Weekly update: festival and pillows

 

Two more forest preserves checked off the list: Rollins Savanna on Friday and Old School on Sunday. 

Top: compass plant, woodbine (also called virgin's bower and devil's darning needles!).  

Bottom:  wild petunia, great blue lobelia. 

No walk on Saturday. Zion Woman's Club helped at the welcome table on Saturday at the  Zinnia and Monarch Festival.  It's a celebration of community diversity and unity.   Zinnia seeds are given out every spring and at this time of year the colorful flowers are in home gardens and at businesses.   

There's a monarch release, too.  

After that shift ended I went to Pleasant Prairie (just over the state line) to join Rotarians at the Battle of the Border.  Our club partnered with the Antioch (IL) and Kenosha (WI) clubs in a tug-of-war.   I arrived after the competition (Antioch won) but enjoyed visiting.   

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The immediate family will gather in Vermont at the end of the week for Stevens' interment.  I planned to drive but changed my mind.  Before I bought the plane ticket I checked with the funeral home about shipping his ashes.  No problem!  They shipped the urn and its contents to the funeral home in St. Johnsbury for $159.50.  A small price to pay for peace of mind. Delivery confirmation came Friday.   (My friend who is retired from USPS said that postal workers always handle the 'remains' boxes with extra care.) 

Julie asked for one of her dad's flannel shirts.   

I bought a pattern on Etsy that preserves the collar.  Note the L.L. Bean label. 

I agonized over the project about five times longer than it took to sew the three pillows.  

I sewed the labels on (note he's wearing that particular shirt in each photo) before figuring out how to attach the suspenders.  I am not going to rip and resew.  

The plane ticket was pricey but it's worth it.  I'll fly to Burlington on Thursday and return on Monday. 

Linking up with Design Wall Monday  Monday Musings (thanks for the shout out, Brenda) Oh Scrap!   Sew and Tell