Lots of pink......................

I have 6 Redbud trees in my backyard and I didn't plant any of them.  This is from the north end of my backyard looking south with my house on the left and garden to the right.  My backyard isn't very deep and half of it is garden.

This is south facing north.  The farthest Redbud on the right is the only one left from years ago.  I think it was here when we moved here but I'm not positive it is that old. (I have lived here 53 years).  The one in the middle (which is actually 2 trees) started growing when my parents lived next door in 2000-2003.  My dad was helping me dig up little volunteer Redbuds and he decided to plant one right next to a tiny one that was already growing there and they both grew.

There are two Redbuds by my driveway.  I didn't plant those either.  I dig out a lot of the volunteers but occasionally I leave them, like these 2.  My neighbors to the north like them because they provide shade for their driveway and they park in the shade in the summer.  There is one more tree not pictured that is along this same edge of my property but back by my neighbor's garage, another spot of shade for them in the summer.

I finally finished cutting all of the pieces from a stack of batik strips that ranged from 3" to 6" wide and 45" long.  I spaced out the cutting time over a week.  There are 99 different fabrics here.  Next I'll sort them into color groups.  There are anywhere from 2 to 6 pieces of each fabric.

I put a few stitches in the binding 3 different times yesterday and have all 4 corners done and about 30" left to stitch.  I will probably finish it tonight.