HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!
I made wild blueberry scones Tuesday morning (7/4) and headed down to
Paula & Doug’s for their traditional 4th of July brunch while
watching the parade. I think it’s very
gracious of them to have this gang of people over every year!!! We got pics of our neighbors before they headed off to be in the parade:
Then headed off to Paula's. There was lots of good food,
good friends:
And of course....Paula...the consumate hostess...handing out mimosas to the leaders of the parade:
Then the rest of the parade swept by:
At least 96 golf carts and innumerable motorcycles and cars. A group of parade watchers followed us back home, wanting to see our new porch and also taking a quilting tour. I loved it because one of Paula’s neighbors said “WOW – everywhere you look there are quilts!” After that, Michael headed off to the grocery store (last day of the sales), while I read for a bit before heading downstairs. I started a new series by Marie Bostwick. The first book in the series is A SINGLE THREAD. It is just a good story with a quilting theme and to me, they read somewhat like other “southern” books my friend Ginny has recommended (Ginny & Paula I think you both might like them….if you need the full list, there are only 6, just let me know.) Since I was waiting for opinions on the newest Valor quilt, I got the baby quilt and the Clinton quilt off of the frame, got all of the bobbin ends woven in and got each one trimmed. Michael and I were thinking of Chinese for dinner, but our local place was closed, so we just made do…him with yoghurt and me with a baked potato, then Larry picked him up at 6:15 for the movies. They saw BABY DRIVER and while they were gone I continued sewing by making binding for the baby quilt and starting to sew it on. I got the binding totally complete by the time he came home and announced that he and Larry both agreed it was the best movie they have seen this year! I wanted to sit out on our porch (we haven’t done so lately) and had a surprise set up for Michael. We used to burn candles all of the time in Connecticut, but our house in South Carolina doesn’t seem to lend itself to candle burning….but I thought our new porch might provide that opportunity…and I was right…it was lovely:
We didn’t get to bed until after 11 PM…it was just terrific sitting out there talking and enjoying the night.
Then headed off to Paula's. There was lots of good food,
good friends:
And of course....Paula...the consumate hostess...handing out mimosas to the leaders of the parade:
Then the rest of the parade swept by:
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| Uncle Sam segway....always a welcome addition to any parade |
At least 96 golf carts and innumerable motorcycles and cars. A group of parade watchers followed us back home, wanting to see our new porch and also taking a quilting tour. I loved it because one of Paula’s neighbors said “WOW – everywhere you look there are quilts!” After that, Michael headed off to the grocery store (last day of the sales), while I read for a bit before heading downstairs. I started a new series by Marie Bostwick. The first book in the series is A SINGLE THREAD. It is just a good story with a quilting theme and to me, they read somewhat like other “southern” books my friend Ginny has recommended (Ginny & Paula I think you both might like them….if you need the full list, there are only 6, just let me know.) Since I was waiting for opinions on the newest Valor quilt, I got the baby quilt and the Clinton quilt off of the frame, got all of the bobbin ends woven in and got each one trimmed. Michael and I were thinking of Chinese for dinner, but our local place was closed, so we just made do…him with yoghurt and me with a baked potato, then Larry picked him up at 6:15 for the movies. They saw BABY DRIVER and while they were gone I continued sewing by making binding for the baby quilt and starting to sew it on. I got the binding totally complete by the time he came home and announced that he and Larry both agreed it was the best movie they have seen this year! I wanted to sit out on our porch (we haven’t done so lately) and had a surprise set up for Michael. We used to burn candles all of the time in Connecticut, but our house in South Carolina doesn’t seem to lend itself to candle burning….but I thought our new porch might provide that opportunity…and I was right…it was lovely:
We didn’t get to bed until after 11 PM…it was just terrific sitting out there talking and enjoying the night.
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