Nature

Nope, this is not a strange far away planet. It's a mushroom. I love finding them in my yard.

We had a cold snap here a few weeks ago so the leaves had sped up their color changes. Nature is awesome!! What's happening in your yard?

One Scene, Five Points of View

I recently went on retreat with my "wacky" girlfriends. Needless to say, we had a blast what with laughing, eating and girl bonding. There was a bit of sewing involved but mostly we were just so happy to be together. However, I did bring along a little project for everyone to try. The above photo is a close-up of an old tree trunk and in the background are trees, the lake and a bit of sky. I gave each "wacky" a photo and ask them, along with myself, to make a mini of what each saw. I brought along as many pieces of landscaping type fabrics for them to use and each received a glue stick instead of using adhesive fabric backing such as Steam-a-Seam or Heat-n-Bond. Glue sticks are easier, faster and won't gum up your sewing machine!!!
Here's the results:

Rhonda's view (me)

Molly's view

Annie's view

Kathleen's view

Kathy's view
The retreat was a great success and therapeutic to us all. We are all refreshed and ready to get back to life and family.
I hope everyone who reads this blog post has a wonderful week and enjoy the last of April!!!

Wordless Wednesday

A Lot Of Things

I canned fig jam yesterday. Of course I had to do "several" taste tests before the

 sweetness was just right!!!!! I just hope this will last until the winter months.

A Zipper spider has made her home right outside my garage eve.

Grandma's Lillies are in bloom. I was told last year that lilly isn't their correct name so let me know of the correction please.

Next I snapped a photo some sort of mushroom that seemed to have cracked open. I love  the blush color surprise inside.

Finally we've had a string of strong winds lately so imagine my surprise when I discovered  a bird's nest on the ground (no pun intended) the other morning. No eggs or babies, thank goodness!!