I will try to take a closer picture of him some day. Anyway, here he is working in the pit. The neighborhood has taken quite an interest in the construction. I have jokingly said that we are building a neighborhood pool. 
It is beginning to take shape or at least I can tell where the foundation will be. 
The top comes off and you can store your treasures inside this little basket. I thought it would be kind of castle shaped with some little white beads and a cute little flower button on the top. I hope it inspires a little imagination with Cora. It is fun to make little things like this because I really use my imagination and just leftover material. 
I like how the teddy bear turned out. I used green like the backing of the quilt and the orange/yellow that I used for the border. I think it turned out really cute. 
You can see how big the stump was from these pictures. It was interesting to watch them dig around the stump and try to get under it to remove it. Some of these pictures were taken from the bedroom window, above the area. 
Finally, it broke free and came out. They did have to cut the top off a little before they could lift it out of the hole. We gave 6 big long logs to a friend who is going to cut them up into boards. The rest of the longer and bigger pieces of logs were taken away by the excavator to an area that they store them and then cut them up for a charity organization when someone wants firewood. 
This was really a big tree and we hated to cut it down but it sure opened up our yard quite a bit. The canopy of the tree stretched over that part of the yard quite a bit. It will be interesting to see how this effects the yard and the ability to grow things other than moss. We cut down a tree right next to the driveway too. I am hoping that I will be able to plant a few flowers in that area when all the work has finished. 
This is the view from the road. The garage will be the same width of the lower level of the house with the roof line not going any higher than the bottom of the upper level windows. We will repaint the house the same color and the garage will be the same color as the house. The construction site is now ready for the forms to be built for the foundation. 
I will keep you posted. It is moving along quite well. 
Yesterday was vegetable day so I thought I would eat what I brought home. I roasted up a great mixture of vegetables including some beats that I would never have added except for a suggestion by my friend. SO here is the colorful selection of beats, summer squash, new potatoes, carrots along with some fresh tomatoes. It made a great dinner for me. Tonight I may try the recipe for potato and leek soup using some more of my great fresh vegetables. 
I thought this quilt looked BEAUTIFUL. I liked the pinwheel look, the use of many different leftover scraps, the bright red border and the very tiny triangle extra border. I took quite a few pictures of this quilt because I think I will try it out this winter, using scraps from my 'stash'.
Those very small pinwheels in the border were fascinating. I was amazed at the skill of this quilter and how well her points match up.
This is the square. I was able to go online and find the pattern so I know that I can make this. It will be a good winter project and a fun way to use up scraps. Quilters never get rid of their small pieces of fabric because they know that they will find a use for them somewhere.
Many other quilts were hanging from the porch. It was quite a sight.
This is the finished project that one of the class members made from that class. I still haven't put mine on the black background but will get to it soon I hope. 
