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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Last game of the season today. My 7 year old grandson was pitching for part of the game.

Youth League baseball game pitcher throwing the ball.

Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I hope this isn't behind a paywall, I can't tell. This guy made what amount to bribes to various members of the Trump family and got not too much in return. They kept taking until there was nothing left. He is a shitty person but the interview is astounding.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The rest of the storm damage is getting fixed today. New roof and gutters. We had 2 roof layers, one the original shingle from 1959, the other one we put on soon after we moved here in the early 1980s. They had quite a job to scrape them off. The work was louder than the tree limbs that fell on us.

A crew of roofers scraping old shingles off one section of roof, while the crane lifts a pallet of new packs of shingles overhead to the side of the house that's ready for them.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My Japanese maple has suddenly started producing walnuts. Pic is out a second story window. 😂

Walnut sitting on top of a lacy leafed maple branch.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The "posh penelope" pattern creates a large amount of scrap that either is or can be easily made into right triangles. I have been sewing these together into squares as I go along. Today I laid them out randomly to see if they were too crazy to put into another quilt. I kind of like it...

Half square triangles made from the scrap pieces from the posh penelope quilt. The colors are pretty crazy but I like it.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I usually work on several quilt projects at a time, rotating every few weeks to keep from getting too sick of any one thing. I decided to make a few blocks for my "posh penelope" quilt. Once these are done I will have 54 out of 81 I need for the quilt. Only 27 to go. Gaaah! Here are a few blocks:

6 "posh penelope" blocks laying on the work table, with 4 more in-process blocks laid out near the machine waiting to be sewn. A pile of scraps is to the right, and a box full of the triangle scraps from the blocks is on the other table.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I called an old friend last night and we talked for almost 2 hours. She moved away to be near her grandkids while they were growing up and plans to come back when they go to college. She was happy surprised that I called. It made it a good night for both of us! 😍

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@lynnmaccanada.bsky.social Here's the Nana's Scrap Box quilt. In the top left block, second row of patches, to the left of the blue patch, there's a triangle of the dugadoo fabric. It's not too exciting. 🤣

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Now I am in Nana nostalgia land. Here's a picture of her with me and my brother in our Bethlehem PA kitchen. The curtains had an image of an old fashioned baby carriage that I apparently decided was called a dugadoo. I included patches from the dugadoo curtains in my "Nana's Scrap Box" quilt.

A grandmother sitting in a kitchen chair in the 1950's, holding a baby, with toddler girl standing in front.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Almost Fall and the last roses of summer are here. It makes me think of my Nana who loved roses and had a beautiful garden. She is the one who taught me to quilt.

Nana beside her roses. They are as tall as she is and the flowers are colorful and gigantic.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On a whim I entered a quilt in the PA National Quilt Extravaganza (aka the Mancuso show). I GOT IN! The show opened today and @vagabondwynn.bsky.social and I went to see it. Very odd seeing my sofa quilt hanging on the show wall. 🍾🥂 We also saw @squishythings.com beautiful wall quilt in the show.

My quilt "Mod Mod Swirled" hanging in the Mancuso Quilt show.

Maggie Shreiter's Wall quilt in the Mancuso quilt show.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm still plugging away on quilting the B&W quilt blocks. Finished the center atoms and swirls and just finished the interlocked squares. Next up is the gray border. If I do the bubbles in the white sections now, it puckers the border too much so I will save them until I get the border done.

Black and gray interlocked squares are now quilted. The center is an atom orbit shape, surrounded by spiral arms, enclosed with interlocking squares which have fine straight lines quilted on them.

Close up showing the gray border which is the next step in the quilting.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Finally got the EPP quilt top completely put together, woo hoo! I made an extra ring of blue honeycomb pieces so the blocks wouldn't get cut off when I put the border on. Now it has to wait in line to get quilted. Ignore the pillow shams, they go with the quilt underneath. 😄

English paper pieced "Lucy Boston" pattern quilt top. Scrappy colors with a denim blue border and connector pieces

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Currituck lighthouse peeking over the beach dunes this morning.

The top of the Currituck lighthouse seen over a dip in the dunes, with grasses blowing in the wind.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A prettier picture of the turtle lake. If you zoom in, you can probably see a few swimming in toward the deck we were standing on.

Lake in Corolla with turtles from the middle of the lake swimming toward the camera.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There are a few turtles here.

