quilting101

Quilting 101 with Diana. Lucy holds her mouth just right so her machine will work.
Zelda is serious about this project.
Diana shows the proper cutting procedure.

YEAH! My cover is finished. That's it in front of the machine. (Guess we are a bit out of order.)
Vicki fighting the needle.
Zelda has secret information to share.
Diana explains the directions. We could not figure that booklet out! It was written by a man that doesn't sew.
Cindy the super quilter came along just for fun, and of course lunch was involved. Thanks Diana for a fun filled day. The free motion foot is a blast. Each and everyone one of us learned something new today.
Katie thought she had to get in on the action.

mattGAMEWON!

Hail! Hail, the gangs all here.
Monacan's freshman team takes to the field for warm-ups.
Yes fans, our baby Matt is all grown up and in high school.
This year our team is looking good.
Matt #30 leads the team in overtime for a 7-0 win. YEAH! we are off to a great start.

tittattargang

It is that time again folks! Cookout for the gang. Seafood is the food of choice.

NOLA may have canceled their seafood festival but not the tittattargang. Grilled shrimp,
chilled shrimp, crab salad, crab corn soup and to top it off, HUSHPUPPIES. Yes sir, we had deep fried, southern, sweet hushpuppies. The southern specialty is a small corn meal dumpling. At

least that is how the Food Lover's Companion describes them. We just say drag them through the butter and pass them our way.
Nita may have had one too many puppies! No just kidding. It was great to have the gang here once again. Next gathering Oct. 26. Theme-chilli. See you then.

aquiltingwewillGO

After a nice hardy lunch at Ledo's Pizza ,off to Jojo's Quilting Shop we go.
Zelda supervises the fabric cutting. The quilting shop lady can cut several pieces at the time. Maybe someone should help the little ladies at Wal-mart.
You notice we are all lining up at the register to purchase something. Of course Cindy is the only one in the group that can quilt,

so she helped me pick out a nice grouping of fabric. Heaven only knows what I will do with it.
Zelda helps with the bolt selection. All in all it was just a fun shopping experience with the Lunch Bunch!

pumpkins

Thought I would try growing pumpkins again this year. Hopefully this rain today will help!

swallowtailBUTTERFLY

Swallowtails come to visit every summer and lay their eggs on my garden.
Dill, fennel and parsley seem to be the plants of choice.
They start out as an egg the size of a pin head, hatch to a black caterpillar with a white stripe and
get the nice color after a week of so. They eat their way through my herbs each year. When the caterpillars are munching on the fennel, you can smell the licorice scent of the plant a few feet away. They can eat a four foot fennel plant in a week.

skygetsanewdoo

Sky starts the day out with a smile. Little does she know what awaits her. A new doo is on the horizon

and she just found out a bath is part of the deal
now jane is here to give sky her new doo and she is not a happy camper
now jane is gone and sky is one glad dog

Katie Kate thinks this grooming stuff is for the birds! Series posted by Eli