August 20, 2011

moonlight
strikes
bedroom window


half moon
above Jupiter
fir silhouettes


newly painted
shower walls
slug visits


Saturday chores
blog posts and haiku
lovely nap
pieced quilt top
delightful summer day

August 19, 2011

dogs at groomer
lonesome silence
hummer darts by


eye to eye
towhee
in hemlock


dogs to groomer
visiting Island Quilter
great new fabrics
quilting frog quilt top
fresh strawberries

August 18, 2011

quilt 145
towhee sits
outside my window


no more holes
first coat of mud
finished quilt 145
first in four month
feels excellent

August 17, 2011

shaking spaniel sheetrock saw


fishing
electric wire
around rafters


sewing machine
covered with plastic
quilting waits


writing haiku
watching cats
track construction dust


quilt top finished
more sheet rock cut
new electric line run
picking strawberries
first green beans

August 16, 2011

white star-shaped flower
atop a single stalk
squirrel runs by


quilting
and more quilting
summer day
squirrel runs
along fence top

August 15, 2011

electrician needs
more sheetrock cut
hummer visits


hemming pants
goldfish swim
in dragon pond


pants hemmed
quilt back made binding sewn
quilt pinned
six inches woven
even a nap great day

August 14, 2011

goldfinch
in my birdbath
dog watches


piecing new quilt
butterfly and bee
stop by


day of solitude
quilt top pieced
facilitated by
three dogs and
three cats