Five Shadows

Even tho the calendar says Spring has arrived my little spring garden flowers are apparently saying, “No, not yet!” So after a wonderful Easter Service and meal with family, we headed out in search of the Snow Trilliums that bloom a few weeks before our garden flowers. We drove to Hanging Rock and alas! the Snow Trilliums are also still in hiding! It is now official, Spring has not yet reached Northern Indiana. We did do some geocaching on our outing – found two caches, and we stopped at a lacy little water fall on an Acres Land Trust which was beautiful and will have to make up for the lack of flowers. The search for Spring will just have to continue.

Here is a picture of the last bed size quilt top I have sewn. It is one of two for my parents who have moved into a retirement community. In moving they have switched from a queen bed to twin beds. The pattern is River City 9-Patch from the 9-Patch Reunion Book by Atkinson Designs. The border and solid 9-patch squares are really a blue, but the photo turned out as gray.

Happy New Year to all who happen upon my blog! This year I am venturing into some new territories. The first is a family activity of geocaching.  I gave John a GPS for Christmas and we have found 5 caches so far since Christmas. Today we trekked out in the snow to treasure hunt. It was a beautiful but cold day and we only ended up looking for and finding 2 caches. This time we took along stickers so we could trade treasures with others participating. The second new item on my list is that I’ve joined  a Valentine swap hosted by Lenna Andrews Creative Swaps.   The picture shows the fabric and fibers I’m using to create my Valentines.  I’m so excited about this swap! To be in touch with other creative souls out side my small circle here at home is something I’ve dreamed of doing, and now I have finally taken the step. I’ll show you pictures of my progress and the final Valentines once I’ve mailed them off to Lenna.