Rain? Is that water falling from the sky? The dogs are surely confused by this. They don’t want to go out in it. Um. Guys. You’re gonna have to. I don’t have a dog bathroom in the house, and no, you can’t just use the carpet like some of your previous cat friends. I don’t understand why the Golden Retriever, who goes in the pool almost every single day, even in 40-degree temps, will not go out when the same stuff falls from above. And looks confused when I remind her it’s the same stuff.
What’s the most important thing about yesterday? Oh yeah. I finished quilting. Finally.
I still had to grade first, so I didn’t start until after 10 PM.
This photo shows the actual finishing moment, but more importantly…
The close up…I seriously had stopped paying attention to the thread. And I do have another partial spool, but this was close…
And then some cloud quilting…
People used to get pissed that I don’t quilt differently. I really just outline the shapes and fill in the background usually. The quilting just holds it together and provides an outline. I’m letting the fabric carry the image…not the quilting. There’s an argument for that.
Speaking of fabric, I needed a binding. And some other things spoke to me while I was there…
I had a batik moment…but also, I often look for shortages…whatever I felt like I was missing in the last quilt, or colors I know are always an issue.
I also had laid this out…it’s not the next one, but a few down the road. That bird is a goner.
But then the cat puked on part of it. Sigh. It was one of those nights.
I meant to post all of these, but honestly, I don’t have time to do all of them. So a little at a time. Pangeaseed has a program called Sea Walls that is murals highlighting issues in our oceans, mostly environmental stuff. They were in San Diego (again…they’ve been here before) a week or so ago, so we headed out to track some of them down…this one is in North Park across from a Jack in the Box (and you can find all of them on that website)…
This is by Lauren YS.
All the murals were painted in about a week, which is crazy, if you ask me.
And it’s about ocean acidification, if I remember right.
There will be more…
*Gillian Welch, The Way It Goes
Kathy Nida 