Virtual Retreat 2016

[kfstitcher]

Marilyn your husband's work is beautiful!!

Geneva I really like that cute tooth fairy pillow.

[rehak]

Marilyn - Wish I could help you on that plant, but I don't even know the names of most common plants. Hope someone can help you. Your husband's work is wonderful!

Geneva - Glad you're getting back in the swing of things. That table runner turned out beautiful! Glad you persevered! I'm sure it'll sell quickly. Love the tooth pouch, too. What a great idea!

[idaho]

Thanks everyone for the kind remarks ! I think hubby is pretty talented too ! He does his own designs
and it keeps him busy and out of my hair now that he is retired ! :kiss: :kiss: :lol:
I may never know about that plant !! :unsure:
Geneva.. hate those fires ! and it sure is fire season....a couple between your house and mine ! lots of smoke here .
Glad your sewing again !

[twiglet]

Marilyn they're great, at least it'll stop him doing more home improvements.

Geneva your fire picture is amazing but scarey! Keep safe. Good idea for a tooth pocket

[twiglet]

Marilyn, your husbands wood working is wonderful! Not sure re the flowers I think they're Dahlias, Dahlias can grow 7-8 feet tall, gorgeous flowers in the fall. We grew Dahlias when we lived in Washington state. The deer loved them, we'd dig up the root/tubers after the first frost and stored them in the garage over the winter. Replanted them again in the spring.

Barb

[twiglet]

Geneva - Wonderful wall hanging/table runner I'm sure someone will purchase and enjoy, great idea re tooth holder!

Take care, Barb

[idaho]

Thanks Barb....Nope...not dahlias, tho they do remind you of them. i've grown those here. This plant is cold hardy and long-lived.
The start came from a friend's ranch that had belonged to the family since the "teens".

[Renata]

Marilyn, your husband's woodworking is beautiful and congrats on the new Singer addition!
Geneva, I hope your lovely table runner sells too and I've never seen such a cute tooth fairy tooth holder ever! :cheer:

[Scoopie]

Marilyn, I am confused. You show a picture of a very tall, yellow flowered plant, and then say the next picture is the plant in question. I think the second picture is a close up of the first plant, and I agree with Barb that it looks like a dahlia, not a trumpet vine. At least no trumpet vine I've seen. As to the 3rd picture, the plant with the white flowers..........is that the plant in question?

Renata, your HC quilt is so wonderfully unique! I hope the judge sees the time involved in doing it! I guess we will all find out on Monday. Unless, like their other deadlines, we wait a week longer.

Now I need to go back and read other posts. Just needed to comment on these two while I had a moment.

Dawn

[idaho]

Thanks Renata...I really like to piece on these older machines as the feeddogs are closer and there's
better control on small pieces. Love your Hoffman project.!

[idaho]

I'm back again !
The plant in the attachment is our tallest trumpet vine... and for gardeners out there a question :
We don't know the name of the plant in the next picture...2 yrs old and 8 feet tall...loaded with blooms.
Anybody know what it is??





That's all for now....On to August ....fall is on the way !!

Sorry Dawn....I didn't get everything in one post and lost you along the way. There is an attachment at the end of the first post and it is the trumpet vine.
Then in the second post there is a full pic of the plant followed by a close-up of bloom and leaves.
The last pic with the butterfly shows a Syringa or Mock Orange....the common one that grows wild here in the NW.
Hope that is better....an Nope...not a Dahlia.
Did I tell you that peacock was beautiful !!

[idaho]

Hi Marilyn,
Here's a link to a false sunflower plant. Several to look at online. Grows from a cutting needs to be divided every 3-4 years. http://www.perennialresource.com/plants/general-perennial/2686_helianthus-multiflorus-sunshine-daydream.aspx

Barb

[Scoopie]

Okay, Marilyn........I still don't see a trumpet plant. Your first plant photo, in the first post, has a beautiful, singular flower. No trumpet shape there. But hey, I can learn something new.

Anyway, the yellow flowers all tied up, and standing tall......they are the plant in question? I still say they are a variety of dahlia. The buds are a dead ringer for a dahlia bud. Can you take some leaves and a flower to a local nursery, and get an identification?

Also, your husband's woodwork is exquisite! I love it when a guy has a creative hobby! Mine just bought a drone to fly. Scary!!!!

And, thank you, on my peaco.......wait! It is a hummingbird! At least it was the last time I saw it.

Geneva, stay safe! I hate going to bed when there is fire on the horizon! Very scary!

Dawn

[idaho]

Thanks for the link,Barb. Those are similar...but the leaf is not right..flowers not quit right..but I'll keep that site as a ref. as
I always have things to hunt up !

[idaho]

Marilyn look up false sunflower several links but not many easy enough to copy links to the TQS site.
Barb