tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24130603952020566622024-03-18T04:24:31.857-07:00Sherrie loves color!Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-15965421994258238802024-03-17T15:25:00.003-07:002024-03-17T15:30:35.740-07:00Desert art at the festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGyaYhlnIL_qskaai5QlAd_XhMPJFXzV4QP9FNzZhZAzlKADh1taVkarcKwNFvqH7jNKGcpNl1bntMe_FMwyZE7dCafGbg_Enx4kFF8zHkAgaGidwxFyRhUIGxfNKc3BPeUf-9f6Z8wwnit2BWJY8X3h3K7O_y2FuwpdVn-ukOPTQXKCbnLeHUjhLT2c/s4032/IMG_4857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGyaYhlnIL_qskaai5QlAd_XhMPJFXzV4QP9FNzZhZAzlKADh1taVkarcKwNFvqH7jNKGcpNl1bntMe_FMwyZE7dCafGbg_Enx4kFF8zHkAgaGidwxFyRhUIGxfNKc3BPeUf-9f6Z8wwnit2BWJY8X3h3K7O_y2FuwpdVn-ukOPTQXKCbnLeHUjhLT2c/w400-h300/IMG_4857.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I found some colorful desert art and met the makers today at a big art festival in Oro Valley under the Catalina Mountains. It was a lovely, relaxed way to spend a few hours. And I just realized that it's St. Patrick's Day and I forgot to wear green!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCFovpWcPnz9s8Lw6J9p_0kOsPbPdwcu8AsA_ifQ2VkShY_2oWPzXxFWadKaI3JslF_I0lv-BTHvcXV0__J_osDIbVGfB5Pk8TVlK0eTsJSDYXbKd3chAbRWaOTCN8tIgDIN94LigqLVxJyGyc_8ssDi0LYNPqo2VRrgrbb3H_foJj9zbHRGhNiPnelE/s3307/IMG_4869.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2657" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCFovpWcPnz9s8Lw6J9p_0kOsPbPdwcu8AsA_ifQ2VkShY_2oWPzXxFWadKaI3JslF_I0lv-BTHvcXV0__J_osDIbVGfB5Pk8TVlK0eTsJSDYXbKd3chAbRWaOTCN8tIgDIN94LigqLVxJyGyc_8ssDi0LYNPqo2VRrgrbb3H_foJj9zbHRGhNiPnelE/w321-h400/IMG_4869.jpeg" width="321" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Stephanie Daniels</span></b><span style="color: #38761d;">' art was the first to catch my eye because she painted plants from the various life zones in Tucson, from the desert floor to the top of Mt. Lemmon. I love her happy, colorful style. I bought a framed print of the desert zone, because that's my favorite zone and the one I live in. It's already hanging on a wall!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">She was fun to talk with because she also hikes (like me) and leads art hikes where there's a break for hikers to paint, draw, take photos, write, read, etc. I think it's a great idea! And her blog (on her website below) has entries about her hikes. Here's her card:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8NySHiB-Lk7p8uhaeEW4mOY1ifTb_qJNkb-oSV9X-mQNYaf9tVHYJAzJO8_SzJxtyq0LS7QILj213ynCXd5gzPXtRC6Wwiuhenig8QZQg7KIr2F8dY8wu8zJlBBf12iSoQKf0f9h2RIc_cuzSgIgcR_WszsniaygHF3u5mY8zOI-JSvF4YCa2EgddM4/s3161/IMG_4870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3161" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8NySHiB-Lk7p8uhaeEW4mOY1ifTb_qJNkb-oSV9X-mQNYaf9tVHYJAzJO8_SzJxtyq0LS7QILj213ynCXd5gzPXtRC6Wwiuhenig8QZQg7KIr2F8dY8wu8zJlBBf12iSoQKf0f9h2RIc_cuzSgIgcR_WszsniaygHF3u5mY8zOI-JSvF4YCa2EgddM4/w400-h233/IMG_4870.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8NySHiB-Lk7p8uhaeEW4mOY1ifTb_qJNkb-oSV9X-mQNYaf9tVHYJAzJO8_SzJxtyq0LS7QILj213ynCXd5gzPXtRC6Wwiuhenig8QZQg7KIr2F8dY8wu8zJlBBf12iSoQKf0f9h2RIc_cuzSgIgcR_WszsniaygHF3u5mY8zOI-JSvF4YCa2EgddM4/s3161/IMG_4870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">______________________________</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9urSq9wJRnZzt09ADQkSNVvCDgfOeGC6LrhMyMr6W4_QtNEyPr71Jr7rDPdxM2p_Ch6-B9DVTt2JIEtRFrdgAiWwBgXy-ctNrfPH_6zPJBIQ7x_LADWEqKQTEFWFqbgHCWd15jfwQVnvVJ9Z3Ko5mskIO6B-e0oVqXypkDELR0c8-LKfFoppudu9Ms_Y/s3387/IMG_4862.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3387" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9urSq9wJRnZzt09ADQkSNVvCDgfOeGC6LrhMyMr6W4_QtNEyPr71Jr7rDPdxM2p_Ch6-B9DVTt2JIEtRFrdgAiWwBgXy-ctNrfPH_6zPJBIQ7x_LADWEqKQTEFWFqbgHCWd15jfwQVnvVJ9Z3Ko5mskIO6B-e0oVqXypkDELR0c8-LKfFoppudu9Ms_Y/w400-h335/IMG_4862.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Then I found </span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mary Spencer</span></b><span style="color: #38761d;">'s desert art, colorful and whimsical. I bought a hummingbird mouse pad that will make me smile every time I use it. It replaces the mouse pad I've used for 20 years that's a replica of the rug in Freud's office that always reminded me that I might be a little crazy. Time to ditch that one.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIukIP_ev-xBMIBbcdTKyEKaIBhK7GsOakpHY8l5NTL90FJbDAbur6wdMTxMuG0AlMvZZzJ8wuukJqsxbyTHftYo7oqpziVWGkAHP8d9NPWnVd4GKHhBaXnOdthN0WyEvBX8TAewMbQk6YtpBHbZtfcCDQwpaXJPIjEcOnnt3HkBawuAxGji2J9n5YNc/s3678/IMG_4867.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2157" data-original-width="3678" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIukIP_ev-xBMIBbcdTKyEKaIBhK7GsOakpHY8l5NTL90FJbDAbur6wdMTxMuG0AlMvZZzJ8wuukJqsxbyTHftYo7oqpziVWGkAHP8d9NPWnVd4GKHhBaXnOdthN0WyEvBX8TAewMbQk6YtpBHbZtfcCDQwpaXJPIjEcOnnt3HkBawuAxGji2J9n5YNc/w400-h235/IMG_4867.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I also bought these two 5x7 cards from her that I'll frame:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjublLRSd5wWZUdUC2C2TGPNG5nFaVzgIvke6ISkyox3nQpg48C5QCGmtOYI7cFOQJTOSJ10bkqeaSNKzcCrsAdCU2eVgI4DVEf5N3GMxNiThylbvxMCSIvI3122mdNDy6ctpLVNjsr2EVCpj3G1hRVxXjSuYr4rhFx9dlfj2arlzZktxKXJZ6FYwpMhXI/s3121/IMG_4865.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="3121" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjublLRSd5wWZUdUC2C2TGPNG5nFaVzgIvke6ISkyox3nQpg48C5QCGmtOYI7cFOQJTOSJ10bkqeaSNKzcCrsAdCU2eVgI4DVEf5N3GMxNiThylbvxMCSIvI3122mdNDy6ctpLVNjsr2EVCpj3G1hRVxXjSuYr4rhFx9dlfj2arlzZktxKXJZ6FYwpMhXI/w400-h286/IMG_4865.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ30mntaKTAQibKwOg_X3TwgKs7mLLvoSf68NdnyvUU4xA5_FjmFNWo_xHp2GuYrFfwq8RM3LOcWq6dDEjjwqOJERNYj7l_a4TjkIEzAHmImMe3JkEP6354m4PrK_EN5Cl3q4Xsv1ABNRkNT-PwzKtRoim_7tleFV-Fo9qM097vI_3OSBfNyDSAG9ikw/s2889/IMG_4863.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2065" data-original-width="2889" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ30mntaKTAQibKwOg_X3TwgKs7mLLvoSf68NdnyvUU4xA5_FjmFNWo_xHp2GuYrFfwq8RM3LOcWq6dDEjjwqOJERNYj7l_a4TjkIEzAHmImMe3JkEP6354m4PrK_EN5Cl3q4Xsv1ABNRkNT-PwzKtRoim_7tleFV-Fo9qM097vI_3OSBfNyDSAG9ikw/w400-h286/IMG_4863.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">My final purchase was this very cool pair of earrings made from strips of old sari cloth wound around a hollow wooden ring. I've never seen anything like this before and I love it! And the colors coordinate with my other purchases, so it was meant to be.