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My friend Cammie and I signed up as a “Farmgirl Chapter” and I made a quilt square for the Chapter Quilt that was displayed at the Farm Fair MaryJane Butters holds at her place in Idaho annually (I think that this was the second?). It seems like it would be a really fun thing to go to but Idaho is a long drive from Michigan, so my square got to be there in my stead. Mine is the one in the lower, left hand corner. I’m really, really sorry now that I forgot to take a picture of it before I mailed it off.

Gloria Walls of Texas pieced and quilted the quilt out of the goodness of her heart. She has a quilting business called “Strawberry House Quilting.” Here is an excerpt from her brochure:

“Happiness is finishing and owning a quilt! Have you always wanted a beautiful quilt for your bed, a guest bed or even your sofa? Well we could design one or pick an old favorite, with your special colors. It can be done! Or do you have a quilt top ready to be quilted? We could also get that completed. Sandwiched with batting, backing and finished off with a binding! Maybe you have an old family quilt top that needs finishing–just call me! Together we can get it finished.”

The picture and excerpt were taken from MaryJane’s Farmgirl Connection.

We have four more ducklings. Three of the five (out of fifteen) remaining eggs hatched without a problem but one of them stalled and I decided to intervene this time rather than sit by and watch. The duck I helped seems to be doing fine despite the controversy that surrounds helping in the hatching process. The fifth duckling was lost somewhere along the way.

The hatch caught me off guard this time and I probably wouldn’t have even noticed when I did if the cats had not been acting suspiciously. Either I miscounted the days or these are some precocious ducklings. Here’s our cat, George, checking out the action.
A freshly hatched duckling:
Almost dry:

And here are the first three ducks that we hatched. They’ve lost almost all of their down and are looking much more duck-like. I just hope that they stop being so terrified all the time and come out of their house soon.