Monday Morning Star Count - Week 34

Year Two of the temperature quilt  

Week 34

December 16 - 22 

45, 55, 54, 55, 55, 55, 52

Sarah at Sarah Did It! is continuing to host us on Wednesdays, so please check out the temperatures around the world.  Feel free to join in! 

I am reporting the high temperature each day.  My Year Two temperature/color (Fahrenheit) scheme remains the same: 

100 + Brown 

90-99 Red  

80-89 Orange 

70-79 Yellow  

60-69 Green  

50-59 Blue 

40-49 Purple 

30-39 Pink 

20-29 White 

10-19 Black  

Birthday Pandas

My birthday month is coming to a close.  A big thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate, and who sent me greetings and gifts.  A few new pandas have joined my collection this month. I love pandas almost as much as I love my birthday.  Thank you!

Lettuce Popcorn

Only in Japan.

2018 Smalls Stitch A Long - December

This month's ornament is another cathedral windows creation. I used red kimono fabric for the base and green cotton fabrics for the 1/2 windows. I like how it turned out.

The Best of Linky Party 2018

Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is the hostess of this link up to show case the five best blog posts of 2018. Be sure to check out all of the other bloggers' best.  

Here are my own favorite posts on my blog (click on the title link to see the post).

1. Great Barrier Reef Trip

2. Chicken Scratch Apron

3. The 12 Pears

4. Nagaizumi Relay for Life

5. Someone Else's Temperature Quilt

I also participated in 2017, 2016, and 2015.

The Stitch Group Christmas Party

The stitchers met Sunday. First we had a little show and tell, with two finished butterfly bags. 

One stitcher wore her bargello broach (bargello was one of last year's projects).

Four of us made NHK Partnership quilt blocks last summer and we have received the quilt show postcards showing the quilt numbers our blocks are in.  We are looking forward to going to the show in January.  

Our current stitching project is a small cathedral windows project. We talked and stitched and I remembered to take pictures of their progress. 

I worked a little more on the mug rug that I formerly thought was finished.  

Pizza is for parties. We had pizza at our last get together and we had it again this time.  

Oishi katta!  

Until next year...

Lunch and the Pop Circus

Yesterday, three friends and I went to lunch at a fabulous restaurant in Fuji City called Cannery Row, then we went to the Pop Circus.  The circus was all people performers, not animals  

Recently it was rainy here, so Fuji San got more snow.  This was taken from the train station. 

Yesterday was the first time I had been to this restaurant. If I lived closer to it, I would probably go to it every week. It was Viking (which means buffet), plus pasta, plus drinks, plus a dessert sampler that we shared. I had grapefruit juice and cappuccino to drink. 

This is the outside of the restaurant.  I love living where flowers are still blooming in December.

After lunch, it was onto the circus.

 What an exciting show!  I was amazed by all of it.

Program

Part 1	Part 2
Prologue	Russian Swing
Opening ～ ( Bungee )	The Clowns
Juggling	Illusion
Dog Show	Tissue
Quick Change	The Clowns
Hand to Hand	Hooop Diving
The Clowns	Air Cannon
Aerial Hoop	Flying Trapeze
Bicycle	Finale
	Epilogue

Photos were not allowed during the show, but okay during the final bows.  We had seats that were close to the stage in the center. 

I had such a great time. I enjoyed the company of friends, ate well, and was thoroughly entertained.  Thank you for a great afternoon, my friends!

Monday Morning Star Count - Week 33

Year Two of the temperature quilt  

Week 33 

December  9 - 15  

50, 46, 45, 50, 48, 50, 48

Sarah at Sarah Did It! is continuing to host us on Wednesdays, so please check out the temperatures around the world.  Feel free to join in! 

I am reporting the high temperature each day.  My Year Two temperature/color (Fahrenheit) scheme remains the same: 

100 + Brown 

90-99 Red  

80-89 Orange 

70-79 Yellow  

60-69 Green  

50-59 Blue 

40-49 Purple 

30-39 Pink 

20-29 White 

10-19 Black  

The Elementary School Art Show

Usually the old City Hall Building in Shizuoka is closed when I am there on the weekend. 

My friend and I noticed it was open on a Saturday afternoon, so we decided to take a look inside.  

There was an art festival going on! I think the theme was local sites and events.  I recognized many places I've visited in the area - Nihondaira Zoo, Sengen Shrine, other shrines or temples, the lantern festival, Miho Lighthouse, bugs, Mt. Fuji,  the Shimizu Port, fireworks, the Toro Ruins, S-Pulse soccer team, sakura shrimp, Sumpu Castle, an onsen, Tanabata Festival, strawberries, green tea picking, cherry blossoms, Minato Festival.

I took photos of all of the pictures, but I am only showing a few.  Otherwise it would be a very long post.