The Opposites Attract Blog Hop Starts Tomorrow!

Here is the Full Schedule:

June 01
Tweety Loves Quilting
Quilt In A Not-Shell
Life in the Scrapatch
Kathy (at Seams To Be Sew)
My Quilty Musings

June 02
DesertSky Quilting
RidgeTop Quilts
Words & Stitches
VROOMANS QUILTS

June 03
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
A beautiful day
MooseStash Quilting
Patchwork Breeze

June 06
Ravelly1
Mary Mack’s Blog
Tea Time Creations
123 Quilt
Sew Many Yarns

June 07
ICANQUILT2
Marjorie’s Busy Corner
Finding myself as an artist
Seams To Be Sew

Thanks to 

Marian @ Seams To Be Sew

for organizing this attractive hop!

Please come back tomorrow for my post!

Katniss Says ...

"Where are you?

Why are you not in here sewing?

and

Let Meowwwout!"

Poor Katniss.

I am sorry.

In the photo I am outside trying to help my hubby sets things aright in the yard after a freak gust of wind blew over ...

... our heavy duty metal frame yard swing.

The above photo is a "before" one that was blogged HERE

The frame at the top is broke and bent and 

the canvas cover needs repair.

It also blew over the chairs and rearranged 

some other things in our yard.

Only the swing was damaged.

This happened on a sunny breezy afternoon while 

the family was all inside gathered around the computer skyping 

with my daughter's family cross country.

Our neighbors' yards were not touched.

It was like the twilight zone came down in our yard.

Mysterious.

We are still waiting for a part to fix the top frame 

but otherwise the yard is back to usual.

Not sew on the sewing and computing and blogging front.

My sewing computer is down and has been for weeks.

I have been trying not to whine and complain about it here

and to find a way around it.

But it is not easy.

No design function. 

No patterns.

Limited photo ability.

No ability to print.

Not easy to blog.

This is like a big black hole in my life that

is sucking all my energy into it.

Sewing is my happy place and I cannot quite get there at the moment.

My tech crew is trying to fix this

and is baffled and frustrated.

It is not a virus.

It is an operating system issue on my faithful old

dino of a computer.

Think I will put Katniss on her leash and  take go out in the sunshine.

Hope to be back to sewing and blogging soon.

Take care.

My Mother's Lilacs

 My Mother's lilacs bloomed for Mother's Day!

Those of you who have been following me for a long time know

that this always makes me happy.

My mother was an avid gardener, 

a country girl from New Hampshire

who was transplanted to the city.

She had a very green thumb and her  roses, flower gardens, flowering bushes and vegetable garden were the most bountiful and beautiful in her tiny yard in the neighborhood of tiny yards.

She had lilacs of many colors from deep purple to white, but these

pink purple ones were her favorite.

My mother's lilacs grew and she gave their offshoots away to all the neighbors who wanted them and most of these gifts are still blooming although all the new residents who enjoy their fragrant blooms each spring never met my mother and have no idea from whence they came.
The higher blooms you see in the background of this photo are over the fence in our young neighbors' yard.

However, as my mother's health declined in her later years and she could no longer garden, her roses and lilacs withered and became overgrown, decimated by harsh winters and over shadowed by large trees. When I was a young mother and living in another state we could only do basic yard work when we were able to visit.  

My mother's green thumb was not handed down to me

 although I do enjoy puttering around the yard.

To make the long short, a few years ago my mother's legacy in our yard was reduced to one small, non-blooming bush that was near extinction.  My hubby and I dug it out and moved it to a sunnier spot and I watered and did my best to nurture.

The first year it bloomed again was a joyous celebration.

Every year it has a few more blooms.

It blooms each year for Mother's Day

and I see my Mother's smile.

:-)

Meet the Road Home Row Along Designers

Marian @ Seams To Be Sew

has introduced all the designers for

The "Road Home" Row Along

Here they are ...

Sew Incredibly Crazy Colorado	Feather Your Nest Gresham, Oregan	Tweety Loves Quilting Edinburgh, UK
Allie-Oops Sweet Happy Life  Harrisville, MI Sunrise Coast	BDieges Road to Tehachapi (CA)	Beaquilter Denmark
Words & Stitches Beaches of California	Stitches Of Love Tallahassee, Florida	Creatin’ in the Sticks Dodge City, Kansas
Quilted Fabric Art Burlington Vermont	Just Let Me Quilt Las Vegas, Nevada	Cheryl L York, Maine
Cynthia’s Ark Adelaide South Australia	Patchouli Moon Studio Central New Mexico	Quiltscapes Heber City/ SLC
Quilting Queen Online Texas	Elizabeth Coughlin Designs Worcester County in Central Massachusetts	Designs By Fee Tasmania, Australia
Heleen Pinkster Netherlands	Quilt Art Africa	MooseStash Quilting Alaska
Cali Quilter San Francisco, CA	Meadowbrook Minnesota	Westend Quilter Manitoulin Island, Canada
Linda Robertus Netherlands	Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse New Hampshire	Seams To Be Sew Idaho Falls, Idaho
Kissed Quilts Grand Coulee, Washington	Seacoast Quilter New Milford, Connecticut	Cloth and Paper Studio North Georgia Mountains
Batts In The Attic Los Angeles/Hollywood	I Can Quilt 2 Baltimore, MD	Patchwork Breeze West Michigan Shoreline
Pamela Quilts Oregon	Life in the Scrapatch Massachuesetts	Patti’s Patchwork Toronto, Ontario Canada
Weekend Quilter North Carolina	3 Patch Crafts Bulgaria	Stitching Impressions Corner Brook, Nfld, Canada
Pine Valley New Zealand	Rebecca Mae Designs Northern Maine	Any Pattern Port Angeles, Washington
Renee C Alberta, Canada	Sarah Q Outer Space	Sue G Northern Rivers Region, NSW, Australia
Quilt Fabrication Silicon Valley, CA	Needles In A Haystack Mojave Desert	Quilt in Piece Amanzimtoti, South Africa
	All Things Sewn Tester For Rows

Read Here For More Info

I have seen some of the rows in the making and they are fabulous!

You will not want to miss a stop along the road home.

:)