Pin It Weekly #135

What are you pinning this week?  I'm pinning fruit.  Sure, why not?

Just kidding.  I've been looking at and pinning a few photos of artwork with fruit.  It's part of my preparation for the current quilt.

Wooden Bowl with Citrus

Finally, I thought I'd introduce you to 

Nerdist Podcast, which I found through Letters of Note when I read the letter from Nerdist producers asking Tom Hanks to appear on the show.  Letters of Note provided the link to the podcast--I clicked. 

The letter on the right is a picture of Tom Hanks' letter, which he typed on the 1934 typewriter that the editors gave him when they popped the question.  Brilliant, huh? He agreed. 

Fruit in a bowl?

A new quilt.  A new concept.  A new theory.

Wooden Bowl with Citrus

I'll see how it goes.

And keep you posted, of course. Another way to keep up with my work is to like Fleur de Lis Quilts on Facebook.

And if you're like me and have returned to work, here's hoping that all is going citrus-y!

Oranges and lemons and limes, oh my!

 We’ve gotten some very cold weather in the last few days—freezing at night and bitter winds during the day.  Today, finally, it’s beginning to warm up.  The sun is bright and warm and the wind has died down to bearable. 

While I have not enjoyed this cold weather, the hunters love it.  Ducks and geese fly overhead looking for a place to roost.  Deer are moving around, and wild hogs are plentiful.  Rich has taken Lane on a couple of deer hunts and he bagged his first deer.  He is one proud 13-year-old!

The cold weather is good for the citrus fruit hanging on our baby trees.  Since the first frost last week, every orange, kumquat, lemon and so on has changed color.  I’ve picked a few to enjoy, but they are still more sour than sweet, so I decided to give them a little more time.  I surely hope they sweeten up in a few days because they are so very tempting!  

Citrus Surprise

A few days ago I mentioned that I'd had to move some trees out of the studio, remember?  Well, those two trees have multiplied.  It seems that my darling hubs decided to plant said trees but decided that two little citrus trees were, well, not enough.  By the time I returned home from school the two had become ten.
 

 Apparently I am at fault for this, having suggested that the two trees be planted on the driveway side of the house, because it's also the southeast side and the house would protect the trees (somewhat) from the north wind.  When hubs went to plant the two there, he imagined that they looked lonely....two little trees all by themselves with nothing to keep them company.
 
Never you mind that they are way out-sized and out-numbered by the Indian Hawthorne that borders the house and completely covers the entire bottom half of the house.  No, those hawthorne are nothing in the way of citrus tree accompaniers.  


So now there are ten trees also bordering the house.  TEN.  Yes, 10.  Ten citrus trees already planted and watered and in it for the duration, I guess.  Of course, the good news is that three of these little babies have citrus on them

The little kumquats are in various stages of ripeness and when yellow, delicious!  The original two are full of wonderful smelling blooms, so I'm hoping that we'll have oranges at some point.  Another two are lemon trees.  It's really great to think of the fruit we'll eventually have, but in the meantime, we're enjoying the sweet smells and pretty foliage.