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Good Advice! Have a great Friday Lucille! 🙂
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Thanks, TOG&C! Same to you!
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Have a fantastic Friday, Lucille!
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Thanks, sand! So far, so good!
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good morning Lucille 🙂 !
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And a fine morning it is, lovely! Thanks!
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Make a Keepsake They’ll Cherish Forever: Wedding Quilt Ideas
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/article/wedding-quilt-ideas/
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For Litenmaus and lovers of beautiful and fun vintage items…
A vault idea…
Beautiful Old Bank Vault
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The second photo” is actually a series of photos…so just hover your mouse (or whatever you modern folk use) on it and click into the offering.
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Amazing artistic workmanship!
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Really beautiful.
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Just wow!…Morning Lucille. :0)
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Morning, litenmaus! Perhaps the first photo should be called “The Gold Bar.”
A couple more for you…
Queen Elizabeth visiting gold bars at the Bank of England, London
This is probably what the Queen’s private gold “collection” looks like…
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Isn’t it interesting that even the inner workings of the lock are decorative?
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The artist even got credited for his work on the door.
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Theres a bank nearby made into a restaurant that used the vault as their private banquet room and then as the wine cellar.
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A Wedding Guest Book Quilt. What a great idea!
Today’s drawing is the one most people think of as an Escher: “Relativity” 1953. Thank goodness his initials are on it – I finally know which way is up! 😉
I just had to put this in:
The angles of this lovely fadeaway painting reflect the angles of the stairs:
And finally, I know this is not a painting, nor angled stairs, but this gorgeous double circular stairway in Prague is a work of art itself!
Time to get some shut-eye. Have a great day everyone 🙂
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“Relativity” is the only Escher I’ve seen before. Puzzling but very interesting and draftsman-like.
I love the Prague stairway. Such a beautiful work of artistic architecture.
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Love the photos and artworks today, G & C!
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The last one made me dizzy ! Have a beautiful day OGC 🙂 !
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The title for the Escher is perfect! Wonder where the misaligned staircase is located. Nice touch with the fadeaway reflecting the stair theme. I want to visit Prague pn my “grand tour” future vacation in Europe b/c of the art nouveau & art deco works there.
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Theentire city of Prague is a work of art. I was there when it was in the depths of the Russian occupation and the entire city was coated in a shroud of grit, smoke and dispair. I understand that since the USSR crtumbled Prague’s back to much of its former glory.
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Much of season 2 of Outlander was filmed in Prague – standing in for 18th century Paris.
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Yeah, Czechs had cleaned the detritus of nearly 50 years of Communist ‘progress’ by then.
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Russia may have shot itself in to foot – it sold China 4 nuke ractors designed to power ships.
Now China’s taking delivery of a foreign-designed, China-built 30,000 ton ice breaker that will be nuke powered. The only other nuke ice breaker is Russian. Now China and Russia, both of whom are scent marking huge tracts of Arctic wilderness and building Arctic military sites, will be equal in long-duration Arctic exploration and operations.
Ain’t done yet – I’m betting the Chinese military technology city will tear those reactors down, study them in detail and use them to design an even bigger reactor to poewer the 3rd generation aircraft carrier they have on the drawing board. That will give them a leg up on the Russians as they don’t have a nuke carrier so they require porting or obvious refueling at sea, their range is limited to what their gas tanks hold. And that Chinese 30-ton ice breaker ain’t far off of a carrier’s displacement, a great dual purpose ship as it breaks ice and test carrier propulsion.
I’m hoping the Russians have a plan – I’m betting it’s a rework of the Cold WarMAD doctrine – as they’ve given thed Chinese a huge leg up. Let’s see where this puppy goes.
