IAN: Thursday January 19th, 2017 Easter Flowers
Every year, around Easter, after my mother and I joined Trinity Reformed Christian Church, we would take flowers to put on the cross on the stage area of the church. Ladies would take them from...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday January 26, 2017 Cat Person
Lots of people here identify as cat people, rather pooties persons. I have had cats and dogs all my life, and think of myself as an animal person at this point but in the past, I was primarily...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday February 2, 2017 New Quilt Class
I am starting a new quilting class at the local adult school tonight. Our assignment this semester is the Giant Dahlia. It involves a lot of floral prints apparently. I am not a fan of florals so I...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday February 9, 2017 Claws uses her designer cat house
A few years ago, I saw an article about architects in New York City who had entered a competition to design cat houses for feral city cats. They were all meant to be left in the open areas where feral...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday 2/16/2017 I made the local news!
Valentine’s Day was earlier this week. The fine folks at the Hall of Records had asked me to work an extra shift because we were expecting an overflow crowd. So I reported, along with 4 other...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday 2/23/2017 Nicknames for the Abomination
As I read social media everyday, I am struck by the volume of unflattering nick names the liar in the oval office has acquired. I am going to list some of them here because they are so inventive and...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday March 2, 2017 Gandhi Goes to Galaxy Burgers
This statue of Gandhi stands in front of an insurance building in Cerritos, Ca. The city forefathers demand that businesses put in statues, water features, or donate to the city art coffers....
View ArticleIAN:Thursday 3/9/2017 If you leave it in the bag, are you are a hoarder?
i have been working with my guild sisters in the last few days, cleaning out the sewing room of a late sister. Her family did not know what to do with all her fabric, sewing machines, and it turns...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: The Spiderweb Pillow
DK Quilt Guild is a place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleIAN: Thursday 3/16/2017 Happy Anniversary!
Today is my 35th wedding anniversary. The above picture was taken at one of those photo studios that staged old time photos, but those were our real clothes. Mr Zen was quite handsome in top hat and...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday March 23,2017 Ash has fur!
You may remember a few months ago, I wrote that my cat Ash was losing his fur. Half of his tummy and the insides of his back legs went bare. Then he lost a big chunk of fur on the outside of his...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday March 30, 2017: I Love this fabric
I was waiting for this fabric to finish a quilt I started. I had to order it because it is out of print. I found it with a link from a fellow DK member after I ordered it from a seller on Etsy. The...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday April 6, 2017 You want me to hold the chicken?
My 5C IPhone has not been working properly since January. It will not hold a charge. So I keep it plugged in all the time at home and in the car. Its been very weird but just a little annoying. In...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday April 13, 2017 Sometimes I wish I had a plan
I have had a very frustrating day, trying to design a quilt using blocks I learned to make in a quilt guild workshop. I can only use small sized quilts and this block is 22 inches square so I am...
View ArticleIAN:Thursday April 20, 2017 The Spring Garden
Spring has come to Southern California and my garden is enjoying all the rain we finally got. Everything is very green and there are flowers on a lot of my succulents. I have new patio cushions and a...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: Notan is not just for healthy skin.
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View ArticleIan:Thursday 4/27/2017 Ruby Red Blooms
I can’t remember why I started reading DailyKos. I remember first reading Bill in Portland Maine with Cheers and Jeers and Noddy with this column. I commented here and there for some time, but...
View ArticleIAN: Thursday May4, 2017 Serendipity at work
I was working on a quilt. It needed large triangles to make a square with an on point medallion center. As you may know, I have no spacial concepts or math skills, so I am reduced to folding things...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: Notan design completed
DK Quilt Guild is a place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips....
View ArticleIAN:Thursday 5/11/2017 The blending of the family
I got Razzle, dog pictured above, in June of 2014. She was quite a change from Rubi, dog of my heart. My cats, then 4 of them, loved Rubi but Razzle, not so much. Since then, I have lost one of my...
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