Donation quilts for Safechild
February, 2012.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Girl, Interrupted
One morning we were sitting in the kitchen eating toast with honey.
"What's that?" asked Alice.
"Toast with honey."
"I've never had honey," Alice said.
This was stunning. Who could imagine a life so circumscribed that it excluded honey?
"Never?" I asked.
Georgina passed her a piece. We watched while she ate.
"It tastes like bees," she announced.
"What do you mean?" Lisa asked.
"Sort of furry and tingly - like bees."
I took another bite of my toast. The honey just tasted like honey, something I couldn't remember tasting for the first time.
From the book Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen.
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
Made into a movie (1999) starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie and Whoopi Goldberg. Angelina Jolie won as Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lisa). And several other nominations for the movie.
"What's that?" asked Alice.
"Toast with honey."
"I've never had honey," Alice said.
This was stunning. Who could imagine a life so circumscribed that it excluded honey?
"Never?" I asked.
Georgina passed her a piece. We watched while she ate.
"It tastes like bees," she announced.
"What do you mean?" Lisa asked.
"Sort of furry and tingly - like bees."
I took another bite of my toast. The honey just tasted like honey, something I couldn't remember tasting for the first time.
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s.
Made into a movie (1999) starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie and Whoopi Goldberg. Angelina Jolie won as Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lisa). And several other nominations for the movie.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Christmas Quilts
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| Little Knox had a Farm . . . |
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| For the Granddogs - Cody and Sobe |
A little late in my Christmas quilt postings but I had to wait till after the gift giving. Sobe took her quilt home and Knox and Cody were using theirs too. But I wanted to take them to my quilting bee for Show and Tell in late January and finally got photos.
Cody and Sobe have the same quilt - just different backings. We're always singing Old MacDonald Had A Farm and change the name to Knox - this fabric is just perfect with cows, chickens, pigs, sheep and a dog. Of course the backing is bees!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Quilting Books
I was Down East yesterday and just happened to stop by a couple of Goodwill and thrift stores. Great quilting books for 75 cents each by Barbara Brackman, Kaffe Fassett, Nancy J. Martin, Mary Hickey and Leigh McDonald at the Goodwill store - what a deal!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Quilting Bee Shirts
I was with my quilt bee group today and we meet a couple of blocks from a Habitat for Humanity Store. Melanie and I hadn't been in a couple of months so it seemed the right thing to do while we're there - stop in and see what they have. They were painting the inside of the store today so it was a little messy but they had a special - fill up your little basket with clothes for 5 bucks. Melanie got 3 shirts and I got 9 (all cotton) for $5 total - what a deal!
Some of these shirts will go in my Kaffe Fassett "shirt-stripe boxes" quilt.
Stay tuned!
FYI - not all Habitat stores have clothes. This particular one has clothes, shoes, linens, books, furniture, electronics and the usual building supplies. You never know what you'll find.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Score 1 for Lily
Don't read any further if you're a squirrel lover . . . . .
Score - 1 for Lily
The first score for the year! Yep, don't hardly believe it myself but Lily got one of those pesky squirrels this morning. She has so many, many more to go - they're like deer - a car might hit one but there's twenty-five more on the other side of the road.
Score - 1 for Lily
The first score for the year! Yep, don't hardly believe it myself but Lily got one of those pesky squirrels this morning. She has so many, many more to go - they're like deer - a car might hit one but there's twenty-five more on the other side of the road.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Talking Centipede
A single guy decided life would be more fun if he had a pet.
So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet.
After some discussion, he finally bought a talking centipede, (100-legged bug),
which came in a little white box to use for his house.
He took the box back home, found a good spot for the box,
and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him.
So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to church with me today?
We will have a good time."
But there was no answer from his new pet.
This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes
and then asked again, "How about going to church with me
and receive blessings?"
But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet.
So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation.
The guy decided to invite the centipede one last time.
This time he put his face up against the centipede's house and shouted,
"Hey, in there! Would you like to go to church with me
and learn about God?"
This time, a little voice came out of the box,
"I heard you the first time! I'm putting my shoes on!"
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