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Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
(Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
(Tom Collins)
(Black & Tan)
(Boilermaker)
(Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
(Irish Car Bomb)
(Godfather)
(Mortlach)
(Roy Rogers)
(Classic Daiquiri)
(Gin & Tonic)
(Blackberry wine)
(Backdraft)
(Flaming Dr. Pepper)
(Stinger)
(Rusty Nail)
(Jack Daniels)
(Whiskey Smash)
(B52)
(Rum & Coke)
(Night Train Express)
(Albanian Raki Moskat)
(Hot Buttered Rum)
(Mudslide)
(RumChata)
(Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
(Smoking Bishop)
(Red Russian)
(Yuengling)
(Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
(Brompton’s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
(Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) 😎 🍸 (Old Fashioned)
Mornin’ Menagerie! 😎
Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) 🐱 🍸 (Flaming Lamborghini)
Mornin’ Sharon! 😎 🍸 🍸 (earthquake)
Mornin’ ytz4mee! 😎 🍸 (cosmopolitan)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (white wine and perrier)
Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
Mornin’ texan59! 🙂
Mornin’ ZurichMike! 🙂 🍸 (fuzzy navel)
Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) 🙂
Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) 🙂 🍸 (Lynchburg Lemonade)
Mornin’ czarowniczy! 🙂
Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! 🙂
Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) 🙂 🍸 (grasshopper)
Mornin’ tessa50! 🙂 🍸 (flaming volcano)
Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! 🙂 🍸 (sidecar)
Mornin’ varsityward! 🙂
Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! 😀
Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) 🙂
Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) 🙂
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂
Mornin’ Sha! 🙂 🍸 (Lemon Drop)
Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! 🙂 🍸 (Harvey Wallbanger)
Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) 🙂
Mornin’ The Tundra PA! 🙂 🍸 (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
Mornin’ lovely! 🙂
Mornin’ michellc! 🙂 🍸 (Salty dog)
Mornin’ auscitizenmom! 🙂 🍸 (Kiss on the Lips)
Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! 🙂 🍸 (White Russian)
Mornin’ Auntie Lib! 🙂 🍸 (Tom and Jerry)
Mornin’ holly100! 🙂 🍸 (Jack & Coke)
Mornin’ Pam! 🙂 (Not even water)
Mornin’ Ms.Tee! 🙂 🍸 (Mojito)
Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! 🙂 🍸 🍸 (Cuba Libre)
Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll 🙂
Mornin’ Monroe! 🙂
Mornin’ Les! 🙂
Mornin’ shiloh1973! 🙂
Mornin’ TexasRanger! 🙂
Mornin’ Ziiggii! 🙂
Mornin’ oldiadguy! 🙂
Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) 🙂 🍸 (Spanish coffee)
Mornin’ derk! (“Stellars”) 🙂 🍸 (Kamikaze)
Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson 🙂 🍸 (Shirley Temple)
Mornin’ facebkwallflower! 🙂
Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) 🙂 🍸 (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
Mornin’ sandandsea2015! 🙂 🍸 (1961 Château Montrose)
Mornin’ amwick! 🙂 🍸 (Blue motorcycle)
Mornin’ hocuspocus13! 🙂 🍸 (1970 Chateau Latour)
Mornin’ Sloth1963! 🙂 🍸 (1971 Moulin Touchais)
Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) 🙂
Mornin’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) 🙂
Mornin’ joshua! 🙂
Mornin’ John Denney! 🙂
Mornin’ litenmaus! 🙂
Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! 🙂 🍸 (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
Mornin’ TwoLaine! 🙂
Mornin’ patternpuzzler! 🙂 🍸 (Old Lady)
Mornin’ Senatssekretär FREISTAAT DANZIG! 🙂
Mornin’ G-d&Country! 🙂 🍸 (Blind Russian)
Mornin’ Gary! 🙂
Mornin’ valeriecurren! 🙂 🍸 (Flaming Sambuca)
Mornin’ Lucille! 🙂 🍸 (Peach Schnapps)
Mornin’ Lburg! 🙂 🍸 (Lburg lemonade)
Mornin’ davidhuntpe! 🙂
Mornin’ skipper1961! 🙂
Mornin’ mightyconservative! 🙂
Mornin’ whiners and complainers! 😛 (No drink for you!)
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Lemon Scones with Vanilla Lemon Glaze
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Good morning, Nyet! Breakfast looks great! Thank you.
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Good morning Nyet 🙂 !
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Morning lovely!
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Evening Sand 🙂 !
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Took my little doggie for a walk this morning so I am really ready for breakfast. Mornin’ Nyet, everyone. 🙂
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Picked what are nearly the last of the blueberries this year. Last week I got 4 quarts one morning, Tuesday & today only a couple of cups each day (pick every 3 days to allow for ripening). Had a leftover blueberry muffin for breakfast, so Nyet’s avocado toast looks good…but it needs more bacon!
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You are making my stomach rumble! It’s great to have your own berries. Did you can or make jam/jelly?
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Only have 7 plants & only two produce significant numbers of berries. Usually end up with fewer than a dozen quarts, which I freeze & use in muffins for the coming year. Knew a woman with acres of bushes who made pies, jams, ice cream topping, & smoothies. I tried smoothies but could not get the blue color & berry pieces out of my mouth in time to see patients.
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Afternoon auscitizenmom!
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Evening Aus. 95° here so no walks for my doggie 🙂 .
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Well, we had a little, tiny, T-storm with a little, tiny bit of rain and the temp dropped to about 85* around 8:00. Fine for a walk. So we sent. 🙂
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Yahhh!!! I hibernate in the Summer.
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Know what you mean. I might not go out at all except the dog needs walking.
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Good afternoon, Nyet! Once again looks like I’m late to breakfast…sooooo…I’m sending over lunch for anyone else who missed the a.m. repast, too…
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Mornin’ kids! What fresh hell today…..
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Morning Wee 🙂 . Some folks just wear their ugly spirit on their face for all the world to see, Th Hogg face is a bit Comey-esque in this shot.
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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So true
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Comey acting out his rat nature.
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As we know, the ability to think critically is vital. Those lacking that ability will fall for the lies and misrepresentations of the Left and their momentary allies in Islam. I’m sure you’ve heard of the great, peaceful, inspiring, creative, and welcoming al-Andalus. That is but one falsehood which has been forced upon us by academe.
Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed claims that brutal Muslim ruler represented “the idea of pluralist society in Europe”
June 28, 2018 by Robert Spencer
Historical revisionism is designed to influence current policy; Akbar Ahmed’s ongoing whitewashes of Islamic al-Andalus are clearly meant to break down resistance to the mass Muslim migrant influx into Europe today. In this piece, he claims that Abdur Rahman I’s “dynasty more than any other came to represent the idea of pluralist society in Europe.”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/06/islamic-scholar-akbar-ahmed-claims-that-brutal-muslim-ruler-represented-the-idea-of-pluralist-society-in-europe
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:0) Morning Wee.
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Mornin’ ‘Maus!
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LOL That is pretty much the expression my little doggie had on her face when I tried to give her a taste of what I had made for dinner, quinoa and wild rice with garlic. I couldn’t eat it and gave her a little taste, but she made that face and turned her head.
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LOL…mornin’ aus. I guarantee, you try to feed me quinoa, I’ll give you the same look too. :0)
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I don’t buy it, but this was in a gift bag from Walmart. I used their shopping program and they bring the groceries out to the car and occasionally give you a bag, on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s day, etc. Anyway, I decided to cook it. Part of the problem was it looked like a bowl of bugs, or maggots. 😦 But, the taste was just yuck.
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“looked like a bowl of bugs, or maggots” – LOL…I had the same thought the first and only time I opened up a package of Rice-a-Roni.. GAAAAACCCCKKKK! :0)
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Right. I don’t eat Rice-a-roni either. I don’t like the ronis in it. LOL I will eat plain white rice if there is gravy or sugar and butter to put on it. I do like wild rice most of the time. I love fried rice and Spanish rice. But, no ronis or quinoa.
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I like brown rice (particularly basmati or jasmine) and wild rice best, and I also like fried rice and Spanish rice too. Plain white rice is tasteless and gummy in my opinion. It’s good in rice pudding, though.
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I’ve never eaten jasmine rice and have always wondered about the flavor Stella….is it nutty?
Love your quilts and am jealous that you do paper piecing…..:0)
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I think paper piecing is fairly easy, and gives good results. I learned a method that is easiest of all – transfer the pattern to a piece of light weight interfacing, then attach the fabrics directly to the interfacing.
