Saturday, April 5, 2025

Cats and Flowers

I cannot even tell you how much I love these cats! Cats are such stinkers anyway, and these look full of personality! Our Miss Dinah is a beautiful girl who belongs still to our daughter Ruthie. Dinah does not acknowledge any other owner, though we do qualify as servants!
 
Just look at those faces. They are not going to be good kitties. You can tell just by looking. The beautiful fabrics in this quilt came to me from a dear blog friend. (She sent such a box of delights! I am so happy!) Thank you Deb!!!
 
And look at all that crinkly-ness! Yummy!!
 
 
Meanwhile, outside, things have been simply beautiful! Roses outdoing themselves blooming, amaryllis dazzling in their beauty, iris in all their purple glory bursting out everywhere, dogwood covered in blooms, azaleas blooming with super abundance! AND, in the lower left, you can see the little lemon tree we bought in the fall blooming its little heart out. What you probably can't see is all the little lemons on there! I do so love Spring!
 
There are over 100 of these log cabin blocks here. I think there are enough for the center of a quilt I'm making for a sweet couple we know. They are such a blessing to everyone, I wanted to make something special for them. Still a very long way to go, but Lord willing, I'll get it done!
 
I hope all is going well in your world. It does seem sometimes that there are just too many challenges, but you know, maybe they are what we need to make us stronger and to make us what God wants us to be! I choose to believe that anyway.
 
Thank you for being my friend. I wish you lots of good things only!
 
Hugs and kisses,
Elaine 

 
 


 

 

 

 

7 comments:

Gene Black said...

The fabrics in the Cat Quilt are gorgeous. Congrats to you and thanks to Deb!

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

Yes, cats have a mind of their own!
It looks like the deep freeze didn't hurt many of your plants and bushes last winter. I have to soak up all of the spring vibes from your post. We will still have freezing temperatures overnight occasionally until May.

Julie said...

Hello Elaine .. I finally have a new computer & am catching up on everyone's posts. I adore those cats in that quilt - it is so true, cats really do have staff, not Owners. I can vouch for that. Your garden is looking so very pretty already. Spring is my favorite season - we are heading in to autumn here but its still mild. Have a lovely weekend Elaine xx

Karen S said...

Those cats are so much fun. I like the way you have used them in the quilt. It is so colourful.
Your garden is looking stunning. Everything seems to be growing really well and looking beautiful.
Good luck with all the log cabin blocks. It looks like you have set quite a task for yourself..

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