Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged
The newly-dedicated Tejano Monument on the south lawn of the Texas Capitol.
Tejano Monument
Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged
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Next, Next Christmas
I took an appliqué class recently. The morning of the class, I had my sewing machine, class supplies and lunch all loaded up. I looked as if I was going off to camp for a week instead of a one-day class.
I had seen the wall-hanging appliqué quilt at the quilt show and I thought, “That’s really nice. I bet hubby would like that.” I bought the pattern, the fabrics and the thread. I was ready to go to class. When I bought the pattern, my goal was to have it ready for hubby’s birthday, in September. After a few hours in the class, I updated that time frame to Christmas. By the end of the class, I changed it to Christmas 2013.
The pattern I bought, the longhorn, probably wasn’t the best choice for someone who has never done any appliqué. The longhorn head alone has almost 50 pieces. I managed to cut out five pieces in class. Five. Now that I think about it, Christmas 2013 may be just a wee bit optimistic.
Quatrains
Yoda in the snow
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Brushes and paints are all I have
To speak the music in my soul—
While silently there laughs at me
A copper jar beside a pale green bowl.
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How strange that grass should sing—
Grass is so still a thing …
And strange the swift surprise of snow
So soft it falls and slow.
Quatrains by Gwendolyn Bennett
April is poetry month.
March 2012 Movies
The Lorax (3D)
I want some Truffula tree seeds for my yard! I miss you, Dr. Seuss!
Temporary, Permanent
Usually when one of the elevators at work is out of service, this is the sign we see:
A temporary sign for a temporarily out of service elevator
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Sometimes this is how we find out an elevator is broken:
No tape for the sign?
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But now we have a permanent sign telling us that the elevator is temporarily out of service. I’m not sure if the condition is permanently temporary or temporarily permanent.
Permanently temporary