Basmati and jasmine are similar in flavor. Jasmine is shorter grain and from Thailand originally, while Basmati is from India.
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I took a quilting class regarding paper piecing and the instructor made the process seem much more involved than I actually thought it should be…I may have to try it again using your interface trick….
Thank you….I think I may just break down and give the Jasmine rice a try.
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I’ll find my book about foundation piecing and copy the relevant pages for you.
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Thank you Stella…I am excited about the (to me) new technique…:0)
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I always call the ronis ‘vermin-celli’…
I don’t mind rice and I’m good with the old fashioned dried beans and peas, but I just have to walk away from the rest of the seeds & weeds that now line the grocery shelves.
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I discovered bulgur wheat 30 years ago. Comes in 3-4 levels of ground-up (from whole to fine). Tastes nutty. Makes an excellent pilaf with brown rice, onions, celery & mushrooms. Czar sometimes makes buckwheat (kasha) for a side with eggs & sausage. Got no taste for wheatberries, quinoa, or any of the green smoothies they have invented to get people to eat grass instead of beef & pork.
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:0) My four basics food groups consist of lard, butter, beer and beef….needless to say I’m not real adventurous when it comes to “fad foods”.
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Gravy!!!
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Rice-A-Roni…the first time I tasted it was at a Sunday School gathering at the youth pastor’s home probably in 1959 or 60. The West Coast had first crack at “The San Francisco Treat” and his wife wanted us to all try a new dish she discovered. Served piping hot as we brought our plates into the kitchen to fill up, it was a huge hit.
Such fun and lovely yesteryears to recall with good and dear people being central. Thanks for bringing up that memory for me. I hadn’t thought of it for probably 50 years.
FUGITIVE WAVES: THE BIRTH OF RICE-A-RONI
http://www.kitchensisters.org/2015/04/29/fugitive-waves-the-birth-of-rice-a-roni/
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Memories are triggered in the most delightful ways.. Rice-a-Roni…who knew :0) Evening Lucille.
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LOL!
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You obviously haven’t had my former place’s savory quinoa or our breakfast quinoa (with dried cherries and maple syrup)… good stuff, high in protein.
It was made popular to feed the third world, because of the protein content and that it grows pretty much anywhere, and now it’s too expensive for the third world, because of rich liberals glomming onto the fad, like they tend to do with fads, and pricing it out of existence for the very people it was meant to help.
Good intentions and consequences are two phrases that don’t belong in the same sentence, regarding liberals. But quinoa is incredible, salty or sweet. With meat or with berries and fruit.
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I read somewhere that if you don’t rinse it well, it can taste bitter.
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SIGH, my problem is I will eat anything! (As long as it’s cooked properly) The only thing I just could not bring myself to even try was jellied eels in England. Looked like jello made with grey dishwater and worms! YUCK!
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My, my! Now there’s a recommendation!
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Like the dachs WAY better than the other two…
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:0) Mornin’ czarina….No contest….dachs are far superior to doofuses.
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Mornin’ WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ Stella!
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Morning WeeWeed!!!!
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Afternoon S&S!
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Trying to Hogg the spotlight.
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Afternoon Z’s!
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Not really…going thru the problems of getting my troubled well/tank serviced. Seems as more folks move to the sticks, build houses and shoot wells the number of drillers/servicers drops.
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Good afternoon, WeeWeed! Isn’t Hogg about ready for one of those “Where Is He Now?” articles?
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Seriously. Afternoon Lucy!
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These are more pictures of my daughter’s wedding guest book quilt. These were taken in 1999, before the quilt was finished. I finished it on her third wedding anniversary, in 2000. I’m not speedy!
The first photo is a closeup of the center of the quilt. It is a recreation of the design on their wedding program, designed by my son-in-law, embroidered and hand-quilted by me.
The second photo is of my daughter and me, and no, neither of us looks like that now.
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What a project! It took me about 3 months to do the one, simple quilt I made, not including building a makeshift rack to hold it & roll it up as I progressed.
