Christmas Cartoons 12-14-19

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The last full moon of the decade 12-13-19

I don't understand why some sources made such a big deal about this last full moon of the decade.  Isn't there always a last full moon in every decade?  Odd.  Anyway, I like the picture. 

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TCQC quilts at Surfside QGuild 12-12-19

On Tuesday morning I presented a program at the meeting of Surfside Quilters Guild in San Clemente, CA, showing some of the quilts in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection. The Collection contains about 365 quilts, but, of course, I could only show about 35 in the hour of the program.  When the guild started in 2009 I did the first program and a subsequent one in 2011, so I tried to only show quilts that weren't in either of those programs.  The members seemed to enjoy the presentation, it is always exciting to see a quilt "in the fabric" made by one of the "stars" in our quilting world.

On the stage to the left are "Rialto Tree" by Denise Oyama Miller and "Eleven 3 Thirteen" by Marianne Burr (which is all hand appliqued and quilted).  And on the right is Ruth B. McDowell's quilt "A Rash of Flamingos" (one of the larger quilts in the Collection at 100"W and 52"L).  

If any of you have pictures you took at the meeting I would enjoy having copies of them.  Can't give a program and take pictures at the same time!  

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Wordless Wednesday 12-11-19

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Drive to San Diego today 12-08-19

The Art Stream art quilt group in San Diego met today and I drove down to join them.  It was an easy drive without much traffic - what a surprise!  Rain off and on all day, but not usually very heavy.  Each way was only about an hour and 45 minutes.  It was sort of like driving in the 60s. 

 This is going through Tustin about 8:20am.

I want to give credit to another very common street tree that brightens our autumn here in Southern California.  The Crepe Myrtle trees wait until we have temps under 40F to turn a quite brilliant red.  And they have that lovely peeling bark.

Here is something we haven't seem much of for quite a few years - moss growing in sidewalk cracks! Bless the recent rains, which continue.

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