This & That

Just have to show some proof of the pheasants we have been seeing at the strip pits.  They don't give much chance of getting a good photo.

They take off on the run the minute we pause.  If we just keep going they move along, but not as they do when we pause.
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I am still working on the Lotus quilt top for my daughter.  I had taken some time off to play with the coiled mat I showed the other day.   I have made more mistakes on this Lotus quilt top than in all the other tops I have ever made!  I have made plenty of dumb mistakes in my life of sewing, but this one takes the cake.  and it is really no worse and not as hard as some quilts I have done in the keeping things in order.  If not for the ripping, I would have the rows at least made...
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Has anyone else seen the new series on PBS called Mercy Street.  It is about two nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War.  We saw the first episode tonight and I really enjoyed it.  We thought it well worth watching.

Roosters at the flea market

This was at the flea market but I actually have a pair of them that were Roger's grandmother's.  They face each other over my sink.  I think she had them ever since we were married and we have been married 39 years.

A rooster plate...quite a handsome fellow!

This one is probably my favorite of the ones I am posting, not counting the first one.

I have a pair similar to this but in different colorway.

 This is a really great looking pair, too.  I like everything about their shape, but wish they were more colorful.
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Lorelei spent the night last night but went home with her mom this afternoon.  She had got in trouble at school last week and lost her recess.  Because she couldn't stop giggling at something her friend did.  Her tickle-box is easily turned over.  And it is a wonder a whole group didn't get in trouble cause she has the most contagious laugh.  As long as that is all she gets in trouble for, I am not going to worry about it.

Another rainy day

Last night I was distracted...I was trying to start this little coiled mat...

I could not even get that first little center section of the tan done.  My machine kept dropping the bobbin thread.  I kept trying different things and nothing worked.  I decided to give up after a while and wait till today.  This last photo were after two or three hours today...

I discovered that my machine does not like for me to slow down.  It sews fine until I slow down and then either it drops/skips a stitch or the top thread breaks.

This thing is probably about 8 or 10 inches across...I am not sure what I am going to do with it.  The clothesline I am wraping in fabric is not cotton, so not sure how it would hold up as a mat for setting hot pots on.  Still, I like it....