Quilting and other Things

This is the first part of the summer assignment. There are three sets of 6 inch blocks and 3 large blocks to make by the end of September. Double X T Quartette Spinner Catch Me if You Can Thunder and Lightening These are all the blocks to date. They aren't in proper order here. The dark green at the edge is one of the fabrics I'm thinking about for the setting triangles. I'm also thinking about a really light fabric since the outside round of blocks is light.

The yahoo group from the photoelements class has some instructions for creating out of bounds photos. They are the same as the instructions here which also has examples of what an out-of-bounds photo is. I took two of the dinosaur photos from the Royal Tyrell museum and out of bounds photos to try the technique. Eryops - a large carnivorous amphibian

Here's the iris once most of the yellow ones have opened: And a nice yellow iris: When I was looking at the irises, at the end of the garden, I noticed this one over by the fence. I think its a volunteer from next door:

Here are all the blocks put together. This is in right order according to the pattern. I still see some light blocks that are too dark. This months 6 inch blocks are #4 Railroad Crossing #16 Old Maids Puzzle #28 Grandmas Favorite #38 Mystery Block The 12 inch block: #50 Star & Chains

The last few years the handy man has been transplanting Irises along the bank of the parking lot. This spring, this is what it looks like in front of where I park: About 18 months ago, Mom & Dad gave me some irises for along my front fence. Last year one flower bloomed. This year, they are all going to bloom. Only two of the plants are not yellow. The yellow ones are just starting to open this morning.

This trip I stayed at a hotel closer to the office and this was the view from my window: On Saturday I had a very fun day but it was almost 11:30 when I finally got back to my hotel room. I had a nice big breakfast from the buffet here before I left. I wasn't hungry again until dinner time. Along the way yesterday I saw lots of Elk, a black bear, some chipmunks, maybe a deer but she was shy and ran back into the bush when I slowed to peak at her and lots of birds including a raven. I went up to Lake Louise along the Bow Valley Parkway which is a very scenic route -- lots of places to stop. The alternate is via the Transcanada which is faster but not as many places to admire. Bow Valley Parkway actually has travel restrictions from 6pm to 9am at this time of year on the bottom 18 km to "protect wildlife at this critical time of year" It starts March 1 and goes almost till the end of June. The first long stop was at Johnston Canyon. There are three hikes here -- ...