Pages
▼
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
Smalls Stitch A Long 2019 - August
The pattern for this month's ornament is a freebie from Krienik. It is called Festive Fir Ornament and can be found here, if you want to make it, too. I made the twisted cording from #5 perle cotton.
This year's Smalls SAL is hosted by Mary at Mary's Thread.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Shimada Tadashi - Wild Moments
Sunday, I took the train to Tokyo to see an exhibit at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
The exhibit is called Shimada Tadashi - Wild Moments, The World of Beautiful Birds. (Check out the link for information and some photographs.) Shimada Tadashi is a 70 year old photographer from Hokkaido. The exhibit consisted of five sections of fantastic photos, with information in both Japanese and English. Of course, I couldn't take photographs in the exhibit, but this is one photo that was allowed in the lobby.
It's an amazing exhibit! If you are in Tokyo before September 23rd, check it out. The museum is easy to get to from the Ebisu station.
Nearby the museum is a Blue Seal Ice Cream Shop. Blue Seal is from Okinawa and found in few other places. I couldn't resist a double scoop (pineapple sherbert and mint chocolate ice cream) cone.
I enjoyed my Sunday in the city.
Monday, August 26, 2019
Monday Morning Star Count - Week 16
Year Three of the temperature quilt
Week 16
August 11 - 17
93, 91, 91, 88, 84, 91, 95
I am reporting the high temperature each day. My Year Three 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 BlackYou can see my finished Year One Quilt here.
Sunday, August 25, 2019
A.Word.A.Day
I subscribe to a site called A.Word.A.Day, which sends me an English word each weekday. I figure it's good to try to expand my vocabulary. Often there are very interesting words. Recently the word was Lunule, which means
noun:
1. The crescent-shaped whitish area at the base of the fingernail.
2. Any crescent-shaped mark, object, etc.
1. The crescent-shaped whitish area at the base of the fingernail.
2. Any crescent-shaped mark, object, etc.