Wordless Wednesday 04-23-14

 

 

Hope to be blogging regularly now. 04-22-14

I am still working on setting up my laptop the way it was before.  I don't think it is possible, but I will keep trying.  Carbonite is still updating my files and I hope this process is completed soon since I will be going to the final week of Empty Spool classes at Asilomar.  My class is with Hilde Morin, who I hear is an excellent teacher.  I have selected mostly Marcia Derse fabrics for my palette and hope I can make them work in Hilde's style.  Of course, there is the Cotton Patch shop in Merrill Hall and Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove - only a short drive away.  Nothing like being forced to go fabric shopping.

I hope you will check in on this blog while I try to set things up the way I want them and to catch up on my life.

Trader Joe's calls this "Sun Star" (Ornithogalum dubium). It has a rather interesting flower and I love the color.

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It arrived TODAY! 04-15-14

Yes, the new laptop (Del's Dell #4)was delivered today. Tomorrow I will start the process of setting it up and then the restore from Carbonite. What would I do without them? It is worth the cost to have my files safe and retrievable. Check them out - tell them Colleen Thomas sent you!

I hope that I will soon be back to my regular blogging schedule - with pictures! Love, Del  

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Help a quilting friend

There is a crowd funding site to help Mary Lou Weidman and her husband Mark with his medical expenses. He has a terminal brain tumor and not much time left. Every donation helps. http://www.gofundme.com/7z9m5o

Friday Facilities 04-11-14

A few years ago I visited friends in Washington State and was treated to a visit to one of the islands in Puget Sound where one friend has a vacation home. It was like something from a dream with the blue water, blue sky, and a gleaming white Mount Baker lording over the dark green forests on the mainland in the distance. A gorgeous and gracious few days. The hostess has an eye for decoration and gardening - very casual, but warm and welcoming. The "facilities" are no exception.

Simple, but not austere.

I had to peek in the master bath and discovered another wonderful basin - like looking at the bottom of the sea.

Even the switch plates added a beachy feel. 

A perfect beach house basin - I love the mermaids on the side.

Monday Browsing .... on Thursday! 04-10-14

I hope that my laptop will let me post tonight. This is actually two weeks of browsing since I have not been able to post it for at least that long. Sorry I can't make the URLs show as links. I should have a new computer within the next few weeks.

Monday Browsing 04-07-14

Pictures from the Int’l Quilt Show in Dubai: http://assets.thequiltshow.com/magazine/internationalquiltshowdubai2014/index.html

J. Crew creates color: http://www.whowhatwear.com/j-crew-color-crazy-video-2014

Saving a whale in the Sea of Cortez: https://www.youtube.com/embed/EBYPlcSD490?rel=0

Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

This one is interesting: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html

And a different view of Mt Hood in Oregon: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130417.html

Del and Freddy (scroll down): http://wooliemammoth.blogspot.com/2014/03/empty-spools-seminar-next-chapter.html

These didn’t change my life, but some are interesting – baked eggs seem worth a try:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/readcommentbackwards/42-clever-food-hacks-that-will-change-your-life-dmjk

Wordless Wednesday 04-09-14