With a little help from my friends

We made a good start on the garden! Tracey prepped the bed on the right side of the house - incredibly fast with a garden fork. Raha finished putting up the wall & I'm already happier admiring bare plywood rather than the junk in the carport. Tracy, Mom, and Melinda drew the 4 quilt patterns and taped off the first color.

This is a tedious process. Only one color can be painted at a time, with multiple coats until the color is even and deep. Then the tape is pulled off of that set of color blocks and the next color is taped, and then 2-4 coats of that color are applied. We're using exterior latex on plywood - bright red, a warm gold, grayish purple, and sage green. They are all colors I love in big, simple geometric blocks.

Last night was also a opportunity to use up some of the vast quantities of vegetables from our CSA from Fox Hollow Farm. Mom and I cooked on and off through the day and the kitchen smelled wonderful from the pitcher of herbs Mom brought from her garden.

Dad finally made it back from Montana!