Yellow

I worked from home last week while I was having some paint repairs done on the Prius.  7 year old car, but too low mileage to write it off yet.  Hoping that if Sydney ever gets her license, she'll want to buy it from me.  We know it's been excellently maintained and would be a great first car for her. 

And, she could afford the gas.

But, I think she wants Rob's full size F150 pickup.  Cuz that's how she rolls.

Anyway, because I was home last week, I was able to take frequent walks in the yard and every time I would go out, I would find something else, just about to burst with bloom.  I did really good at not getting distracted tho.  I found one plant that was obviously not happy in its new spot, so put it in a pot, but that was all the gardening I got distracted with.  I kept nose to the grindstone and actually got a lot of work accomplished. 

Yesterday, I finished the quilting in the center of the star wedding quilt.  We saw one of the brides on Saturday and the wedding is a go.  They are not going to delay.  That makes me want to say "love wins" or something!  (sad story, the Mother had just mailed in her RSVP when she took a turn and passed away, so there was that to find when they got home).  Now, on to the border.  Ideas?  Because I have too many competing thoughts and could use a new suggestion. 

Saturday morning, I cleaned my part of the garage.  We need a new garage door and I knew I was part of the hold up, so I took care of that and won't be the hold up no more.  I had been planning to swap out my machine for one of the others in the collection, so when I finished cleaning, I pulled out the Singer 401 and looked it over.  This is a dear friend's Mother's machine and when I got it, it was filthy.  So, the first thing I did in my naivete was to take it apart and clean it.  Then, I couldn't get the tension back together.  I fiddled with it and fiddled with it and on and on and on for years and couldn't get it back together.  So, I bought a new tension assembly, already put together and on Saturday, I installed it.  Except it wasn't put together right either.  And, the painted parts of my old one were prettier.  So, I ended up taking it apart too.  And, I managed to put it back together CORRECTLY this time.  And, then I fiddled with the tension and before I knew it, it was sewing perfectly again.  Thanks for all the encouragement, Michelle!  After I had it in the studio, I was so disappointed that I didn't have a project pulled out to work on.  So, I started making four patches, just to set the seam allowance.  It's ready for me, next time I'm ready to sew.

I also repainted this TV tray that was in the studio as a whatever table...as in whatever I needed to put on it.  The ironing board, the laptop, the printer, whatever.  We got it when the neighbors across the street moved long ago.  We took it because Syd had come to live here and we only had two TV trays.  Then, I got the bright idea that family should eat at the dining table, and we hardly ever used it.  It was painted with orange and what can kindly be called a painful red-violet.  But, who cared.  It was free, right?  Anyway, if I was going to use it more regularly, it needed a touch up and a new screw to make a repair.  I painted the whole thing gold, then added new stripes to the top.  But, different.  I like it better now. 

Garden pics.  This is where the title color comes from.  Yellow...
Coreopsis

Columbine

These Iris are really blooming up a storm!

 And, now, these have started.  These came from Boston.  They were so prolific there that people at the public garden were throwing them in the compost heap.  So, we took some, cut the tops off and packed them in plastic and brought them to Texas.  It took them years to climatize.  They are a shorter iris now.  But, they did and the last couple of years, they given a few blooms, but this year, looks like it's going to be a real show. 

And, the mock oranges are really giving it a go with the mass of white blooms and yellow centers. 

And, highlighting it all are the violets, here and there, but giving masses of bloom of their own.  This one is growing in the middle of a coreopsis that's competing for space.  Two plants enter, one plant survives...it's Flowerdome.

And, looky here!  Just when I said the oakleaf hydrangea may never bloom, look what I found on it!  A bunch of flower heads, getting ready to start. 

I got my first check from Laundry Basket Quilts for reviewing Edyta's patterns.  It was a really good feeling.  Simultaneously, I got two new beautiful patterns to review.  For some reason, they won't open on a window's device but will open on my iPhone, so I had to learn to print from my iPhone.  What an adventure that was! 

And, speaking of iphones, one last story and then I'll go.  I needed a new battery in my phone.  It was being very irratic.  It would run down in minutes, or charged really slowly and the next day, it was fine.  It was very frustrating.  So, I made an appointment to have a new battery installed.  I took it out of the case so they could look at it and dropped it on the floor and shattered the screen.  So, I didn't need a battery anymore.  I needed a phone.  Moral of the story is, don't take it out of the case until you're handing it over.  The case is there because accidents happen! 

Everybody have a wonderful week!  My boss is out of town and I'm looking forward to getting more work done.  At least I hope so.  And, may be a little sewing?

Lane