Trying to be patient

It's been a waiting game here these past two weeks. I have my other house on the market and while I have had two offers, both have fallen through. And the comments from multiple buyers has been that the floors are squishy. What that means is that they are uneven and need to be fixed. It may be due to the flood, or just age, as the house is 65 years old. My realtor and I agree that this must be remedied, to the tune of $9000.00 Gulp, I hate to have to put more into this house but needs must. 

Second, in my current house (THE last house) the grass has been planted and it is up and looking so green, which only makes it more enticing to think about gardening. 

To that end I have potted up about 75 hostas and caladiums.

I also have received my order of three Southern Comfort Heuchera, which are in the bottom corner of that photo.

And my barrel planters are coming along great. There are buds already on the day lilies and I recently bought some bare root pink bleeding hearts and they are all up and looking enthusiastic. Unfortunately I have squirrels and today my window boxes got dug into and I'm fit to be tied. I was planning to transplant my lettuce seedlings into them, but now I am not so certain. I'll wait and put them into the proposed new garden bed that I hope to get built by my faithful brother in law John, in the coming week.

My wheelbarrow has a flat tire and my garden fork handle has separated from the fork part so I am prevented from doing any digging myself. My knees are grateful for the reprieve. 

The three dogwoods are in full bloom and I am so thrilled to have have them. Two white and one pink. 

And the Bloodgood Japanese Maple is perky and a long with the dogwoods it's ready to find its home somewhere in my yard. 

In meantime, I have been sewing some clothes. And converting some thrift shop items to fit me better. I love being in my sewing room and using some of the fabrics that have been stashed.

I devised a pattern from a pullover blouse and made a 'pinafore' top. I am using that name because nothing else seems to work. It covers the necessary parts and can be used as a shop coat, sorta. Taking a selfie is difficult and even worse when I see my resting face in the picture. What a grumpy look I have.  Anyway, I am showing the side seam pockets in that selfie.

And then I made a second pinafore out of Japanese panels that I got from my former business partner Laura Wasilowski. about 22 years ago. Seriously. 

They are real batik and my hands turned blue from the dye as I sewed this item.  It will have to be washed separately for sure. Once again I am showing the side seam pocket here, which is difficult to see, for all the patterning. I must have pockets in everything and these are so much easier and faster than even patch pockets. Bias binding is my new friend.