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUAyeRzCOsTkKcTx_sLkhQt0kG5ajCAQ8cZoFG7wdUfMmJS2BtMHpDM4I7zYiQqvZj23ys_t_wI0qWAND5YurHFxbPaRiu91vyskljITgWBjoIu7cYo159FH2RxKvBA7GtopsbU4nMllJWEqluCtm0uicCkczrhgQC8Ao0xmnOGCEfbgpnj-_ACt0GYc/s3156/IMG_4868.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3156" data-original-width="2936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUAyeRzCOsTkKcTx_sLkhQt0kG5ajCAQ8cZoFG7wdUfMmJS2BtMHpDM4I7zYiQqvZj23ys_t_wI0qWAND5YurHFxbPaRiu91vyskljITgWBjoIu7cYo159FH2RxKvBA7GtopsbU4nMllJWEqluCtm0uicCkczrhgQC8Ao0xmnOGCEfbgpnj-_ACt0GYc/w373-h400/IMG_4868.jpeg" width="373" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">And here's what I made this past week -- two more spirit dolls for the gallery:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1SLwXTWqeDy53l3rkw5yhlhxfO-jxHYJBPK46cFnfcy2grJHIbJ6xgtVR7iYkjp7Ej-BGIklwd_8CEzMnnFmQ4WTXJlc3fmKpHjUO6Q_Udry3IMEnsylcclnbEdGtTCB1KeK-5fZ3611758jJMW9bkFzmYqlzn6vNgAvEizr6IdO_g2gfQOUubCJ9Lk/s4032/Little%20Miss%20Sunshine.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1SLwXTWqeDy53l3rkw5yhlhxfO-jxHYJBPK46cFnfcy2grJHIbJ6xgtVR7iYkjp7Ej-BGIklwd_8CEzMnnFmQ4WTXJlc3fmKpHjUO6Q_Udry3IMEnsylcclnbEdGtTCB1KeK-5fZ3611758jJMW9bkFzmYqlzn6vNgAvEizr6IdO_g2gfQOUubCJ9Lk/w300-h400/Little%20Miss%20Sunshine.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzm_ai0FWLj9W9XBf_2_lZPiyDyyPXi0lMLk5o6l7ff1Qu6qm55NO-RRy3Bu4W4ai8pbnO46GQIJIbASE2aLN6aWFQrmZLP0cZUdL_2WtLhWZIeIoynXctNYWQyYDKQBs-eS0UAm1gJ5dd2bgWpUyVgl9J1GRFpcMFLbkCGwyloX5gP1Xxmqq3meI8zg/s3766/Sun%20Spirit.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3766" data-original-width="2456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzm_ai0FWLj9W9XBf_2_lZPiyDyyPXi0lMLk5o6l7ff1Qu6qm55NO-RRy3Bu4W4ai8pbnO46GQIJIbASE2aLN6aWFQrmZLP0cZUdL_2WtLhWZIeIoynXctNYWQyYDKQBs-eS0UAm1gJ5dd2bgWpUyVgl9J1GRFpcMFLbkCGwyloX5gP1Xxmqq3meI8zg/w261-h400/Sun%20Spirit.jpeg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38yX5I73VAl4Q5xo87ULTWBjUU8JwgDT80q3r9oFhmsaD6VEy6ETUN7XqaDTONCrEBrQfOUwWMvSUHsMBGirE7eSkbqWLc6nSdqQ7aMSx0km6U_YuF9jPlqOoTTS2CSqC_oM3Zt47YXiVNhZpaGl4CEVwk1_XkBh9YfUN3drA2gqdgEgdKjbu5tJAJXU/s2687/Sun%20Spirit%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="1879" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38yX5I73VAl4Q5xo87ULTWBjUU8JwgDT80q3r9oFhmsaD6VEy6ETUN7XqaDTONCrEBrQfOUwWMvSUHsMBGirE7eSkbqWLc6nSdqQ7aMSx0km6U_YuF9jPlqOoTTS2CSqC_oM3Zt47YXiVNhZpaGl4CEVwk1_XkBh9YfUN3drA2gqdgEgdKjbu5tJAJXU/w280-h400/Sun%20Spirit%20(1).jpeg" width="280" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-77447108073045713012024-03-13T10:41:00.000-07:002024-03-13T10:41:26.957-07:00Drenched in sunshine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox9o58S73VUjdok_xNyQKdF1jprVD7rshLPRIUcqO-WfgvHPX2JPFJFKFXWQGC48XqYczocq-JICo2S-UPo6oDkFsQAduwFdMKpzJLHNnhOG59Okb_8NK4IlCyInTobTh73_-V9fhaNa6jIKbcNFP9z8J9W10Qlse3qMhWsM-1znF047fPh1huS4r_1g/s4032/IMG_4779.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox9o58S73VUjdok_xNyQKdF1jprVD7rshLPRIUcqO-WfgvHPX2JPFJFKFXWQGC48XqYczocq-JICo2S-UPo6oDkFsQAduwFdMKpzJLHNnhOG59Okb_8NK4IlCyInTobTh73_-V9fhaNa6jIKbcNFP9z8J9W10Qlse3qMhWsM-1znF047fPh1huS4r_1g/w400-h300/IMG_4779.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><b>Tucson is the fifth sunniest city in the United States</b>, according to recent ratings by Daily Passport, one of those sites that lists interesting places around the world. </span></p><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Four of the top 10 sunniest cities are in Arizona: Yuma (1) not only in the country but in the world; Phoenix (4); Tucson (5); and Flagstaff (10). Here's the article: <a href="https://dailypassport.com/sunniest-cities-in-america/">sunniest-cities-in-america</a></span></div><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">We have more than 350 sunny days a year, with sunshine 85 percent of the possible time. <b>It's why I moved here!</b></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsHCJy816RaEWc-reGS7MgTaUu2Btqlfux9gjuuvolpWpNARaQRhvqTdo3OcOxYE7Hy1AXyd1gBLyjbuwrJKmk3y_SUyUmAgneABIQ4tGNY_dfpPLujzIiBhGfMlsdhzm4fhuhjxTC67BrG6iYpLcLG07pE96K9a35KeRQrcegM6OL31XEORUdCn-3bg/s3743/IMG_4813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3743" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsHCJy816RaEWc-reGS7MgTaUu2Btqlfux9gjuuvolpWpNARaQRhvqTdo3OcOxYE7Hy1AXyd1gBLyjbuwrJKmk3y_SUyUmAgneABIQ4tGNY_dfpPLujzIiBhGfMlsdhzm4fhuhjxTC67BrG6iYpLcLG07pE96K9a35KeRQrcegM6OL31XEORUdCn-3bg/w323-h400/IMG_4813.jpeg" width="323" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">And it's why Catalina State Park is filled with snow birders, spring breakers and locals right now. Just yesterday I saw license plates there from Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Idaho, South Dakota, Florida, New Hampshire, Washington, Oregon, Utah, California, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mexico, and probably some more that I've forgotten.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh2cyqz8NSd7Fg-ZMhOqh4XovJK2BD_aBiwljDtatMIjDKNo0us_ZTqYejPKuvW8CxFMDYrlP_UVQ5ocLJ0K8Yv23jaAnvIqWqhqZlegEfTwicRVxpZ531sTL_q3d6zZE21JMP1fVC7gK7uRbRHCwX7RfSkct-jOPavTIxvuNszi1HZLwfsR_3tHr9go/s3743/IMG_4789.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3743" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh2cyqz8NSd7Fg-ZMhOqh4XovJK2BD_aBiwljDtatMIjDKNo0us_ZTqYejPKuvW8CxFMDYrlP_UVQ5ocLJ0K8Yv23jaAnvIqWqhqZlegEfTwicRVxpZ531sTL_q3d6zZE21JMP1fVC7gK7uRbRHCwX7RfSkct-jOPavTIxvuNszi1HZLwfsR_3tHr9go/w323-h400/IMG_4789.jpeg" width="323" /> </a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Just look at that brilliant blue sky, and all the possibilities for sunny hikes! I've been hiking there a lot this past week, soaking up sun and marveling at the bright greens in our desert. And now glowing yellow poppies are blanketing the desert and roadsides.</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmC01ZnaxZSe_kA-lo2O5-EH7XpapsNH1AKWebAG-tC_B2HRUBMO7VEIKQ29gVZp9GLlMwzZOPwJxvUI_8CQ7fA2KF26QvuNsXVWzr3ZE8G1u_lTEgHihFv0ecSgUX3nSWsYlCQUTrH-Bbavayd2_p-OFEY92E0ZAW6i2AmlBmormuP1SULPEoVyWqjM/s4032/IMG_4806.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmC01ZnaxZSe_kA-lo2O5-EH7XpapsNH1AKWebAG-tC_B2HRUBMO7VEIKQ29gVZp9GLlMwzZOPwJxvUI_8CQ7fA2KF26QvuNsXVWzr3ZE8G1u_lTEgHihFv0ecSgUX3nSWsYlCQUTrH-Bbavayd2_p-OFEY92E0ZAW6i2AmlBmormuP1SULPEoVyWqjM/w400-h300/IMG_4806.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOdowg3w6ltLEe8HFiQs-HqpNBwCOPqriLxDGDD-zWCcbjxN3h1hFHkCFw7zH_DdgS7Ec3BSbNxxe4nZsLYzDkAfnJO87b7meEn45Qtze2iJmCyUeHbHCHUGWduKw7zDLEOPZdBu4VyF9KVkpa4P-cxbyhcJlTkhyncGXMHs-KEKdeU5D9CnU-5KQUhg/w300-h400/IMG_4783.