June Blooms, Patchwork Blocks and Relishing Sunshine

Quarantined still; however a few restrictions are relaxing which is giving me mixed feelings.  I'm adopting a wait and see attitude about it as much as I would love to hug certain people.

It's going to be another happy week in the garden. Every day now something new is opening.

More iris blooming...this one not at all showy like the purples.

A little hard to appreciate their colours which are delicate. There are two large bunches of this Yellow Flag Iris here.

And all the sun we've been enjoying encouraged the rose bushes that border the front walkway to come into bloom, a little earlier than usual.  They will now bloom for the summer months.  The bees love them.  These are not a favourite of mine (though I appreciate their beauty)...they wither quickly into brownish blobs and with the thorns, I have to use shears to cut them off. And there are a lot of them. I've not been able to pin down their name but they remind me of a hardy old style garden rose like the wild ones I'm familiar with in Newfoundland. Let me know what you think they are.

 I'm still weeding lots, an hour or so each day, but now nothing urgent to do or overwhelming. 

I'm happy to say that the flowering Weigelia, Sonic Bloom, that I planted seems to have rooted well and the bees are also enjoying those pretty blossoms.

Hubby found a surprise when he checked our propane tank.  This looks like a red squirrel's nest. It would have been very cosy indeed with all that white fluffy insulation gotten from the nearby garage ceiling.  Make no wonder we have so many of those little guys running around.

  I like this latest Grandmother's Flower Garden block because I love indigo shades. 

I've hemmed and hawed and finally settled on white for the centers.  I tried blue, grey and black; the black probably worked the best but I'd had my fill with black centers when I worked on the dresden project. It was a toss up really.  This week I hope to sort out how many to stitch together to begin hand quilting them. I have a lot of blue in my cupboard but as we know, not all shades play well together. But I'm good for the meantime and still enjoying the EPP stitching.

A couple more of the Solidarity blocks have been stitched by machine. Good practice for me. And two of the appliqued ones ready to be stitched this week.  This is Jane Gregory's block and I was pleased with how it turned out. I might even be able to handle a log cabin design which is on my bucket list. 

And this one which is Jane Bromberg's block.

Well, my sunny world outside my door is completely enchanting me.  Every green possible is there and all the pretty flowery colours too.  Am I so taken with it all because for so much of the year our world is made up of greys and white, I wonder. 

I hope your June days are as interesting to you where ever you live and whatever season you are experiencing. 

Linking this post with Home Sewn By Us, Love Laugh Quilt and Our World Tuesday.