Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That...

 

Hi, all!

Friday is upon us once again, and we all know what that means - it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on!!  Are you ready?  Let's go!

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With the sun finally making an appearance this week, and warmer temperatures with it, I had to split my time between quilting and yard work.  Let's start with the quilting!

These two quilts bring us within just a few quilts of our big project goal - just a few more to do in the next week or so!  Both of these have been bound, washed and dried and are ready to go on the shelf with the others.  

In between doing those two quilts, I did some serious weeding and cleaning in my back flower bed....

...and two huge bags of trash later, I now have a nice clean flower bed!

I used to have a huge butterfly bush in this planter, but it didn't survive our weird winter, so I pulled it out.  It's not in this picture, but I planted a pretty japanese maple that I'm hoping will do well there.  It's listed for full sun, so it should.  We shall see!  I've also started spreading mulch, but my back will only take so much of hefting the large bags, so it's slow going.  

The day after I got the bed cleaned out, I treated myself to a trip to the local plant nursery and raided their perennials section!  I got more butterfly bush starters, candy tuft, yarrow, bee balm, delphinium, columbine, a peony, and a small rosebush.  

All those plants, except for the butterfly bush starters, have been planted in these pots, which I picked up on a 75% off sale last fall.  (Ignore the random red plastic pot - I'm not sure why it was there!)  I ordered some plant stands to raise them up to different heights.  

And I bought new bird feeders!!  I'm happy to say the birds appear to be appreciative, too.  These are a beautiful design - a scrollwork canister to hold the seeds, and a solar top so at night, they light up!  

I'll try to get some better pictures of the whole setup when I finish it this weekend, but I'm so happy with it!  

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? In My Non-Quilting Hours...

 

Hi, all!

It's been a busy week, and a beautiful one here, too!  But now it's Friday, and not only Friday, but the beginning of a holiday weekend in the States - and that's a big whoop whoop all on its own!  So now it's time for us all to get our whoop whoop on. I hope you're ready - let's get started!

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As I said, it's been busy around here!  The temperature skyrocketed this week, and as usually happens, that's when I found out that the AC upstairs in my studio was NOT working.  That made me change my sewing plans for gardening (early in the morning, obviously!) so I headed to the plant nursery in search of a big, bad, thorny rose bush that the bunnies wouldn't find tasty.  And boy did I find one!

Look at that beautiful bush!  So many buds on it, too - it should really explode with color very soon.  Here's a close-up picture of the roses...

The rose is called Lady in Red and the roses really look like a flamenco dancer's skirt - gorgeous ruffly deep red petals.  I'm so happy I found this one!  

I also found a couple of gorgeous lilies to add to the front planter for a pop of color!

And then in the backyard, under the bird/squirrel feeders, I added a couple of butterfly bushes that I picked up at the farmer's market on the square in Murfreesboro.  They seemed like well-established bushes and cost about half of what they were priced everywhere else!  Keep your fingers crossed that I can't kill them off....

I also planted the hydrangea that my daughter and her family gave me for Mother's Day in that planter.  I love sitting out on the back porch and watching the birds and seeing all the beautiful plants growing!

I got a new weed puller, too - this handy dandy gadget pops dandelions right out of the ground, root and all, and doesn't require me to bend over or get down on hands and knees to get them out!  I'm going to have so much fun pulling all those boogers out!

I'm also whooping about this - Lilli and I worked really hard early one morning in the studio (yes, in the heat!) to organize the giveaway goodies for Hands2Help.  She is excellent help (especially when she's getting paid) and a great organizer!  So we worked very fast to get done before it got unbearable upstairs, and now we are ready for the end of this year's Hands2Help Challenge.  Hooray!

And I did get one quilt on (and off) the frame this week - a very large "family" quilt that will go to a couple whose son was killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend.

Oh, and here's one more thing we can all whoop about - if you need to ship quilts or other donations to Little Lambs Foundation of Utah, you can go to GiveBackBox.com (there's a link in last Sunday's post) and use the promotional code MAY to get a second label for 50% off!   The offer is good until 5/31, so get your labels quick!

A very busy week, and one I feel really good about....

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop??

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah