BOOKS AND FLOWERS.......

Today is Friday, two of my book memes run on Friday's.  So here are my answers for ....

The Friday 56

How to Bake A Murder - A. K. Emrick (A Cookie and Cream Cozy Mystery Book 1)

"Hi," she said.  "Just the man I was looking for."

Book Blogger Hop

Question:
Do the star ratings a book receives on Goodreads or retail sites affect whether you buy the book or not?

Sometimes is does, but most of the time I read books by author's I know.  I will also pick a book by it's cover....I know, not always a good choice.  If I'm doing a reading challenge, I'll pick a book based on the list the challenge suggests.

 Floral Friday.....

BLEEDING HEARTS
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart,  is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis . It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring.
Other common names include lyre flower, heart flower and lady-in-a-bath.
The Asian bleeding-heart grows to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with 3-lobed compound leaves on fleshy green to pink stems. The arching horizontal racemes of up to 20 pendent flowers are borne in spring and early summer. The outer petals are bright fuchsia-pink, while the inner ones are white. The flowers strikingly resemble the conventional heart shape, with a droplet beneath – hence the common name. The plant sometimes behaves as a spring ephemeral, going dormant in summer.(From Wikipedia)

Have an AWESOME......

WORDS OR NOT.....

 WONDROUS WORD WEDNESDAY

I found this word in my book I'm reading....In Good Faith by Scott Pratt....since this is a book with a lawyer as the main character, I thought I would also add the legal definition.

Turpitude.....

She had a habit of committing crimes of moral Turpitude...
vile, shameful or base character's depravity....

Legal meaning...
an act or behavior that gravely violates the sentiment or accepted standard of the community


WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

BUSY TUESDAY........

I've got a lot to do today....so I'm hoping I get it all done....we'll see....First off it's To-Do-Tuesday, so I'll start there.

Last Tuesday my list to-do was this:

1. Finish the Easter Quilt (it's been in the hoop "forever")
2. Learn a new embroidery stitch (Buttonholed Cable Stitch) DONE
3.  Put the Spring Quilt in the hoop.

The Easter Quilt DID NOT get done.  Went to put the binding on and my sewing machine isn't working.......so it needs to go in the shop.  So I've been hand sewing the binding on, I've never done this before so wish me luck....picture next week.

I was so flustered after the sewing machine thing and didn't get the Spring quilt in the hoop.    The only thing from my list last week I got done is learn a new embroidery stitch....Buttonholed Cable Stitch....

 And the stitch over at Pintangle this week is Butterfly Chain....here's mine....

The new stitch I want to learn is Spanish Feather Stitch.

So my tasks for next week are.....

1. Finish the Easter Quilt
2. Put the Spring Quilt in the hoop
3. Learn the Spanish Feather Stitch

Between quilting and embroidery, I haven't had much time to read this week, but I'm reading In Good Faith by Scott Pratt on my Kindle Fire, since the library is closed.  This is a series of books and this is book 2 of 9....hoping to read the whole series.   Here is my teaser for Teaser Tuesday.

Sheriff Leon Bates shivered as he sat alone inside the Dodge Dakota he used for surveillance.  Nothing glamorous about this part of the job.

NATURE NOTES.....

The trees are getting leaves, the grass is really green and growing, some of my spring flowers are up.   And one lone Dandelion is growing in the crack of our back step.

 Dandelion is a plant with yellow flowers.Taraxacum officinale is the most common variety of this plant, and it grows in many parts of the world. Botanists consider dandelions to be herbs. People use the leaves, stem, flower, and root of the dandelion for medicinal purposes.

I took these photos last spring.....the life of a Dandelion....

Our back yard, back by the barn, looks like this...

And my grand kids have a wonderful time picking these and blowing....

Thus insuring next years Dandelion.....I am linking up with Rambling Woods for Nature Notes.
 
 

SAL.......

I recently joined in on a SAL over at Avis's place.  I'm not a fast embroiderer when it comes to kits.  I was at Wal-Mart a few years ago buying yarn and started looking at the embroidery kits.  I came across this pillowcase set and really liked the pattern, so I bought it.  I also am joining Kathy over at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching, I think this could called slow stitching...lol

It took me 6 months to do the first one.  It has been waiting for the second one to get done for so long it's yellowed some....hoping that comes out in the wash.

