The best laid plans

My coneflowers have been blooming about a week...actually had one or two a while back, but they were just a forerunner of what is happening now and what is yet to be.
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We had plans today to meet with Tootie and her parents, and to bring her home for the week.  Instead, last night Roger started coughing...and came down with a cold.  It is a strange one....he does not cough all the time but coughs so hard in spells that I think he might pass out.  His head hurt when he got up this morn from coughing so hard through the night...

He just does not feel good at all; he had horrible body aches this evening but Tylenol helped that some. So that is what is happening here.

And I am still having problems with computer...I don't know where it is coming from.  I thought for sure  it was google/gmail, etc...but no longer know.  It does happen on both my Windows Computer and my chromebook.  Things will go along fine for an hour or two...then all of a sudden half the blogs I visit won't open. Or if I do get one to open, the comment form won't open.  A lot of other sights won't open.  Sometimes I cannot do a search unless I go to Bing....

Then this afternoon I was texting with the girls and could not open or send email/texts for a couple minutes.  I was thankful that that was as long as that lasted.

Anyway, I will visit as I can...

Like sunshine

One of my volunteer sunflowers has this bloom...sunflowers are almost like sunshine you can touch. They are the most cheerful blossom!
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I got the backing for the baby quilt made today.  But not going to work on getting the quilt sandwich together right yet.  We will have Lorelei next week so will just wait till after she is gone. 

I have also taken the rest of the batiks for Daughter's quilt and assigned them to either have a light triangle or a dark triangle.  I do want to try to start cutting the jewel pieces.  I have the triangles cut, just need to cut the bigger pieces.

It is not so hot here today...has stayed overcast the entire day.  It has really been nice to sit outside, but instead I was down in the basement working with material:)

From the little shop in Paris, Illinois...

This sign caught my eye the first thing...it is not old.  At least I assumed it wasn't as there were two or three more scattered around the place.  For the life of me I cannot remember the name of the little shop.  It was in just small little old building...and divided in half.  I don't know if it had always been that way or if she had had it done to give herself more wall space.

I really, really liked the sign but I came home without it.  I was proud of myself. 

This was in the same shop...I love it.  Again, I did not bring it home.  It is Roseville...$125 if I remember correctly.  It is beautiful.  I just went to Picassa and enlarged this pic...the name of the place is The Cherry Tree.  You can read about it here.   And this is their facebook page. I really did enjoy looking in her shop.  I am so trying not to bring in any more stuff...I still hoping to get back to decluttering...

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I think it was last fall at a flea market during covered bridge, a lady had what appeared to be Roseville but she said it was fake.  I forget how to tell the difference.  I am in no way implying the above is fake...seeing it just made me remember seeing the fake and wondering how to tell the difference.