Splendid Sampler 2 - Making Templates by Jane Davidson and Storm Season

I've just finished a second block for the week, which I'm pretty happy about.  I'm aiming for one a week, so any extra are a bonus.

Another nice and easy block, using my favourite machine applique.  I really need to start doing some of the more detailed blocks or it will become a chore at the end of the project.

There was no extra added to the leader and ender project with this block, just lots of ends to tie off.

I wonder what blocks will be on the agenda this coming week?

I'm linking up with The Splendid Sampler.

We had a nasty storm here on Tuesday afternoon, just as I was driving home from work, so I got nicely caught up in it.  There were branches flying everywhere along the road - fortunately not large ones.  We ended up getting 17mm of rain in about 10 minutes.  It blew right in to our windows on our verandah side, which is four metres deep.

When I went for my walk yesterday, as well as lots of smaller branches lying all over the place this tree had lost rather a large limb.

This afternoon it built up again and we had another wild storm, though not as bad as the one on Tuesday.  We thought we may get a nasty hail storm when we noticed the green colour in the sky, but we only received  a small amount.  The thunder is still rumbling away out there now.  So far we've received 16.5mm and it is still sprinkling.  

We are currently on water restrictions and can only water on every second day.  The good thing is that this rain has fallen on our watering days, so we have been able to let nature take care of things.  Bonus!