That man Quilts?: Growth and taxes

3/11/24

Growth and taxes

Weeks seem like they pass so quickly now and some weeks, it feels like nothing really happens although it really did...it just wasn't interesting. I filed our taxes. We had to pay this year for the first time in either of our lives due to a small error at Rob's company. Not much. Just enough to break our record of never having to pay at the end of the year. My doctor is leaving the company and I had to find a new one. I've been putting it off but then I saw that one of my prescriptions was about to expire, so had to get that done. Telemed is nice, but I need a relationship with a doctor I can shake hands with and look in the eye. I also scheduled an appt with a dermatologist. Living in TX, it's way past time that I saw one. And I had to go to the office one day. Other than adding a restaurant to the list of places Rob and I would enjoy, it was a very nothing day.

I spent as much time as I could in the garden. The fertilizer last week really did the trick. Everything is popping out of the ground and trying to get to the sun. It's white season right now. I don't grow a lot of white flowers. Most plants with white flowers don't do well in the heat, so all my white flowers are at the beginning of the season. It starts with the white iris.

And, the white spirea. This spirea was trimmed into an almost perfect sphere and then it bloomed and the weight of the flowers changed the shape. Oh, well. It should go back to a sphere when this is done.

The white mock oranges are getting ready to explode next.

I even got this one early yellow iris. This iris bloomed in the fall when it shouldn't and now it's at it again. Odd.

And, I worked on Rob's shirt. Mary, I'm not sure how many shirts I"ve made. I've been making shirts since before I decided to learn how. These are the first two shirts I remember making. I was very excited to give it a try. They're made out of quilting cotton so were very heavy. If you've been quilting since the 90's, you probably recognize the prints. They were newly released when I got them. The shirts were not good enough to wear out, but they were good enough to wear around the house and in the garden. They're showing their years now and I doubt I could get them to button around me anymore, but I still have every shirt I made, except the ones I made for friends and the ones I really didn't like and cut into quilt scraps.

I made progress on Rob's shirt. I just need to hem the sleeves and do buttons and buttonholes. I got a new button foot for the Bernina so am not dreading that they way I do so often. I've tried a variety of feet to sew on a button with varying levels of success. I'm looking forward to trying the real thing.