Spring...........

Well, today is a beautiful day. Saturday (April 5th) was the warmest yet.......I actually got a bit too much sun attending a cousin's baseball game in the afternoon and turned a bright shade of red. Oh well......next time I will remember to take sunscreen. Sunday and Monday were cold and dreary, I think winter's last hurrah before Spring finally stays for good.

This is a picture of the Magnolia tree in my front yard.......it is a special treat when it blooms..........as I live so far north the frost usually gets the blooms. Not only is it pretty, it smells good, too!!!

I am working on my challenge project for my local quilt guild, The Log Cabin Quilters Guild. The requirement was to make something inspired by a literary work, favorite poem, etc. My small wall hanging is a stained glass pattern from a local quilter, Fran K, entitled "West Virginia Mountains". I did four patterns, one for each of the seasons, and my inspiration is from the Bible verse Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;

a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;

a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to get, and a time to lose;

a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to rend, and a time to sew;

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;

a time of war, and a time of peace.