everyone sounds so busy! i plant with perrenials only and invite my son for the week end so he can weed. the potted plants on the patio i will deal with since they are not too far down to reach. i tried tending to the front garden but kept falling and rolling down the hill. thank goodness i planted a rose hedge or i'd roll right into the street! as much as i love my roses, i am tired of landing in them. however, i did notice they are aphid free. yay, knock-outs! the backyard belongs to the dogs, cats, rabbits, possum and any other beasties that need shelter from the storm! it is like walking in a mine field, so i let my lawn mower take care of it. i do have a pool but the liner has pretty much disintegrated and it needs an overhaul. at least it's one area that is dog proof and safe to walk in. climbing the ladder up and down makes it less appealing. i've been told i have raspberries back there, but i don't care to forage for the few berries i'd find.
may take the aforementioned dogs for a walk today. dh gets off early and it's not raining. seems like we've had a lot, but we need it. rather rain than snow!! i am avoiding talking about food. good thing i can't win this month! i can't wait to see my fq's! i'm still at 2lbs down. i'm grateful for those 2 to be gone. my excercise is cleaning my sewing area. i am still setting it uo to maximize the new table and (old) sewing desk arrangement. i need a better ironing board but not sure dh will agree. going through a big cardboard box, i found a summer quilt my grandmother made. it's crazy squares, appliqued onto a whole cloth and then 'filled' with muslin and backed with cotton. since she was from vt i know this can't be a winter quilt. she didn't finish it, but as all of her other quilts i've seen were tied, i will finish this one and tie it. btw, it is birthed. i plan to post a pic on the dq thread. i also hope to include pictures of the victorian crazy quilt that was my other gm's. she didn't make it but gave it to me as my wedding present! it is lovely, all silk, and what we think of as a crazy quilt with lavish embroidery. my gm called it a 'graveyard' quilt. each block is made by a different quilter, has her name and birth year or death year , is surrounded by thread 'fencing (hence the name graveyard) and the last survivor gets to keep the quilt. sort of like a tontine. there are pieces of silk grosgrain that she claimed dated just post revolutionary war (u.s.) and had been used as cigar wrappers at that time. my gm was a great embroiderer, of the truth mostly, so it's hard to say how accurate the info is. wish antique road show would come to philly! anyway, it is one of the 2 items kept next to the front door so in case of fire i can grab it on my way out!