Slow Sunday Stitching

 I found myself stitching in a waiting room this week on my random blue blocks crib quilt.

I realized that I didn't have blocks marked out in advance and that I did not have my erasable gel pen.  That didn't stop me.  I just tried to stay the same distance from the seam.  It looks okay to me, but I prefer to stitch on a line.  My sew-to-go bag now has a spare ruler and a few erasable pens in it.  Lesson learned.

I got to some of the berries before the birds did.  Yummy!  I'm dealing with the aftermath of poison ivy.  I showered with Dawn dish soap right away when I came into the house.  I still ended up with it.  

I didn't think anything came up when I threw a bunch of seeds on the topsoil pile the first time I planted things.  I was so excited to find these poppies blooming.  There are a bunch more pods on them that will bloom later this week.  The leaves on them are different than my other poppies.  Such a beautiful surprise.  

The deer have been getting dangerously close to my raised beds.  I forgot to post this pic a few weeks ago.  I'll try to get an updated pic of how well the plants are doing for next week.  The tomato plants look great, but I don't see many blossoms on them.

Candy the cat keeps a watchful eye out for birds on the berries.

She usually poses for the camera.

I caught our son out watering "daddy's" peppers on the porch.  It's easier for him to take care of these plants.   He can pull the weeds from these because he can distinguish the weed from the plants.  He almost always gives me a pepper count when he is finished.  We had four scorching days this week (temps in the 90's and heat index over 100).  We made sure the plants got watered.  We finally had good rain on the 4th.

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.