Sunday Salon- Summer Blather

Whew. School has been out for three weeks, and I have been BUSY. Last year, I read 150+ books in June because I couldn't walk very much, and read even more in August and September after my foot surgery. Now that I am about 90% healed, not much reading is getting done. One of my students challenged me to read 200 books, and I might have to disappoint her! 

What have I been doing? Twice a week, I go to Cincinnati to "tutor" my three month old grandson while my daughter works. Very little gets done when one is dealing with a baby! He's a delightful guy, but other than reading ten picture books a day, working on word sounds and letters, reciting math facts into the top of his fuzzy head, singing Schoolhouse Rock, going on lots of walks, and feeding him bottles, I'm lucky if I read one book! 

Leo is not fond of the reduction in staff when I travel. He tends to bedevil my daughter's cat, so must stay behind to guard the house. He gets lots of walks when I return. 

I also took a trip to West Virginia with a friend for a few days, and will be going to Michigan to visit my brother in July. Have vague thoughts about going to New York to see the Corning Museum of Glass and Rochester, where I had some family, but that may have to wait. 

The rest of my time has been spent quilting; if you want to see my work, I've actually had a quilting blog since about 2011! I've been quilting for almost 50 years, and it is something I enjoy very much. It's a nice change of pace. 

Because there are only so many full size quilts one can keep, I've given away almost everything I've made in the last fifteen years. Anybody in my vicinity who has a baby gets a quilt! I even sent one to Tanita Davis because it matched the cover of her new book so well. Trust me, you'll be hearing a LOT about this title, so you should go and preorder Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes right now!