Saturday

Instead of finishing something, I decided to start a new project! I'm using the Accuquilt dies I have and a pattern from them, called Happy Village. It uses this below flowering snowball block and the shoo fly block. That one can be made with my 8 inch cube - shape 1&3. I need to prep some more of them to take with me. These finish at 12 inches. 

The 2 orange string of beads blocks were completed this week. I have prepped the last 2 blocks with their aqua/teal peels to take with me. That will give me 16 of these blocks for a 48x48 set. I'll decide later if I add a peel border of some type around it. 

 

Linking up with the RSC. I hope to do a little orange sewing later.

I got up early, and headed to horses with Emily today. She rode yesterday, but the girls asked if they could ride again today. Seems the new horse tried to jump over the poles with Kyra and then went into a Canter she was not expecting. She stayed on the horse, but riding today was a good confidence builder. Emily won't be riding for about a month now, as we start our rambling drive to Vermont late next week. We will do a college visit on Friday, then wander up leisurely to Vermont. Vanderbilt is in Tennessee, so it will be a new route for us to travel. We have tickets to 3 things already and will hit quite a few things along the way. Mammoth Caves and the Prison where they filmed The Shawshank Redemption movies are booked. The Hermitage is also booked just outside of Nashville. We will also got to the Air Force museum (Aidan) in Dayton, OH and then mozy through the town where their grandparents raised their Dad in Ohio. I think we are also visiting where Abraham Lincoln was born as well as Niagra Falls and the Erie Canals museum. We will see what else they find to visit. I know we have college visits to Dartmouth and University of Vermont while we are up that way. Aidan mentioned a couple places to visit on the way home as well, but I can't remember what they are. The kids just find and plan out the route and I pay! I'm off work for about a month while we travel and enjoy time in Vermont with my family. Greg stays home and takes care of the animals and will be busy moving his Dad into Assisted Living and getting him settled.

I've been watching the peaceful protests for No Kinds day here in the USA - against the current president and his policies and executive orders. If I was not tapped to go with Emily, I would have attended our local one here. It is great to see so many peacefully protesting and exercising their constitutional rights.