Gettin "Happy" in June

We have been busy as usual.  DH lined up a crew to work the cattle before they were moved to summer pastures.  All the cows and calves get vaccinated and wormed. 

BIL Ron and nephew John came to help out. 

 Nathan and Oliver, neighbor boys worked in the back.

It was a nice day and not too hot--that really helped.  After all the cattle were worked we moved them to their summer homes.  We have a few cows left to calve, but calving season is pretty much over.  Yeah!!

No, this isn't a lake.  It's the corn field.  We were only able to plant about half of it this year.  We hope to finish with the last field tomorrow.  It is also a wet field and this is way later than we usually get our corn in.   It's been hard to get the crops in with the rain and wet fields.  We hope to get enough planted to feed the cows through next winter.

I decided I really needed to get some fabric therapy.  I was getting pretty grouchy.  Just like lack of sunshine affects me, so does lack of color and creativity.   I haven't had the time to organize anything in the sewing bedroom---so I started a new project.  I'm using the Happy jelly roll I bought at the Quilter's Corner and the June Bug pattern I ordered from Connecting Threads.

I made a template from plastic and started tracing to make the fused applique blocks.

I cut out the centers, so just the edges will be fused down.  I'm going to blind stitch them by machine.  I saved all the centers.  They will be just right for leaves on something else.

I've worked on this a little here and there.  Just so fun to be working on something again.

I like the colors in the Happy line by Me and My Sister Designs.  I'm using a lot of the pink and purple, but some of all the other colors too.  It's been so much fun cutting and choosing the colors.  I've been smiling a lot more the last two days.  lol 

I've been thinking I might hand quilt this one.  I like the quilts I've seen that used perle cotton and big stitches.  I can see doing that around these appliqued pieces. 

The llamas are enjoying green pastures.  There were no little llamas born this year.  We were a little disappointed--maybe next year.

It has been in the 90's the last couple days.  It really helped to dry out the field we need to plant yet.  I spent this morning mowing the yard and weed eating before it got so hot.  My garden is finally tilled, but not planted.  It is getting kind of late, but I need to get to town and buy some tomato plants at least.

Where does the time go?  Every day flies by and there just seems to be more and more to do.