It's been awhile again since I was on here. I guess that's just the way it goes in the summer.
We've been busy with our Little Green Acres, watering, watering, and more watering. We did finally get much prayed for rain last week, 1.4" in 24 hours. But that was about it, nothing measurable since. We NEED it, June is our month for precip.... so if June is dry, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the summer.
My neighbor youth friends, Makiah and Nathan, have continued to come over and help me with the yard work this past week.
I also spent some one-on-one time with Makiah, teaching her to piece by hand.
I just love working with this impressive young lady! She is so mature and composed for her age, and is interested in everything, and is always up for anything, whether it be gardening, or sewing, or even helping in the house. She definitely is NOT afraid of working! In fact, she's quite eager for the opportunity.
One afternoon Makiah joined my granddaughter Darian and I for some sewing with all three of us together.
So between the three of these young people, one or more of them either sewed or gardened with me, or both, every day but one last week. It doesn't get any better than being totally immersed in your two favorite hobbies...
I'm always amused at how amazed young ones are at themselves the first time they sew with a machine. Makiah's words were identical to my granddaughter's on her first go-round, "I can't believe I'm sewing on a sewing machine!"
I mentioned in my last post that Darian has begun a new bargello project. It's moving right along, and she's doing a very good job with accuracy. She had some good help with fabric selection from one of our most favorite quilt shops, Bismarck Sewing and Quilting, but she also does a good job with colors herself.
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