Sunday, April 13, 2014

Colorado Beauty Quilt Block and Signs of April in Colorado

Colorado Beauty Quilt Block Pattern Information
 
April in Colorado is . . . catkins on aspen trees - 
"a clear indication that spring—despite the grayness that may yet
fill the sky beyond our windows—has in fact arrived." - I read here.
 
April in Colorado is . . . baseball practice - such fun to see on my walk!
 
April in Colorado is . . . cheerful daffodils to brighten my home. 
 
And, of course, April in Colorado is ... snow! 
It's already snowed 3" today, and we are expecting 4 - 6" more tonight. 
 
What are signs of April in your area?  Inquiring minds want to know!  By commenting, you'll be entering this month's give-away of Marie Bostwick's newest book APART AT THE SEAMS, coming out the end of this month.  Three lucky people will each win a copy, courtesy of Kensington Publishing!  If you are reading this via email, you must click on the title of my blog post to be able to comment and read the comments of others.  The winner will be announced on May 1.
 
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post Star of Hope Quilt Block and a Palm Sunday Parade.
 

14 comments:

  1. The snow is finally melting! The roads have many potholes.

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  2. Signs of spring in the desert of east-central New Mexico: some trees are trying to bloom; I found a tiny tulip in the yard (just one) but after hours of wind gusting up to 45 mph, it's probably been shredded. Yes, spring must be on it's way.

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  3. That's a beautiful quilt block. I'm in the tropics and April means wonderful cooler days. Coming from Norway, April means the same as at your place; nice sunny spring weather, or snow. HAPPY EASTER!

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  4. We have a few flowers blooming.

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  5. Hanami or flower-viewing! This is the month. My English class had an interesting discussion. Where did you go? What did you see? What is your favorite place for hanami? I told them about my first hanami nearly 50 years ago and how shocked I was at the mountains of garbage people left behind under the trees.

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  6. Love tulips
    Colorado weather is crazy
    Love your quilt

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  7. Spring ? 80 degrees on Sat and 35 on Sunday. Midwest just wait and the weather will change every hour almost. thank you

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  8. Here on Vancouver Island BC it is now spring, the trees are greening, and the flowering trees are beautiful.

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  9. Lawn is greening, the buds on the lilac bush are just getting fatter and Saturday the temp reached nearly 80°F. Today, it is snowing here in the suburbs of Chicago. Yes, I think spring has arrived!

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  10. Spring here on the farm in eastern Washington...ice on the horse trough and dog bowl in the morning, crazy winds, one day in the low 70s and the next in the 40s, gorgeous blue skies and sage bugs all over the house! Oh, yeah, tractors pulling weeders and harrows through the fields stirring up a bunch of dust for the wind to bring to my house so I can dust every day!!

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  11. The Willamette Valley in Oregon is awash in Spring. My daffodils are past already, The tulips are in full color and the lilacs are leafing. I feel almost selfish enjoying the weather so much when so much of the country is still wading through the end of Winter! Beth @ Words & Stitches, pbstrand@msn.com

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  12. We got 1.3 inches on Monday night. Flurries all day today. I miss the 70 degrees from Saturday. We did have some green showing in the garden. Hope we still do, after the freezes this week.

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  13. The hundreds of daffodils on campus that survived the snow on Tuesday! The peepers at night always sing a song of spring!

    Beth oneoldgoat1962 at gmail

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  14. Today we saw redbud starting to bloom. Hostas are coming up and the peonies are up. All signs of spring.

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