The Sky is Done, on to the Flowers.

Yahoo!  The sky stitching is done on my cross stitch project.  Now, I will be working on the flowers at the bottom of the picture. There are lots of colour changes in this section so it will take a while. 

I quilted my colour challenge quilt this week and will be putting the binding on this weekend.  Then, I get to do the hand stitching--I like this part of the project.   I used 30 wt white thread on the top and light blue 50 wt thread in the bobbin to match the backing fabric.  I will have a picture of the completed quilt in next week's post. 

My hand quilting is coming along too...the red block is done and the blue one is well on its way.  The metal piece in the middle of the block is my magnetic needle minder.

My butterfly weed is about to burst into bloom.  This is one of my favourite flowers in the garden with its bright orange flower clusters. 

The purple flowers are Veronica and the pink ones behind it are Pincushion Flowers. 

The swallowtail butterfly caterpillars and I are sharing the parsley plant again this year. They sure grow fast. 

I saw these mushrooms on a neighbour's lawn on my walk one morning this week. 

I bought this plant for my garden last year and it started to flower this week.  So pretty.  The underside of the yellow flowers is red.  I'm not sure what it is called...

My husband and I tried goat milk ice cream this week.  Delicious!

Two years ago, Christine and I attended a barn quilt painting class and this week, we finally hung up my barn quilt on the wall beside our patio.  I can see it from the kitchen...it makes me smile!  My husband found anchors that make it easy to take it down and put it away for the winter and then re-install in the spring. 

Finn, just after eating his breakfast one morning, and before cleaning his beard.  He's going for a haircut this coming week. 

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique this weekend.