KoKo again 03-23-19

KoKo poses in his chair.  Along with Froggie, of course.  Froggie is going in for surgery tonight, not a lot of unpatched skin to sew to though.  Still looking for a Froggie II.  

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A shopping day 03-21-19

Every few months I have to go to Albertson's to stock up on things like water softener salt, bottled water, TP, detergent, etc.  Things I can't buy at Trader Joe's.  Today was the day.  It was a strange day weather wise.   Cloudy, but sunny.  Clear, but raining.  When I parked I saw this jacaranda tree in a parking lot full of very green jacarandas.  Don't know why it alone is yellow, but it is quite attractive against the grey sky.  And, like all jacarandas, it has a pleasing branching system.  Notice also the light colored cars.  I think that 80% of the cars in this area of CA are white or light grey.  I remember the 70s when there were cars of screaming orange, bilious green, hot yellow, and flashing turquoise.  We  have gotten really wimpy in this new century. . 

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Wordless Wednesday 03-20-19

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Playing with blocks 03-19-19

These sixteen 10" blocks were in Toni's stash and I set them aside thinking I would try to do something for philanthropy.  Since my cutting table was bare, an unusual occurrence, I spread them out and have been moving them around for a few days.  Hoping to come up with a bed sized quilt, I worked out this configuration, but find it somewhat disturbing. 

Fifteen blocks set three by four.  Toni's sticky notes with numbers and letters are still attached, but I couldn't figure out which way the letters and numbers went.  Not the way I mark settings. 

I moved the blocks around again and again and finally came up with this setting, which is sixteen blocks set four by four.  I tried to not put rings of the same fabric together, but there are five of one fabric instead of four.  Wonder if there were more blocks originally.  I think this is the best I can do.  Will it be a table topper?  Or should I find something to add borders to make it a bed quilt?  Doubt if I can find any of the same fabrics as they are five or six years old.  But considering the age of my fabric library, maybe I can!

I was disappointed that I didn't receive some kudos for figuring out how to put new pictures on this blog.  Maybe you will be more impressed when I figure it out the next time.  These are from my cell phone and I don't know how to edit them.  Last night I used photos from my Cannon camera and did minimal editing.  I'll learn - eventually.  

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South on I-5 to Oceanside 03-18-19

Today I drove south on I-5 to have lunch with friends in San Clemente and afterward south to Oceanside for an errand.  I thought I would take pictures of the wildflowers on the northward journey home, but a dense fog rolled in from the ocean and everything was blurred or blocked out completely. 

Here are a few pictures I took on the way down.  I have been "playing"  with them for an hour and managed to do some editing and to get them this far.  They are not great pictures, so I figured if I lost or ruined them it wouldn't be a big deal  So, at last I know there is a way to post pictures on my blog now, but will I ever be able to do it again?  Dunno!

View toward ocean (the medium blue in the middle of image) over the training "town" at Camp Pendleton.  Fields of wild mustard. 

But mostly sage/scrub with just a few flowers.  The ocean is the medium blue between the sky and the land. 

Looking to the northeast near San Onofre.

There are many electric towers coming out of San Onofre, but the nuclear power plant is inactive. 

Wild mustard is prolific in this area on both sides of I-5.  The lighter triangle at bottom right is a reflection on the side window of the car.  

Not a very stimulating post and some lousy images, but I DID IT.  Now to see if I can do it again.  ….and again.    ….and again! 

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