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Can you believe this is the desert!?</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbd27gyio8HTHt9RLpXSIdBo4araXCsH6DCIBBWI_rzB37pnopipBx_cyTEyxbi-_kA-7qQtwQNCejdDJRZyaXYvR-gFx3Vv-vcLnL6ZgEINaDoXUgfjwss3_ZWJlVMWXGIGDl5myiATRhOwOVrSEmwfVswn3uDz5stYWgz1vucf_vHMqyNihmp6fyWQ/s4032/IMG_4784.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbd27gyio8HTHt9RLpXSIdBo4araXCsH6DCIBBWI_rzB37pnopipBx_cyTEyxbi-_kA-7qQtwQNCejdDJRZyaXYvR-gFx3Vv-vcLnL6ZgEINaDoXUgfjwss3_ZWJlVMWXGIGDl5myiATRhOwOVrSEmwfVswn3uDz5stYWgz1vucf_vHMqyNihmp6fyWQ/w300-h400/IMG_4784.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0ryFRQGeWLwJDKjbUpwtKJsX1d5ugoNy90PlVgxTq_czrSQmvGEuLyvHrrmg8xrVcnIMVM5GG3k05HaWlaJDUzoSC3CK6sL_Rfc76mUrlx5VnmnBOYPYNXIt3yAYTaXayHWyzeoBAu_wrb2bVzhkUo1lrFQOG-At2fOwODTiEWsNhwqJAynB1fePRIU/s3088/IMG_4797.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0ryFRQGeWLwJDKjbUpwtKJsX1d5ugoNy90PlVgxTq_czrSQmvGEuLyvHrrmg8xrVcnIMVM5GG3k05HaWlaJDUzoSC3CK6sL_Rfc76mUrlx5VnmnBOYPYNXIt3yAYTaXayHWyzeoBAu_wrb2bVzhkUo1lrFQOG-At2fOwODTiEWsNhwqJAynB1fePRIU/w300-h400/IMG_4797.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">It's definitely my happy place!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoLhMEby0GYmci47Wy1nvAsiyRtk7SdEndZ_O1PtlkhN4fopVmQrX-QoTeXrk-R2DgvkOLYpxYsm1hqXcUnR52OkvfXUnHNLsIC_DjeUFzb0ExwLvoUD3AP75w3AkeUNgPqNlQdjh0agPpkmDhW2IACiayQbMxCi4L9KAMjdGddv5MoXVftXik7eg7qg/s4032/IMG_4799.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoLhMEby0GYmci47Wy1nvAsiyRtk7SdEndZ_O1PtlkhN4fopVmQrX-QoTeXrk-R2DgvkOLYpxYsm1hqXcUnR52OkvfXUnHNLsIC_DjeUFzb0ExwLvoUD3AP75w3AkeUNgPqNlQdjh0agPpkmDhW2IACiayQbMxCi4L9KAMjdGddv5MoXVftXik7eg7qg/w300-h400/IMG_4799.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">And I'm carrying the sunny theme into my sewing room by making yellow cloth for my spirit dolls. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fvx-3HSsSANpI29DINvJcN-r2yn26KeEEJgTwRivIxejfkDYHEcqUiOJ65EcTy6Qj-2-3qIDEI5hoLaENL7hnWXpVCU4f_FYh2EJ9hISFk4BVYPVQ3wmpbqH7GJ55myoGR__qEX040m_YeK0BshQjGXRIXxLDBcHdZPJVvtiUuoF3fJHLAqrUzbGpCY/s3679/IMG_4816.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3679" data-original-width="2507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fvx-3HSsSANpI29DINvJcN-r2yn26KeEEJgTwRivIxejfkDYHEcqUiOJ65EcTy6Qj-2-3qIDEI5hoLaENL7hnWXpVCU4f_FYh2EJ9hISFk4BVYPVQ3wmpbqH7GJ55myoGR__qEX040m_YeK0BshQjGXRIXxLDBcHdZPJVvtiUuoF3fJHLAqrUzbGpCY/w273-h400/IMG_4816.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-53973145715785621832024-03-10T09:41:00.000-07:002024-03-10T09:41:31.043-07:00This and that<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrALwwfLg6IcuTeKKgo8GqPjslDIi_JM7rseh5_76Wjn16MzX0SnWLi_yMcQf2RDEPshTQu4X2xXBYX4ATts1tvbRRuj0LqYzfE38L465FTdyYd9CaRRyVaDkzGrqoyMFDnszbCyH5pnR1NbvPsCjaDkA3GtpiAhlkiX4SDuNvPvsIvXW0B1SM54R9ZEs/s3755/IMG_4763.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3755" data-original-width="2713" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrALwwfLg6IcuTeKKgo8GqPjslDIi_JM7rseh5_76Wjn16MzX0SnWLi_yMcQf2RDEPshTQu4X2xXBYX4ATts1tvbRRuj0LqYzfE38L465FTdyYd9CaRRyVaDkzGrqoyMFDnszbCyH5pnR1NbvPsCjaDkA3GtpiAhlkiX4SDuNvPvsIvXW0B1SM54R9ZEs/w289-h400/IMG_4763.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">It was sunny yesterday with no prediction of rain when Barb and I started our desert hike, but about a mile into it those dark clouds began moving our way. After two miles it was sprinkling, so we turned around. But we still got in about four miles -- not bad!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bKMv7_EP3g-8U2zPnlAGReXtZRG9dDiOWwwH88VLo-DWE_nkHbp5ed8yfGu0xvI569vKore_D9cgqFD4_pb5pef3AA_Qy8nob-2FlrMajNjcn5DizDKeaOwULqCFwAE3p4ZsfNTSO75O7nangQAajKJ0tEsIiQA1bl-t-g_inHRzLB0763WBMIlF4VA/s4032/IMG_4767.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bKMv7_EP3g-8U2zPnlAGReXtZRG9dDiOWwwH88VLo-DWE_nkHbp5ed8yfGu0xvI569vKore_D9cgqFD4_pb5pef3AA_Qy8nob-2FlrMajNjcn5DizDKeaOwULqCFwAE3p4ZsfNTSO75O7nangQAajKJ0tEsIiQA1bl-t-g_inHRzLB0763WBMIlF4VA/w400-h300/IMG_4767.jpeg" width="400" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bKMv7_EP3g-8U2zPnlAGReXtZRG9dDiOWwwH88VLo-DWE_nkHbp5ed8yfGu0xvI569vKore_D9cgqFD4_pb5pef3AA_Qy8nob-2FlrMajNjcn5DizDKeaOwULqCFwAE3p4ZsfNTSO75O7nangQAajKJ0tEsIiQA1bl-t-g_inHRzLB0763WBMIlF4VA/s4032/IMG_4767.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPjcpRvBcnvqv19pcUwWUvE8MkbVfIOUUlTXjVcOpffqp-YTLzaJ7pxqVM-DMVOvTqvn4slf6FLARxXXryl6Y4JjfLrTnqGhTs_Lmd7NQ2cHCbCgnTdAfupRf68HNQg4q1fu3rf8zhbhWkFhYFCsP0KBmy0j0SzTQt1mJyhlNXRxlR-5bayb400x0QX8/s1344/IMG_4751.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPjcpRvBcnvqv19pcUwWUvE8MkbVfIOUUlTXjVcOpffqp-YTLzaJ7pxqVM-DMVOvTqvn4slf6FLARxXXryl6Y4JjfLrTnqGhTs_Lmd7NQ2cHCbCgnTdAfupRf68HNQg4q1fu3rf8zhbhWkFhYFCsP0KBmy0j0SzTQt1mJyhlNXRxlR-5bayb400x0QX8/w351-h400/IMG_4751.jpeg" width="351" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Wednesday was Juniper's two-month birthday with a celebratory ice cream cone! (No pictures of her face will be on social media, but trust me when I say she's very cute.)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCRYTEhNk4T4rVHcO6F5-EWWUAcyFHDTCPTgbktGJAz0qnioh1AW0UcUnnnrD_Zft4QC3KMUjIolz2uYyt0xq5OaWB887zn25zZlbCVFgi9fuK37SHDO85XvoLQDuuRxDk-lz0SrJWSZHHSCuxYO-5OmnFKEcHdle3GWHAoiMSFh7g12nNziBrdxfhIg/s1715/ACS_12689.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1715" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCRYTEhNk4T4rVHcO6F5-EWWUAcyFHDTCPTgbktGJAz0qnioh1AW0UcUnnnrD_Zft4QC3KMUjIolz2uYyt0xq5OaWB887zn25zZlbCVFgi9fuK37SHDO85XvoLQDuuRxDk-lz0SrJWSZHHSCuxYO-5OmnFKEcHdle3GWHAoiMSFh7g12nNziBrdxfhIg/w400-h265/ACS_12689.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">One of my daughter's coworkers brought over a clothesline filled with baby items that she's been collecting for Juniper. What a great and very thoughtful idea. The pen is where the three rabbits live in the living room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwnWTmXvlIPxUeMyagBbz3Nw5-r7MkwnY8miALhUPrYBMGwaDGEkL81HM_LsjnJ2V45Qmw74ucLRj-O4MEMbJl8V-abXWYcW6KeYbCyRd2OD_J-D1OMsmLTT2AFgbxMkviAmDYE5rTFWyXNvbGdPsWoLfz0F-AzLR-WwlBP2BPNa2BE7l9wfMAdkT384/s4032/IMG_4761.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwnWTmXvlIPxUeMyagBbz3Nw5-r7MkwnY8miALhUPrYBMGwaDGEkL81HM_LsjnJ2V45Qmw74ucLRj-O4MEMbJl8V-abXWYcW6KeYbCyRd2OD_J-D1OMsmLTT2AFgbxMkviAmDYE5rTFWyXNvbGdPsWoLfz0F-AzLR-WwlBP2BPNa2BE7l9wfMAdkT384/w300-h400/IMG_4761.