Friday FOOD 06-08-18

I am tired of Friday Feet after so many years.  I think Friday will be for food for a while. 

 Machego compressed salad at Tanaga @ Bower's Museum  02-23-13

Salmon Caesar Salad at Tanaga @ Bower's Museum  02-23-13

I have heard lately that photographing one's food is an Millennial "thing", but I remember in 1990 I was on a trip with some ladies and one of them photographed most of her meals.  We all thought it was a little odd, but it was fun to look back in several years to see what we had been eating.  Once I had a digital camera I started photographing my food at restaurants and also that of my dining partners.  If it was interesting or outstanding it eventually became grist for my blog.  We will revisit some of those meals, like this one from 2013 at the highly rated Tanaga restaurant at Bower's Museum in Santa Ana, CA.  

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Favorite Pictures 06-07-18

A random selection of pictures that I like. 

Grass in a pot in Seattle, WA, 2004.  Anyone know what it is? 

Sunflower in my motel room in Fort Collins, CO, 2004.

Roadrunner in Lake Havasu City, AZ  2006.

Gingko leaves in the sunshine - Athens, GA  2006.

Flannel Flower, a native of Australia - 2011.

Sunset at Asilomar State Beach, CA, 2011.

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Wordless Wednesday 06-06-18

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Washington Rhodies 06-04-18

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Revisiting a Hummingbird quilt by David Taylor 06-03-18

Here is a copy of my post of 03-24-13  right after I added David Taylor's quilt to the Collection.  Such an amazing piece of quilt making - good applique and fantastic machine quilting.  David now lives in Hennikker, New Hampshire and is, of course, still making fabulous quilts. 

This quilt is the latest addition to the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection.  David Taylor spoke to Surfside Quilters Guild this month, showing a Power Point program and a few quilts.  This one spoke to me in a serious way, but I had to check my bank account to see if I could pay for it.  Fortunately, there was enough to cover the cost and I called David where he was staying and asked if I could pick it up at his workshop the next day.  SOLD!  I'm not fond of the name "Hidden Treasurers" and I expect it will just be the 'hummer quilt'.


"Hidden Treasures"  David Taylor - Steamboat Springs, CO - 2011  32"x24.25" 

Hand applique. Machine quilting.  

http://www.davidtaylorquilts.com/

David has a good eye for color and value.  And his hand applique and machine quilting are outstanding - no wonder he has won so many prizes in all the big shows in the country. 

He searches through his fabrics to find just the right color or print or even just the shading on the fabric. 

Those little white dots that make the eye sparkle are part of the fabric, not stitched on!

This photo is just under the beak on the hummer on the left.  The black lines defining the feathers are not stitches, each little feather is hand applique.

David's machine quilting adds wonderful texture to the leaves - well, to the entire quilt.

When he changes the thread color on the front , he also changes the bobbin thread to match.  The resulting image on the black backing is a tracing of the front. 

Here is a detail of the back of the hummers. 

A nice computer printed label with adequate information for contacting the artist.