These are 3 blocks from Overbrook's BOM pattern by Pat A Syta.  I'm going to complain, the bottom 2 blocks I had to take apart and redo to make them the 12" blocks.  It is hard to take a pattern that is basically designed for a 10" block and turn it into a 12" block.  I had to make my seems 1/8 instead of the normal 1/4.  On the top block I used the wrong pieces at the wrong time and had to search my scraps to correct my error.  I've really struggled with these 3 blocks.  Now for the positive!  I'm loving these red, white and black blocks.  I think that they will make a beautiful quilt.

This is my first block for the 2018 blockhead.  This year the blocks are different sizes.  This is a 12" block and it is block 6.  Hoping to start on block 5 today. I have been spending some time in my sewing room.
Gardening is mostly trying to keep everything watered.  We really need rain.  1st of July's water bill was $150 higher than last year.  I should just let everything die - but there is a lot of hard work out in the vegetable and flower gardens. Yesterday we had a short rain shower but I don't think it was enough to even register in the rain meter.
Yesterday, was Sunday.  So Tom and I visited Mom.  She was and has been really involved in the conversations the last few visits.  I don't know what has facilitated this change but I'm so glad that I've been able to see this.  Yesterday I could tell that she probably has a cold coming on.  Hopefully she doesn't get the summer cough that so many people have had.

Should have put this at the top of this post.  Last Tuesday the adoption papers were signed!!!  I have loved these 2 from the beginning as I know their parents do.  Getting to the signing of the adoption papers seemed to take a long time but now it is official they are Shepard's.