Today has started out with beautiful weather and a long list of things to do. I talked with Amanda about wedding plans and that to-do list, with her adding more to my list. Then I walked to the Assistance League resale shop where I spent the morning volunteering, stopped by the bank to deposit the certificate money for the church and then walked to church to drop off the deposit slip. (My foot is hurting less so I hope I didn't hurt it more by so much walking!)

I do want to share the quilt I made for baby Bianca. Her mommy and daddy had been calling her their 'honey bee' while waiting for her to be born so I had to use this cute 'bee' fabric I found!

Here's the front and back. I quilted it with a honeycomb pattern and little bees.

And now for MY list--

First off,  I really want to set out time to go through the pictures from my trip to Japan and fix any that really need it. You know, cropping and straightening a bit, and some need shadows lightened. But I have surprised myself because I really like most of them as I took them! Yay! Here's one of the first fun meals we had where we cooked the veggies and meat in our individual bowls of simmering broth. Yummy!

And these next two were taken at a festival celebrating Budda's birthday. So many interesting things to see but so very, very crowded! There were booths selling trinkets and booths with food lining the long walk into the main festival area. Then there was a large pavilion with musicians playing that was wonderful. The cherry trees were not quite full-bloom, but close, and people had claimed their space under the trees with big blue plastic tarps so they could have picnics.

So what would be most fun would be to divide my pictures into a 'short program' of what I think are the best to give a nice travelog story - because there are way too many for anyone to really spend the time looking at them, other than me! That way if someone is really interested they could look at more pictures but I wouldn't be boring anyone, hopefully. It was a lot more fun taking the pictures I think. 

Then second on my list - also with photos - is to work on the scans of the slides from Grandpa. They desperately need to be color corrected and fixed because many have water damage. I'd like to arrange them with stories from Grandpa and have them made into a book. How much time is THAT going to take? If I work on a few pictures everyday I may get it done in time for either Grandpa's birthday or Christmas.

And third, because not all my projects should deal with photos, I must finish the T-shirt quilt I am making for a friend from church. I have only had the shirts for almost 6 months and it needs to get done. The main part of the top is finished and I am working on borders. So I am giving myself one week - I want to take it to quilt guild for show and tell. I really need deadlines!