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">After almost a month of indulging in Mexican food and desserts with my string of company, I decided to embark on a Mediterranean diet. I've been loading up on veggies and fish, but in a moment of weakness last night I baked a pan of brownies while watching a Rolling Stones concert documentary.<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p0B74xmdHEREaTWFQnTuOo9p5X1mRPbTr230ZKQ31bdGw4GvFwU1n_y2bB1gQ1icEurDp6MElCPMrRMbr5AY6qvD2q8n5gJLfoK6cMg_edE133-gcco0KOqiiWz_b9THUejVtbUK9SyhVT4gQUPfwjxwdYEj2THP0BlLVP0r6EOL_WiI4knZ21rBQbY/s1615/IMG_4747.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p0B74xmdHEREaTWFQnTuOo9p5X1mRPbTr230ZKQ31bdGw4GvFwU1n_y2bB1gQ1icEurDp6MElCPMrRMbr5AY6qvD2q8n5gJLfoK6cMg_edE133-gcco0KOqiiWz_b9THUejVtbUK9SyhVT4gQUPfwjxwdYEj2THP0BlLVP0r6EOL_WiI4knZ21rBQbY/w293-h400/IMG_4747.jpeg" width="293" /><br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Good advice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">And here's your laugh for today:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p0B74xmdHEREaTWFQnTuOo9p5X1mRPbTr230ZKQ31bdGw4GvFwU1n_y2bB1gQ1icEurDp6MElCPMrRMbr5AY6qvD2q8n5gJLfoK6cMg_edE133-gcco0KOqiiWz_b9THUejVtbUK9SyhVT4gQUPfwjxwdYEj2THP0BlLVP0r6EOL_WiI4knZ21rBQbY/s1615/IMG_4747.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lXKv15L1hsw4YiyHQN-LBzqRoU0HytJ2rqOvuObmzlW0xHHwIppII908nAn5GS5rEB7NFkvkJuD2Ypt9X5JUwJLBnYh6VLgCjfIv9TgRw_dZ_9ZZHJza66FoyffxUlOhdZ0QlMIgaZGtYcvLBCDpDfBsFdgtlJ5j6vrM5-5SR7xR_VAZ8a0F-tWLROc/s3840/IMG_4758.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2631" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lXKv15L1hsw4YiyHQN-LBzqRoU0HytJ2rqOvuObmzlW0xHHwIppII908nAn5GS5rEB7NFkvkJuD2Ypt9X5JUwJLBnYh6VLgCjfIv9TgRw_dZ_9ZZHJza66FoyffxUlOhdZ0QlMIgaZGtYcvLBCDpDfBsFdgtlJ5j6vrM5-5SR7xR_VAZ8a0F-tWLROc/w274-h400/IMG_4758.jpeg" width="274" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-36126805452690142332024-03-06T17:30:00.001-07:002024-03-06T17:30:53.471-07:00Make way for Zoomie!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtz1rwjoBB8fIttKuRVs3xvZwFzOOlNcIjT97_MSRwKNMQISXLFhmbFA8p8wQgpnXYHPw12TlN5_VNT9MuazSnY1dwqxmj9dC4YUWdAZ08499RcZ8S_0zzAghkMd_3YMhaPgHOKAWYkSB6d51faYZSueBY69E-ZVrR0hyphenhypheny6hLJmTTNrGy8lOrzkIXp3ZA/s4032/IMG_4713.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtz1rwjoBB8fIttKuRVs3xvZwFzOOlNcIjT97_MSRwKNMQISXLFhmbFA8p8wQgpnXYHPw12TlN5_VNT9MuazSnY1dwqxmj9dC4YUWdAZ08499RcZ8S_0zzAghkMd_3YMhaPgHOKAWYkSB6d51faYZSueBY69E-ZVrR0hyphenhypheny6hLJmTTNrGy8lOrzkIXp3ZA/w300-h400/IMG_4713.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">My sister Kathleen and her husband visited this week with their rescue dog, Zoomie, who entertained us all and was a perfect house guest!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV801UK7D8KuTSisl9pHCGpbT8SU8YA-WfOMLaU23dmP2nAPnAoGT3dWRJjaKx9E6DFsVryiO152Gp_PTvPQvI83mDgDdbEu8uvAsmHWAF5eRm_MWhWzjVIYqt4Z8gshrnWk-0Tf3qpA3fniypFSqUbZwkvW9aHpGbrUxApHjM_CchyAMHmQ5LB1TNf3g/s2561/IMG_3877.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="2240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV801UK7D8KuTSisl9pHCGpbT8SU8YA-WfOMLaU23dmP2nAPnAoGT3dWRJjaKx9E6DFsVryiO152Gp_PTvPQvI83mDgDdbEu8uvAsmHWAF5eRm_MWhWzjVIYqt4Z8gshrnWk-0Tf3qpA3fniypFSqUbZwkvW9aHpGbrUxApHjM_CchyAMHmQ5LB1TNf3g/w350-h400/IMG_3877.jpeg" width="350" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">We took her hiking in Catalina State Park where I wanted to get a photo of her with the poppies and she dutifully obliged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6yKIP4apyvqDi1X97GthqvgLYB7FnDQYrGCnIqdVbxR0U-86bSPgq0tTz8QZ3oALGVOZSruQP_jV-kCoOJAVjSc-_j6SlEOZnrpOcfVbY7tupulL4ORUZCVCbFFauvIUU_QI124i1ZwWmAMgZlFXIrXTvcFEKpAYsvjFIUaudXsppZfo8b_BNrmBLRA/s4032/IMG_4723.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6yKIP4apyvqDi1X97GthqvgLYB7FnDQYrGCnIqdVbxR0U-86bSPgq0tTz8QZ3oALGVOZSruQP_jV-kCoOJAVjSc-_j6SlEOZnrpOcfVbY7tupulL4ORUZCVCbFFauvIUU_QI124i1ZwWmAMgZlFXIrXTvcFEKpAYsvjFIUaudXsppZfo8b_BNrmBLRA/w300-h400/IMG_4723.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I think God is in Zoomie:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CPMhk460hONpJjmEDVwOayGRraZ1l2xhGwHMwIMn4A1lrxT2Ut2WmcjYMDH_0A1ZBluKTEanexPo_HzaRFY9l2ZcRmEx12dzBWpHOL57xPIADyC228YwLrB_-tx06bY1gJMtlnFQukierrNN6jCGpGB9roLo_L7_bnbE0EpxyUWQ8BF9EjImFROI6wg/s1430/IMG_4743.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CPMhk460hONpJjmEDVwOayGRraZ1l2xhGwHMwIMn4A1lrxT2Ut2WmcjYMDH_0A1ZBluKTEanexPo_HzaRFY9l2ZcRmEx12dzBWpHOL57xPIADyC228YwLrB_-tx06bY1gJMtlnFQukierrNN6jCGpGB9roLo_L7_bnbE0EpxyUWQ8BF9EjImFROI6wg/w330-h400/IMG_4743.jpeg" width="330" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nQK5VtQVGyzY7mMKiVbusOIcItwEMdwGWb4goEPbmD2f2xQNSzQ9V2V7hKcxo22b_0fcSdYLr5QPMI8ZbTRDfik-uF2w7l-9Z-nPd1eNsaQ_E_9Ixu9xiSQyBfaIDLjOBQZo0Gs90-W5679mP4lkF-zc46goBJWj35heow8OgKXrkcCfhuppUUnvUpM/s1280/IMG_3903.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3nQK5VtQVGyzY7mMKiVbusOIcItwEMdwGWb4goEPbmD2f2xQNSzQ9V2V7hKcxo22b_0fcSdYLr5QPMI8ZbTRDfik-uF2w7l-9Z-nPd1eNsaQ_E_9Ixu9xiSQyBfaIDLjOBQZo0Gs90-W5679mP4lkF-zc46goBJWj35heow8OgKXrkcCfhuppUUnvUpM/w400-h300/IMG_3903.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The palm oasis is one of my favorite spots at Tohono Chul.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqmK_zYeiN6zqiW3eLYyXMRTW00gUzKssCUhAKXg23qRvzeNSN_qJtYIKRRv_huvICp1tY10RD4MZMv7ks3Xv6lXk0KbT2A7S4gX1QIg_8oyGNdmYVzlnNDyBpbF9sKWJVKEnuhGuLBEJd41WTx-51OT1ylBlp8UbutYn7h8vo0YPa8Ma7VMnHgJByZY/s4032/IMG_4732.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqmK_zYeiN6zqiW3eLYyXMRTW00gUzKssCUhAKXg23qRvzeNSN_qJtYIKRRv_huvICp1tY10RD4MZMv7ks3Xv6lXk0KbT2A7S4gX1QIg_8oyGNdmYVzlnNDyBpbF9sKWJVKEnuhGuLBEJd41WTx-51OT1ylBlp8UbutYn7h8vo0YPa8Ma7VMnHgJByZY/w300-h400/IMG_4732.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">While we were there, Peter went to a bookstore near the university. Later we indulged at Saffron, an excellent Indian restaurant where our servings were large enough to make about three meals!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFpTJsaJlfnCN794ETplFipMxdJ38_B_2AHglstYLfJR5v73FSC9_eQHrJoPzkpDM7ZgK3_2nYeFEKLz7AZSazdoXZjFGL3YHs4xtspcByQ1mYT4R6u4zPztXXROeAKU6eZR4vYsjeHbsyv4SHsK7JBclQ9kzcfxJXqNQiy7Zo5BCmvbvaazHUDtwBMg/s3367/IMG_4730.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="3367" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFpTJsaJlfnCN794ETplFipMxdJ38_B_2AHglstYLfJR5v73FSC9_eQHrJoPzkpDM7ZgK3_2nYeFEKLz7AZSazdoXZjFGL3YHs4xtspcByQ1mYT4R6u4zPztXXROeAKU6eZR4vYsjeHbsyv4SHsK7JBclQ9kzcfxJXqNQiy7Zo5BCmvbvaazHUDtwBMg/w400-h323/IMG_4730.