Here is that little guy again 02-13-19

It has been a wet and busy day - bath for KoKo and Froggie.

A shower for Del.   And LOTS of rain for Placentia, CA. !

He gets in these positions all by himself - what a guy. 

#   #   #

Monday Browsing 02-11-19

Interesting recipes, but the title is erroneous, most of these are current inventions not something from the Depression. 
www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/recipes/34-recipes-that-got-us-through-the-great-depression/ss-BBTjd38?ocid=spartandhp#image=34

Caryl Breyer Fallert-Gentry is doing some interesting new work and she has many great tutorials on her facebook page.  Check it out at: 

https://www.facebook.com/Bryerpatch-Studio-223160571686/

Here is an interesting quilter who specializes in books, articles, patterns for Japanese quilts.  Her name is Teresa Duryea Wong.  http://thirdfloorquilts.blogspot.com/

#   #   #   

Quilt by Ruth B. McDowell 02-10-19

Fort Morrison Jerseys  Ruth B. McDowell - Colrain, MA  2003  65.5"W x 46"L

Cotton fabrics, batting and thread.  Machine pieced and quilted.

One of the wonderful Ruth McDowell quilts in TCQC which I posted on this blog in 2009.
http://delquilts.blogspot.com/2009/10/ruth-mcdowell-quilt-from-tcqc-10-04-09.html

It will be part of an exhibit titled 
"People and Critters: Quilts from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection" 
at Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove, CA, from March 6 through May 8, 2019.
So, if you are going to Empty Spools Seminars you will get a chance to visit the shop and see all these quilts.  Or, if you are just visiting, be sure to stop by and enjoy the show.

#   #   #

Spring sneaking in 02-08-19

This may be cruel to all of you who are snowed under, but it may give you hope that Spring really will arrive eventually. 

This Bradford Pear is against a brick wall facing north and it burst into bloom yesterday when the temp got up to 60F or so.   These trees are the first to bloom in our area every Spring.  

White with a touch of pink at the center of the bloom.

They are slow to lose their leaves and this one is protected from the prevailing wind so some colorful leaves have clung on.

Right next to the pear is an overgrown jade plant.  The jade plants are in the middle of their bloom now.  The one at the corner of my garage, and as tall as the garage, is covered with these white blooms with a tiny bit of pink in the center - just like the Bradford Pear, but a different blossom all together. 

#   #   #