Family

We went to Wisconsin today to celebrate my Busha’s 92 birthday. (Busha means “grandmother” in Polish). She’s still going strong and polka-ing whenever she can!

Summer’s here with a vengeance. 90s. In May. In Minnesota. What’s up?

Mom’s garden is looking good though. Dad planted extra raspberries in honor of my move back. The rhubarb’s looking great. Rhubarb=pie! Yea! Flowers aren’t doing much but this climbing clematis is gorgeous.

Mom recently found a passel of old photos of my sister and I and our grandparents. Here’s one with me about age 4 or 5 celebrating grandpa’s seventieth birthday (he’s wearing the special birthday hat of honor–it has cowboys on it). Look at me on the left–even then eyeing the cake. Some things never change!

Check out the candle-blowing, birthday action!

Today my mom and sister and I decorated Easter Cookies. It was fun!

Yesterday I went to the Como Zoo with Gayle. Here’s me on the ole tortoise. No, I’m not mad, just squinting into the sun.

All in all, an excellent weekend!

Special thanks to Mom, Dad, sister Michelle, uncle Dick, Link, and Isa. Belated thanks to Bob, Eddie, Joshua, and Rob who helped me load up in Missouri.

Here’s my office semi-moved in and set up:

And bedroom:

[Note: I am posting this in March 2010, but in the chronology of my life, it goes here.]

From 2003– May of 2005 I worked on a quilt as a present for my friend Gayle for her wedding. Here it is:

There are nine blocks containing floral wreaths, eight from Karen Kay Buckley‘s Floral Wreaths and one, the Roses and Rosebuds block, created by myself with roses adapted from Elly Sienkiewicz‘s Dimensional Appliqué, Baskets, Blooms, and Baltimore Borders:

Roses and Rosebuds

Tulips and Thistle

Pansies and Forget-Me-Nots

Dogwood and Squill Flowers

Grapes and Violets

Marigolds, Blueberries, and Honeysuckle

Clematis and Bluebells

Orchids

Peonies

The quilted motifs are adapted from Elsie M. Campbell‘s book Winning Stitches:

Finally done:

Special thanks to Mary for helping me with the basting, Diane for keeping my
ambitious plans grounded enough to be realistic, Beverly for doing the binding, my mom Gen for helping me wash the quilt and lay it out to dry, and my sister Michelle for the photos.