Simply Foaling Around!

I know these last days of Summer are going to pass us quickly by!

And yesterday proved to be an absolutely beautiful Friday with radiant blue skies and gentle breezes.  Even the morning temperatures let us know that seasons will be changing soon.  This morning it was 56 on the front porch for coffee time with Jason.

BRING IT ON!

But at the same time – make the nice days still last.  The kind of Friday where a hike in the highlands in the morning, home by noon is still possible.

Why Friday?  Because it is a long holiday weekend and EVERYONE is trying to get in some out and about before we really dig into September.

This little foal is a new one to me!  There are a couple of others I’ve become familiar with over the past couple of months but this one – hello, sweetheart!

It headed right towards us – stopping to scratch its head on the post.

And Zoey is so good – no barking no jumping, just observing as the pony came closer, and closer and then – Click to Play:

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It was the most precious way to start our morning and I was so glad that we took this hike!

This baby is a few months older -

And growing!

Mama grazing near by.

We passed by 5 ponies on our hike yesterday.

Some days we’ve encountered less, some days more.  But it always makes our day to connect with nature in this way.

More honey dos done by father and son!

It has been amazing having Jason here – some jobs just take two people.  Some jobs just take one younger person to take charge and say “let’s do this!”

Not only did he take on the big job of painting the old metal roof, but the Edison style hanging lights we ordered were finally installed.

I love the ambiance of a welcoming porch!

We also installed these on the porch at the cabin, and just LOVE them.  They are LED so they don’t take much electricity and will last a long long time.  I have linked them in the Out on the Porch category of the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store.

Shelving unit soon to be filled with my fat quarter boxes!

Shelving came from Sam's Club.

Another thing Jason did for me yesterday.  Not sure the shelves are spaced the way we want them, but we can adjust.  I’m just so thrilled to have it here so I can get part of the stash out of the garage.

And I have big plans on using this stash to its full potential!  I had a friend ask me just yesterday if I was “Still buying fabric.”  And I said “The jury is still out!”

Right now I am in the process of discovering pieces I had forgotten I even had.  They are “New to me!”  And I see no reason to buy more until I can’t work with what I have any further.

If a particular quilt needs a certain border fabric to finish it off, and nothing in the stash will do, then by all means.  But for all other parts – I’ll shop the stash first.  This is an insane amount of fabric for any one person to have – it needs to go into quilts instead of just being stored while I shop for more.

Let’s face it – if it were shoes, I’d eventually reach the point where I would put a halt on buying more shoes.  (Sorry Imelda Marcos!)  The the using of the fabric that gives the fabric value to me.  By itself it’s like an unopened tube of paint.  It’s much better when it does its job and becomes a painting.

(It seems I am overrun with analogies today – so sorry! LOL!)

One down, two more to go!

I’m glad I decided to just dig in and make 3 more blocks to finish the Traveling Star quilt.  It’s so easy to say “Nah – just call it done.”  But in the long run I’ll feel better knowing I did this.  Two more.  I can do it!  And then part of the quilt needs to be unsewn and resewn to accommodate these three. And then the borders will work.

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And since a beautiful Saturday has dawned – I think it’s a perfect morning for a hike up Round House Road.

And some stitching – I MUST find machine time today, as it just didn’t happen yesterday.

Anything going on for your Labor Day Weekend Saturday?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

I am currently home alone as The Hubster and son Jason just left for an archery target shoot.

Father and son heading off together while they are 60 and 36 respectively- so many memories of them doing things like this while Jason was growing up.

It has been a wonderful week having our son here with us. He leaves on Monday and I am already dreading the distance.

Family matters most!