I'm NOT consistant...

No, I'm not consistant...but, I'm here.  I spend more time reading blogs than I do writing on my own.

BUT...since I'm working on Bonnie's new mystery, guess I have to post so I can tag along with progress.

I'm caught up with Step 4.  There will be another step posted on Friday so (for me) I'm doing pretty good.

Green is NOT something I have in my stash. ...especially apple green.  I might have some JohnDeere green, but nothing this light.  This had to come out of DIL's stash.  I was determined not to spend $$ on this one.

Flying geese, singles and paired with light ones, and 4-patches.  Everything ready to go!

This is what I came up with but I know it's not right.  There are WAY too many green squares cut up in my basket leftover.  Whatever it is..it'll be purdy!

Supper is in the oven.

It's not dinner...it's supper.  I've been trying to think of creative ways to take supper to the field and I remembered Karin's recipe for Buckaroo Bundles. 

I'm not going to post the recipe again, you can go back to her post and get it and she even has pictures to follow.

She made hers into the shape of miniature baseballs.  I made pockets.  Yes, the one on the front left isn't pretty....it developed a tear and needed pulled back together!  It tasted the same.  It developed wrinkles..kinda like me.

I made half of my batch with beef (above), and then I made the other half with leftover pulled pork. (below)  Changed the shape a little so the guys knew the difference.  Don't know if the picture is blurry from me shaking the camera or trying to stay away from the heat of the oven.

Then off to the field we go.    The recipe is a keeper (Troy said it needed cheese but he thinks everything needs cheese).  They were very filling.

Here is another first I made...Red Velvet cookies.  The recipe is on the side of the box and I probably won't make these again.  I don't know if somebody else ever uses a box mix, but this one didn't have much flavor.

Just a few more days...the Lord willing and the storms stay away...we might get done with wheat harvest soon!

Farm Wife Blocks--Caught up!

Here is what I have made all together.  I know there are a couple of repeats.....so what.  It just gives me more options when I get it bigger....right?

This is a star that I made twice.  I even put all of the blocks up on the wall and I could not find the original one of them.  Too much wheat dust in my brain.

I decided I need more color, so dug out more reds.  Some of this stuff is OLD.

Here is another of the latest blocks just made.  Reminds me of the windtowers that we have.

I may of shown this block, but this one makes me smile.  It's a multi-calico-very scrappy block.

This is the star block that Randy posted yesterday.  I did a good job on making those Y-seams didn't I!  haha

Wednesday morning sunrise

Storms went thru NW to Central Oklahoma last night and came back again this morning.  It's still dry out here on the plains, so the combines will be rolling again today.

More harvest

Can you stand more harvest pictures?  We're probably half done by the time this posts...and there's a chance of rain.  We never cuss a rain this time of year, so we're cutting franticly trying to get it done.

Rolling plains and rough wheat fields.

I think this boy can smell a hamburger a mile away. 

Really makes you realize how small you are.

Daddy will you take me next time?  I know I can't set still and I have to push every button, but I still like the dirt and noise.

Making sausage rolls for lunch.  Found an easy dough recipe and Miss Rachel had to help.  Wish they would eat everything in a pocket...it's really easy to fix.

Have had four flats, two on semi's and two on one combine.  Expensive fixes, but nobody hurt and we are thankful for that.

It's that time of year.

Wheat harvest has came early this year....probably close to two weeks early.

We got a few rains early this spring, but then it turned hot..so the wheat filled out and then shriveled.

I LOVE this picture.  Tyler loves the noise of the combines and is always looking for the next one coming by.

He took half of Troy's hamburger...I'm always teasing DIL that she never feeds this kid.  He's HUGE...and eats constantly.

It wouldn't be harvest if you didn't have hamburgers, doritos and kids. 

I'm actually sewing some during harvest...but don't tell the guys that. 

a vew into my backyard

More blocks...

Have been working on keeping up with the Farm Wife Blocks.  It's really just like any other project....do just a little at a time.  A little adds up.   Five minutes here, fifteen there...an afternoon being left alone....now THAT's heaven.  I got up to make sure the phone worked and made sure the back door wasn't locked.  They can't leave me alone that long!I do think I'll make another one of the sunflower-looking blocks in red.  RED is a neutral...right?!

 These two blocks were an experiment.  Same pattern, but different colors/values.  The left one looks like how my socks match sometimes.  The one on the right probably goes with the other group better. 

If you forgot...the blocks all finish at 6".  So, some of those HST are just 1". 

 

I want to sew...but this little creature keeps me busy a lot.  He's so loveable....and he loves adjusting the knobs on the Bernina....so we go outside instead.

Orca progress

 I worked on this feverishly while the clues came out and then it got put to the side.  I had some free time (haha) this weekend so thought I'd try to work on it.

I used magnetic clips to hang it from the back of a fellow worker's metal cubical cabinet.  It still needs two rows on one side and another row at the top.  There all there...at home waiting to go together.

 One of the guys here at work stands and stares at it.  He's found a cat, cow, tractor tire, bandana, chicken, candle flame...all kinds of "where's Waldo" prints.  They told me to hurry up and get it done so it could come back for a visit.

 It's "Administrative Assistant's" week, and since I'll be gone to training on wednesday, they fixed me breakfast and bought me a hanging basket of flowers.  The office smells wonderful!   Yeah...work isn't too bad today.  Now, back to payroll!

Farm blocks--all I have made.

Well..that's not true.  There are a few in the orphan pile that either weren't cut right or crooked...or I didn't like the colors after I have them put together.  A fellow worker said that the green sticks out too much.The extra block is to the side...so, is this the same number everybody else has made?  Guess it doesn't matter....this is how many is going in MY quilt!

more blocks

Here is the latest installment.  I need to put them all up on the wall because I count 24 blocks (25 if you count the one I made two of), but there aren't that many pictures on here so I haven't shown them all.   The one on the left is a little wild compared to the other's, but it's made.  The first cutting instructions were off 1", so I have an extra block for the orphan pile.  I have some other very-print blocks, so it should fit in with the whole!

A lot of the blackground fabric is some scraps I got from Amy a long time ago. 

Look who all showed up at my house for Easter.  We had a blast.