Turtles swimming under the deck in the Outer Banks.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's beach week! Outer Banks with the running ladies at a friend's house.

Two women walking on the beach at sunrise, with reflections of the sky in the water.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Started the quilting on the B&W slip knot quilt. I have all the white outlines done, and now that the quilt is anchored by that quilting, finished a first block in the corner to test drive the pattern.

Black, white, and gray quilt in the slip knot pattern of interlocking squares.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I got a new laptop to replace my 2019 model. It will be wonderful to have a keyboard that works correctly. Setting up a new computer is no fun though. Even with all the helpful utilities for setting things up and transferring files, what a time suck! But I think I'm almost there.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's taken me so long to get the coneflowers I bought into the ground that the butterflies are finding them in their pots on the deck.

Butterfly in shades of gold on hot pink and bright orange coneflowers.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ribbons of sunset at the park this evening.

Pink orange and purple sunset with clouds that look like ribbons streaming out.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm reading Matt Haig's novel "The Midnight Train". The protagonist's name is Wilbur Budd. I'm struggling with this a bit because our local Wilbur chocolate company makes, well, buds.

Milk and dark chocolate drops called Wilbur buds.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Out with the old, in with the new. Our 41 year old AC that got speared by a falling tree limb in our nasty storms was replaced today, so we can be cool!

The tech is salvaging the refrigerant from the old air conditioning unit.

The old AC components are sitting in the driveway, waiting for removal. I gave it a hug and thanked it for 41 years before it left.

New AC unit. Normally they pull out the old cement pad and use the synthetic one, but the cement pad was so thick and so anchored that they could not budge it, so they laid in the new system on top of the old pad

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's AC week! Insurance came through this past weekend and approved a new AC and a new roof. We went ahead and ordered the AC earlier because realistically we weren't going to live without it no matter who paid. Next I will have people climbing all over the place for roof estimates.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Memories popping up - Once upon a time my Achilles tendon still mostly worked and I rocked the canyon with my daughter and with Joan @strickmaedel.bsky.social in Wellsboro, PA.

3 medals for 2 half marathons held at the "Grand Canyon of PA" in Wellsboro on consecutive days. One for each race and one for doing both races on the same weekend.
I never ran a marathon, but then after these races, one of my friends said "Of course you ran a marathon! It just took you 27 hours!"

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The hostas are helping to add color to the garden. "Lakeside paisley print"

Lakeside Paisley print hosta with feathery yellow and green patterns in the leaves and lavender flowers, in front of a dark pink crepe myrtle just beginning to open.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Daylilies in the raised bed with their matching coneflowers.

"Strubbly" daylily with rust/pink coneflowers along a stone wall.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hello Bluesky, what's up? I don't have any new daylily pics. Between trees falling down, 6" of rain, & 100 deg temps, the garden has about given up. I know I have, I'm going to call it a season and do cleanup, fertilize, and move a number of plants for next year. At least the deck planters made it.

Red, white, and blue flowers in a red, white and blue planter for the 250th. Too bad I planted them in a green liner pot. 😄

Rex begonias, pink wax begonias, and money plant in a tall planter.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We got power back last night and the WIFI just came on this evening. Life is returning to normal. Mostly. I spent the day on insurance claims and restocking the refrigerator. 😬

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Union Pacific's famed Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, went through Hershey today to celebrate America's 250th. Eight of these massive engines have been preserved. 7 are in static displays, this is the only one operating for special excursions. It was LOUD.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Despite the tree smashing, the daylily bed is trying the best it can. And new ones are still popping up in other gardens.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Still no power here. There are so many trees and wires down that there are still a dozen main roads closed. They called in about 2000 workers from other states and Canada and there are utility trucks everywhere. My son in law came and took drone pics, then chainsawed the mess around the house.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Estimated time for our power to be restored is 11PM on Wednesday Jul 8. I'll be moving out. 🥵🫤

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I took a lot of pictures of daylilies the last two days. Good thing. We had a horrific storm tonight that drove us to the basement. I have never seen wind that bad in the 42 years I have lived here. Half of our neighbor's tree came down, the top hit our house and crushed my entire side daylily bed.

Daylily bed a few days ago. Now it is smashed under a huge tree branch.

There's a sidewalk and garden under all that tree.

Half of the huge maple at the back came down on the power lines, so I suspect that we will be moving in with my mother for a few days. 😭

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Smokey Mountain Autumn early this morning. I just love this daylily.

