This week was a lovely week of sunshine and rain. The weather has been very warm and feels wonderful. I had a few minutes to work on the garden here and there. I have so many weeds and grass growing with the spring flowers but that is what gardening is all about. I found a few fun solar light whimsical things to put in my fairy garden this week. I am pleased with how it is looking so far, and I will tackle the work that needs to be done in short intervals of time because it is really hard work. It is also going to be cooler next week and I would rather work outside in the cooler temps!

Ignore my neighbor’s side of the garden, they have a lot of branches and limbs to pick up from the ice storm. For some reason my neighbor thinks the insurance company would clean it up, but it has been 6 weeks, and I don’t think that is the case.

I have been really happy with my progress on a few things this week. I have done several tiny tidy’s and the dining room table is cleared off. I even put on a summer crocheted table cloth! It looks great now if I can keep it from accumulation things as a dumping ground, I will have achieved my goal. I have actively tidied the “hot spots” and things are looking so good around here!

I have done more rows on the quilt I am long arming and I am able to see the bottom of the quilt as I roll each finished section up. I am looking at what I want to load next! I realize I need to get a batting and backing for that!

I have really enjoyed time journaling this week. I decided that for the last 25 of my 100 day project I am going to do a writing /journaling challenge with the daily prompts. I have filled my art journal with the first 75 days of mini collages and captioned them with short ideas about the prompt. That is what I wanted to do: fill the journal. Writing is a something that I want to do more of and get better at so it seemed like the perfect pivot in the last quarter of my 100-day project.

It is funny how when I started the 100 day project that I was not sure I would have even 5 or 10 min to devote to it. The time spent on my creative jump start then grew to me having more time and energy to keep cross stitching the Make a Wish stitch along. I sewed a little more on my quilt blocks. I sewed another rope bowl! I found more time to spend doing not only chores but things that I enjoy doing in addition, I had a little more time to rest in between projects.

It’s like creativity brings more creativity. Time seems to expand on really creative weeks because I am living in the moment more not letting my mind wander all over thinking about all the things I want to do and should be doing vs doing them. It’s really a magical thing to see time just slow down and you are able to fit more things in your days.

I really took time to stop and look at the world around me. I saw these mushrooms growing on the back side of my fairy garden. I really wanted a unique picture so I played around with a few ideas to capture what life would look like living under the mushrooms. So cute, they don’t last long and are gone when the strong rays of the sun hit them.

I am having a self care retreat weekend at home. I went to lunch with a good friend yesterday. We talked and talked over our lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant. I learned about a quilting challenge she is doing the Brown Bag Mystery. We are always looking for challenges to inspire us in quilting! I told her about how easy and fun the rope bowls are. We hope to take a fused glass class together again this summer.

Today I am indulging in an entire afternoon of making. I want to sew and do some other types of making. Not sure what all I am going to make but I will go where the energy takes me. I am keeping it simple and not overly structured.

I am also going to spend time in a class for my journal and more writing. I have very few chores planned, and I am trying to take more time for my rest and relaxation on the weekends. I am loving having housekeeping help. I don’t feel all the weight of chores on my brain all the time. I was getting to be too much.

Off to make my coffee and ponder where my energy takes me today,

Vicki