com/happy-fathers-day-kansas-wheat-harvest-2010/ ....make for fabulous landscaping!  Last year when I needed some quick and cheap bushes for the front of our house, I chose currant bushes.  Mostly because when I priced the ordinary boxwood, they were $25 each for a 2 gallon, really small plant!  I wanted something fast, don't we all?!!  ... http://www.whatupduck.com/currant-bushes/ Yup, the ducks are still around and kicking.  Most mornings I see a stray cat that likes to cross my yard to get to another yard.  She doesn't seem to even notice the ducks.  The ducks sure notice her and sit upright and at attention until she passes. They spend most days ... http://www.whatupduck.com/duck-updates/    My daughter and fiance had stopped at Ivers in Seattle after flying back from the wedding.  And she thought she had gotten away from all the crazy ducks! http://www.whatupduck.com/daughter-shares-lunch-with-duck-on-seattle-pier/ Number #10, KIM! Because, I decided to rate our fabulous weekend wedding and I gave it a 10!! MARRIED!!  More to post later, but first I need to tend to my ducks, my garden, and life in general! http://www.whatupduck.com/and-the-winner-is-2/ Because I'm crazy busy this week with my youngest daughter's wedding, and because I am currently out of town at my nephew's graduation, I think I'll give away this fabulous vintage (if you call 1963 vintage!!) handstitched quilt block.  I'm not sure of the pattern because I'm such a random ... http://www.whatupduck.com/vintage-block-giveaway/ WARNING, this will only excite my quilter friends out there, sorry duck lovers, but I have to show off my found treasure from Saturday's garage sale-ing. Yes, I know it's not a real word , sale-ing, but it's what I say so I gotta use it!  And when I say ... http://www.whatupduck.com/garage-sale-find-vintage-quilt-pieces/