June Gloom

June weather in California is cloudy and gloomy....sometimes it burns off during the day, sometimes it does not.  Californians have a name for it "June Gloom."

That pretty much describes my mental climate of late.

We laid the quilting Auntie to rest and I spent some time with Unkie just touching her stuff in her quilting studio and reminiscing.  We cried and we laughed as we recalled fun times.

"...and it came to pass...". After June Gloom comes sunny July and then scorching August.  Happens every year.

Sprinkled throughout the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is a phrase that sounds particularly good to me right now;
"...and it came to pass..."  Its true meaning is "...and then it happened..."  but I am claiming it as my own for now to mean
"...it did not come to stay, but it will pass..."


I'm sure you've heard the saying "fake it 'til you make it."  That's what I'm doing for now.  I am forcing myself to sit down at the sewing machine a bit most days and work on a baby quilt for a new mom and a fun wall hanging for friends who are planning a car trip (taking all their kids left-behind belongs and delivering them to their door steps.)  Both fun, cheery projects.































Last evening I spent time with my quilting neighbor, one of the Sew Sisters where I live, and went over a new pattern with her.

The quilting mojo will return.