I don't know why, but I especially enjoy snowman cartoons.
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Saturday, December 21, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Friday Food 12-20-19
My friend invited me to stop by for gelato and cookies. I'm not sure how good a friend she is, because now I am addicted. I can hear it calling to me from the freezer. And I think I hear it faintly when I drive by a super market. It calls to me in my sleep. It is wickedly delicious.
Fair warning!
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
Book Group Christmas 12-18-19
Today was our annual Christmas Lunch and we didn't take a picture! We usually forget because we are so busy talking, eating, exchanging gifts, and just generally having a great time.
So, here is a somewhat formal image from March 2019 taken at Placentia Library.
Book Group March 2019
Teresa, Nancy, Carol, Verna, Ann
Del, Marlita, Kathy, Joann
Book Group Christmas 2010
Marlita, Carol, Nancy, Verna, Del
Kathy, Teresa
[I did a typo and had the wrong date here, this image is from December 2010 not 2019. Sorry]
Book Group Spring Tea Circa 1990s
Teresa, Verna, Carol, Del, Ann, Kathy
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
KoKo again tonight 12-17-19
Does KoKo do a great otter imitation, or what?
Trouble is he isn't interested in swimming.
But walking is good, twice a day.
The wind has been strong for a couple days so there aren't many leaves that aren't completely dried up and piled on porches and gutters. One day there were lovely pools of color under the liquid ambers and crepe myrtles and now all trees are bare and the color is gone. Rain predicted for Christmas, unusual for SCalifornia.
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Monday, December 16, 2019
Interesting quilt story 12-16-19
You may have seen this item somewhere on the web. It is a touching story about a UFO that has become a very large group project. Lovely.
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Sunday, December 15, 2019
New quilts in TCQC 12-15-19
I am a fan of the African Fabric Shop in Holmfirth, England, although I haven't actually purchased much, I just like to admire their supply of fabrics, beads, and baskets from Africa. One of their suppliers is a man named Musa who is an expert dyer. He started a medical clinic in his village and the Fabric Shop has supported that by doing some fund raising. A couple years ago I purchased a great quilt from their online auction and now they are having another auction. So, I bought three little quilts, all using the great African fabrics carried in the shop, but made by English quilt makers.
"Take me Back" Magie Relph - England 2019 11"W x 20"L
Cotton African prints and hand dyes, cotton and metallic threads, cotton batting, machine pieced and quilted.
On the back another wonderful African print.
"African Improv II" Kate Dowty - England 2019
15.5"W x 15"L Cotton African prints, Chenille yarn, cotton thread and batting. Machine pieced and quilted. Hand appliqued.
A striped double batik on the back.
"African Improv I" Kate Dowty - England 2019
23.5"W X 18.5"L Cotton African prints, Chenille yarn, beads, cotton thread and batting. Machine pieced and quilted. Hand embroidered.
On the right side about 1/3 in there are three strands of chenille yarn with beads at the ends. These hang free from the top of the quilt.
The rings are dyed into the fabric and Kate has hand stitched over them.
More African prints on the back.
Nice label, but no contact! How do I send her a Thank You?
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