Thanks for Tentmakers of Cairo project 02-26-13

A note of thanks to everyone who pledged to the Tentmakers of Cairo fund raiser.  If you haven't you still can add to the pledge and give the filmmakers more leeway to enhance the final film.  This is a worthwhile effort and will preserve this fabric art for future generations.  Give now.  http://pozible.com/tentmakers

Also, I have uploaded another food picture to the Bowers lunch post.

Love, Del

Surfside Quilters Guild Special Day 05-08-12

Can it be the third "birthday" for Surfside Quilters Guild in San Clemente?  Hard to believe that it hasn't been longer considering all that we have accomplished.  But, on the other hand, where have those years gone?  Today our new President Jan Hirth conducted the meeting and there were two special presentations. 
Each year the members of the Guild make 6" blocks for the outgoing president, this year it is Joann Bishop, the blocks are assembled and hand quilted by members who volunteer.  This tradition has been ongoing with all the Orange County Guilds starting in 1982 with Orange County Quilters Guild and all the quilts have pretty much the same format.  Joann asked for cottage/house blocks in pastel colors - reflecting, in part, her years as a realtor before she retired, and the sense that each house connects in friendship to the home of a member. 

 
It is a charming quilt and I hope Joann will bring it back to a future meeting for better pictures.

 
The other presentation was a special quilt made for a member who has given a great deal to make the guild successful.  Mary Freedman deserves this recognition for all the hours, dollars, thoughtful gifts and devotion she has given to create a dynamic and active guild.  Members of the Board, past and present, were asked to contribute a star block of any size which were assembled into this quilt which is a nice cuddle size. 

I don't think we tell our friends and fellow guild members often enough how much we appreciate their contributions to our lives.  I thank each of you for your devotion and contribution to this guild and all the quilting activities that are available today.  You enrich my life.

"Friday Feet" and Thanks

Thank you for the kind and supportive comments on yesterday's Blog, either in the comments section or directly by e-mail.  I am trying to put those particular problems behind me - one more time! 

I recently browsed a Blog where the Blogger posted pictures of her feet in various places.  An intriguing idea - and I decided I would give it a try.  Perhaps not every week and the pictures will not necessarily be taken during that week.  You will have to tell me if this works and is interesting to you.  And, if you know whose Blog I was looking at I hope you will let me know. 

 
Look familiar?  Yes, potholes everywhere.  I am mystified that nobody can come up with a solution to potholes that keep returning year after year.  Such as this one and the one on the offramp when I exit the freeway to go Corky's house.  That one has been there for at least thirteen years.  Fixed and fixed and fixed again - year after year. 

 
This view is without feet.  You can tell this 3" deep pothole has been repair before.  I'm sure you have potholes in your neighborhood, some of them large enough to eat a car.  With the economy what it is we will not have any magical solutions any time soon.