Hay Time

Its that time of year again. This is the first of at least four loads for our five ponies. Those critters can eat! Luckily, the price of hay has come down a bit. We brought this home last night...guess what Dennis did most of the evening??


This is Dennis contemplating unloading, which, with this first load is more complicated. He has panels to move just to be able to turn the rig around and get it to the barn. Glad this part of horse-ownership is his job!




I, on the other hand, was inside where it was relatively cool fixing dinner (shrimp salad) and organizing bills (yuck!). This is a picture of my latest quilting project. Norma was given this quilt as a gift for being starting and being president of our guild for several years. She collected frogs at that time so all these blocks are different stars with fussy-cut frogs in the middle. There is one block that is completely empty, so I'm thinking of embroidering a frog in the center of that block. Okay, *I* won't embroider it; Dennis' PR600 will do that for me!!

Happy Birthday America

And to celebrate, when you live in Plumas County, you have several choices. You can go to the High Sierra Music Festival, or the "Hippie Fest," as we locals call it. My husband is there now listening to music and having a good time. Or you can go to a little community called Chester and attend the Mombosa Festival...Reggae music, I think, but I've never gone.


We always start our 4th with the Pancake Breakfast in Taylorsville. Taylorsville has a huge population; the sign says 154 but I think they counted the dogs and horses too. However on July 4, the town has literally a thousand people. All the locals come out for the breakfast, parade and rodeo that follows. We always do the breakfast and parade, but not the rodeo. Since I own horses, I'm too much of a softy to watch rodeo. This is a picture of the town...by Monday, it will be back to normal with no one around. While the rodeo and team ropers are in town, you'll even see horses tied up outside the bar...

The rest of the day included a ride on my boy, Socks (I'm trying to build up his butt muscles for an endurance ride in August) and finishing a rush "Barn Chicks" quilt for a client.

Blog Creation

Okay, I'm trying to be good about this posting thing, but its making me crazy. I want my blog to look better, but don't seem to be able to get the hang of it. I think I need to read the help files a bit more thoroughly...or at all....

Currently, I'm suffering withdrawals. I haven't touched my longarm in two weeks! Weekend before last, we had to get our truck and trailer ready for a ride; last weekend we did a Limited Distance 35-mile ride at Hat Creek. This weekend, I'm leaving on Friday to spend the night with my sister in Carson City. We'll be sewing, but its not quilting! I miss my longarm...

So...an evil plan forms: if I take tomorrow off and spend the day working on the house, I can, from the moment I'm home on Saturday, quilt!! I will have to take a break and go for a ride, but there's nothing wrong with that!

Cool Hand Hank

Look at my dog in his shades...is this not the cutest dog ever??

Yikes...someone is reading

Yes, its been forever since I started this blog...March to be exact. But, I have several good excuses. First and foremost is my name, my middle name, to be exact. Its Procrastination and my last name is Good-Intentions. Hard to believe, but its true!

Many things have happened since March. For one, Carla Ballard's class was cancelled and won't be rescheduled until September...September?!? And, knowing Murphy the way I do, it will probably be rescheduled on the only weekend that I have plans.

Another big thing...my 93 year old mother-in-law has moved in with us. She was no longer able to live at home after breaking her hip in January. She moved in shortly after I began this blog. Its been challenging, but doable. We moved from the master bedroom when I began quilting as that was the only room, other than the living room, large enough to hold my Millennium. We began sleeping in our much smaller office. Now, my MIL is in the office and we're in the living room. All that will change soon, however.

APQS, the best longarm manufacturing company in the world, has hired me to be a Sales, Service & Education rep. So...I need a real studio and, more than that, I need to NOT be sleeping in the living room. This will be my studio www.pacificyurts.com Its 24' around, 450 square feet of space (that I will share with my husband) and will have a bathroom and kitchenette! I'm very excited.

Most recent quilt finished on Lillian (my Millie) is a beautiful quilt called Dandelion Wishes from one of my best clients, Carolyn. She pieces beautifully and I was able to try out my cross-hatch rulers for the first time. Hope the pictures help offset the wait...