Spring

Things are starting to warm up and flowers are blooming.  This old pot comes out each year.

Last week we lost our old dog Bear. She was a rescue dog Penne found in San Demis canyon in 2001. Skip and I had been on a Baltic Cruise, when we arrived home we found a note saying "don't be alarmed at the animal in the backyard".  We were alarmed, because with Penne you never knew what type of animal she was going to find.  This turned out to be a cross between a Lab and a Chow. We were luck she had the temperament of a Lab and the hair of the Chow.  What a sweet dog she was. Somehow she was always at the bottom of the animal pecking order. Very even tempered and loving. She will be missed by all of us and the rest  of our animals.

Another UFO finished!  This is called a "crum block". They are made with scraps and measure 6 1/2 un-finished. I have been working on several small quilts using my small scraps, but somehow the pile is not  getting smaller.