Thank You, Anne 11-28-23

If you look back at my post on 11-22-23 and check the  comments you will find a lovely note from Anne in the UK.  Much thanks to Anne for this comment which cheered my day and all the days that follow.   Just to think that a fellow  quilter half a world away finds something worthy in my ramblings gives me SUCH a lift. And it causes me to remember my first face-to-face meeting with Jenny Bowker when I took a class with her at Road to California in Jan 2008 - so many years ago. It was early in the home computer era, but I had been reading blogs and started my own in 2007.  My favorite blog was Jenny's and I knew a lot about her and her life in Egypt where she lived at the time.  So, I was completely flummoxed when she greeted me as stranger!   It was an eye opener - of course I was a stranger, one of thousands of people who read her interesting blog.   I doubt I had ever left a comment for her. This experience gave me a greater reason to comment  on the few blogs I currently read. Only a few readers ever comment on  this blog  and they are usually friends I hear from by other means. Therefore, I REALLY  appreciate  Anne in England  -  Thank You, again. 

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Happy Thanksgiving 11-22-23

It is a day to be thankful and I thank you for following my blog.  It helps keep me out of the  doldrums to know there are  kind people out there who will  expect me to write. One never knows how  much a kind word or action can have a positive effect  on another person.  As an example......

On Wednesday and  Sunday  KoKo and I go to my favorite Starbuck's for a latte and sometimes  a breakfast sandwich.  The employees change frequently, but some stay  long  enough  that  they remember  us.  And back in July my latte came with this  lid. It had not been a good day and this little recognition of our  existence   was a great boost.

Today an employee I don't know  decorated the lid with a turkey who has both beak and mouth. I wonder if she has ever seen a live turkey. Or this could be  a  lady in a fancy bonnet with it  tied under her chin.  A  pilgrim lady.

Anyway, these little points of connection are especially welcome and helpful in our current fraught world.  Share some kindness everyday.

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A Birthday Day 09-01-21

Thank you all for your birthday wishes.  I was surprised by how many I had on Facebook.  The common saying "Getting old ain't easy." certainly applies, but kind words from friends all over certainly make it more pleasant.   And I did have a pleasant day.  It was quite cool this morning at 7am when we went for our walk, almost like autumn, but I keep telling myself that September is here and Septembers are usually very hot.  We'll see.  

Even before we went for our walk we took pictures of those nice boys in the cul de sac. Julian is in 2nd grade and Emmanuel is in 6th grade.  He has grown so tall over the summer, I think he must be five feet.  They both gave KoKo some loving and he was busy licking their legs.  He does like to lick people and I find it irritating most of the time.  I have not been effective in training him not to do it. 

Mid morning I went to PTherapy and felt slightly better afterward.  My Medicare coverage has run out, so I will take a break and try very hard to do the exercises every day.  And try to arrange another spinal injection.  Hope it will help. 

This gorgeous bouquet came from Carol and Dick.  The delivery driver was a little mixed up and first brought me a vase of pink roses for "your anniversary".  I said no, birthday.  Then I looked at the card and they were from Rudy, but I don't know any Rudys.  The driver took them back to the truck and returned to the shop.  Forty minutes or so later he was back with this huge vase and told me he thought they were prettier than the pink roses!  I agree.

Dick and Carol treated me to dinner at Ruth's Chris near Disneyland.  I think the last time I had a steak was two years ago when they treated me.  It is an elegant place and the service is very good. 

They do serve about the best Caesar salad I have ever eaten. 

Even though I don't drink I had a Champagne Cocktail, one of Carol's favorites.  It was very tasty and not enough to give me a headache. 

We all had the petite filet and shared sides of mushrooms, creamed spinach, and sweet potato casserole, all of which I recommend, but especially the sweet potato.  I may try to find the recipe for that.   

They serve a free dessert for birthdays - a small bread pudding which is just bread pudding.  That single candle and the chocolate writing make it festive.  But I think the chocolate writer might need to practice their penmnship.  Looks like Buterboyz!  

All together a lovely day.  Thanks to Carol and Dick and all my online friends.  

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Thanks 09-3019

Thanks to Annette for commenting.  I'm glad you enjoyed Christopher's in Coupeville, WA.  It is a good meal and in a lovely little town and I look forward to returning some day, perhaps another class at the Art School.  

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Posting photos 10-20-18

I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the quilts from  PIQF 2018.  I try to show a variety of styles, techniques, and design features.  I have added one picture to yesterday's post, it was taken by a friend from San Diego.  I hope to have a few more from my friend Jeanette who traveled with me to Santa Clara, but I'm not sure when.  

Tonight was the opening reception for the biennial Visions show at the Vision Art Museum in San Diego.  I wasn't able to attend, but tomorrow I will go to the "walkabout" where the artists who attended will talk about their quilts.  So, I may have some pictures for tomorrow night's post. 

Thanks for the comments and e-mails, it is always nice to know that someone is reading the blog.   I can't thank you directly without an e-mail address.  So, in general, Thank You!

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Miscellaneous, again 07-28-18

Not much to say except to bitch about the heat!  KoKo and I go walking between 6:45am and 7am in the morning and in the evening anytime the temp drops below 80F.  Today was cooler, only 88F, and we walked at 79F at 8:15pm.

Here is the little guy near my feet, but not ON them tonight.  The black thing in the lower right is the wheel on my desk chair. 

I read a newsletter from the BBC called Six Things to Read This Week, which has a different view on the world than anything USA newsletter/bulletin that I see.  You might enjoy it, too.  Yesterday they posted this interesting story about solar power in Africa:

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171009-rural-rwanda-is-home-to-a-pioneering-new-solar-power-idea

If you want to try it out go to:

http://pages.emails.bbc.com/subscribe/?ocid=fut.bbc.email.we.email-signup

The subjects are quite varied and cover many aspects of life, I just skip the ones about rugby and socccer, but you might enjoy those.  

I haven't eaten all my See's candy, but it is temptinng. 

Thank you for the comments from those of you who post anonymously.  I appreciate that you read my blog.  

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Illness still dragging on 12-27-16

I'm hoping this is not going to be another of those years when I am sick all winter.  I feel better, but am still coughing and still no energy.  KoKo and I go for a walk every morning and most afternoon/evenings.  But sometimes the evening  jaunt is too much for me.  I still don't have a good jacket so I am still layering, which works pretty well except when the wind is blowing as it has been this week.  I'm going to check on some online companies, though having to return things that don't fit is on the bottom of my list of favorite things to do.  I don't want to go out into the crowds at the mall or even the big box stores because my resistance to germs might be too low to protect me.  It's miserable to have to consider every breath, isn't it?

We have had warmer weather in the 60s the last week and promises that will continue though it will rain on Thursday. 

Thanks to all who have made comments or sent e-mails.  Being confined at home can get pretty lonely, though I do check on Facebook every day to see what everyone else it doing.   I enjoyed Teresa's annual cookie delivery, she is such a good baker and friend.

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