The Latest here at the Cottage

August! Can you believe how fast this summer has flown by? Is it really August all ready? The kids will be back in school and we will all sigh with relief. (won’t we?) Kids are great, so full of energy and enthusiasm and creativity. It’s wonderful to have around. But, I’m getting older and it’s harder to sustain the same level of activity they require. We have had the privilege of having our 2 oldest grandkids, now 16, here for their first summer jobs. Christer really appreciated the muscle, memory and help from our grandson working with the concrete on...

This morning I was awakened by a text from my daughter. We sent messages back and forth a couple of times. Then a horrible realization hit me, today was July 2 !!! OH MY GOODNESS, I haven’t written the newsletter yet!! For some reason I kept thinking I had another week in June. Not a good start to the morning 😫. This has been a crazy month for me. (I know, it seems like I say that every month) So much happening it makes it kind of hard to keep track of what day it is. Last month I briefly...

May was a short month for us due to the Memorial Day holiday. But it was packed with activity, as usual. It’s never dull around here and it’s hard to keep up with everything. Due to that fact, we decided not to do the Row by Row shop hop this summer. We do have the cute border print for Row by Row for any of you who might want it for your quilt. We love seeing everybody and visiting with you. We hope you will drop in and say Hi if you are in our area over the summer. Over...

It’s May. 🎶 It’s May, 🎶 the lusty month of May 🎶………(the spring song from Camelot) I don’t know how “lusty” our month of May will be, but it’s starting out pretty “blustry”. With all the rain we have had, the weeds are rampant. I spent half a day outside weeding & I’m paying the price for that now. OOOOOOhh, old age is not for sissys! We made an unexpected road trip on Monday. We were hoping to see lots of wildflowers, and we did. But no Texas Bluebonnets, lots of pretty yellow and red & yellow flowers and a...

Here it is, the end of another very busy month and headed into the next. As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers”. But here in the Texas Hill Country, it’s bumped up a month or so, “winter rains, bring glorious flowers”. I’ve seen pictures of the bluebonnets blooming in wild display. That’s encouraging. It’s been a rough winter and it still seems to hang on, not letting go, but this morning, I found a beautiful promise that spring is really here. This is the first of my Iris to bloom this year, and it’s a magnificent specimen. I...