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| Today's garden bouquet and a quilt I made in 2006. |
Happy Summer Solstice!
I picked a bouquet from our yard today, including lupine, wild geraniums, carnations, lady's mantle, and dandelions, to show what's blooming on this first day of summer. The colors match this quilt that I titled "Spring." When I made it in the Midwest those were the spring colors. Here, it could be titled "Summer."
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| Detail of woven quilt. |
This next quilt is the one I blogged about here under "Color Therapy": http://sherriequilt.blogspot.com/2012/06/color-therapy.html I haven't titled it yet, but it reminds me of grasses in the wind or eelgrass swirling in the water. Last night I shifted the rectangles around a little, added some scraps of sheer painted silk organza and gold mesh and quilted it with gold thread.
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| My latest quilt, finished last night. |
Today dawned bright and sunny! But we need to get out and appreciate it intensively, because as the headline says: "Summer Here Today, Gone Friday." Sigh. If you click on the picture you can read the sad details.
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| Today's Tacoma News Tribune |
Here are a few other shots to show what's going on at our house on the solstice:
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Today's view from our deck
of the Olympic Mountains and BLUE SKY! |
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| Rhodie leaves in the backyard. |
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| Farmer Dave's veggie garden in front of the house. |
OK, so the pie cherries aren't from today, but they're so bright that I had to include them. Julia was making a cherry pie for Father's Day.
Have a colorful solstice!
Beautiful colors of summer.
ReplyDeleteThe 1st picture is gorgeous - both the bouquet and the quilt.What are the bright blue flowers on the right side of the flower arrangement?
ReplyDeleteEelgrass, YES! in the color therapy one.
I'm reminding myself when I complain about this "summer" here that the rest of the country is sweltering with highly unusual heat. Guess I'd rather be here - but I'd trade some of our rain for some of their sun...just a little, please?