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I only hand quilted the center; the rest I machine quilted, very simply. The rest I did – pieced, embroidered, layered (quilt back is one piece), bound. I also made a custom label for the back. I had a quilt rack made of pvc pipe, which I mainly used to support the quilt while I machine quilted it.
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The fiddliest part was setting up the rectangles that people wrote on, so that they couldn’t color “outside the lines”. I ended up using a photo album, and cutting out windows in the plastic so that they would write where I wanted them to write.
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My preference is needlework like that you did in the center. My biggest project took about 100 hours.
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I like needlework, but I don’t know that I could stick with a major project like yours!
My favorites were the Christmas stockings that I did for the boys and for my SIL (special request; still a boy at heart). Those were felt, embroidery, sequins and beads.
I also enjoyed making a crazy quilt vest out of silk and velvet, extensively embroidered and beaded. Lots of hand work.
ADD: the silk came from old ties I bought at the second-hand store.
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https://imgur.com/a/xAx6RGD
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I had a job in an office in 1978 & all the agents went to training for 2 and 1/2 weeks, leaving me alone to answer the phones so I know how long it took to do the needlework. Another project I worked on while sitting on a grand jury for a week in 1987, with lots of time between case presentations.
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I did a lot of my crazy quilt vest while waiting for my mother at doctors’ appointments!
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Beautiful!
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I love this. I used to do crewel, embroidery, and cross stitch (as well as read) back before I had my son. {sigh} That was 30 years ago and I have never picked any of it back up since, even though I really enjoyed it all.
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Oh believe me, Czarina can do crewel…
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LOL you are very lucky your czarina has a sense of humor and loves you!
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What…what? I was just commenting on her needling!
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You are seaming to protest too much czar….
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If you frame it like that I just may be.
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At least you’re not bobbin and weavin’, that’s a point in your favor. :0)
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I fear a pun-fest looms…
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I sew think you might be able to keep me in stitches unless my puns start ribbon you the wrong way
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In that case there’s not much weft to say about it.
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Your right, it’s no longer a material matter .
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Yup, interest in topic’s almost dyed so I figure if you can’t beater weave well enough alone.
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:0) Grasshopper bows to the Master…such fun ty
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Agreed, were about outta space on this thread and too much of this punning shuttle drive you craczy.
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Very pretty!
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Beautiful czarina.
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Beautiful! I love the orange flower, is it a poppy ?
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Yes, they are poppies. I especially liked the veriety of wild flowers, and the little bugs, too. The piece is 3 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 feet without the mat & frame, so the detail is teriffic.
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I love it ❤️. 3 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 ! Wow! That is a huge amount of tiny stitching, that is patience.
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Stella, you’ll always look like that photo with you and your angry dad, to me.
😉
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If only!
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What a beautiful wedding memorial! I have an antique embroidery done by an unknown person that I found in England. It commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. I want to frame it somehow to hang on the wall.
I remember embroidering on my jeans a lot as a teenager. Haven’t done embroidery for a long time.
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I used to embroider jeans too! Also made an embroidered denim book bag for my daughter when she was in grade school (out of old jeans).
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Did that, too. I started doing pillowcaase borders when I was 9 or so, moved to clothing & wall art. Cheap way to make gifts which are meaningful & well liked! Now, I find so many other projects which keep me from handwork (clearing land, mowing the property, shovelling dirt to fill holes, internet browsing…
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I used to paint on mine. Never talented with a needle, but I was pretty good with a brush.
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You’re so talented, Stella. When did you ever have enough time to do all these projects? Amazing!
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Thanks for the compliment! Most of them were done a long time ago. I did just make a small doll quilt for Menagerie’s granddaughter, but that’s the first thing in a few years.
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It was such a beautiful piece. Perfect for the doll bed!
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Really beautiful and the quilts are lovely also. I’m always impressed by quilting because it is such an art, yours are amazing.
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Thanks, lovely!
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Do you think maybe we should send a tweet and tell President Trump to take a day and go play golf. I mean, I’m exhausted from all the news he is putting out. 😯
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I think he played last weekend (or the one before, I can’t remember).
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He’s going to NJ today to golf. See schedule (below).