Smokey Mountain Autumn daylily in the early sun.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today's daylilies once were mine but have been freed from their original shady home to a place in the sun and more fertile soil. This is my daughter's front sidewalk. Most of these were only planted in the last 3 years. 😲

A rainbow of heavily flowering daylilies beside sidewalk steps.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Some happy daylilies before the heat wave, and a few coneflowers showing off.

Alabama Jubilee again, too nice not to show twice. The bright red orange flowers with their yellow blazes are very dramatic.

This creamy daylily with a touch of pink is called "Jean Swann". I think it looks like a giant daffodil.

Beautiful rich peach daylily "Elizabeth Salter"

Don't forget the coneflowers! These are hot colors of red and gold.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Good morning sunshine! Daylily "Buttered popcorn" will wake up your eyes. 🌞

Bright yellow gold daylily "Buttered Popcorn"

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today's showstopper is called "Black Stockings". It likes the weather better when it's cool and cloudy so I'm glad it got a start before the impending heat wave.

Deep red daylily with darker eye and bright gold throat, with a piecrust edge with a fine gold edge line.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Years ago when I was redoing a bed, I found a daylily I didn't remember. I moved it several times trying to get it to bloom more than a few distorted flowers. I named it the red mutant. It finally bloomed & the flowers are small but poly with extra petals! I think it must have come up from seed.

Red daylily with flowers that have 4 petals instead of 3. I didn't buy this one!

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's a drizzly, gray day here but that makes the daylily colors look even brighter. All the plants are happy for whatever moisture comes their way.

Clematis "Sizaja Ptitsa", purple with 5 or 6 long twisted petals, trellised against the brick wall.

"Alabama Jubilee" bright orange red daylily with a darker eye.

"Chocolate Frosting" and "Ruby Spider" daylilies putting on a colorful show.

Looking across the lawn at the back bed with its colorful splashes of daylily flowers.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I met a lively, fit, fun woman through friends in the running club and we got to be casual friends. Her grandkids called her "Bubble" - a perfect match to her personality! I liked her art and bought 2 of her paintings. Sadly, 2 weeks ago, she collapsed and died with no warning. Seize the day!

A colorful, loose painting of a bouquet of wildflowers that I have on my enclosed porch. Artist: Becky Shiley.

A painting of a sunset at a lake in a rainbow array of colors. This hangs on the wall in my sewing room and makes me very happy. Artist Becky Shiley.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's daylily time! The daylilies are starting to put on enough of a show to override my neglect, and I am starting to catch up a bit. Three scoops of mulch delivered today, only about half of my usual, but I decided I needed to be kind to myself right now. 😄

"Dolly Poly" daylily, bright yellow with extra petals, in bloom on a bright sunny morning.

"Her Marvelous Eyes" yellow daylily with wide red center, and "Oceans Eleven", yellow with a purple and blue center, blooming in the raised bed.

Sunset colors of gold through pink through rust on daylily "Smokey Mountain Autumn"

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

The described cocktail in a coupe glass. It's very algae lookin

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My bathroom cactus is blooming again. It's been throwing flowers often over the last few months. It has a certain "Dr. Suess" vibe.

Potted cactus with a pale yellow pom pom type flower on top.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Today was the Lancaster Art walk. We stopped in to see the Rocky Springs Carousel animals from the early 1900's on display in their temporary home. In 1981 they were moved from their original spot to Michigan, then to Dollywood, then a $1.2 million fundraising effort brought them back to Lancaster.

Wooden hand carved carousel animals displayed in downtown Lancaster. These were originally part of the Carousel at Rocky Springs Amusement Park on the south side of Lancaster.

Wooden hand carved carousel animals, including a couple of ostriches and a really big chicken, displayed in downtown Lancaster. These were originally part of the Carousel at Rocky Springs Amusement Park on the south side of Lancaster.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The white peacock went up on the perch and the blue one came down and fanned, but he couldn't quite get by the white feathers. 😄

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The caverns has a petting zoo with a white peacock.

White peacock in a wire corn crib, fanning.

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Peg S. @quiltgrdnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We visited Indian Echo Caverns in Hummelstown PA today, probably for the first time since elementary school. Coincidentally, there were groups of kids there from the school I went to. 😄

Stalactites and pillars in Indian Echo Caverns

Poll of clear water in Indian Echo caverns

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