Wrapping Up May....

and that does sound like May is a present, doesn't it? And maybe it is....as the capricious Ms. April flits off on her journey...Miss May comes to us like a beauty queen, beginning her reign. She seems to intensify people's feelings all around her. She lures the last of the late blooming spring flowers to show themselves, and applaues the full leafing of the trees in our clime. I know that May brings other things for those of you in other parts of the world.
Her glory is nearly past. The lilacs are done, along with the apple and cherry blossoms. Lilies of the Valley are ready to close up shop and rest awhile. The daffodils and tulips have dropped their petals and begun to store food for next year.
What we still have in abundance is 'stormy weather', and I know WI is not alone in that.
And so, today, I give your "Sunshine, on a cloudy day". I spy type fabrics, used to make one of Bonnie's free quilt patterns. I think it is my 4th. The first one was scrappy, and belongs to my friend Jean. The other two were planned colors, much as this one. All 4 were machine pieced and utility quilted with perle cotton. This one belongs to this

grandson...*VBS* His younger brother has one too, but in different colors. Pretty hard for Gram to resist those dimples, which are a carbon copy of his Daddys.

Right now, I'm avidly quilting freeform fan on the little chinese coin hand dyed I showed earlier. I've decided to orient it vertically, and the fans will go across the narrow width, but I can do more rows of them that way. I've decided to use a medium violet perle cotton, size 8. It shows up well against the black, and pretty well against the colors.
I have a nasty sinus headache today(a rare thing for me), and it's just plain miserable. Serious enough to make me sick to my stomach...so I'll probably lay low and quilt. No sewing right now, but I am powerfully tempted!! Doctor visit yesterday, the hacking cough persists, and a steroid has been added...oh joy! Mostly I just want it gone.
Ebby is doing well, and getting used to her dimished food portion...not without complaints, but she's tolerating it, at least. She's found a new place to sleep that she thinks I don't know about...LOL. Silly me left the slidding door ajar on the big stash closet. There is a fleece blanket in there on the floor, and she's claimed it...lucky girl! It's good to have secrets...*VBS*
Thursday night(tonight) will bring the first episode of Pirate Master, from the directors of Suvivor, and I've got to see what it's all about. The reality shows venue never seems to quit...LOL, at least this one is abit different and on a ship....time will tell.