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<b>Got it!</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-23036707360435276402012-06-05T16:39:00.001-04:002012-06-05T16:43:52.297-04:00Jubilee Withdrawal and a gripeEnjoyed every minute of the Jubilee. Wanted to post a photo of the Globe Thistle from my garden – we saw it at Hampton Court . I made it an addition to my garden, but it never was as large as the Queen's, but then I didn’t have the Queen’s gardener either. But, this new version of blog is creating a problem for me – says my browser is no longer supported by Blogger. Does that mean I’m going to be forced to buy a new computer in order to have a blog? <br />
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And how do I adjust the type & color on this thing? or add photos? I hate it when they change things that work just fine -- grrrr..........Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-40959845773639280792012-06-04T09:59:00.000-04:002012-06-04T09:59:24.655-04:00it's been some time<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">since my last post. didn't realize so much time had passed. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">haven't done any quilting recently. watching the Queen's Jublee -- when she became Queen, I had a British pen pal who sent me a corenation mug -- the start of my mugs-from-places-we-went collection.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Goldie is doing his Spring Shed -- why? I wonder -- he's an indoor cat; sitting at the screen door a few hours during a warm day is his closest to experiencing outdoors.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">A very enjoyable cozy (although it has neither quilts nor cats). it had me pleasantly drifting toward sleep when .....wham! one simple word sparked so many warm memories of a grandmother with a German heritage.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">It's German for "stupid" -- never used to describe another, but rather in the "I am/was a dumhof" when I did that.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">oh, compensating for the lack of cats & quilts, one of the main characters is a female Chief of Police.</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-45709818972535481702012-03-11T11:27:00.000-04:002012-03-11T11:27:11.012-04:00Current Cozy Setting<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Shropshire Union Canal, England -- <u>Water Like a Stone</u> by Deborah Crombie. I'm gorging on all the Kincaid & Gemma not-yet-reads. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I've seen these -- part of the canal system, on a London tour ages ago.</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-19372016403838987522012-03-04T14:10:00.000-05:002012-03-04T14:10:21.028-05:00Has the Roar Stopped?<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Can we hope that Spring has come in -- and meld quietly into Summer without so much as a soft sigh?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>and the wonder of internet, as I read, a website broadcasts some of the chants associated with the pre-reformation abbey.</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-89757879461287133682012-02-23T09:32:00.001-05:002012-02-23T09:35:10.556-05:00Fabric and the start of Lent<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Were I to say that quilters love fabric, you'd be right to reply "duh!"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Which means you would enjoy, as I have, Corey Amaro's photos of the carnival in Venice on her blog titled <u>Tongue In Cheek.</u> Google & take a look--imagine working with those fabrics! certainly not "keep warm" New England bed quilt fabric. </span></strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-59735677621402216032012-02-22T10:57:00.000-05:002012-02-22T10:57:59.337-05:00Farewell to Downdon<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Marathon Sunday watching <u>Downdon Abbey</u>. Enjoyed all of it -- even 2nd time around. The quilter in me loves seeing the period costumes. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>why does it feel as though spring will never come -- in spite of the mild snowless days we have had recently?</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-29544234185346401062012-02-02T18:55:00.000-05:002012-02-02T18:55:16.886-05:00Library Cat<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diesel goes to work with his human, a university librarian, on a leash. He's named for the loudness of his purr. Together they solve mysteries. <u>File M for Murder</u> is the one I've just finished. Only complaint -- having to wait for the next new one. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It's so exhausting that he really needs his after-lunch nap. And, of course, I must join him. </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-84767334776692446492012-01-20T15:12:00.002-05:002012-01-22T16:01:31.671-05:00Currently watching<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> Downton Abbey -- Very much like Upstairs/Downstairs. Love the setting, the time period and the characters as well as the plot. The last time DH & I were in London something was being filmed on a corner near our hotel. We were told it was for a BBC series -- wonder if this is it? The characters were wearing costumes of this era. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Years ago I participated in a block swap. The theme was Cats -- cat fabric or a cat pattern. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">This is from that swap -- a Log Cabin with cats. The center patch of red represents the hearth fire. </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Quilt historians found that the Log Cabin design became popular in 1863 when the Union army was raising money for the Civil War by raffling quilts. President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a log cabin. The pattern may have been a symbol of loyalty to him as head of the Union.