Definitely Summer!

We're certainly getting the heat! We'd had some cooler, rainy weather in central Oregon recently, but summer is back in full swing. I got a bit of work done in the vegetable garden this morning and then mowed the lawns (this was way overdue!), then high-tailed it back indoors, out of the climbing temperatures of mid-day. The veggie garden and the flowers are loving this weather! Me, not so much; I'm definitely a fan of autumn and spring (in that order); not our extremely cold, snowy winters nor our very hot, dry summers (although I do love, love, love gardening!).

Unfortunately, although we have central air in the house, my sewing room is upstairs, and the air on the second floor just doesn't seem to be easily "conditioned!" It's pretty tough to get excited about spending a few hours at the sewing machine when the temperature in the room is hovering in the upper 80s. But I'm doing the best I can! I've been inspired lately to get an assortment of new items made to sell, and to create the patterns for them and offer those for sale as well. Seems I always have a nice, long list in my head of all the great projects I want to get done, but getting through them all isn't nearly as quick and easy as I'd like it to be!

But don't give up on me! :-) I'm plugging away... and as we head toward autumn and the weather cools a bit, I'll be able to spend that much more time in the sewing room. I have a couple of different dolls, a few cross-stitch and wool felt items, and a batch of different quilts on my mental to-do list that I think you'll all like. I just need to transpose them from ideas into finished products! :-)

I'm off to grab a cool drink, take a quick cool shower, and then I'll hit that sewing room again....