I’ve already finished my July block of the month for Christine from Possum Town Quilters. She requested any design with a black background and use pink & green for the other two colors.

Then I used my scraps from her block to make this small quilt that I need a name for.

And here’s the back.

Carol’s choice of block was very simple using our choice of colors but her choice of pattern.

After  going to my nephew’s wedding in VA, Paul & I and Barbara & Terry

 went on up into PA & NY for a short trip. I had read “Vera’s Journey” about my Grandmother and wanted to visit the gorge at Watkins Glen, NY

 where she and Grandfather went on their honeymoon in 1926.

These pictures just don’t do justice to the beauty of the place.

This was a nice hike up and down steps and walkways, so the water from the rock was very refreshing.

That ice cream was so good and luscious after our 4 mile hike.

We also visited the Corning Glass Museum in New York.

This man is demonstrating and making a goblet. He had to start over 2 times!

We watched a demonstration on how light travels through optic fibers.

This was an interesting display and showed pictures that were not projected on a screen but out in the middle of the room. It was like you could walk right into the picture.

And of course, I had to get a picture of Barbara looking at this piece of glass designed like a quilt.

The souvenir shop was full of beautiful glass.

I love the color.

On our drive home we stopped to see the artwork of this man doing carving with a chain saw.

Just before we got back to Harrisonburg on 81, who should be traveling down the same highway but our friends from Meigs, GA, Merv & Marion Hoover.

Last evening they showed some of my quilts on the local TV channel and had an interview with me. If you can get past the first advertisement, I thought you may enjoy this.
http://titancast.titantv.com/p/wcbi/v/WCBI-News–6-Part-2—061710/12GI1W11.aspx

We had a picnic out at the river with those it suited from the Galen Schrock and Paul Graber families.

Karla gets a shot of Jason.

Actually, he’s pretty good!

The ending of a nice day.

We have attended so many weddings already this year. Paul’s niece Melissa & Scott.

My nephew, Josh & Hope.

Paul’s niece, Melinda & Travis.

And now this afternoon is my nephew, Chris & Alicia’s wedding in North Dakota. I’m sorry we can’t attend.

What a fun evening we had when these young people came for games & ice cream.

Vicki, Mel, Ang, & Craig concentrate and just about say the correct answer.

And now it’s Dustin, Nathan, Carla, & Amy’s turn.

Blogger’s Spring Quilt Festival

This quilt was made for the yearly contest “New Quilts From an Old Favorite” by AQS. We recently visited the “Badlands” and saw a documentary of the barren & desert land. I learned that the desert truly is a beautiful place with color. The name comes from Isaiah 35:1.

I finally finished this quilt “Romania Strip Farming.”

This quilt is for a friend from Romania. She is working at a hospital in Jerusalem now and has a heart for the Jewish people.

I used up my scraps to make “Rice Paddies & Cranberry Bogs.”

Too much of this stuff is a weariness of the flesh!

I enjoyed math, algebra & geometry in school, but this calculus is mind boggling. I’m glad Dustin is the one taking the class and not me.

I’d rather be sewing & quilting!

 We had a slim group for our Saturday night pizza last evening. Quintens were in Ohio, and Dustin & Craig were invited to Petres for a “drizzle” steak supper for Shelah’s fiance, Matt.

Joel served up the pizza. We were glad for Vicki’s presence too.

The little princess Georgiana, now weighs 9 lbs. I think she looks like the Rhodes, and then for some reason I see Fred Wenger’s mouth. I wonder is she is kin to him. And you know she has gained weight with that double chin!

Paul got a new phone and is learning how to use it. He had a hard time hearing on his old one and would cram it into his ear so hard that he made a sore spot that scabbed over.

Chop Sticks

Somehow I got carried away with Georgiana!

Parting Shot