My name is Robin and I reside in Hershey, PA with my husband and assorted feathered and furry children.  Join me as I embrace my new life of retirement and focus on my passion of longarm quilting which I do under the name of The Quilted Hen.  Along the way I will share my love of gardening as I attempt year round gardening in my hoop house.  Meet my dogs, cats, and chickens and experience with me the ups and downs of beekeeping.  I look forward to this new adventure.  Won't you come along?

Leap of "faith"

I'm building my future on Faith.  I took a leap of faith two weeks ago when I decided to retire and focus this time in my life on my passion...being a longarm quilter.  Change is scary and uncertain.  Just the daily routine of not getting in the car and driving to work is strange.  Balancing time between chores around the house and time devoted to my business of longarm quilting is challenging.  My home and taking care of it has always been of utmost importance to me.  I make my bed before I leave the house in the morning; clean up my kitchen before bed at night.  There are animals to tend, a French bulldog, 2 retired Greyhounds, numerous cats, chickens, a pond of goldfish and Koi, cockatiels and parakeets, oh and not to be forgotten a 20 year old box turtle named Fudge. 

As I begin this new chapter in my life, I hope to look at the world differently, savoring and enjoying the things I may have missed before.  Gardening year round will be one of my priorities this upcoming fall.  Last spring my husband and I built a hoop house for this specific purpose.  There will be honey to harvest from our bee hives.  Improvements to the chicken coop are on the list also.  And along the way I hope to meet new and interesting quilters. 

Who knows what tomorrow has in store?