Flower pounding class

Saturday

I got up around 8. I got ready for the day. I read e-mail and messages. I laid out in the sun and read. It was unusually cool. Maybe because its been so windy lately.

I asked Chris for a massage and he complied. Then I made fiber gel and worked on yesterday's blog. I took a shower. Then made breakfast. He asked me to make bread. I did.

I read e-mail. I looked for a second pestle. I stopped at the post office for mail, then went to the chapel with the bouquet of flowers we bought in town. I cut some of the field roses to add to it. I moved the dress hanging in an hallway to an office. I started ironing the handkerchiefs.

The kids arrived. I instructed them on placing petals in some order, then pounding them or using the pestle to roll the petals over the fabric. They had brought mallets, which didn't work so well. Juice from the petals got on the cutting mats, and then on the floor. Sophia did quite well, but the others looked more haphazard. Even Jedediah did one. All the pounding kind of got to me. Saronna had them clean up. I saved a few petals in case someone came by later.

So we left about 3. I went home with the mail. I tried to finalize some orders. What is this howtopay stuff? I ate some frozen watermelon and got really cold. I went outside to warm up and water the plants. But there wasn't much warmth outside.

Michele came over to get her new phone. She and Chris got it initialized (or whatever) but there was still something the company had to do to complete the transfer. Then she and I headed to the chapel. She had a sewing project with her and I brought some fat quarters to iron. I plugged in the iron. She worked on her project and Sophia came with her quilt project. Sophia had an elongated hexagon template that she was cutting pieces with.

I ironed until 7:15. Then she and I went into the sanctuary for Rhythm Class. No one else came. We practiced for half an hour and went back to the fellowship hall. I finished ironing, then observed her cutting. Michele chatted with us as she handsewed gold trim to a purple silk bodice.

We started packing up at 8:30. Sophia went home. Michele carried my serger to my car. We headed to our respective houses. I was going to stop by the garden but it was unusually cool and very windy.

I made tea and we watched one episode of Longmire. Then we read one section of the devotional book. I put away laundry and we dressed the bed. Then I sat at my laptop to process open windows so I could close them. Chris went to bed, but I stayed up later.