Summer Sunday

Yesterday I made a strawberry-rhubarb pie, using last year's strawberries and rhubarb from the garden. It was soooo good. I love my new pie plate. The first gallon of this year's strawberries is in the kitchen. It is just the tip of the iceberg...there were tons of blossoms on the plants.

The iris is one Mom gave me when she moved to the Bridge. It was my Grandmother Stewart's "big blue" variety. I remember them blooming under the kitchen window when I was growing up. When Lance and Mike get the retaining wall in around the wood shop, I will transplant them there. Then, one day, your children will remember seeing them at Grandmother's house. If you visit in June, I will make you a pie too!

Today will be busy at the quilt shop. This weekend was the Rapid City Quilt Show. We have a booth each year, and each year the Monday after the show is filled with unpacking, putting away, filling orders, re-hanging quilts on the walls, and general chaos. It is a lot of work, but the amount of sales make it worthwhile. The next big push will be a statewide shop hop. Think of a quilt scavenger hunt where ladies get a token from each shop they visit, and the one with the most wins a prize at the end of the month. It is designed to increase in-store traffic, but I don't think the online site is a part of it. July is traditionally when new fabrics for Christmas arrive and are promoted. Shoppers get gifts with their purchases, in proportion to the amount of Christmas fabric they buy. It seems odd to be cutting Christmas fabric over the 4th of July, but many who make things for gifts start early.
Menu is settled in now, though we compromised, and kennel him at night to keep him safe from the wild things. He roams free during the day, and came out to the garden to watch us weeding the rows of onions. It is nice to have company.