Star Trek Into Darkness
In the credits, the American Humane Society verified that no animals were harmed in the making of the movie. Whew! Now I don’t have to worry about the tribble.
Iron Man 3
And with that, the explosion quota for the summer is reached. But that won’t stop me from seeing Despicable Me 2.
Envelope Art 04
Zentangle Envelope Art 04
A view of a statue on the Texas Capitol grounds. (Look through the windows.)
A memorial statue
I visited with my friend Susan Miller recently. She lives in a heavily-wooded area that she appropriately named The Nature Channel. There was constant activity at the hummingbird and bird feeders while I was there: chickadees, cardinals, white wing doves, a roadrunner, a male and female ladder back woodpecker, hummingbirds, squirrels, bees. In this photo there is a squirrel at one feeder and some doves at the other.
Susan’s Nature Channel
Everything is green on the Texas Capitol grounds with the recent rain.
Westgate Tower, looking across the Texas Capitol grounds
Weekly Photo Challenge: Background
The 2013 Sizzlin’ Summer Shop Hop is coming up in June. This year’s grand prize is a quilt retreat for the winner and five friends at the Wimberley Quilt Ranch. Now that’s a prize! In preparation, I’m revisiting my rules on how to shop for fabric.
(1) Clean out the trunk of your car (or the back of the SUV or the hatchback, whichever is appropriate) so that you have room for your purchases.
(2) Load the fabric shop addresses and phone numbers into your smart phone or GPS.
(3) Start out with a full tank of gas and an empty bladder.
(4) Pick up your best fabric-shopping friend.
(5) Have an envelope with your cash in it for the shopping trip. It’s very important to stick to a budget.
(6) Have two credit cards with available balances to use after you spend all of your cash.
(7) Be ready with made up stories you will tell people in the checkout line as to what project you are buying the fabric for. Fabric does not need a project in order to be bought, but some people just don’t understand this concept. Pay no attention to them; they are amateurs.
(8) Buy fabric.
(9) Eat lunch and bring the bags of your new fabric into the restaurant so you and your friend can swoon over each other’s purchases even though you were right next to each other when you bought the fabric.
(10) Buy more fabric after lunch.
(11) Buy enough fabric so that you have enough to fill up your washing machine when you get home. There is nothing worse than coming home to a house with nothing that needs washing and not having enough new fabric to warrant using the washing machine. (We are, after all, very ecologically aware.) Under no circumstances should you accost your husband and say, “Take off all of your clothes!” He will get the wrong idea and you will not get to wash your fabric right away. Those of you who do not wash fabric before using it can skip this step.
(12) Add the new fabric to your collection. It is beautiful just sitting on the shelf.
(13) Schedule your next day to shop for fabric.
More envelope backs with Zentangles. These have all been mailed. I think I need more envelopes.
Zentangle Envelopes
