Monday, February 19, 2018

Diamond Dogs

When we moved here 32 years ago, the back yard was a total mess.  we cleared out a section in the back and opened up more than half the space.  We spent the next 15 years landscaping, building a Japanese Rock Garden and a beautiful deck.  And more recently Carrie and I built a back patio of slate stones.

In the furthest back part there has always been these trillium that appear and bloom in the spring.  they are a weed found all over Louisiana and Mississippi.  It looks like something one would cultivate doesn't it.

I really need to make a piece featuring the lowly trillium. 

I have some big plans for the grandbaby soon.   I am working on setting him up in some classes we can take together.  Fun, more on that later.  I have to go to the Zoo this week, so I can grab him and get him in the wagon and wheel him through to the back.  I used to work at the zoo.  part of my job was to help prepare the food for the various animals and birds.  Amazingly, a lot of them got raw onions for dinner.

And in quilting news, I was able to get Diamond Dogs on the frame and quilt a meandering pattern all over it.  I have to say, the quilting actually
improved the look of the quilt.  I really like it.

It is very flat, which is a good thing.
 
I got it trimmed up tonight.  I was able to cut and apply the binding, but still need to sew it down.
I am still working on the binding for the Triangles quilt.  One more side!








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I spent some time this morning
with Trinity who did some dry needling on my back and hip.  I feel a lot better but the places she worked on are sore.  I am hoping I can continue the dry needling for eternity.





4 comments:

  1. Diamond Dogs turned out great! You have been making some great progress on getting quilts done!

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  2. Send me some of your energy. The back and front of "Diamond Dogs" look great.

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  3. Yea for you!!! Idle hands are the devils.....you know the saying! Keep on keeping on! Look forward to what classes you get to take with little one!

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  4. Dry needling? Is that acupuncture Sounds painful. Love the trillium. It's different than the ones.we have here in the northeast but similar ( if that makes any sense) my mother always called the red ones stink pots. They don't smell very good but since they are one of the first flowers we don't care.

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