Amazing!

It was still just a little chilly

but I jumped in quickly

and it was simply AMAZING!

Today was the first day I braved the pool.

I was so happy to swim in my nice blue pool!

Sounds kinda silly I know, but for the last several

years we have battled and battled to keep our pool

blue.  It would turn green at the drop of a single leaf.

See that beautiful tree right beside the pool?

Well it drops things ALL YEAR LONG!

This time of year we get the puff balls.

After the puff balls come the long seed pods.

And after the long seed pods come thousands

of itty bitty leaves just a little larger than a pin head.

Take a close look at the pool

See all those green floating things?

Puff balls....

Lots of em.

See the ladder?

and the chain saw?

Wanna guess what happened to the tree?

We absolutely LOVE trees!

but this one just had to go!

It just had NO PLACE near a pool!

The pool has been beautiful since the tree came down

and I'm looking forward to lots of swimming time

and NO GREEN POOL this year!

I've been working really hard on quilts lately

so I should have some pictures posted soon!

Come on back and have a look.

Quiltingly yours,

tammy