Wordless Wednesday 12-31-14

Wishing you all a happy, productive and prosperous 2015. 

Monday Browsing 12-29-14

Amazingly ugly Christmas sweaters:   http://mom.me/holidays/15860-best-ugly-christmas-sweaters-ever/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl21%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D578540

Is there an engineer in your family? https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1538316753080831&set=vb.1513505875561919&type=2&theater

For owl lovers:  http://www.earthporm.com/28-majestic-owls-caught-camera/

More than you may want to know about olive oil:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/23/at-california-olive-ranch-technology-takes-root/

Here  is a philanthropic project worth our participation:

http://thehousequiltproject.blogspot.com/p/call-for-quilt-artists.html

House inspiration on Pinterest.  Quilts by Terry  Grant, Teri Stegmiller, Jamie Fingal, Deborah Boschert, Elizabeth Barton, Flavin Glover, Diane Perrin Hock, Melody Johnson, and yours truly:

http://www.pinterest.com/quiltinspire/house-quilts/

House Project quilt by Jamie Fingal

Still struggling with laptop.

Here are some photos of eucalyptus leaves and pods, the only images I could get to download!
I'm doing this on my iPad because I cannot get blogger to come up on my laptop.   I'll work on that tomorrow.
But I am beginning to grow weary of trying to get my computer back to what it was before Dell's hard drive gave up the ghost.  But now I can't live without a computer, I m addicted!

Testing at Verizon

Here I am at Verizon trying to learn how to use my iPad.  My laptop is still not fully functioning, but should b okay tonight.   Love, Del

From San Diego

My intentions were good, but the computer is just not cooperating.  I thought I was "wired" to bring my laptop with me for this one night stay,  However when I had an hour before I had to leave, the Carbonite agent told me it could take up to 12 hours to restore all my data.  Why don't I remember this from last April when I bought the new laptop and had to have a Carbonite restore?  The only thing I could do is leave the laptop on at home to do it's lonely task.  I am writing on my ipad with the keyboard attached.  It is tiny, but still faster than I can use the stylus - I suppose if one says "typing" the correct term for using the stylus would be "stylusing" - right?

Yesterday from 1 to 4 I did my four hour stint at Visions Art Museum and had half a dozen people who were interested in a docent walk through.  I''m always interested in which quilts the viewers like and why.  The museum has a big jar on the reception desk with ballots so everyone can vote for their favorite.   The artist with the most votes receives a one-year membership.

It is sunny and calm here this morning and I have the 10 to 1pm docent shift.  Then I will meet a friend for lunch in Del Mar and head home.  Don't have any indication of what traffic will be like, but I anticipate it will be heavy!  Barring any major accidents I'll be home about 6pm.

I had dinner last night with my friend Beth at a German restaurant that has been around for decades.  It was very festive decorated for Xmas and we were early enough to secure the table for two in front of the fire with a Xmas tree to one side.  I ordered the duck, but hadn't thought I would get half of a duck on my plate!  Of course, it wasn't a very large duck, but still enough for three meals!  The sides were red cabbage, potato pancake, hot potato salad and applesauce with raisins.  Excellent, and I have the leftovers in the frig here to take home for dinner tonight.  Or maybe I should save them for Xmas dinner!

I hope my laptop has been good whilst I have been gone and I will be able to post tonight.  Love, Del

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Apologies

I am sorry I have been silent, but my Dell laptop got sick and I have had a hard time getting the problem solved.  The Dell tech is supposed to come on Monday to install a new hard drive.  I bought the laptop in April of this year- guess I got a lemon!   I came to Verizon where I bought this ipad a year ago,but have not used much. After waiting an hour I was assigned a helper who got me started on how to blog and I decided to sit here and write this in case I have another question.  I do!

I hope to be back on line on Monday evening.  Check back early on Tuesday.  Love, Del

Revisiting a Libby Lehman quilt from 1995 12-14-14

When I first started collecting in 1985, I didn't buy that many quilts.  Maybe three or four a year.  I wasn't accustomed to spending money in that way and I wasn't sure exactly what I was doing.  During this time I purchased several quilts that were mistakes for one reason or another.  But sometimes I would be so captured by a quilt I would just buy it immediately.  This quilt by Libby Lehman was one of those quilts that spoke to me and I needed to take it home.  She showed it as part of a program she presented at a guild meeting.  I approached her after the meeting and asked if it was for sale and I wrote her a check and took the quilt home.  When I looked at it on my wall I realized it was a simple one-patch construction.  What Libby does with her stitching is create on-point layers that give an impression of depth.  

"Silent Partners"  Libby Lehman - Texas  1995  35"square
Hand-dyed cotton fabric, rayon, cotton and metallic threads.


This is one of my favorite quilts in the Collection; besides being beautiful and fascinating, I think of it as the quilt that really made me a collector of quilts.


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