Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon

Hi! What a beautiful summer weekend this was! Temps in the high mid-80s, blue skies. No wind which isn't so good. The evil flies have mostly gone.

Today I almost didn't go down to the beach, but my kids were so excited and encouraging. They love the endless summer days and were so happy summer is finally back to normal. [it was cool here, sometimes very cool, all summer]. I just had to get myself in gear and go and I was so happy I did. Friends were there, with children, drinks, boogie boards. Early afternoon almost everyone hiked over a few blocks to where a food fair was being held. I stayed and watched all our stuff, sewed on Bitty, and was rewarded with two classic yellow mustard drenched NY style hot dogs. What could be more fun than eating hot dogs on a hot sandy beach and watching the surfers and boarders try to eke out rides on the piddly waves.

Gully is definitely here!  You remember Gully, my little sea gull friend?

When I sat alone he slowly approached and finally politely snatched a few fallen pretzels.

He had followed me home the other night, when the flies attacked me. I was so happy to see him. Could he really remember me, with his brain the size of  a dime?

And huge flocks of sanderlings, arrived here for the winter from their tundra nesting grounds.

See the two slightly deeper sand colored areas, center right? Those are hundreds of tiny birds.

Spooked by a jogger, they took flight, look closely along the white seafoam line.

Walking back home, I spied interesting tiny tracks. Whatever could they be?

The water is almost gone from the swale, from previous post.

Later Mo enjoyed the cool green grass!

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Quilt stuff:
I finished Bitty to the point where I can work on the bias stems. Sadly the photos I took this evening are crap, so I'll show them another time. This is a problem with sewing in a beach chair, on your knee. The circles look good, they're, well, round. But they are placed wrong, should stack up in a straight line.

And this week I made Step Two of Lori's/ Humble Quilts sewalong. 24 half square triangles, a color and muslin.

I made two sets bec I can't decide when a sewalong is  mystery. And the pink set is scrappy, on purpose.

Step 3 tomorrow, I am excited to see what happens next!

Hope your weekend was wonderful too! Did you have summery days, or has Fall poked out her dreary head?

love

lizzy

gone to the beach~~~

PS

I wanted Mo to be a unicorn this Halloween. But I was voted down.

''Mooooom. He's a BOY!"

"Unicorns are boys. They're magical beings just like pugs!''

eye rolls ensued....