Time to garden

The snow has melted and the temps are very spring like.   Time to get started on the garden.  Had to wait until it was cleaned out though.  This is what it looked like a couple of weeks ago.

Sheesh... deer season doesn't even start again until November.   But the guys had to beat the rush I guess.
Deer blinds are now down at the deer lease and the garden can  be put in.  Yeay Spring!!!

Ice/Snow days

I live in north Texas just outside the Dallas area. 3 days of ice where the temps have not risen above freezing in order to thaw this stuff out.  This morning I woke up to 4-5 inches of snow.  Typically we don't see winters like this.  But this is day 4 of being iced/snowed in.  My commute to work is about 35 miles.  Needless to say I haven't been to work in a few days.  Thank goodness for personal days. 

On the good side though, it has allowed me to get some serious sewing time done.  I have finished my January block for my Thimbleberries club.



January 2011 Thimbleberries Club



I have also made good progress on my Patchworktimes  UFO challenge Watermelon Slice.  This was from Camp Thimbleberries in 2005.  I got these done:

which make up this

Still needs the borders and I have another small table topper to go with this, still in progress.  But at this rate I may have these finished long before February is over. 

The temps are supposed to rise above freezing tomorrow to a high of 45...  a regular heat wave.. and 52 on Sunday for the Superbowl.  I for one will be glad to see this snow/ice leave.