 But the second one has gone unfinished for a few years and I really want to get this done.  So I joined this SAL to get inspiration to finish this.

I've started on the lower left corner of the ribbon....but after looking at the chart, I've already messed it up....so have to pull some of the stitches out.  Hoping to have time to have more progress at the next SAL update.  Below are all the folks joining in this SAL....hop over and see what everyone is working on. 

Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Sherrie

SATURDAY....Scrap Happy

I've been working on my 8 1/2" crazy quilt blocks.  I have a box full of scraps I'm working out of.   Actually went to 2 boxes now.  I keep accumulating scraps...ha ha....

Last night I put together a blue block.  It's 8 1/2" and it's on unbleached muslin or bleached, which ever I have handy at the time.

I'm not really sure about the orange, but according to my color wheel, blue and orange go together.  I'll have fun embellishing this block.  I already have some ideas of what to put on it.  I've also finished the block I was working on last time.

I had some green mesh....for lack of what's it's really called....over the blue, did some feather stitches and added some beads and charms.  I really like how this one turned out.

I am linking up to

Scarp Happy for the RSC 2020 Challenge(Blue)

FRIDAY......

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freida over at Freida's Voice.  Hop over and see what everyone is reading.

The Rules

Grab a book, any book.

Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader.  If you have to improvise, that is okay.  Find a snippet, short and sweet.

 My Friday 56

In Good Faith - Scott Pratt 
(Book 2 of 9)

56% on my Kindle Fire

 

"Even if what you're saying is true, she doesn't have any power over me,"  I asid.  "I don't believe in Satan, and I don't believe in curses."

I'm only at 22% right now, but love the book so far.  Watch for my review next week.

THURSDAY.......

I am joining Brian for Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.....Want to join in...just hop over to Brian's place to see what everyone is posting today.

What I'm thankful for....

Family
Grandchildren

Bella

 














Bub

My son, Tommy

That I can still work on quilts.  I have Degenerative Join Disease....Want to know what this is?  Check out the link I've provided.  I have this in my hips, knees and spine..I'm thankful it hasn't gotten to my fingers yet.  So I can still do this.....

And this.....

I'm thankful my son bought me a Kindle Fire for Christmas. So I am  learning to read books on my Kindle Fire....Our library has closed due to the virus.  So I've been reading books this way.  I'm slowly adjusting to not having an actual book in my hands.  The book I just finished and it was really good....See my review here.....

Hope you all........

WORDLESS WENDESDAY.....

Waiting.......

QUILTS AND EMBROIDERY.......

Today is Tuesday....it's a busy day for me.  I've collected all the things I want to do for the next week.  And hopefully I'll get them done.

To Do Tuesday

1. Finish the Easter Quilt (it's been in the hoop "forever")
2. Learn a new embroidery stitch (Buttonholed Cable Stitch)
3.  Put the Spring Quilt in the hoop.

I've also been doing the stitches for TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) over at Sharon's place, Pintangle.  She has a tutorial every Tuesday for an embroidery stitch.  This Tuesday the stitch is Cable Chain.
Here's mine......

And here is the Easter Quilt I want to finish.....

The Easter Quilt is in the hoop to be tied.  When it's done I'll put the Spring Quilt in the hoop.

BOOK REPORT......

An Innocent Client - Scott Pratt

Synopsis
A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room.

A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused.

In this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career against his conscience. Savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can't resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent. His drug-addicted sister has just been released from prison and his mother is succumbing to Alzheimer's, but Dillard's commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him.(Amazon.com)

Since my library is closed due to the Coronia Virus.....I've had to start using my Kindle Fire to read books.  I can say I don't really like reading a book this way....but I'm adjusting.  So I went looking for books and found this series by Scott Pratt.  I really enjoyed reading this book.  Just my kind of book.  A murder mystery!  The book is about Joe Dillard, a defense attorney, who is looking for an innocent client to defend.  But he keeps getting guilty people and he wants out of the business.
His new client, Angel, looks and talks like she's innocent, but is she?  That's what the whole book is about.  Trying to get to the bottom of this case and figure out if Angel is really innocent. *****

This book is for 1 of my reading challenges....