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LOL He will probably be doing business with whoever he plays golf with.
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Tied several times to post the crossstitch I did in 1987, but, like yesterday trying to post my kitchen cabinets, imgur repeatedly sends a prior pic. Oh, well…
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Add another one, then select the new one. Maybe it will show the one you want!
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All i get is repetition of the first one I posted today. Guess i was lucky to get that one.
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I don’t use Imgur, so I can’t help. Send it to me in email, if you want to, and let me know so I can go pick it up.
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I sent it to your email. Thanks
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Okay, I’ll get it!
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Trump Schedule || Friday, June 29, 2018
Posted on June 28, 2018, 10:49 pm by Keith Koffler • 0 Comments
11:30 am || Receives his intelligence briefing
12:15 pm || Makes remarks celebrating the six month anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; East Room
4:00 pm|| Departs White House
5:30 pm || Arrives Bedminster, New Jersey
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Ooooh, nooooo. I made a mistake and clicked on “notify me of new comments by email” on the Presidential thread. I think I have deleted about 400 comments so far. 😯 The only thing I can think to do is turn off all comments to email. 😦
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Click on your icon at the top right on the black strip. Select notifications. Make changes.
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Yes, but I think I have to stop them all.
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Probably.
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LOL I just had a thought. They are turned off now. I wonder if when I turn them back on in the morning {pow} 2000 new emails. LOL
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Guess I don’t really have a choice at this point.
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I usually only mark my comments to email from your sites, Stella. That way, I don’t miss things. But, that Presidential thread is something else. I checked and it had almost 400, I think, and now, just a short time later, it is over 800. I only check in there once in a while. Oh, well, I fixed it for today. Just hope I can remember to undo it tomorrow morning.
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Can anyone explain to me the “Load More” button on PJ Media articles?
Why does it exist? Why can’t the site just load me the whole page at once?
Is it a scam to get them more money for clicks? I don’t get it. Or maybe I do, and I just nailed it.
I just read an article and had to click “Load More” about 5 times. Makes no sense. It’s as if the internet lately is stuck in 1994. Why do I have 24 GB of ram and have to click “Load More”? It’s like the tech industry folks would have me click a button to add another tablespoon of dirt to a Ford F-150. And then once again for another tablespoon.
It just makes no sense, unless it’s a moneymaking scam. Then it does.
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Could be a money making scheme. Doesn’t bother me.
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:0) I always figured anytime I came across a “load more” website that it’s just a result of an old outdated site setup,
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Now I’m watching “How To Make An American Quilt” (well, actually rewatching).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113347/
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When the World’s Fair was in NO in 1984 the US pavillion had a quilt with a piece for every state. Looked all over on the web but could not find a pic.
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Hey I was there! My Aunt and Uncle took me and a friend of my choice on their cruise though the states as a high school graduation gift 🙂 .
somewhere I still have a little plastic Heinz pickle pin 🙂 that they were giving away at the fair. The whole trip was fun.
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Looked the movie up, will put it on my Netflix queue.
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There’s a lot of infidelity (no sex to speak of), and pot smoking, but I think it’s still worthwhile. Really strong cast. Steven Spielberg production.
I have a book written by the woman who led the group of “stunt quilters”, the women who actually made the quilts in the movie, and acted as consultants. It’s called “Pieces of an American Quilt”. Tells their story, shows all of the quilts, and even has patterns for two of the quilts.
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Stella, I’ve been watching a film called “In the Shadows of Motown”. I never knew about a band called “The Funk Brothers”. They were THE band behind basically every single Motown artist you ever heard. They were the ones who made all the music for the young stars with the famous names, and they never got the noteriety they deserved. I found it on Hulu, after my dad told me to look for it. Phenomenal band, and quite an education for a movie.
I’ve been stuck on Motown for a week now, moreso than most of my life, which has been steeped in it. I just never studied the people behind it all.
It’s the best music since America was founded. Hands down. Topically and technically.
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I love Aretha, and many other Motown oldies. I have actually seen her around town, in restaurants etc.
The Funk Brothers were the Motown house band.
