House guest - a one night stand!!

My niece, Erin, was in town briefly. She is driving from her home in Maine to visit parents and friends in W. Layfayette - and pick up her puppy who has been staying with her mom while Erin visited her sister in Paris...........big traveller!!!!!!!!!

Erin first stopped to see my parents. She knocked on their door and said their grandaughter was here - my dad didn't recognize her with her new short hair cut. The suprise was on purpose!!!!

They enjoyed a visit, and then came here for the Saturday night Special - hamburgs on the grill.
John took my folks back to Burcham.

We enjoyed a nice quiet evening of hockey and basketball on tv while Erin knitted and I quilted and John read...........and we remembered to set the clocks ahead before we went to bed!!!! John set the programmable thermostat - only the wrong way!!!! - so it was a little chilly when we got up!!!!!!

We enjoyed delicious hickory smoked bacon (from Mom Wilsons') and eggs for breakfast and Erin hit the road. She is anxious to see her puppy - and family!!! Last week I finished the 20th block for this quilt for Marcia and Dick. I love the block but the piecing was very hard on my hands. I have lived on arthritis tylenol when working on these. Batik fabric is NOT easy for hand piecing!!!!!!
The rest of this quilt will be done by machine. These blocks are just set on the floor - not sewn together and I do not have specific plans for what comes next.
I have a quilt retreat lined up for late April and this will be a good project for that time.

Close up of some of the blocks.