One of the nicest things you can do with the kids as Spring arrives is to head to the zoo. Today, we did just that. It was the perfect way to spend St. Patrick’s Day weekend, even if none of the animals was sporting a bit of the green in honor of the holiday. (Although the peacocks were showing plenty of other colors!)
Our little zoo is just the right size for a trip with young children and has a really nice picnic and play area attached. I don’t know if the kids had more fun visiting the animals or climbing …read more

Tonight we turn our clocks ahead…and get up an hour earlier in the morning.  I enjoy the longer evenings of daylight and somehow find I get so much more done.  Do you find this allows you more time for quilting, or do you find the darker winter evenings more condusive to quilting.
However, until the year approaches its longest day, in June, our mornings remain darker.  If we’re earlier risers, we’ll find it dark or dawn.  But…we may have the glorious adventure of watching the sunrise rather than having it fully daylight when we get up.
Do you find Daylight Savings Time affecting …read more

                                        Bloggers in the b5media Arts and Design Channel participated in their Springtime Showcase today, with each writing something on their blog that had to do with this time of year.  Chloe hosted the Showcase at her Tangled Thread blog.
Quilting and Patchwork joined the Showcase with Quilting in the Garden & Other Spring Thoughts. 
Has springtime inspired you in your crafts, quilting, art and cultural pursuits?