Real rain in SCalifornia 11-26-16

Yes, we had a lovely rain today, off and on since morning, and more is predicted for tomorrow.  With our five years of drought, which has killed many trees and a lot of lawns, we are happy for all the rain we can get.  Hope it is all gradual lest the burn areas will have floods and mudslides. 

I am on my second round of treatment for the bronchitis, refilling all my prescriptions today.  I hope this will do the trick as I am sick of being sick!  Fortunately I don't have much on my calendar for the next week, so I can stay home and GET WELL.

 

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Friday Feet - 11-25-16

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/fashion/the-50-best-shoes-from-nyfw-spring-2017/ss-BBweUHY?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp#image=45

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day 11-24-16

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Another view of Lake Havasu, AZ,  Thanksgiving Day 2008

It was a quiet Thanksgiving here in Placentia, CA.  I do miss the beauty and calm of Lake Havasu, but since Corky died it just isn't the same out there.  I do hope to go out some day this winter for a sewing session.  Getting away from the every day things seems to allow me to accomplish more.  Of course, if I figure in packing, driving, unpacking, etc., it probably would behoove me to stay home and concentrate. 


I continue to improve but am still on medications for another week.  Don't want to spend the entire winter with this bronchitis thing.
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Wordless Wednesday Lake Havasu 2006 11-23-16

 

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They can't leave things alone! 11-22-16

I find it frustrating to always be faced with changes online.  Now the blog info pages are different and the statistics are different.  Old fogies like things to stay the same - saves on thinking time!

I am much better, but still on the inhalation therapy.  KoKo and I walked both morning and evening, but it is getting cooler and I need to see what I have in the back of the closet to use for a jacket.  Or I may have to go out and buy one.  My least favorite thing to do - shop!

Hearing about all the heavy weather in the northeast makes me think of some of the places I drove this summer and how different they must look now.  I cannot imagine what it would be like to take that drive in the winter time.  Br-r-r-r.  I hope you are all safe on the highways.

What do these cows do in snow?  I know that range cattle just suck it up, but surely there aren't enough barns to house all the others.   These are in NW Massachusetts.

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Monday Browsing 11-21-16

Not much browsing done lately.  I seem to have fallen off of some of my lists and will have to do some exploring to get back on them.  I am feeling much better, but still on inhalation therapy and still coughing if I recline.   I picked up KoKo today from his care giver.  She is so nice to him and he loves it.  She must have worn him out though, because he has been sleeping since about noon.  We'll try to go for a walk in the morning.  We had a nice rain and expect some sprinkles next week.  Gosh, we'll probably have weeds for Thanksgiving! 

Hollis Chatelain discusses her work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293h1zjLu8Q&feature=youtu.be

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Quilt by Karen Rips added toTCQC

This is the last quilt I purchased from the SAQA 2016 online auction.  I do love Karen Rips' work.  There is a subtlety of expression in each of her pieces and this one spoke to me.  Tundra is defined in a dictionary as:

 

"A cold, treeless, usually lowland area of far northern regions. The lower strata of soil of tundras are permanently frozen, but in summer the top layer of soil  thaws and can support low-growing mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs." Although I known that Karen has been to lands where tundra is found, I have only  visited in books and movies, but I have a feeling for tundra and no desire to see it  in the flesh.  The absence of anything familiar is some how frightening to this city girl  from California.  And yet I like looking at the emptiness in this little quilt. The texture is unique, a technique created by Karen using silk with wool batting.   Very flexible,  I imagine it would make a soft, warm, lightweight bed quilt.  But I  will enjoy having this special look at tundra on my wall. I wish you could all feel it in  person. "Tundra"  Karen Rips - CA, 2016  12" x 12" Whole cloth, soy waxed, discharged, wool batting, hand and machine stitched. The black behind the red is in the fabric, the red is stitched. A little swatch of lichen. Necessary info on back. The back is plain and knife edged.  #   #   #