This week we celebrate the last of my white peony… ‘Festiva Maxima’…
… and rejoice as ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ joins the fun!
The Baptisia is still hanging around… is there any doubt it’s in the pea family?
I have many different hardy Cranesbill Geraniums in my garden but this was a cutting from a dear friend and neither of us know the variety… I’m just guessing… ‘Max Frei’ ??? If you have a better guess please leave me a note!
Just a sampling of what’s blooming in my garden today….. Oh how I love Spring!
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Monsieur Jules Elie’
Not just a pretty face… it’s scent is divine!
Whew! It’s been a full month. It’s hard to believe tomorrow’s JUNE!
Dwarf Korean Lilac… aka Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin.
I’m so glad I planted it just outside my living room windows… its scent is intoxicating!
First Siberian Iris bloom of the year… Iris ‘Caesar’s Brother’. They’re tall, and as you can see, lushly purple. If only they bloomed all summer.
My penultimate spread. (Penultimate… one of my favorite words.) Only 5 more days to go!
My friend Joanne Lendaro of Splitting Stitches, and I collaborated on three quilts for one of our favorite charities, the Parkinson’s Comfort Project. I pieced the using bits and bobs of my UFOs (Unfinished Objects)… and Joanne did a masterful job on the machine quilting! All three are approximately 36 inches wide by 60 inches long.
The Parkinson’s Comfort Project was started by a fellow Northern Lights Quilt Guild member Sonja Hakala in collaboration with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Parkinson’s Center and has been named the 2015 Vermont Quilt Festival’s Nonprofit of the Year!
If you’re interested in making a quilt… or three as we did… there are a few guidelines that will guide you in creating a piece showing your love and care.
The Vermont Quilt Festival takes place June 26th-28th, 2015 at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction, Vermont. The Parkinson’s Comfort Project will have an information booth where they’ll be raising awareness of Parkinson’s disease and the Comfort Quilt program. If you’re in or near Burlington, Vermont that weekend be sure to stop!
My flowering quince may be my favorite, especially after a long snowy winter. You see, the higher the snow cover, the more flowers I get!
I don’t know how I managed without my new center locating ruler. It’s funny how the little things make such an impact!
Soon the whole tree will be in full bloom. Until then……..
Just under the gun… any later and I’d have to call it “Saturday Snaps”!
Handmade journal, Strathmore 500 Mixed Media paper, 7.5 in. x 15.0 in. spread.
Yes, I ate the Lindt Truffle for breakfast! (Stracciatella… vanilla cream with tiny chocolate chips… yum.)
Dana Burrell... Art 