Fabric and flowers

I'll warn you right at the beginning that I am going to use this blog post to scold. First, almost every visit to Mystic Quilter's blog is a feast for the eyes that can often lead to a fabric binge. But it didn't help that she once left a comment saying that the fabric on the left is one of her favorites. What if I ran out?

And let's not forget that Fabadashery's blog started me on the Dear Jane adventure. I thought it would help me use my hoard of Kaffe fabric. But using it only gives me excuses to buy more.

And then the Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilt blog showed a beautiful kaleidoscope quilt with such saturated blues, I just had to indulge.

And the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge reminded me that I tend to overlook green.

And then new patterns become available...

Well, needless to say, Molly has put me on notice because she saw that the amount of fabric that came in greatly exceeded the size of her new empty bin. To show her disappointment with me, she shredded my seahorse pattern. And knowing she would be disappointed with me, earlier in the week she shredded the applique owl pattern.

Molly is also disappointed with Buddy who has grown to the size of a small horse. Here she is biting his tail while he is trying to look out to the front yard.

When accused of naughty behavior, Molly always claims total innocence.

And to end on a happier note (as if a new fabric supply and two young cats aren't happy enough), the sun came out this weekend. Here is evidence of a sunny day and some remaining azalea blooms.

I also inspected the pea pods planted at the end of March. I couldn't understand why they were still only about six inches off the ground, especially after the week of rain. A closer look showed that a real bunny prefers pea pod sprouts to pea pods, and has keep everything trimmed. He also ate an entire cucumber start as a palate cleanser.

Unlike the azaleas that jump into bloom with a bit of warmth, the mountain laurel plants that fill the woods are waiting for the right time to bloom. They have just started but are going to wait a bit longer for their peak.