Living in the country as we do, we have trouble with mice. They even chew holes in the heavy rubber liner of the watergarden/fish pond. So when my husband said he couldn’t keep the water level up, we expected to spend the weekend dismantling rocks to find the holes to repair. NOT fun! Instead we discovered that the waterfall was so overgrown, water was being diverted to the outside so I spent the morning pulling out plants and pruning back plants. The water level stayed through the day so I hope the problem was fixed, we’ll know when daylight comes today. At least now we can see the waterfall!

It was so cool I ended up staying outside, weeding and pruning for about three hours and then I came inside and quilted for a few hours more, before being lured back outside to read two new gardening magazines that came in the day’s mail. This hellishly hot summer has not been conducive to enjoying the deck, but today was delightful with a little breeze to make it comfortable, so I took advantage!

So far, the quilting of the elk is nearly finished but not any of the background. I put away the remainder of the wool batting that I had left laying out to relax the creases out, but they never did disappear. This does not bode well for the theory that quilts quilted with wool batting don’t crease which is the main reason that I tried it in the first place. The only time I fold quilts is sometimes for shipping so fold creases are not a big deal for me, usually.

Tags: Elk, Gardening, Machine quilting, work in progress