Piecing blocks

It is so busy here.  Sydney thinks she's found an apartment they can afford.  The rental agent has given her some wrong advice and her application has been kicked back a couple times and they wanted me to come in and fill out a form.  We went on Saturday and someone different helped us and I think Syd is all set now.  I'm so proud of her for taking care of all of this on her own.  She ended up not needing me at all.  

I've spent as much time as I can working on the baby quilt, but there have been so many distractions that I don't think I've gotten very far.  I can tell I'm on the right track tho, and have started to piece blocks.  I can see my vision forming.  The only problem I'm seeing is the dark upper right hand corner.  I may move those red pieces to the lower left where everything is lighter and they'll show up better. 

My book case wasn't wide enough, so there's a whole other set of blocks around the corner.  Still a lot of blank spaces out there to find fabrics for.  This is for someone I used to work for and I asked her a few basic questions.  I asked about color and she said I like the colors in your shirt and I looked down and the plaid had every color except purple so I took some license and added that.  And, I asked if she preferred squares, circles or triangles and she said triangles.  It doesn't get much more triangular than this.  

We went to a plant nursery on Saturday.  I hadn't been to this one in years.  There's no place for large plants here, but I went wild on the small ones.  These tiny plants were not labeled, so I have no idea what they are and my phone app isn't helping, but they were in the same greenhouse conditions so I'm trying them together, in the same conditions here.  

There are several more that I haven't found just the right pots for and will share later.  They're resting in the greenhouse for now.  Every weekend, I spend a little more time in the greenhouse and it's coming together nicely.  I've figured out where the sunny spots and the shady spots are and have been moving plants around accordingly.  But, there's still that one pesky box of stuff I haven't found a place for yet, so it's sitting in the middle of the floor.  

The key limes were ripe (maybe a little overripe) and I picked them this weekend.  It's the first time this tree has produced more than a couple.  I didn't think to take a picture until I'd started juicing them for a key lime pie.  The pie is delicious, but if you consider how expensive it was to keep that tree alive to get exactly enough juice to make one pie, it was probably a very expensive pie.  But, the tree is blooming again (that was my indication that the existing fruit was probably ripe) and I hope to get another nice crop next year.  

We went to Goodwill yesterday.  We were just going to stop in for a minute, but then we found this chair that was $15.  The legs were wobbly, but the black dustcover fabric on the bottom was velcro and we were able to pull it back and figure out that the legs just weren't tight.  Rob took care of that and I gave it a good steam clean and we moved it into the bedroom.  

It goes perfect with the other chair we have in there.  

Mable took a turn and we thought it was bad, but when Rob described it to the vet, she said she wasn't so sure that the symptoms were related to the cancer.  She found a skin infection and Mable had pinched a nerve trying to lick it and sent Rob home with a bag full of pills.  I have 8 reminders on my phone to give pills starting at 5am and ending at 9pm.  The dog truly believes I am a treat dispenser, not realizing that every one of those treats contains a hidden pill to make her feel better.  And, she's definitely getting better, still not back to her old self, but I can see the light back in her eyes and can tell she's getting there.  

Everybody have a great Monday!  Even when things are dark, I have to remember that there's a silver lining out there somewhere.  If I can't see it, then I have to wait for it to show itself when it's time for me to see it.  

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