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">It was a fun few days. They were the last of my visitors until the end of this month, then I'm going to Louisville to visit my other sister.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu80hn2AhxGjDDuL6UnRXP1eZE0NmXAsTwSOG5oEY1R5VV8PvPcWqiUOeDTsoetFqrjFmZgEWNDztNSCTkNp07h88aj32ypAOMgvy4qhBvvnHuxcUPDLpZvZ4wcxtsDeC3GuXIxKNL_J3_hVOw_6FyR33CUmGD5Z1gdjVxahwFaTNCwjsVEfK7pMts1rg/s4032/IMG_4720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu80hn2AhxGjDDuL6UnRXP1eZE0NmXAsTwSOG5oEY1R5VV8PvPcWqiUOeDTsoetFqrjFmZgEWNDztNSCTkNp07h88aj32ypAOMgvy4qhBvvnHuxcUPDLpZvZ4wcxtsDeC3GuXIxKNL_J3_hVOw_6FyR33CUmGD5Z1gdjVxahwFaTNCwjsVEfK7pMts1rg/w400-h300/IMG_4720.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-29365975455415294572024-03-04T14:51:00.000-07:002024-03-04T14:51:18.186-07:00Colors of downtown Tucson<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDw2BEdgVd0ggAtP2LShyphenhyphen6tAhwPrvIaFFLx1sJzT9LGX-Ev2aKAl1iXj0dFtG00h2x4dpDHvI5OIsz3OnCTeNnF479eMlnGnXO9I-GzhbNNEHqKa9GrujAe3lwHDGKlUVnVZYhIZauxmZJvxVBUSgljrJNLFhZRNdDS5dRj32p1OqELbVVvBnFUDsilg/s4032/IMG_4670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDw2BEdgVd0ggAtP2LShyphenhyphen6tAhwPrvIaFFLx1sJzT9LGX-Ev2aKAl1iXj0dFtG00h2x4dpDHvI5OIsz3OnCTeNnF479eMlnGnXO9I-GzhbNNEHqKa9GrujAe3lwHDGKlUVnVZYhIZauxmZJvxVBUSgljrJNLFhZRNdDS5dRj32p1OqELbVVvBnFUDsilg/w300-h400/IMG_4670.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">My third set of visitors in the past month came and went last week. We spent one day in downtown Tucson following the "Turquoise Trail" and looking at the huge colorful murals that Tucson is known for.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">The path is marked with a turquoise blue line that winds throughout the city, and a brochure details highlights along the trail. It's a fun way to see the city.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJXG9pq5i3sqY2u5bH-Q8TXhFYlppBZLCgKxAFNgfQscq26L12hEBIB6al19SG5avYQZ06oXntpLo1tWYdySGtxjgBKr5_pRs4CnG4RgYMDXrdQlbZ0XbMizw7-6t3X7ynXjA9VUtc4D14-NJbyX5sYe8RcsJLU3FBpXT_k1fKlY_Rak0h9nZaYy1Azg/s3059/IMG_4643.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3059" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJXG9pq5i3sqY2u5bH-Q8TXhFYlppBZLCgKxAFNgfQscq26L12hEBIB6al19SG5avYQZ06oXntpLo1tWYdySGtxjgBKr5_pRs4CnG4RgYMDXrdQlbZ0XbMizw7-6t3X7ynXjA9VUtc4D14-NJbyX5sYe8RcsJLU3FBpXT_k1fKlY_Rak0h9nZaYy1Azg/w400-h395/IMG_4643.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I posed with the Little Love Burger sign.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MM2H_VC_lBy_YWBSLfqM6z0GDtIyrzdnijhxElVEnWKlixAjfilQN1YxMA8-UjykTOQUF7pQ59o0WUUM2jmqTWGwIZNtSNqXZvRHhyrTzS-WAiut8sKvdFdXFW3paNFGaumwpZM7putUx_05vc1Kf57ksNT85RcLVllYeezkypyzxECgJX0fm06Qjwk/s3719/IMG_4671.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="3719" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MM2H_VC_lBy_YWBSLfqM6z0GDtIyrzdnijhxElVEnWKlixAjfilQN1YxMA8-UjykTOQUF7pQ59o0WUUM2jmqTWGwIZNtSNqXZvRHhyrTzS-WAiut8sKvdFdXFW3paNFGaumwpZM7putUx_05vc1Kf57ksNT85RcLVllYeezkypyzxECgJX0fm06Qjwk/w400-h235/IMG_4671.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwWaPMAkMxCWx9mplpLd13PGORNGeHN0IJxAhPU2DATm47zBYDcc9VXz8sV76ZGoe7MQnHhpFqCRP7bjOslbT4HS5BW1K6E4q9axuCx4xIXQtEADS3FhL6naOh22Lxl8SyJ6CQkYIvUtpN3k8W_PLb-D1Xxe3VCWoA_YVxanyQLogHW5__2oIw9mh46s/s3236/IMG_4649.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Along the way we had lunch at the Coronet's beautiful secluded, leafy courtyard. Altogether we walked about four miles, so we worked up an appetite. It was a good day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd5EueUzzgf45G76SVswCh23QNUWu35RgbUW8BknuXzIymeQtY-_upUNouwcfASaUcJ0fgWFvzpRouhJic9DfW5UuZUru3TSl_RERy7i311pR-7Jj_dKB9YzCSemgPkA2LBvMoP2EYvo6XrTA2jQ6937CXrOEX4G9aU5Js1bUZ7dwjvI_a_Dmjrrd9lA/s4032/IMG_4665.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd5EueUzzgf45G76SVswCh23QNUWu35RgbUW8BknuXzIymeQtY-_upUNouwcfASaUcJ0fgWFvzpRouhJic9DfW5UuZUru3TSl_RERy7i311pR-7Jj_dKB9YzCSemgPkA2LBvMoP2EYvo6XrTA2jQ6937CXrOEX4G9aU5Js1bUZ7dwjvI_a_Dmjrrd9lA/w300-h400/IMG_4665.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-76323305290988209822024-03-01T17:09:00.000-07:002024-03-01T17:09:32.682-07:00Quilts and cacti<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yVAglrQx9TcECwhZGESJUXzvFCRHoJvi3Pp4l0ZZVwBdjoRxfyxFbLdEtlSAVlN8u5MNZ09YO0iNzaEhhahK0n52VYk-IODnYoiL691zSOUzpmlqjth0s4l9uC6rG1gzYEvNP46NXf4z4pD9BwddLS8TZkjfSqVzRdWmfnStc4xTYLuWKc3K2nXNXxc/s3000/IMG_2644.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2743" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yVAglrQx9TcECwhZGESJUXzvFCRHoJvi3Pp4l0ZZVwBdjoRxfyxFbLdEtlSAVlN8u5MNZ09YO0iNzaEhhahK0n52VYk-IODnYoiL691zSOUzpmlqjth0s4l9uC6rG1gzYEvNP46NXf4z4pD9BwddLS8TZkjfSqVzRdWmfnStc4xTYLuWKc3K2nXNXxc/w366-h400/IMG_2644.jpeg" width="366" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Last weekend was the Tucson quilt guild's annual show, Quilts Fiesta, and I won an honorable mention! That's Carol from Gig Harbor with me at the show's selfie booth.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIls4l4Qn9MHWLRZLDAWEo9QyspwUXNRO8FAm-XPoKOvlch7-V_luBQf-1EvXpWBO2cye14gikl8tq-G_WsK457JH07wmsAQCPWrBVMZaWOdUZUkmF5csvtLk5vqcsuiSiXAT48pwov9cLmDifEpEYXfqj15M-guhiDd8WoxFgfe-Wj5BnLLVwQTZ2_Mo/s4032/IMG_4483.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIls4l4Qn9MHWLRZLDAWEo9QyspwUXNRO8FAm-XPoKOvlch7-V_luBQf-1EvXpWBO2cye14gikl8tq-G_WsK457JH07wmsAQCPWrBVMZaWOdUZUkmF5csvtLk5vqcsuiSiXAT48pwov9cLmDifEpEYXfqj15M-guhiDd8WoxFgfe-Wj5BnLLVwQTZ2_Mo/w400-h300/IMG_4483.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">My award was for "Beach Houses." I also entered "Garden Gone Wild," below. And that's another Gig Harbor friend, Pam, with me. They both came down for the show.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi2SkFP39FYEgu-XB93ueXLjQ4Z_rvnKrkAXy_9ruz2WUNjAZRseU9-FRlOQ96rlGdUBK-Y4ux_xJsUE6P_cJm8laio1ChSo_BhyCQDl7ju6weh9PNVWlrys5P7FWkRe3SoMjHOsrqqyn8qrNicCgQj9bZoXvmzaLhVaxwBEQsUkMgccV-wsbfl8YCsw/s1948/IMG_4517.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1948" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZi2SkFP39FYEgu-XB93ueXLjQ4Z_rvnKrkAXy_9ruz2WUNjAZRseU9-FRlOQ96rlGdUBK-Y4ux_xJsUE6P_cJm8laio1ChSo_BhyCQDl7ju6weh9PNVWlrys5P7FWkRe3SoMjHOsrqqyn8qrNicCgQj9bZoXvmzaLhVaxwBEQsUkMgccV-wsbfl8YCsw/w400-h364/IMG_4517.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW92LZA2hxanuSWKnHE8wNKCR724K5Z1cPw5sYeLZbcP1sbCOBRwU-bE_izZUcUtZoPgP8RDo78U4bb169dovqnV-9qeZBfpz62ZTZ6mMXaMGnvZGPbeOphSt_HHqbuwtaplYHjtW-aR8lbVyOFg_KLtr3-ikWtUqfeMvBkFHDkaLbAejAA78sdpFzYU/s3653/IMG_4535.