Thoughts along the way

Everyone has something to teach us, not only those who are
experts in their fields.
Every human being is a living encyclopedia of ideas, insights, facts,
experiences, and opinions.
If we are wise, we will keep our eyes and ears open and learn
from everyone around us.
We never know when that one bit of information
we learned will be just the thing we need.................

Just the thing to cool off on a hot summer day, and it has been hot this summer.

Thought maybe you would like to see what my work table in the sewing/craft room looked like when I finally found it under all the clutter
Now there is no saying how long it will stay this clean...probably till I start another project....and then it will be a mess again.
A creative mind does not waste time cleaning unless forced to by not being able to find the one thing I need.....

This is looking like it is going to be a hot humid summer with lots of rain! Bad thing is this is the year I have decided that the lawn and flower beds should really be re-done. So far even with the weather not wanting to co-operate, even so I have finished 3 flower beds, and we have gotten a portion of the lawn reseeded.
The next project was going to be the rock garden, but again it will be put off for a while...got a surprise free load of pea gravel...
I had no idea how many shovel fulls of pea gravel were in a yard and a half of pea gravel....well I do now, after shoveling it into the trucks! So the next project is to rake up all the mulch in the perennial garden and shovel the pea gravel out of the trucks and into a wheel barrow and over to the perennial garden.
That should take a bit of time, especially if it keeps raining...
Sew much for getting any sewing done for a while......

I have decided to follow the advice of my daughter-in-law and clean her way...it seems to work well for her. Her house is a lot less cluttered than mine. (she has NO clutter).
She has come up with the system of cleaning one room a day....makes sense now that I sit and think about it. Focusing on only one room means you can do a complete clean of that room...cleaning a little in each room, and nothing looks like you really cleaned anything.
So my new plan for the rest of the summer is to follow her rule. Of course she has 2 children to help her...I just have the cat, and he is not the least bit interested.......
So I will spend one hour a day on one specific room....the rest of the house will be a mess for that first week, but after a week I should have the main floor looking really nice....

My Yucca plant has outdone itself this year with blooms...Last year it had 2 stalks and this year it just went nuts.
Thought I would take a picture before we got another wind and rain storm and all the flowers fell off.

No sooner do I have my sewing room cleaned than I am working on a new project. Made this one last night...only took about 2 hours to complete, including cutting out the pieces. The fabric came from a dear friend who just recently moved to AZ. I told her I would make her "tablecloth" into something useful. She gave me the tablecloth before she left as she sold the table it was for. There was no room to take the table with her.
I used a schlep bag pattern I found on line..only changed the block size to 7 inches. she is a short person and the bigger bag would be too hard for her to handle.
The bag is reversible, with the inside seams finished off in a "rag" finish. I serged the top edge.

Out for an afternoon family swim...
After the past few days this looks like such a good idea...It has been so hot an humid, that everything just sticks to everything else...
Impossible to sew, fabric sticks to itself and me.....
Then to make matters worse, it is still raining....the mosquitoes have been hatching like mad....Ahhhhh yes, Summer has arrived! All winter everyone has waited for summer.....now all this heat makes you want to stick your head in the freezer!

Some days you have no choice but to clean before you can start another project.
I guess I kind of let my sewing/craft room get a bit out of hand. So I have spent the last 3 days working on straightening things up a bit...I honestly could not find a thing!

There is just no end to the uses for aluminum foil...and ofcurse the metal coat hanger holding up the foil.
All this effort for a TV that only gets one channel...........................................