Spring Lilies and an Old Coal Bucket

Usually the only time I see these in my yard, it is in the early

spring. Last week I went out in the heat

of August and here they are.

We call them Naked Ladies....

I rescued this old coal bucket from the yard at

Mom's farm house...it is in sorry shape.

I have been watering it and the Hens and

Chicks are looking better than they did in this

picture I took a couple weeks ago.

I am having a bear of a time getting the

darn fescue grass pulled out.  I know it

is not much to look at but I want

to get it looking better....because

Mom painted it and planted it.

Now, that she is past 90 and not

able to do more than help look after

herself on good days....the things

she created mean a lot to me.



I usually do not see these dried leaves

all over the place until after the first

hard frosts of fall, but we have had such

a drought of a summer the leaves are

just falling off all over the place.



Butterfly and Tulip Wall Hanging

This is from an Eleanor Burn's pattern, made by Carol Farley.

I had admired this quilt on the wall of the shop for a couple years and

when she decided she was closing I ask if she would consider selling it?

She told me yes!!!

 It now has a new home hanging on the wall in my Mom's

apartment, here in town.  Her bathroom has butterflies and

I knew this would go really well and it just fits perfect in the spot

I wanted to hang it.  She really likes it and it just brightens

up the room!! 

 It also brightened Mom's day, which I must say sometimes is hard

to do.  I think being 90 and life is not how she wants it.  She wants

to be home on her farm, in her house, but can't be...it's just plain

hard.  So, when something brightens her day it is really worth it.



The Napping Quilter is Still Here......

I am still here and check in on Blogs I follow

and Facebook when I have time.

The first weekend of March my 89 year old

Mother fell and was in the floor for

a couple hours before calling for help.

We took her to ER and was there most of

that Sunday afternoon. Thankfully nothing

was broken. She was really banged up and

bruised and sick with an urinary tract infection,

which we found out is not uncommon in elderly

patients that have fallen.

We brought her home with us so we could try

to get her back to doing better. It is

a slow process but she is better.

Our old family home place where she lives is a 45 minute

drive south of us so it is easier for me

to help her here our home.

I don't really know what the future holds

but I know I will do what I can, and do

with the help of my husband. I could

not care for her if it were not for him

helping me.

I am tired and worry I will fall into a full CFS

relapse but I try to not think of that too often.

I just try to rest when I can. Today

after lunch I just undressed and went

back to bed for the afternoon.

My sewing has come to a standstill and I

need to try to get back to that as it

is a stress reliever but sometimes I am

too tired to sit up and just hit the couch or

the bed.

I have had a renewed interest in the old

western shows Mom is watching.

I do really enjoy watching Bonanza with her

in the early afternoon. I think I remember

some of those old shows from childhood.

I am not a TV person so this is a new way of

resting while sharing time with her.

So this is what the Napping CFS Quilter is

up to instead of keeping up her blog!!!