Smoothie Failure

My first smoothie

What a spectacular failure!  I wish I had had the presence of mind to take a picture while the smoothie was oozing all over the counter and the blender-- but the mess was so yucky that my first impulse was to scrape it all into this plastic tub.  Then, demoralized as I was, a nice calm bowl of cereal seemed a good idea for breakfast.  This smoothie had pineapple, ginger, spinach, coconut milk and almond milk but I never did taste it.

This is one of the mini quilts I made last week.  The strips were one inch before sewing.  It is basted and ready for quilting-- ultimately the white bits around the edges will disappear and I will bind it.  I also made another that I don't like as much--

I regretted the choice of the striped fabric for the inner 1/4 inch "frame".  It should have been a darker color, perhaps a blue.  I have more of the tiny four patches so I will make the same thing again with that variation.

 
Yesterday was Darby's fifth birthday so John and took him up Bald Mountain in Camden...this is the obligatory husband and dog picture that I take on so many mountain tops.  Bald is a great hike and we should do it more often.  The views after you get half way up are plentiful and the top is spectacular-- that splendid combination of ocean, islands and mountains that I love so much.  Lots of granite as the picture shows.  I also love the view from Bald Rock in Lincolnville but the hike requires a long walk on the "multi-purpose" road that is very hard on my feet and I dread it for that reason.  Bald Rock has no views until you are nearly at the top--