11/22/2024 06:42MST

the sunrise was rose

 and covered the sky with light

 to conquer the night

dianne 

 (my one and only published haiku ... circa 1970)

that'll do

as we don't have a quilt holder upper in residence anymore

masking tape and the tv cabinet will have to suffice...

 finally - pictures that shows the pale poison green in all its glory

so...

this will go in the needs to be quilted pile

along with the pieced backing

the binding is sewn, pressed and labelled in the binding bin

and if enough pennies are ever saved 

this will go to the World's Best Longarmer for quilting

That'll do, pig. That'll do.

Farmer Hoggett

border dispute

 and it sat in the Great Pile of Stuff

waiting for a border

or two

 paper pieced potion bottles all around?

 paper pieced library books all around? 

walls with shelves of paper pieced books and potion bottles all around? 

weeks went by...

 

and then i saw this fabric at eQuilter.com 

books and potion bottles on shelves - no paper piecing involved

sign me up for 2 yards

the fabric arrived and i fell in absolute dislike with it - ugh

it is dark and has reptiles and mushrooms and all manor of disagreeable things

weeks went by... 

and then i saw this fabric at eQuilter.com 

books and potion bottles on shelves with no paper piecing

and no stinking reptiles

sign me up for 2 yards

the fabric arrived and i fell in absolute like with it - especially the vines

and the ugly fabric with the stinking reptiles can live on the back

cuz i won't be looking at the back

win - win

I have enough fabric.

said no quilter, ever

rule of thumbs

and opposable thumbs, of course

Stop electing stupid people. 

Jesse Dollemore

in flight

flying keys

here and there and everywhere

 that is how i thought they should be

 but the math was too much for me

so i settled for a flight plan that didn't hurt my brain

symmetry is a good thing

there, Aiden!

better?!?

Don't confuse symmetry with balance.

Tom Robbins

whaddya got?

Aiden said...

i'm looking up at ... nothing

why am i looking up at nothing?!?

 and Melissa said, "Give him something to chase. Birds. Or a patronus. Or how 'bout flying keys?" 

Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch.

J.R.R. Tolkein

tick tock

so many books ... so little time

books ... books ... books

 

i love books

i despise book bans

don't tell me what i may or may not read

just sayin'

Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

Isaac Asimov

If all printers were determined to not print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

Benjamin Franklin

Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot.

Eugene O'Neill

A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to their assumptions and ban the book.

Ursula LeGuinn

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Ernest Hemingway