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3653" data-original-width="2489" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW92LZA2hxanuSWKnHE8wNKCR724K5Z1cPw5sYeLZbcP1sbCOBRwU-bE_izZUcUtZoPgP8RDo78U4bb169dovqnV-9qeZBfpz62ZTZ6mMXaMGnvZGPbeOphSt_HHqbuwtaplYHjtW-aR8lbVyOFg_KLtr3-ikWtUqfeMvBkFHDkaLbAejAA78sdpFzYU/w273-h400/IMG_4535.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Carol stayed with me and treated me to dinner at my favorite restaurant, Guadalahara's. She's dipping into a huge bowl of guacamole that they made right at our table and it was delicious. And yes, that's a very large margarita!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWxmk7FeX_mEkdp_hASu4_xEKFgBCPXKL0UTuj41lOEgF5O4FgwQb4hDB27X0qofH8TanadCrryRmEzGxGuWezg8mQLzlQgf5sFrsccuQ-4OwB4uYCYF8mduTz7BSL6JVuJAuaGPH_AApdaMKglTmx0NEuuzhU8_4_Txx7CehwsOACMOYjuOY9DAjGHg/s2642/IMG_4549.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="1937" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWxmk7FeX_mEkdp_hASu4_xEKFgBCPXKL0UTuj41lOEgF5O4FgwQb4hDB27X0qofH8TanadCrryRmEzGxGuWezg8mQLzlQgf5sFrsccuQ-4OwB4uYCYF8mduTz7BSL6JVuJAuaGPH_AApdaMKglTmx0NEuuzhU8_4_Txx7CehwsOACMOYjuOY9DAjGHg/w294-h400/IMG_4549.jpeg" width="294" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">In other news, the poppies here are blooming and painting the desert with golden patches.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD4lyT4XFV5i40HhSqTQeShA6SsxOalkr0MczofLXwpfcXT7GYBWJT8SQnA1GhGp9l4etJvshDXh6e0O8XGgEqXIGvS0vsM13RCqFxyAQ62oy_ai1EceRWRjGX_YTcDV3BSZBDG8ZtyT1SWzLhWsYvC04QnPN_0HzXJtAnmh8WwWumg30dstv0nVaTH0/s4032/IMG_4696.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD4lyT4XFV5i40HhSqTQeShA6SsxOalkr0MczofLXwpfcXT7GYBWJT8SQnA1GhGp9l4etJvshDXh6e0O8XGgEqXIGvS0vsM13RCqFxyAQ62oy_ai1EceRWRjGX_YTcDV3BSZBDG8ZtyT1SWzLhWsYvC04QnPN_0HzXJtAnmh8WwWumg30dstv0nVaTH0/w300-h400/IMG_4696.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The cacti are also very happy after recent winter rains.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8wuD1R2MCjuciZoDNLUjrdlaMxKMlALv-Cz-XL-usR-pf4cIAu8BIzyoHRJU_CyAnOrYbeilBgZNxk25JGh2XkpG7ytp-e5VCNmO4sTJaABNcefQdw36wiIpHFQZM5UDemRuffHmACbTBaqLXtgoartJb11ag0_mThSBmWv0G0rEm9-yhnv6mONKkS4/s4032/IMG_4697.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8wuD1R2MCjuciZoDNLUjrdlaMxKMlALv-Cz-XL-usR-pf4cIAu8BIzyoHRJU_CyAnOrYbeilBgZNxk25JGh2XkpG7ytp-e5VCNmO4sTJaABNcefQdw36wiIpHFQZM5UDemRuffHmACbTBaqLXtgoartJb11ag0_mThSBmWv0G0rEm9-yhnv6mONKkS4/w300-h400/IMG_4697.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The saguaros are fat and full of water and the prickly pears are plump and bright green. Tomorrow I'll get out for another hike in the desert.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4bfaJ3EdnqlW5uoZRzbl3yWc5-kmZNwhMjjfPX1GZDc9vs0AurxtQ512fH-YKNvcOkxllmBUhmfMa4RFXmyRZiN-d5ptq4EgnQzzLNmToXjnBhBMrpOeumYU0pmGxgXop4bkgKurG1OVeyFMmEaHg7gKvBMKULxuQbJok-oevTwAGpk9BSUOiqFVuzs/s4032/IMG_4553.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4bfaJ3EdnqlW5uoZRzbl3yWc5-kmZNwhMjjfPX1GZDc9vs0AurxtQ512fH-YKNvcOkxllmBUhmfMa4RFXmyRZiN-d5ptq4EgnQzzLNmToXjnBhBMrpOeumYU0pmGxgXop4bkgKurG1OVeyFMmEaHg7gKvBMKULxuQbJok-oevTwAGpk9BSUOiqFVuzs/w400-h300/IMG_4553.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-3914993213798947532024-02-22T16:10:00.002-07:002024-02-22T16:10:31.150-07:00Art, art, art!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Van Gogh Immersive Experience</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF9xOuNzvpMh72ts_2HwWnzK_5tmVylabm_9gqJfNvziuUShtgMtsFjnSvc3AIc9pP8QExyMufzBR4J5TripsssL3YMDN2TzjG1s92IbUlxnnb2xvZNPmQA2Ujia6GC1rrNhriokjxnEYzTydPYtDdeXyg8kM0AroqtSJDoupuvWIUXRoAubBJ3PQytk/s3809/IMG_4370.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2440" data-original-width="3809" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF9xOuNzvpMh72ts_2HwWnzK_5tmVylabm_9gqJfNvziuUShtgMtsFjnSvc3AIc9pP8QExyMufzBR4J5TripsssL3YMDN2TzjG1s92IbUlxnnb2xvZNPmQA2Ujia6GC1rrNhriokjxnEYzTydPYtDdeXyg8kM0AroqtSJDoupuvWIUXRoAubBJ3PQytk/w400-h256/IMG_4370.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I've had a week full of art with a friend who's visiting from Flagstaff! </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">We started with a <a href="https://vangoghexpo.com/">Van Gogh Immersive Experience</a>, including projections of his work all around us with music while we relaxed in slingback chairs. There were many other innovative displays of his art, such as this life size construction of his famous bedroom scene.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBUAeWYvdD6aiJk3lZbuZFvAPiro0mPILKsZbIKY8qaSU-lYvzlT0fvsg0S1yEDZNqHjsI-qyapthIrP5DwsyZ4Ed6h3SmNbmKRDz4iOHGMoGu-xXa_oeud4bbe2q0R3rDb0x9ThzRVUcRmNLMibs1AO3nhHCXKye-_3-FgTgihioX9RJLmSKSASJ-dY/s4032/IMG_4366.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBUAeWYvdD6aiJk3lZbuZFvAPiro0mPILKsZbIKY8qaSU-lYvzlT0fvsg0S1yEDZNqHjsI-qyapthIrP5DwsyZ4Ed6h3SmNbmKRDz4iOHGMoGu-xXa_oeud4bbe2q0R3rDb0x9ThzRVUcRmNLMibs1AO3nhHCXKye-_3-FgTgihioX9RJLmSKSASJ-dY/w400-h300/IMG_4366.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Tubac</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUDNSuCpzfwcTQLkegJXVjJIut2oKWzq-RnzkcRMox919hHB8f_MGSwclxMYRe5BY4yGd96wB7TvZCCVDpbUH-EIPHwSBY38THKgTbItGa0zG_crQcMR7XtMeS8_bmRNsw-tzNyMT7FjgP1YvJ8WkNjfWDRi9pzhKTPUQwWkVWIXu0klCSzIb9h8qt2c/s4032/IMG_4438.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUDNSuCpzfwcTQLkegJXVjJIut2oKWzq-RnzkcRMox919hHB8f_MGSwclxMYRe5BY4yGd96wB7TvZCCVDpbUH-EIPHwSBY38THKgTbItGa0zG_crQcMR7XtMeS8_bmRNsw-tzNyMT7FjgP1YvJ8WkNjfWDRi9pzhKTPUQwWkVWIXu0klCSzIb9h8qt2c/w300-h400/IMG_4438.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Another day we visited the artsy town of Tubac, about an hour south of Tucson. It was a beautiful, balmy sunny day, perfect for wandering among the galleries, shops, and courtyards.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78PLHSwoP8_dVPqlHHI89eVG1VCHmfSa42acOIpvhmwrWOU3IG28YsjJk_OXVU9Y0dev_npd5uuSiPwAvRMb7meWDNtTw2CGmWvjnfuHFiQli4W3DR5kSKhID7DdKxzSf6Px56AQipw1u2ec493lCIeIs8QveulBW0wBEWNSprLh0LtNweFeVrsUYxQg/s3860/IMG_4437.