Here are the purple bitcoin and 16-patches I had hoped to show for the last week of June for the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge. Instead I decided to participate in the Portland Heat Dome Challenge.
The sewing room was off limits because it was outside of our "cool zone" where cool is less than 90 degrees. So instead of patchwork, I can offer photos of my garden where the rhododendrons are exploring browns for July. They were not happy to lose all of their tree shade from the ice storm and now think life is not worth living at 114 degrees F.
Also brown and not happy.
Meanwhile the interior of the house has been infected with the dreaded pestilence of bedbugs. But still a suitable tribute to neutrals.
Nice purple piecing. I was thinking of you in the heat. We were hot, too, but still about 15 degrees cooler than you. So sorry about your toasted garden. Darla lays on the bed on her back, letting the fan cool her tummy furs. Alfie is usually downstairs “helping” me sew. Have a nice Fourth!
ReplyDeletePretty blocks for PURPLE month at the RSC!! What will you do for July? I haven't decided for sure, but I believe I will go with BLUE. That will probably be more light than dark. We'll see...
ReplyDeleteBig fuzzy bugs ya got there!
ReplyDeleteAnd your poor poor garden... What a hard year you're having!
I hope it cools off for you soon!
I laughed out loud and I know it isn't funny but your rhodies look so "brown"! I think they've chosen the color for you to use this month. My daughter lives in Vancouver WA and is totally miserable with one wall A/C in her apt.
ReplyDeleteYour poor plants! I hope we don't have a repeat of that heat dome. That was crazy!
ReplyDeleteCommiserations! I know what it is like to have your garden fried by extreme heat.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what the loss of a few shade trees can do to your environment, both inside and out. Our house regularly reached the mid-80's inside whenever the outside temp approaches 90 degrees. So no sewing and rarely cooking occur here. Sympathies on the damage to the rhodies. It will take time to adjust your landscape to the new conditions. at least some purple blocks materialized.
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Great picture of the bed bugs professionally posing.
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago, we had a storm come through which totally destroyed my peonies. Then we had a deer come by that ate some of my hostas and then calmly walked on down the street. A squirrel keeps nibbling on my tomato plant, lilies and this after it ate all the tulips in the Spring.
We were in a bad drought until the storms came, so I am not complaining too much. The humidity was 100%, but we ran the AC to keep it down in the house. We're back in the 90s this week.
It looks like your plants are done for this year, but I suspect they will come back next year.
Our A/C is being a problem so we drove over to SE of Portland, OR to visit nephew who HAS A/C. There is a volunteer evergreen tree, probably up to my waist or more, they had never watered it. Well the heat of last weekend did a number on that poor little tree. All the new "candles" of growth now face down, and have turned brown.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I love those bed bugs, looks like they are getting along there.
ReplyDeleteDid you see Bonnie Hunter's new bitcoin pattern?
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