One of my favs is the Stylistics (a bit later). Here is a favorite tune:
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I just found that movie on Amazon, and it’s included in my Prime membership. I’ll watch it later. Thanks!
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Chicago has had musical successes – there is a lot of musical talent there. Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago, Styx, just to name a few. Also a band (long gone) I liked called The Flock.
On their album back (the only album, I think; 1969) John Mayall says that “two months ago I was telling the gentlemen of the British press that The Flock was the best band I’d heard in America.”
ADD: Apparently there was a second album called Dinosaur Swamps (1970).
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I’m watching the movie – it’s great! Old stuff, but new production of old stuff too. Even interview my old friend, Don (Fagenson) Was.
I highly recommend it to anybody who likes Motown music.
By the way, check out the Motown stuff on Don’s Motown All-Star Revue YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XBTgNnRjDKUvq8POE2bsg
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I will, thank you. I’m still not finished watching “In the Shadows…” I have to keep rewinding it. You knew Don Was? That’s awesome! I’ve been researching him, and Uriel Jones, and Pistol Allen, and Johnny Griffith, and I’m just getting started.
And I can see why Don changed his name. The schoolyard insults… goodness.
Yes, I listen to a lot of soul out of Chicago, as well, all the bands you mentioned, but I’ve never heard of The Flock. Now I have! Thanks!
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In Detroit, there is a Fagenson family that owns Faygo Pop (I’m sure you’ve heard of that company). Not the same family, though. He said that the Was, Not Was came from something his son said when he was a toddler.
I knew Don pretty well when he was playing bass in a jazz trio with an amazing keyboard artist named Lenore Paxton. That was in the 1970’s-early 1980’s. After that, Don moved to L.A. He’s a very cool guy who really loves all kinds of music and musicians. If you get a chance, listen to one or two of the interviews he’s done that are available on YouTube.
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This is Lenore Paxton (obviously dubbed from the vinyl) from the late 1960’s:
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Finally, rain! Haven’t had any for over a week, got 6/10ths of an inch in 20 minutes starting just before 3:00. Temp dropped from 99 to 71 degrees!
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I think we got yours the past few days. Now it’s sunny and HOT (90’s).
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Y’all keep it for awhile. Tired of it up here.
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Weather guessers say our Monday & Tuesday rain will come from the east.
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How do you solve a problem like Rod Rosenstein?
By Patricia McCarthy – June 29, 2018
The ever so self-important Deputy AG, Rod Rosenstein finally came before the House Judiciary Committee today, along with FBI Director Christopher Wray. This particular committee has been on the case for many months with little cooperation from the DOJ or FBI. It has been obvious from the beginning of all this nonsense that the higher-ups in both of these agencies feel themselves to be above the law; way above the law.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/how_do_you_solve_a_problem_like_rod_rosenstein.html
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“President Donald Trump Will Announce Supreme Court Pick July 9. Narrows List to 5, Including Two Women”
By STEVEN ERTELT JUNE 29, 2018 | 6:37PM WASHINGTON, DC
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/29/president-donald-trump-will-announce-supreme-court-pick-july-9-narrows-list-to-5-including-two-women/
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IT’S RALLY TIME!!!
Donald J. Trump
16 mins ·
Is there anything more fun than a Trump rally? Join me for our next one in Great Falls, MT on Thursday, July 5th!
Free Tickets: donaldjtrump.com/rallies/great-falls-mt-july-2018
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I’m workin’ on logistics as I type….:0)
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lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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Amen
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Amen.
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Amen
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Oh {drool} I am watching Money, Women, and Guns. It is an old western made in 1958 starring Jock Mahoney. Now, I don’t know if any of you even know who Jock Mahoney is, {sigh}. He is very tall, broad shouldered, etc. Handsome without being pretty.
This is him as Yancy Derringer. I really loved that show. Had a little trouble choosing between him and Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah. 🙄
This is Money, Women, and Guns.
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Of course I remember Yancy. My father watched ALL westerns, so I have deep knowledge.
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Some of my favorite scenes in this movie were when he turned to walk out a door and it looked like his wide shoulders wouldn’t make it through the opening. 😀
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