</strong></span> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-35059737578586900242012-01-04T14:37:00.000-05:002012-01-04T14:37:36.197-05:00Just Finished<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Scotched</u> by Kaitlyn Dunnett.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>photo from </strong></span><a href="http://www.kaitlyndunnett.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.kaitlyndunnett.com/</span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a fun read. set in modern-day Maine.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Lumpkin, above, looks alot like Goldie although Goldie is gold not gray as Lumpkin looks in this photo.</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-90934245682026472142011-12-30T10:51:00.000-05:002011-12-30T10:51:41.310-05:00Memories of Holidays Past<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>My Grandmother had a Christmas Cactus. It was older than I. When she flew South to spend the winter with her son, my Uncle , she tucked it into her purse and took it with her rather than chance its survival if left behind. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It did bloom for her, but rarely at Christmas. </strong></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> <stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.canstockphoto.com/christmas-cactus-on-a-white-background-6924397.html"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> </shapetype></span></a></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #0066ff; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><strong>HUNGARY - CIRCA 1965</strong></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-38359816936579593892011-12-25T08:29:00.001-05:002011-12-25T08:32:37.099-05:00Happy Holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_vxom0BcQMO4eZ319mZsMMlaq0Wy-UUrt0_ko8p_IV5a5RrPWSt_H-JPuPg4Vu_rIGKNKyCL3NSKm6al_OuuIHPdPB-6-4GDYFtC2y9GMFffLq266v_3L7YmLp113kAL2ibJkuImfnhu/s1600/Santa+Kitty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_vxom0BcQMO4eZ319mZsMMlaq0Wy-UUrt0_ko8p_IV5a5RrPWSt_H-JPuPg4Vu_rIGKNKyCL3NSKm6al_OuuIHPdPB-6-4GDYFtC2y9GMFffLq266v_3L7YmLp113kAL2ibJkuImfnhu/s320/Santa+Kitty.jpg" width="266px" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>And may 2012 be a kinder, gentler year.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">ps -- neither of my two <span style="background-color: yellow;">would </span>ever permit themselves to be costumed.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">source of illustration long lost.</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-50952529214449039532011-12-08T14:01:00.000-05:002011-12-08T14:01:47.109-05:00'Tis the Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifehvYSWeuK-c-a9FYm3-Jjnwkggg1806-DEMlAOYMY4ckJXbgd46h2Wkj2ukW7TRY8_x83iTqBmQRXDI6EKHRcZ9bkDy44g6PiiP30t1bXYwuo8GcWVUnknj9JE1ok-r_OD8zBFMpyOEB/s1600/IMG_1272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifehvYSWeuK-c-a9FYm3-Jjnwkggg1806-DEMlAOYMY4ckJXbgd46h2Wkj2ukW7TRY8_x83iTqBmQRXDI6EKHRcZ9bkDy44g6PiiP30t1bXYwuo8GcWVUnknj9JE1ok-r_OD8zBFMpyOEB/s320/IMG_1272.JPG" width="240px" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Keeping holiday decorations very simple this year. DH made this in-door ski-wreath for me</strong></span>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-67998034131553289962011-11-24T13:29:00.000-05:002011-11-24T13:29:34.694-05:00Happy Thanksgiving<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Didn't realize how long it's been since I posted. As the prior post moaned, this has been "that year from hell". And, t</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>here are still far too many items left on the To Do list -- not pleasant quilty ones either. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">It's a quiet holiday for me -- DH & his father would go up to northern Maine hunting during this long weekend. So it's never been a big "turkey day" event. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Watched the Macy's parade & remembered the cruise when one of the gals at my table worked with the floats the night before. They have a huge crew working at NYC area warehouses getting the floats ready for the parade. She was one of the volunteers for that. Although that was a number of years ago & could be quite differently staffed by now.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">I did put out the selected Xmas quilts -- have zillions of them. When I was taking classes from quilters like Bonny Hunter, I often used Christmas colors so ... zillions.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">I'll post photos of some in a future post.</span></strong><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-87166793962411173392011-09-02T16:12:00.000-04:002011-09-02T16:12:47.856-04:00Winter from Hell became Spring from Hell became Summer from Hell<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Enough already! Mother Nature owes us a break. First the Blizzard, then the Quilt Melt/Rain Flooding and now the Hurricane. Fortunately at this point I have much to be very very grateful for. </strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968824182509129695.post-26442430146546889522011-09-02T16:05:00.000-04:002011-09-02T16:05:42.047-04:00Virus AlertI've been told that the link in Feb 16, 2011 post has a virus attached to it. I have no idea how it became attached and can not find out how to remove it, nor will the original post delete. Therefore, if you do read old posts, please do not use that link to the fabric store in Jonesport, Maine. If you do wish to locate the store, please use Google. My appologies to all -- original plans were to upgrade my tower this summer and hopefully that can be fixed then. I have run Norton AntiVirus which comes up with nothing. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com