Thursday
(7/19) was a full and busy day. Michael left
just after 7 AM for golf, while Janice and Dennis had a quick breakfast of
asparagus quiche before hitting the road as well:
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| Dennis being silly :~) |
I managed to leave the house without my
purse, my lunch or a library book for Loree!!
June was gracious enough to share her lunch with me and as well as
having a super time, we had lovely show and tell:
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| please blow up this picture and the next 3 to see the intricacies of Floy's quilt |
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| this was a quilt-a-long June completed |
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| and her "Big Dream' panel is gorgeous |
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| look at that free motion quilting |
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| Susie told us about the south's lightweight summer quilts |
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| basically embroidered & hemmed muslin....beautiful! |
I got home around 2:30 and spent an hour with
my honey trying to figure out how to down load e-books onto our new IPAD. We only got the IPAD yesterday, and even
though Michael had a tournament and we had company last night, he got it all
charged up and set up. BUT, it is NOT as
intuitive as we were led to believe (ok…maybe it would be for a 7 year old…but
not us :~). Anyway, after that he settled in to watch the
British Open and I headed to my studio to continue doing….stuff! Hunter’s Star is finally all sewed into rows:
If
you’re wondering why rows 3&4 were still stubbornly up on the wall in
all of the pictures:
it was totally operator error at the very beginning of
sewing things together. So, I had to
finish all of the other rows and then figure out how to keep those 2 rows in
order….but finally all of the rows are done.
I had Ethel’s sleepy company while I was working (on a pile of batting):
So,
while Michael was watching the British Open, I ended up watching some old STAR
TREK –TNG (that’s ‘the next generation’
for those of you not up on the lingo :~). I needed something that wouldn’t distract me
too much while I was sewing. Now, most
of the people who know me well know that I am a STAR TREK/STAR WARS fan (PLEASE
don’t confuse the 2…they are nothing alike!!!) Anyway, the episode I watched was called ‘THE
OUTCAST’
One of the characters is talking and has one
line that really stayed with me “How dangerous it is to be different.” Her speech at the end of the show is so
compelling. The next time I signed onto
AOL, one of the top stories was about how a federal judge ruled against a religious organization that
refused to place foster children with gay families on religious grounds. The story continued on to say “Friday's ruling came just one day after House
Republicans advanced an amendment that
would allow adoption agencies that receive public funding, like Catholic Social
Services, to refuse to work with same-sex couples on religious grounds.” The key phrase in that last sentence is public
funding; what happened to separation of church and state? Would they be allowed to refuse to place children with families that were Muslim? Remember yesterday when I talked about groups
of people deciding to deny rights to others who are not ‘us’? Here’s a perfect example. If you get a chance, and if you try to view
it with an open mind, I would invite you to watch the episode THE OUTCAST, and
maybe your mind might be expanded just enough to recognize that love and
acceptance, not hate, is the answer.
I gave up trying to figure out how you were sewing those rows together ! LOL Junes panel is gorgeous...Janice and Dennis look like they're already retired ! ;) Hope you had a great visit.
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