Last time I talked about the quilt here on the blog, it wasn’t quite done. Well, it is totally pieced now, and at the quilter. This stage has been promised to be done in the first half of December, which would still give me time to put the binding on it. Right now, while I am waiting for the quilting to be finished, I am working on matching pillow cases.
At any rate, this is the portrait of the finished quilt.
Here is a small detail picture that gives you a better idea of the fabrics. The star fabric is quite magical, and doesn’t photograph worth beans. The stars are printed on the fabric in a holographic ink, so they are iridescent when the angle of view changes. Really cool.
I mentioned being visited by Twylla Alexander, the woman who walked my labyrinth. She has posted about that on her own blog, the link to her post is highlighted. There is a picture of me in the labyrinth and a couple of shots of it in her post. She was so kind. She brought me a quite beautiful rock collected near the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, plus a few shells from Auke Bay.
The yesterday, one of my clients brought me a rock she picked up at the Crazy Horse memorial. They have a pile of rubble from the blasting near the museum exit for people to help themselves. This is truly an outstanding piece of granite. I have included a close up so you can see how beautiful it really is.
I truly have to be one of the most unique massage therapists in existence. I absolutely love rocks, and all my clients know this. This is not the first gift of a rock I have received from a client, nor will it be the last, I suspect. They all know that I am happy to receive a rock as a Christmas present. As a matter of fact, the following wonderful fossil is in a head sized rock that one of my dear clients gave me as a Christmas present last year, much to the amazement of her son.
We are no stranger to granite around here. On our recent trip to Washington and Alaska, Jim and it had a road trip day to Whidbey Island (north of Seattle). There we walked on the beach near Fort Casey and collected several pieces of beach polished rock there. Lots of different kinds of granite around Puget Sound.
This is not a new rock, I’ve had it several years. But I always enjoy this little smiling caricature that lives in with my plants near the front door.
I have to report that the three animals have consolidated themselves into a family. Impy and Mallory have been discovered sleeping together on my leather arm chair.
This is about the third shot, which is why neither of them is actually sleeping. Incidentally, I believe that this arm chair is the epitome of “distressed” leather. Its condition distresses me. The patch behind Impy’s head is a spot where there was a small hole which was exceedingly exciting for a small kitten because it had white stuffing protruding from it. Not only did she enlarge the hole, but she strewed stuffing all over the living room. The patch is glued on, and almost matches… Someday I will achieve new furniture. Maybe.
Sometimes Mallory decides to “own” Ruby’s toys, much to Ruby’s dismay. She almost seems to be saying, “Why did we have to get this cat, tell me again?” in this photo.
I’d say that fall is pretty much over here in the Ozarks, as we have had several below freezing mornings here. Most of the leaves are on the ground, and most of the ones here at The Havens have been gathered up and put into the mulching container. I spent a productive day a few days ago running the compost grinder, grinding up the years accumulation of bark and twigs and garden clippings. I have a pile of ground plant material that is more than a cubic yard that I need to move into the mulch container along with the leaves. But that will not happen before my back gets over the grinding operation….
Meanwhile, I had a couple of really nice seasonal shots that I haven’t posted yet. This was how the maple by the pond looked a couple of weeks ago.
When I walked down to the Big Piney River, I got a wonderful shot of the bluff with the trees turning. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to include in the Trash Report, for some reason.
I guess this is as good a place as any to close this post.
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