Colorado Trip

I have been on a few great adventures since I posted last. I lost my camera so I had to wait until I got a new one. 

I went to Colorado the beginning of April to visit the kids, my grand dog and grand kitties. The kitties aren't around much when Vesper is in the community area. 

Vesper April 2014

Vesper is so big she has her own couch! At 120 pounds I don't think she has reached her full potential. Love moms choice for her blanket.

Vesper on her couch April 2014

I tasted my first Irish Car Bomb drink on that trip. It was so tasty I got the recipe just in case I wanted that same yummy feeling in my tummy in my future!

Irish Car Bomb

In case you want to give it a try, pour 1/2 pint Guinness in a pint glass. Fill your shot glass half with Baileys and half with Jameson Irish Whiskey. I don't like whiskey but I liked all the rest so I trusted my son and DIL not to lead me down a dark and tasteless path. Next, tilt your glass and slowly slide your shot glass inside. Now, without stopping, chug the entire drink being careful not to bang the shot glass on your nose as you drain the glass. Sit back and enjoy the warm caramel comfort. Caution...they are mighty good so don't enjoy too many of those warm caramel comforts.

I also enjoyed tasting a few of the beers at the local brewing company. I'm going with the beer for the hot summer months. I never knew there were so many tasty beers.

On to other joys of that trip.

Alan with torch!

With torch in hand, Alan does his part for the baby shower cupcakes that DIL made.

They tasted like s'mores too. Very clever trick to know when making s'mores cupcakes. Alan just likes to play with fire!

Yellow cake decorated cupcakes.

The baby shower had a woodland theme so these were perfect for the occasion. The display was ingenuous. I helped Alan cut these real tree stumps. They were still damp!

G & C baby shower. April 2014

I cut and hemmed the new curtains for their living room. My DIL had a great idea to use a pipe and pipe fixtures to hang these. They look great opened or closed.

New curtains April 2014. 

Blogland says this is enough for one post! I just returned from my 3 and a half week trip to California to babysit my Dads cat and house. Remember when Carolyn and I did that in September 2013? Stay tuned!

Sew happy to be back! 

Great Adventures

My Mother's Day trip to Colorado was so much fun. The weather was 20 degrees cooler than Las Vegas and I met my new grand baby. She is as cute as she can be and just as sweet. Oh, and the kids are great too!

Vesper May 2013

She is a Great Dane puppy that will end up about 150 pounds in a couple of years!

Vesper - 14 weeks old  43 pounds

She is as gentle as her breed describes. She has the biggest feet I have ever seen on a dog. Now, I have another grand baby that is an 85 pound Rottweiler so I am used to big dogs with big feet but...  

May 2013

Here is the drip watering system I helped my son put together for his veggie garden. In the foreground you can see my knitting project I worked on on the patio in the cool weather with a gentle breeze. I spent more time outside than I did in the house I think. 

Hanging basket - fuchsias 

Peonies 

These peonies are lining both sides of my son and DIL's new house. They are huge and I can't wait to see pictures of them blooming. I thought these were going to explode while I was there but no such luck.

Peonies

Two days after I returned home I went on a 4 day retreat on the other side of town. It was a 30 minute drive home so we had a sleepover for 3 nights! It was a blast. Lots of sewing, eating, laughing, knitting and learning to play Mindcraft on the Xbox, being taught by a 7 year old. He was really patient and gave me lots of help without any 'old' comments when I couldn't remember what button did what!

My friend did the quilting on my Lighting quilt. She also zigzagged some gold cording down in the shape of a sun which is hard to see in this photo.

Lighting - quilted May 2013

Every section is quilted in a different way. I will take a more detailed shot after I get the binding on.

Lighting - detail

Now on to the Tuesday group. I keep a clear bucket on my cutting table I put scraps in when cutting. One of the ladies was talking about having no scraps so I brought her a full bucket. She took them home and made these. These are probably 10" blocks!  

Improve blocks

Silk 

This belongs to the the lady that made me the tree, the quilter and the knitter. This is silk that was given to her by a dear friend that she is knitting into a scarf. It is so soft and beautiful I could hardly leave it alone. The colors so saturated. Pretty much like the photo.

Silk detail

Now that I am caught up on my adventures I will have the projects I have been working on ready for the next post. Let's see, there are the dish cloths, hexagons and the white squares with colored corners.

Until next time sew happy!