Today I continue my quest in creating and posting one block a day of the fabulous That Town And Country Quilt by the lovely Susan Claire. This is day thirty-five of that project.

This quilt block shows a brown fence in front of a house. You can only see the red roof of the house. On the fence is a sign that says, — Click To Enlarge

I don’t believe the sign on the fence at this property. No way is this a mean dog. I can see her tail wagging on the other side of the fence. Her name is Tessa, and she’s not a very big dog. To reach the top of the fence to look over, she takes a big run and hops up on a stump, then onto the roof of her dog house.

This fence faces the street, and she repeats this routine every time there is a voice or car noise. Once up there, she wags her tail like crazy and barks. Occasionally she gets so excited she falls off the doghouse and crashes onto the grass.

There is a board fence like this that separates her house from Paula and Shawn’s house next door. There is a knothole in the fence at just her height where she can lie down and observe the little ones next door.

Tessa tries to contain herself and stay quiet so she won’t scare the littlest children, but sometimes she just can’t help herself and gives a big bark.

I love this block.