Block Heads No. 3, and a Special Visitor!

Today has been a quiet one for me, with no where I had to be.  I've been a little lazy I guess, but I did get the Week 3 Moda Block Heads block made.  It's been so long since I've done much piecing, and I had a little trouble getting all those points to hit exactly, but I did get my ripper practiced up for days to come!  Here's my Week 3 block, again made totally from my patriotic scraps.  And just think, another block comes out tomorrow!

Again, I still have not even practiced with my new ruler foot, much less do any stitching on the practice quilt.  I had the marking on that in such a mess, I just ironed those Frixion pen marks off and started again.  After piecing the back, I finally got it wide enough also.  I guess I did a fair job of stitching all those irregular squares, and now I should be ready to start experimenting, first on just a little sandwich, and then moving onto the practice quilt.  Just stitching all those squares, and then tying and tucking threads, wore me out!  Maybe you can tell from the picture what I was dealing with.  The book suggested spray basting, but I prefer not doing that, so the picture shows a few little puffy places, but when I rub each block down, it seems to be okay; we'll see someday.

Bet you can't guess who paid me a visit last Sunday.  She hasn't been here in almost a year, but I really enjoyed her visit, though she didn't stay very long, and I haven't seen her since.

Here is a picture from last year's visits:  Looks like the same bird, but who knows?  (Notice the difference in the climbing rose and the space behind the trellis; I didn't do anything in my yard last year; this year is already looking much better.)

Last year she stayed several days; I've seen her only once this year so far.

This has been an unusual past several days with the birds.  One day I looked out and saw two Texas Road Runners on my neighbor's roof.  I took a picture, but it didn't turn out very well.  Then another day I looked out and saw a pile of dove feathers, almost in the same exact place as where a hawk was eating a dove last year.  I don't know what killed the big white winged dove this year, but if it was that black cat that stalks the dove in MY yard, he better get ready for trouble!

I had to see my doctor Monday (routine re-check on BP and shoulder), and she was amazed at how well my shoulder is doing.  I asked if I could stop the therapy, but shed said no.  The therapist added two more home exercises I have to do twice a day.  It takes about 45 minutes each time.  I go back to therapy Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  I hope she doesn't keep adding more exercises for home!

The weatherman is saying we will have severe storms with high winds and large hail between midnite and 5 AM, and I'm not looking forward to that!  Right now it doesn't look much like that will happen, but it's not dark yet.   I think maybe it will go north of here.   I cut two bouquets of roses about noon so they wouldn't get ruined.

Looking forward to seeing more pretty things from all of my bloggin' buddies!

---"Love"