Tumbler quilt

Finished this tumbler quilt this weekend.  It came out great..I love the fabric line, its from Moda.  Cannot seem to remember the name of the fabric.

As I was handsewing on the binding I was remembering...falling asleep when I was a child hearing the humming of the sewing machine, my mother had a sewing area in our kitchen my dad built.  We have talked about it and she would sew after us kids went to bed at night and she also suffered from  insomnia. I am going to visit her this week in PA. Be back soon!  We plan on sewing as much as possible.

Sunshine

My son forced us to take a couple days off. We have so much going on in our personal lives that my wonderful son held down the fort at work while we took a few days to regroup.
I often forget I live in the Sunshine state...The vacation capital of the world.  I can walk to the beach from my house.
But I get so wrapped up in daily life and working that I dont realize how beautiful it is here. I am lucky.  I am trying to focus on what is important in my life and so much of it is good.  I  am staying away from the computer and checking in on friends and blogs only once a week.  I am taking things one day at a time as they say.

  We went out to one of the many islands around our area and it was amazing, peaceful.  I knitted booties for charity and Tom fished. We stayed out from morning till dark! I took a picture of a sponge because we live in Tarpon Springs, and the water had a lot of conch in it.  Tom is holding up one.. You can eat them but its against the law to take them from the water.  We had a wonderful time.