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3860" data-original-width="2695" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78PLHSwoP8_dVPqlHHI89eVG1VCHmfSa42acOIpvhmwrWOU3IG28YsjJk_OXVU9Y0dev_npd5uuSiPwAvRMb7meWDNtTw2CGmWvjnfuHFiQli4W3DR5kSKhID7DdKxzSf6Px56AQipw1u2ec493lCIeIs8QveulBW0wBEWNSprLh0LtNweFeVrsUYxQg/w279-h400/IMG_4437.jpeg" width="279" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">We capped off our browsing with ice cream on the porch of the Tubac Deli. Earlier we had scrumptious sandwiches at the deli for lunch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HOp88zueV_fH_z3ENbP04ta_ygiiWLVtmL9vCELn3kYH-0UFM0jwpx3zJ_I_vGmWgU1IfNRNaEJ2qbEp-uFM3PeCJCcp3WToiMz6r9R4EGMnbalYIbNZNabb1Ygj0oXER3vnLLwGr8gSujsXY-9i-z7tBY21IYxoHCJX0n3pv2nF9PmxwjPc9NBRfVU/s4032/IMG_4441.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HOp88zueV_fH_z3ENbP04ta_ygiiWLVtmL9vCELn3kYH-0UFM0jwpx3zJ_I_vGmWgU1IfNRNaEJ2qbEp-uFM3PeCJCcp3WToiMz6r9R4EGMnbalYIbNZNabb1Ygj0oXER3vnLLwGr8gSujsXY-9i-z7tBY21IYxoHCJX0n3pv2nF9PmxwjPc9NBRfVU/w300-h400/IMG_4441.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Tumacacori</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2uxDJIEvAc5BQPm5fOa0k6xH-TWEGG818zsqGrM-AHwOLqGZ4jrXHbtb-78f6P6ss8oEGVdU2VGzyOodYpKgM6cNEneIs14CxpyK2xmr6gRt6doCKp7fcF3boD4AdQ46zY760Ua-m2YtD441clDXptN_JqhAxoMNtUdKox_z8I2gFdjW6WWMDSs8W1k/s3197/IMG_4442.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3197" data-original-width="2750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2uxDJIEvAc5BQPm5fOa0k6xH-TWEGG818zsqGrM-AHwOLqGZ4jrXHbtb-78f6P6ss8oEGVdU2VGzyOodYpKgM6cNEneIs14CxpyK2xmr6gRt6doCKp7fcF3boD4AdQ46zY760Ua-m2YtD441clDXptN_JqhAxoMNtUdKox_z8I2gFdjW6WWMDSs8W1k/w344-h400/IMG_4442.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Then we headed to the nearby <a href="https://www.nps.gov/tuma/index.htm">Tumacacori National Historical Park</a>, where a centuries old Spanish mission still stands surrounded by the grounds where the community farmed and grew orchards along the Santa Cruz River. Before the Spaniards arrived, the O'odham thrived there, and some of them moved into the mission community.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Tucson Desert Art Museum</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB3Ce54AGFaFkbt5F3wZLJ_BiOeVri4sW2J7XZVF8NHAz4n9FbALnXFCiCJsNiq6Sy7qL8XhvDLGNMNuZl_8wFgkCSsT960897KxEkQ_ZNIf4VV1H-Auge-3cZ_3k9LVgyEDrtziwo_aEPfkpGPl-cKx3SQy-x1ktiZhhyphenhyphenUXg7Wi_1oYPO7F6f-vU0SA/s4032/IMG_4404.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB3Ce54AGFaFkbt5F3wZLJ_BiOeVri4sW2J7XZVF8NHAz4n9FbALnXFCiCJsNiq6Sy7qL8XhvDLGNMNuZl_8wFgkCSsT960897KxEkQ_ZNIf4VV1H-Auge-3cZ_3k9LVgyEDrtziwo_aEPfkpGPl-cKx3SQy-x1ktiZhhyphenhyphenUXg7Wi_1oYPO7F6f-vU0SA/w400-h300/IMG_4404.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">One day was devoted to the <a href="https://tucsondart.org/">Tucson Desert Art Museum</a> and Medicine Man Gallery on the east side of town.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNqOQN9QZpXDQaL9Xix0Rda6Nzzct5pa2Je0l9ECcnJ_I3-REzNjSuXtCn27qXAYs6m93GoRH1NSs9KQ-0w2zTnxKp_F93b3FeVJPkEUuSmRQW8QQRVFFbIMcLhJ4mVAsfR7nSfKVIsgvc3t9TXE_JdYuPhdvNiZujszSrqlKcRrjoOysmiIgYRF83iY/s4032/IMG_4405.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYNqOQN9QZpXDQaL9Xix0Rda6Nzzct5pa2Je0l9ECcnJ_I3-REzNjSuXtCn27qXAYs6m93GoRH1NSs9KQ-0w2zTnxKp_F93b3FeVJPkEUuSmRQW8QQRVFFbIMcLhJ4mVAsfR7nSfKVIsgvc3t9TXE_JdYuPhdvNiZujszSrqlKcRrjoOysmiIgYRF83iY/w300-h400/IMG_4405.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">The museum has a fine collection of Navajo weavings as well as prominent 19th century landscape paintings, photographs from the Dust Bowl, and exhibits about pioneer women and the gold rush.</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zrzsGvdcsCZe0A_v8bWAbY2yN4pez8JPMYh3uyEeGQMRdCB6VKZOsr-U1OsbTRZ6rbiX0oubLfWeOJUmiwkrMYAMTza-E7X5CMD9CwIl93cSKfmHAs1XtAH0lvwlqXhybFiiQbo2i06eUFBlgAgTN870vxXzhH9ThV8nO3pGzUeu8IXQwm02vzJXHpU/s4032/IMG_4395.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zrzsGvdcsCZe0A_v8bWAbY2yN4pez8JPMYh3uyEeGQMRdCB6VKZOsr-U1OsbTRZ6rbiX0oubLfWeOJUmiwkrMYAMTza-E7X5CMD9CwIl93cSKfmHAs1XtAH0lvwlqXhybFiiQbo2i06eUFBlgAgTN870vxXzhH9ThV8nO3pGzUeu8IXQwm02vzJXHpU/w300-h400/IMG_4395.jpeg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I, of course, was drawn to the weavings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiRiw-_i3Nx5x5sib4Qy9RpdzHAhApFvQKjaijMqdt8RNhJdWOxrSdP2zloTxbVuv-e5uPSW2EhgvQFlgGwR04PCfiCnF_kU_NnMxzKoaWX_lHmse7ais3lh2hv5fJAjpVqS8Gs0LF3ff816hSaDQ0E4lGN6vxfI9oghQd3yI8qejQpzVaYsoSczyDrc/s3648/IMG_4393.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="3648" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiRiw-_i3Nx5x5sib4Qy9RpdzHAhApFvQKjaijMqdt8RNhJdWOxrSdP2zloTxbVuv-e5uPSW2EhgvQFlgGwR04PCfiCnF_kU_NnMxzKoaWX_lHmse7ais3lh2hv5fJAjpVqS8Gs0LF3ff816hSaDQ0E4lGN6vxfI9oghQd3yI8qejQpzVaYsoSczyDrc/w400-h278/IMG_4393.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I would never have survived wearing all those corsets and cages.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyqZrOkOByqOn74b82PMMdH-SOSeWENePD_GCbnmpH9rTRfzYb0kX6wVN1OQ2UQ1NqIfZ0Lmdo49ruE2dgjxVK5PeOd8JqnTafzGri_npN2rsHPIc2ECGuhoGrCI_0tVtExFQKn7925JFmsRwZgBL7QZnQtrk8Lp5cdlUb_hD6-BGMyIzMs1KbPHkwng/s3890/IMG_4397.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3890" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyqZrOkOByqOn74b82PMMdH-SOSeWENePD_GCbnmpH9rTRfzYb0kX6wVN1OQ2UQ1NqIfZ0Lmdo49ruE2dgjxVK5PeOd8JqnTafzGri_npN2rsHPIc2ECGuhoGrCI_0tVtExFQKn7925JFmsRwZgBL7QZnQtrk8Lp5cdlUb_hD6-BGMyIzMs1KbPHkwng/w400-h254/IMG_4397.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Medicine Man Gallery</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wPJ9NL2a8TuqwLFc2XLjagmbeYX3uIj69XIvqWNY7TPItmV5Zt3red0RB-JmCVcMtRYPNVmrajDgthmGUo9OxWIhdpGpn8JYHJNkv3W1KzT2hvCakjwTdimafcH1exmSia4dsz4OF_jJftrKPVRsqJhStYU38gxTBNEtWAtrC_okEtRvzvSxsZb3bHw/s4032/IMG_4391.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wPJ9NL2a8TuqwLFc2XLjagmbeYX3uIj69XIvqWNY7TPItmV5Zt3red0RB-JmCVcMtRYPNVmrajDgthmGUo9OxWIhdpGpn8JYHJNkv3W1KzT2hvCakjwTdimafcH1exmSia4dsz4OF_jJftrKPVRsqJhStYU38gxTBNEtWAtrC_okEtRvzvSxsZb3bHw/w300-h400/IMG_4391.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">At the <a href="https://www.medicinemangallery.com/">Medicine Man Gallery</a>, I found a vibrant, colorful woven rug from the 1890s that would look very nice draped over my couch. The only problem was the price: $6,670. Don spent a lot of time in the Maynard Dixon room, and I loved all the native American jewelry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_NFWrusMOV9qgMPSf735czHWG75OilB91-p2WmgomieMvTXjzqn3jEeT8ujK5KLHA6jatkXOuneXMZ2uIboWhhbFBdJgDTXY92SifyFjulkHnZydnalC_2tfOkB3uIFzOuPGItGavDh0qfX4laHySGs_Rtv94dMzc7LjwZmcRbbDRrdZJE0FKrZn_-U/s4032/IMG_4390.