While we were at the ranch last week, Diane and I took some time to relax a bit.

We're so excited about the progress we're making on Every Barn Tells a Story, which is on schedule for publication around the first of the year (2011). At times, it seems hard to believe, but if we take a glance back, we really have come a very long way. We visited with so many wonderful barn owners and captured their extraordinary stories. Then, we talked with Donna Sue Groves, the woman who started the quilt barns and is the Quilt Trail ambassador. What a gracious and charming woman! And, most of the many, many great projects for our book (and there are many!) are complete. Now, it's time to start pulling it all together into one neat package for you to enjoy!

Time to get back to work....

Diane and I tore ourselves away from our sewing machines for an adventure at a local hobby farm on the outskirts of the city. We visited with some miniature cows, which should NOT to be mistaken for baby cows. They really are yearlings! Isn't he cute?

Tool of the trade. If at first you don't succeed . . . oh, you know the rest!

Writing patterns, editing patterns, and making sample blocks for Every Barn Tells a Story.

Back to work......

Here's Ol' Bess dining in my flower garden. Next best to the real thing. Country traveling has won over this city gal!

Our computer keyboard has become our best friend and most loyal tool, next to our sewing machines, of course! Diane's writing quilt block patterns like crazy. Testing and retesting them with dear friends Marcy and Deb. I'm writing barn owner stories that we collected on our travel adventures and doing a bit of stitching, too. With loads of help from Lisa, our editor, Every Barn Tells a Story is on its way!