Friday Food 02-08-19

Oh, DEAR!   I haven't been for sushi for over a month!  What is wrong with me?  I will go again this weekend.  Meanwhile here are some past meals that make my mouth water. 

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Selfies 02-07-19

Why does anyone want to take a selfie?  Here is one of me while I am trying to figure out how to solve my computer problems.  I seem to have purchased the wrong laptop.  This one has no CD player, no slot for my camera card, no plug in for the auxiliary screen!  And I am sure it has modified this picture of me, I can't believe I really look this bad!  Since I wear a hat so much I need to wear one inside when the weather is cool and this is my favorite of those that friend Mabel made for me a few years ago.  It is polar fleece, so it is nice and warm.   And, of course, I have my hair cut like a guy, so there isn't much up top to keep me warm.  The privileges of being 80, eh? 

Still procrastinating on doing the edge of  "Winter n the City" quilt, I'm afraid I will mess it up.  Need to look up Terry Grant's tutorial on turning the corners, hers are always perfect.   I have decided to use the scraps from that quilt to make a 12X12 for the SAQA auction.  The due date is the end of this month, so I best hustle my bustle.  (Love that ancient expression.)

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Wordless Wednesday 02-06-19

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Monday browsing and KoKo 02-05-19

Not much browsing going on at my house, I am still hassling with my new laptop.  But I know that Luana Rubin has posted images from the huge Tokyo Quilt Festival and they are worth a browse or two.  Each year the crowds get bigger and the quilts are more fantastic.  Check it out:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin

Our six days of on again, off again rain seems to be over until the weekend.  It has added huge amounts of snow to the Sierra where most of our piped water comes from and it has allowed the weeds to grow again after the years of drought.  Don't know if that is a good thing or not, but it is very nice to see all the green. 

We have had good luck finding non-rainy spaces of time to go for our two daily walks.  We have gotten damp a few times, but not soaked.  Here is the little guy checking out a flow from someones front yard just after the rain stopped.  You can see the grey clouds in the background and yet there is sunshine on the houses at the end of the street.  

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin

Quilts from Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 02-03-19

I am preparing a list of quilts using the category of "People and Critters" for an exhibit of quilts from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection at Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove.  The exhibit will open February 24th and last until early in May.  So, if you are taking a class at Empty Spools you will have a chance to visit the shop and see the quilts hanging in the classroom.   

They had bird quilts from TCQC last year and everyone enjoy that so much they asked me to do another exhibit.  But I don't have enough people or critters, or anything else, to fill the classroom.  Guess birds are my "thing".  

I still don't have access to my photos, or a lot of other things on my laptop, so here is the post I did of the bird quilts that hung last year.

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3236658054810119404#editor/target=post;postID=7210729941832826492;onPublishedMenu=template;onClosedMenu=template;postNum=22;src=postname

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Stormy Weather 02-02-19

Our news for today is RAIN, serious rain, up to an inch an hour at times.  Wind was predicted, but we didn't have much - welcome news.  Everything is turning green and the weeds are shooting out of the ground.  The storms will continue through Tuesday morning, according to the weather guy.  

KoKo and I spent the day indoors except for our morning and evening walks which we took when the rain stopped for a bit.  He still got wet because he has to walk in the grass and under the bushes in order to get all the good smells.  

Tomorrow I will tackle the edge finishing, sleeve, and label for "Winter in the City".  Can't let it slide or the turn in date will catch up with me.  But I will not have to go out in the rain tomorrow, except for those walks.  

Hope you are all keeping warm and not suffering from exposure to the cold. 

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Friday Food 02-01-19

Before I do the food I want to tell you that I finished quilting the quilt.  Enough to take a picture as required for today's deadline.  However, no binding, no label, and no sleeve.  Need to do those right away before the 'turning in the quilt' deadline arrives!   This quilt "Winter in the City", along with "Birds in the City" will hang at Visions Art Museum in San Diego as part of an exhibit by the group Art Stream.  The exhibit starts in early April and the sixteen quilts will hang in the Valya Gallery.  

When we ordered the grilled cheese sandwich we didn't realize we would get a complete meal.  There as a cup of delicious tomato/basil soup, the two halves of the grilled cheese, and a chocolate chip cookie.  Just what we needed to strengthen us for the 2+ hours home. 

Jeannine's in Montecito is very small and has outside and inside seating.  There is a double row of tables for two along one side and the other side is a luscious bakery case, the cash register and in the back the kitchen.  Very compact.  

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