Looking for the sun...

They are such simple plants, but oh so beautiful.  They grow in the fields out at the strip pits, but so far I have not ever succeeded in capturing the beauty of the fields with these mixed in with the hay.  So I settle for capturing a close up at the edge of the road.

Quilting has begun

I finally felt settled enough to start quilting on the baby quilt...the shower is July 12th so it is about time I got it started.

It is not really a design...it is just something to hold the layers together.  I really have moved along nicely today.  If nothing happens and if I don't run out of thread, I could finish it tomorrow.  But I am really afraid I will run out of thread.  I took time and ordered another spool today.  I won't have to wait long for it.

If I run out, I will make the binding for it while I wait for the thread to get here.  Usually I make the binding before I start the quilting but have not felt like doing anything till today.  Not that I felt that sick...just mentally could not settle down to going down in the basement to work.

Barn and sky

This was taken not far from the church shown here.  On the same road...between Cayuga, Indiana and Georgetown, Illinois.  And yes, Sandra, this is one I take over and over.  Usually we don't stop, but Roger turned around and went back till I could get this.
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I fixed cabbage rolls in the crockpot today...I had always fixed them in the pressure cooker, but since I don't have one any more, I tried them in the crockpot and they were wonderful.  Even it makes the house stinky while they cook.  I usually only fix them a couple or three times a year.  They are one of those things I don't think of often. 

This is the recipe mine is based on.  But the way I do mine is so different you would not recognize it.  But a recipe is basically to give you a good idea of where to start, right?