Pictures tomorrow 09-17-20

The exhibit "Southern California Quilts" at Oceanside Museum of Art is WONDERFUL.  Today was the opening day for the museum which has been closed by the pandemic.  Hopefully it will stay open, but it the Covid-19 cases increase the State will close things down again.  So, if you can, make a reservation and so see the exhibit as soon as you can.  

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Here is just one of the 35 quilts on display.

Measures 21" L X 43" W   

Blue Things 09-16-20

In support of the Biden/Harris ticket one of my Facebook friends has been posting photos of blue things every day.  And I have joined in.  

DETAIL of Pamela Allen's "Ellys in Malawi" quilt

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A visit to Visions Art Museum in San Diego 09-15-20

Visions Art Museum, which shows exhibits of quilts and textiles opened again today and I drove down to meet my friend Judy and enjoy the work of Judith Content and Melody Money.  It was worth the four hour drive down and back.  

I have long been a fan of Judith Content's work and there are several of her quilts in the Collection and several pieces of her button jewelry in my drawer .  Beside that she is just such a delightful person.  Part of the exhibit is the video of Judith working in her studio that is part of "Craft in America" on PBS.   They have a screen set up and will run the video, but it is hard to hear and, of course, one must watch alone due to social distancing.  Look it up on YouTube instead. 

I don't believe I have ever seen Melody Money's work "in the fabric", so I was delighted to see all the tiny details she includes.  Lots of hand work, embroidery, and beading.  

Because of Covid-19 California museums have been closed and just re-opened this week.  However, if the infection rate goes up again, the museums will have to shut down again.  So, if you want to see these excellent pieces GO NOW!  Reservations are required, look on the website, and the open hours are limited.  https://visionsartmuseum.org/

It seems too early, but the pomegranates have formed and are plumping out every day.  They haven't turned red yet, but this tree in my neighborhood promises a bumper crop.  One a year is about all I can handle and even then the only thing I can do with it is scrape it out and put it in a salad.  

 

During WWII my sister and I lived with our paternal grandparents in Los Angeles.  Their property backed up on an alley for access to the garage and across the alley was a property with a wire fence and a pomegranate tree.  I now believe that the hole at the bottom of the fence was intentional so that the neighborhood kids could reach under to "steal" the fruit.  There was always fruit on the ground near the hole!  With grandmother and aunt we made pomegranate jelly.  It was a huge job and involved a cone shaped sieve and cotton bag to squeeze the juice out of the seeds.  The jelly was a gorgeous clear red and I thought it was the very best jelly ever.   But not enough for me to ever go to all that work to make some these days.  

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New fangled things 09-13-20

I've always been fascinated by the solutions engineers and designers come up with.   How do they design machines that produce complex items like this lid for a takeout coffee cup?

I am a big Starbuck's fan and KoKo and I usually go every two or three days for a latte fix.  But there is a Dunkin' Donuts drive thru between here and the Starbuck's and I decided to give it a try.  The coffee was not as good as Starbuck's, but the egg/bacon/cheese on a croissant was fabulous!  I may switch around in the future.  

But the interesting thing is the lid for the coffee.  It is all of a piece and has the stopper build in.  I always collect the stopper/stirrers from Starbuck's and when I have a baggie full I put them in the recycle can.  I don't know if the pickers at the recycle place actually recycle them, but it makes me feel better about creating more plastic trash.  

Almost one bag full!

The tab is fastened to the middle of the cup and just hooks onto the drinking hole.  I doubt that the lids are recycled, but what a clever person designed this. 

 

As Robert Louis Stevenson declared, 

"The world is so full of a number of things,

That I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."

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