Color Coded Challenge(Brown)

SLOW SUNDAY STITCHING.......

Kathy over at Kathy's Quilts is the host for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Hop over and check out what everyone is working on.

As for me, still working on my leaf quilt.....

I've gotten 2 more blocks done....
Winter Berry

Yellow Wood

SCRAP HAPPY....BLUE

I've been gathering up my 8 1/2" crazy quilt blocks, got them all stacked and ready to sew together.  Thought I'd share a few blue ones with you....

One of my favorites...

Another favorite, not too much blue, but there is a blue flower at the center of the block.......

And a blue motif for this one.

I like the way this one came out....that's a black leaf....but it looks like a balloon.....

I'm linking up with....

Scarp Happy

IS IT SPRING YET......

It's been close to spring.  Last week it was in the 50's and 60's.  Today it turned cold again.  It's currently 39 with a wind chill of 31.  So is Spring here or not?

I tend to think it is...my Daffodils and Grape Hyacinth's are blooming.  So I'm saying Spring is here, kind of...

Daffodils are part of the  Narcissus family.   Nardissus has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white or yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona. The species are native to meadows and woods in southern Europe and North Africa.  Narcissi tend to be long-lived bulbs, which propagate by division, but are also insect-pollinated .(Wikipedia)

Muscari is a genus of perennial bulbous plants native to Eurasia that produce spikes of dense, most commonly blue, urn-shaped flowers resembling bunches of grapes in the spring. The common name for the genus is grape hyacinth but they should not be confused with hyacinths. In the United States, they are also commonly referred to as bluebells. (Wikipedia)

 I'm linking up....

Floral Friday Foto

THURSDAY THINGS........

 I've been working on my Crazy Quilt...it's 8 1/2" on bleached muslin.  Trying to get the colors to NOT clash is really hard.  So went looking for a color wheel on line.  Their are lots to choose from, but this is my favorite.

This one I just finished...

The first time I used a curve on my blocks...I really like how it turned out.

I've also been working on my leaf quilt....they are leaves of Indiana.

My grandson with his "cool" sunglasses and a thumbs up....

I'm linking up.....
Little Things Thursday
Not Afraid of Color

IT'S WEDNESDAY.....

I have been looking for a Wednesday Meme, but can't find any.  So I decided to make my own.  I'll be posting family, pets and other goings on around my place.

Our dog, Bob, was an orphan, we found him wondering the main street of our city.  So we brought him home, fed and watered him, and posted pictures of him on Facebook.  No one claimed him, so he has been with us for 3 years. 

This is Bob snoozing at his favorite place....in front of the stove. 

Bob went to the vet to get checked out when we got him.  The vet said he was a Labrador/Mastiff mix and he was around 1 1/2 years old. 

This is Bob's friend, Toby.

Toby is a miniature dachshund. Although he doesn't look miniature, he's a little on the chubby side.  He loves to eat and he's not picky about what he eats.  He will any kind of fruit or veggie.  He doesn't eat dog food very often, but he loves people food of all kind.

ZOE'S QUILT.....

I've been working on my Niece's quilt.  She wanted a Stitch(Lilo & Stitch) quilt.  Wasn't quite sure about this quilt when I started it.  What to put with the Stitch blocks....

Zoe is always on her cell phone...so I decided to do a Cell Phone block.  I put talk bubbles on the phone and used slang phrases from the 1960's.  I told Zoe this was a history lesson in the making.  She has to search the web for 60' slang words to find out what they mean.

I got the final row on and put the border around the quilt.

Now all it needs is put together and tied.  Hoping to get that done sometime in the next week.

I'll be adding a few more blocks to my Indiana Leaf Quilt this week......

I'm linking up with....
To-Do Tuesday

Thought I would try this meme out.  Unconscious Mutterings.....hosted by Luna Nina.  The rules......

"Rules are, there are no rules." There are no right or wrong answers. Don't limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head.

My Mutterings.....

1. Ball ::Play
2. Simplified ::Easy
3. Wash ::Dry
4. Relative ::Sister
5. Calls ::Phone
6. Lotion ::Dry Skin
7. Compassion ::for others
8. Swipe ::Credit Card
9. Burning ::the trash
10. Safe ::Home