It rains alot here. Sometimes it drizzles, sometimes it pours. Sometimes it pelts. A homebody at heart, the rain doesn’t get to me too often, especially when I have a warm fire and a quilt to work with.

patches

Even though we are all three still home most days it seems lately that I have more time to myself. Suddenly my babies are big boys. They play together for more than minutes at a time, sometimes hours. Leaving me to realize that housework, really doesn’t take that much time, when you don’t have to hold someone, or intercede in the interest of peace, or to look for a lost train, or five.

everybody, streeeetchhh

It also leaves me some quiet, peaceful moments to myself, that aren’t stolen. They are given. Little gifts of time when I can snap pictures of the sun, as it briefly appears, so that I can remember that it exists.

Round Robin 2009 birdhouse

And gifts of time to work on projects, like our quilting groups Round Robin. The block I worked on this month was this adorable birdhouse. I added the birds. Spring may be wet, but it is here, the birds call to each other in the morning, as they flap wetly from branch to branch, and sometimes in the dry moments they sing.

RR 2009 snail.

And of course the snails are around as well….

My cottage RR 2009

And here is a badly lit picture I snapped at group, as my block passed to the next quilter. (You can see the original here.)

And here is the link to the BOM I just started (ordered today) anyone interested in joining along?