Wonderful Weekend

I had a great Saturday of lots of activities with my Hubby...I love Summer!

We started by dropping off two quilts to our City Quilt show Saturday morning. This is the first year they have done a quilt/handicraft show as part of our city days. I put in my Devils Gate (Wyoming) block pictured above, plus another landscape quilt of a Lighthouse (I don't have a photo of) The group doing doing the quilt show had never done a show before and had planned to drape the quilts over boxes and on the floor. I suggested most quilters would prefer to have them off the floor. They put up long tables in rows, with metal chairs on top of the table, then draped the quilts over the chairs. The quilts were are eye level and not on the floor.
Next we drove to Logan, where my Hubby's cousins (his mom's side) were having a picnic reunion. We had some great salads, played Phase 10(card game) and visited alot. We had the picnic in Willow Park, which is a very nice area of shade trees right next to the Zoo.

Next, we went to downtown Logan. Above is a photo of the Tabernacle on Main Street. It has been beautifully restored inside...the community holds concerts and other functions inside. It turned out Logan was having a city festival of their own, along with a huge sidewalk sale on Main street. Oh, how I wish I had brought more money!

I went to Red Roosters Quilt shop. They have been in business for about 5 years, with about 1 year at their Main Street location. With the sidewalk sale, everything was at least 20% off. I am doing my guilds 100-9 patch quilt in the Fall in muslin and reds...and did I find reds! I bought 10 FQ's ($1 each), plus scrap rolls that were 4-5 inches wide (50 cent each)...best $18 dollars I have spent in a long time. I need 3.5 inch squares for the 9-patch, so the 4-5 inch scrap rolls will work great.

Right next door to the Red Rooster is the Bluebird. It is a old fashioned ice cream parlor, with a lunch/dinner service, and a homemade candy counter. My parents use to meet there for ice cream in the 1940's when my dad was doing his military training in Logan. I planned to go in and get some candies, but they were having a private party and were not open....sad!
Lastly, we stopped at Far West at Smith and Edwards. If you are in the area, and have some pocket change and a couple hours to kill, you should stop by S n E. It is one of those stores you just have to experience at least once. It's a cowboy, grocery, hardware, military surplus, odd leftover kind of place. Saturday is the worst crowded time to go, so if you don't like crowds, pick another day. Our purchases...lemon candies (5 cents each), jerky rope (my hubby), small containers for sewing supplies (12 for $1.98), 400 q-tips(99 cents)and metal cooking tongs ($1.49). We looked at the army surplus clothing, but nothing looked great. Hubby looked in the camping/hunting/fishing section, but again couldn't justify purchasing anything.

We are now going to spend a nice quiet Sabbath laying around, reading, blogging then going to Church. I love Sundays!

In Closing:Favorite Summer activities.... Mine-gardening, farmers markets, reading, picnics, hikes, family reunions, festivals/fairs/city celebrations, watermelon and other seasonal fruit, canning(yes, I really do like canning!) and being with my family....what's yours?

Summer Garden

Hubby and I got the garden planted this evening. We've had most of the plants for a few weeks, but did not plant them directly into the ground because of our Utah Spring....warm one day and snowing the next. I'm glad the garden is planted though....I'm ready for some yummy tasting produce. We planted our strawberry patch a few years ago, so it is doing great. Not alot of plants, but enough to keep we three in fresh berries on our oatmeal for a few weeks. Our strawberries are only June baring type. We planted them in the front flowerbed by the front door.

We planted the usual in the summer garden:a few varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, green peppers, pumpkins, green beans, onions and various hot peppers (for my hubby)

This year, we are also trying watermelon, cantaloupe and lemon cucumbers.

Daughter V graduated from High School last night...hopefully, I'll have photos to share soon!

In closing: My favorite quilt stores:

Locally-Threads of Time in Centerville (Utah). The store is on it's third owner and keeps getting better. Whenever I need a quick boost, I take a mystery class there to keep me on my toes.

I also like Quilt, Quilt, Quilt, Etc. in Sandy (Utah). I only go there when I am in that area of the state, but they always have things to tempt me....about 14,000 bolts of fabric, too many patterns to finish in a lifetime, plus....across the street are two connected shops....one is their quilting services with discounted fabric/kits and the other is embellishments and needlework related kits.

For all the good shops in Utah, go to www.utahshophop.com for a list of stores participating in the June 25-28 shop hop.

Not local-The little quilt shop in Nyssa, Oregon. I don't know the name of it, but Nyssa is a very small town, so it is probably the only one. I found it on the way to the Sisters, Oregon show last year. They did not have a huge inventory, but the staff made up for it in friendliness and helpfulness. If I ever go back to Sisters, I will definitely stop by Nyssa again.

How about you....your favorite locally and not locally? Share, please!