Rain, rain come again!

Summer rain, soft gentle droplets that are cool on the skin and welcome!  The air is warm and close, no wind at all.  Trees rustle and ping under the gentle movement of the rain, the dry grasses whisper.  Nature is making music, again.  If you stop and listen, be still; we are rewarded with beauty.  So outside I have to go, to take in the beauty that nature offers.  It's 11 pm at night, the darkness wraps around me with a feeling t=of security, yet I feel freedom.  Then the sounds of the highway break thru! Bah humbug, a very discordent,  human interference.

Rain, real downpour rain is desparatly needed.  June is usually a very wet month, not this year.   We have not had a drop of rain in July.  This soft rain is dry almost as it hits the ground.  Please RAIN!!!

I love our green cool springs and summers, so far it's too dry (also a recipe for fires).

It will never happen fast enough . . .

. . .  but my community had a town sponsored spring clean event at which you could dump for free.  I don't mind the dump fees but it is the electronics that can cost money to get rid of.  Since I don't have a truck available my little car was filled with 2 medium sized TV's, 2 old CPU's and 2 monitors.  More out the basement.  Now I need a truck for 3 dressers and a desk.  My husband said NO to putting them out in front of the house (it's done a lot around here).  Maybe I will put one out and see what happens!

My idea of Heaven

Here I am, on the ferry to Whidbey Island and my thoughts turn to childhood memories.  I realize that we came to the island so often that it felt like coming home.  Back then it was just a piece of raw land that we treated like our own private campground. Carving trails, gathering fern to sleep outside on (my bother and I), learning to stack firewood, tending bonfires. Now the land has a house and barn on it but the woods surrounding them is still wild.  The lots are big (2.5 acres) and many are still not developed.  The peace and stillness is addictive.  This summer I will again bring my tent and camp out in the side yard.  It's a little piece of heaven!

Mile stone

 . . . .  in my family !  My husband is 60 yrs., my daughter born on Friday the 13th.  On her father's birthday, the 13th of April. A double blessing, my beautiful baby daughter !!! Now 29.   I love You!

Snow? ! !

We have snow (first time this winter), it started at 3 this morning and is still coming down at noon.  Everett was lost in a white out for a while, we probably accumulated a couple inches.

Sewing . . . .

. . .   at the Midnight Sew!  Yeah!  Fun, always inspirational (mostly quilters) and productive.  I worked on a project for my daughter.  A request for a wall hanging out of denim and pockets for her sewing room ( I made one years ago).  The the panel is done with the backing and 3/4's of the pockets are sewn on.  A decorative piece across the top made from the back yoke of the jeans, a hanging sleeve and binding, it will be done.

I had a great time, as always!

Progress

100 things challenge number 7 out the door.  Woohoo!  I delivered a trunk full to the goodwill truck, today (and took a truck load to the dump, last week, this includes regular garbage also).  I have a few big pieces for my son to take to the Habitat for Humanity store that sells construction leftovers (the profits support the building of houses for low income families).

You would think that everything is pretty much gone!  NOT.  We have here an accumulation of STUFF over many years.  And I'm not counting everything individually, for instance a stack of papers as one count, every 2-3 magazines as 1 count.  Some things I am not currently using but can't let go are quart canning jars and gardening equipment.  I have 2 bench seats from a van we sold, a desk, a chest of drawers (tall), a bulky bedroom vanity and a lowboy.  All in the basement taking up more room than I realize because of not really "seeing" them.  They need to go and I need to decide if they have any value because furniture is good to have for a garage sale.  I am keeping another desk; it is delicate, a ladies desk and it was my grandmothers.  We also have an old tube radio from the 30's maybe and I don't really want it anymore but hubby has to be in on that decision!

What you don't know is that the daylight basement is huge with the single garage in it (no walls to separate it from the basement.  This house was built in 1939.

Spring is calling!  For over a week the song birds have found their voices and are multiplying.  I noticed the grass in the field is 6 inches high and sparkling green, the crocuses are blooming (my most favorite spring flower).  The morning sun is warm and inviting and a few sunsets havebeen colorful.  I love the rebirth of spring!