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July 2019 Newsletter

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July 2019 Newsletter

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...

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June 2019 Newsletter

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June 2019 Newsletter

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...

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MAY 2019 NEWSLETTER

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MAY 2019 NEWSLETTER

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...

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APRIL 2019 NEWSLETTER

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APRIL 2019 NEWSLETTER

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...

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MARCH 2019 NEWSLETTER

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MARCH 2019 NEWSLETTER

I’m sure y’all are familiar with the saying referring to the demise of Julius Caesar, “Beware the ides of March”. Well, I think we could update that and apply it, “Beware the unpredictable winter of 2018/2019”.  Crazy weather cycles since last September, and I don’t think it’s just here in Texas, I think it’s been like that everywhere. I feel like hibernating for the next 6 weeks! But alas, life marches on and I must stay with it. So, “Top o’ the morning to ya”……….fingers crossed for a nice March on all fronts. My long arm skills have steadily increased...

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