Thanks for all of the encouragement with regard to the old family quilt pieces.  I think I have decided that you all are right.  Those pieces deserve to be made into a quilt.  I think I might need a bit of practice sewing circles.  So there is this project or a project like this one.

The painting and redecorating in the craft room isn't quite done yet...we had a very lazy weekend as weekends go.

So, those photos will have to wait.

Until then, you get some fun shots of our Spring nature table.  For more information on what each item is and why it has been included on the table, click the photo above to view the notes.

These photos are closeups of the Bradford pear branches we forced.  I wasn't sure they were going to do anything, but just when I was ready to make compost of them...little bits of white emerged...almost like snow balls.

Here's the funny thing.

This is a photo of the Bradford pear across the street from our house from which we snipped the branches.

So, I guess we didn't really "force" anything at all.

We just brought in a bit of nature to enjoy in its own timing.

This makes me think of the following Edmund Burke quote:

"Our patience will achieve more than our force."

Happy Monday all!