Free Online Word Games, Appliqued Hearts, Cheeky Squirrel, More June Blooms

Mister sun has been blazing all week. 

 I've been outside stitching on the veranda every day. I've also been swimming and so glad for the exercise of it. All this time outside has made me think of how our winters really do make us hibernate to a certain extent. For the most part a happy hibernation luckily.

I'm noticing this uptick in outside activities is also making me feel better about this isolation.  Things are gradually opening but for folks in our age range, there are still warnings and precautions to be heeded. But just the thought that things are moving in the right direction is giving me hope and brightening my mood. 

Love how many bees and butterflies are already all over the garden, seems early this year.

One of the Swallowtails on the lilac tree blooms.

Here is the Snowball bush, overgrown, in the back yard. I need to check how to prune these. It was alive with flies, ants and bees I noticed. 

Two free word games I still play most days and enjoy.

Lexulous is a scrabble game you can play on solitaire mode.

  And 7 Little Words is a match to meaning combination of crossword and word find game. 

 Both are trimmed down, no gimmicks or interruptions and easy to work on when you have a few minutes here or there. 

If you know of other online wordy games(that don't hound you mid game to purchase things), please let me know.

I like this fabric line called Tealicious from Anni Downs for Henri Glass Company. Her designs are sort of whimsical and fun.  I would enjoy working on her patterns too someday. This line is available at The Fat Quarter Shop.  We are drinking so much tea these days!

                              

My spring ramblings outside would not be complete without getting a shot of a red squirrel looking at me looking at him. I was actually aiming for a raven that was much higher above him, but his impertinence with approaching and chattering at me made the better photo. Reminding him that I'm the one supplying his sunflower seeds didn't impress him.  

I ordered this pattern that conveniently includes three sizes of hearts from Edyta Sitar with the thought of making a heart quilt some day. 

                                           

Summertime and with isolation continuing, someday has arrived. I have the idea of keeping it dreamy with soft colours and sort of old fashioned.  The kind of quilt to be made for a granddaughter or a grandmother maybe.

Here are a few of the scrappy pinks I've made.  My usual applique using freezer paper.

Hope you too are finding all kinds of enjoyment in these mid June days. 

Linking this post with Not Afraid of Color, Floral Friday Foto, Sugar Lane Designs, Viewing Nature With Eileen, Kathy's Quilts, So Scrappy and It's A Small Town Life.