I do not think anyone can look at a picture like this and not think how pretty the river valley community of Mendota is in the spring. This is Nordyke.

It’s lush. This is farmland on Appaloosa.

So when we drove up Nordyke about a week ago and discovered 160 tires had been tossed on the roadside, it was hard to imagine who would do such a thing. Furious did not begin to describe how mad our community was.

But sometimes, the long arm of the law reaches out and justice prevails. Last week, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and VDOT coordinated a clean up about the time the four litterbugs responsible were caught. They will have their day in court. What were they thinking?

So they were caught and the tires cleaned up and then there is some more good news. We’ve made great progress on the Mendota Cemetery Quilt. We had to sew more strips for the border today. It will have a red border.

And here’s the quilt draped over Chris’ couch. This is with the first border. It has a SECOND border that will go around it as well. Whew! This could be the quilt that takes forever but this beauty will be worth it!!

And the back of this quilt…it’s not what you think. We talked about muslin, but we decided on this.

Stunning.