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_NFWrusMOV9qgMPSf735czHWG75OilB91-p2WmgomieMvTXjzqn3jEeT8ujK5KLHA6jatkXOuneXMZ2uIboWhhbFBdJgDTXY92SifyFjulkHnZydnalC_2tfOkB3uIFzOuPGItGavDh0qfX4laHySGs_Rtv94dMzc7LjwZmcRbbDRrdZJE0FKrZn_-U/w300-h400/IMG_4390.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">University of Arizona Museum of Art</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbJiq3A8PH8m2ebuL8BYnHKZu342GRgTcXF-_JqAoliZ_nIZVkYh51s1VTr48m12vGjBPyGBg-InrTCsSninTPstdGWv1Q0v76HdbHqgwxaMBq5XG8hAkwQYlQjN5NKhr6CQBkLmZ5yLogD6ip01qJWBfqFh6L25cyve3xkXPh5hkUxPeMaGFKFhjj9A/s4032/IMG_4377.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbJiq3A8PH8m2ebuL8BYnHKZu342GRgTcXF-_JqAoliZ_nIZVkYh51s1VTr48m12vGjBPyGBg-InrTCsSninTPstdGWv1Q0v76HdbHqgwxaMBq5XG8hAkwQYlQjN5NKhr6CQBkLmZ5yLogD6ip01qJWBfqFh6L25cyve3xkXPh5hkUxPeMaGFKFhjj9A/w300-h400/IMG_4377.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">And more weavings, this time at the U of A <a href="https://artmuseum.arizona.edu/">Museum of Art</a> by a contemporary Navajo man named Marlowe Katoney who was taught to weave by his grandmother and then studied painting at the university. He weaves together traditional imagery with current life events.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwAfjCQQ2_BFxN9x6CkMExCZA4WOJqSbU-f5MtZUSEIj4DVh2kt9otC1PtYzUzfsPgnUbqqaGN5gjgY_I2mjI4ng9AdQ0LBeWJkfLTDwt5iew3d7-AvOauUxlZBDyqso9D_eJfcpf6pqaWGVHhoWlFh5pqNvbZv9Tu9DTqftAiTd4NLy4r24k9W2njLM/s4032/IMG_4379.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwAfjCQQ2_BFxN9x6CkMExCZA4WOJqSbU-f5MtZUSEIj4DVh2kt9otC1PtYzUzfsPgnUbqqaGN5gjgY_I2mjI4ng9AdQ0LBeWJkfLTDwt5iew3d7-AvOauUxlZBDyqso9D_eJfcpf6pqaWGVHhoWlFh5pqNvbZv9Tu9DTqftAiTd4NLy4r24k9W2njLM/w300-h400/IMG_4379.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I also really liked the color and energy of this painting by Linda Hess titled "La Grande Place."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50osY-P2qJiJOpBEx8np1WHQXqXS2Nt3YeVSGquPmFaBvp4qkLsEZsB-ytBZaYlqS9acIndmzW3JiGyPTWJq8auVaMmDZ7djv9GMwgpd1-jUUeGc0EapGHp-IquyEjdDdmRqarLnLIJBoJzo4pL5wEyhpmmMyQU_hOY0c35vRJ-6U5hOvw4RqWW_QhAQ/s2323/IMG_4381.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2058" data-original-width="2323" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50osY-P2qJiJOpBEx8np1WHQXqXS2Nt3YeVSGquPmFaBvp4qkLsEZsB-ytBZaYlqS9acIndmzW3JiGyPTWJq8auVaMmDZ7djv9GMwgpd1-jUUeGc0EapGHp-IquyEjdDdmRqarLnLIJBoJzo4pL5wEyhpmmMyQU_hOY0c35vRJ-6U5hOvw4RqWW_QhAQ/w400-h354/IMG_4381.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">University of Arizona Museum of Optics</span></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6MfEsh29CM171rbgM2Ncv7P1J0UDBMZ7inhkbvq1MFZRL5UVDsXfBPP57n1gfSixFvBpJIZX7KpOUqwiJGZQE1oMiqcfM_MBeLVCl-l_dxIZnU0xfbtdRM4vuKldX4qoFaabH_HAiTGGHjb880tK_8FLJlgMmDDUF-Pf14wlI1QJzriqk8ctWlNl8HE/s4032/IMG_4384.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6MfEsh29CM171rbgM2Ncv7P1J0UDBMZ7inhkbvq1MFZRL5UVDsXfBPP57n1gfSixFvBpJIZX7KpOUqwiJGZQE1oMiqcfM_MBeLVCl-l_dxIZnU0xfbtdRM4vuKldX4qoFaabH_HAiTGGHjb880tK_8FLJlgMmDDUF-Pf14wlI1QJzriqk8ctWlNl8HE/w300-h400/IMG_4384.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">A different type of treat was glass art at the university's <a href="https://www.optics.arizona.edu/events/visit-us">Optical Sciences building</a>. The striking largely glass building has six floors of antique optics, architecture and art, with a rooftop patio where you can look out over the campus. It was a nice way to cap off the day.</span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">(And there's more to come when Quilt Fiesta! opens tomorrow! It's the annual show by the Tucson quilt guild. I'll file a full report!)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujXWAEUroEOlkbDGiNHwiPT8eDMm8BGbaQ9Z5ULFGnsC3G0jjYsITW9AkG-Al6F5Ek62fwNUqEeffjxNuS08iBG5oJ-7JjPM3bk4t_pEMHy7YDfeT087SQDhmrAM_zvGU0HmoT_SvjliG_hh3AXnZUosCaBZiVVKkK7CFyjcRs7pIiAxYAX4BPma12yI/s4032/IMG_4385.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujXWAEUroEOlkbDGiNHwiPT8eDMm8BGbaQ9Z5ULFGnsC3G0jjYsITW9AkG-Al6F5Ek62fwNUqEeffjxNuS08iBG5oJ-7JjPM3bk4t_pEMHy7YDfeT087SQDhmrAM_zvGU0HmoT_SvjliG_hh3AXnZUosCaBZiVVKkK7CFyjcRs7pIiAxYAX4BPma12yI/w300-h400/IMG_4385.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-J4mLO6wH0EeJ_qcf2jVUj1iIdbMqNeJnFAweNhBfLuB5jFqLPy3NMoZUYjIg54sLXvo3S3ve6wzKMxUsOWpwEughR2pWQiJe6-AQ6LSZL0357hVHJqAgFLZNSvubl63laAohMRXZobavuaWV5XzjVC_Y5IcF7VGMvoGjcRyELbO1_0j50Cweg6pwrI/s4032/IMG_4388.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-J4mLO6wH0EeJ_qcf2jVUj1iIdbMqNeJnFAweNhBfLuB5jFqLPy3NMoZUYjIg54sLXvo3S3ve6wzKMxUsOWpwEughR2pWQiJe6-AQ6LSZL0357hVHJqAgFLZNSvubl63laAohMRXZobavuaWV5XzjVC_Y5IcF7VGMvoGjcRyELbO1_0j50Cweg6pwrI/w400-h300/IMG_4388.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Have an artful day</span></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-63763816456840140592024-02-13T16:45:00.001-07:002024-02-13T16:45:29.920-07:00Sweet World quilted rollup<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjuuBlIWLD22pQMC5rcrUGyFKh9oA0SpEIVLemMFGHZpwtAP1Hq0cB5ajvvenwrsBKuX4FxNLH_KTvfXDur-P2y4Vab5wIcwl4NsM0kU_gN7kOQdtdmKIJcUrEvdByUzAu2LCdLhFsa9GU9mgwpTuljNb9KePJ7Vd-Ro9dRy1g-GhiMPMETO5MYZbp1c/s2740/IMG_4250.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="2596" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjuuBlIWLD22pQMC5rcrUGyFKh9oA0SpEIVLemMFGHZpwtAP1Hq0cB5ajvvenwrsBKuX4FxNLH_KTvfXDur-P2y4Vab5wIcwl4NsM0kU_gN7kOQdtdmKIJcUrEvdByUzAu2LCdLhFsa9GU9mgwpTuljNb9KePJ7Vd-Ro9dRy1g-GhiMPMETO5MYZbp1c/w379-h400/IMG_4250.jpeg" width="379" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">As soon as I found out I was going to be a grandma, I started buying pastel baby fabric. I just couldn't help myself! One of my purchases was this charm pack called "Sweet World." It's sugary sweet but I'm making no apologies! Infants have that effect on you.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIRBFVsXwIqgzJ5QlAajcG6-rp7fXoeKNQKU-2bQDgvArpaGt_l9HAMFylX3XaB-Co9njuFLAaWDZlRGz5-En0XTQOQUZGnoK5Nq5GEY1bPBjmn_6p4wA1j3GBrfrIZ37ECKGTzWjqDsB-5gQUHJC-cirQ8QdBoTU3m8EcQUnEGuEXhvmBVAJZCuEcVU/s4032/IMG_4326.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIRBFVsXwIqgzJ5QlAajcG6-rp7fXoeKNQKU-2bQDgvArpaGt_l9HAMFylX3XaB-Co9njuFLAaWDZlRGz5-En0XTQOQUZGnoK5Nq5GEY1bPBjmn_6p4wA1j3GBrfrIZ37ECKGTzWjqDsB-5gQUHJC-cirQ8QdBoTU3m8EcQUnEGuEXhvmBVAJZCuEcVU/s320/IMG_4326.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I turned the squares into a soft, quilted rollup pouch that blends in nicely with all the pastel baby Easter stuff I bought at the craft store last weekend.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSUBqLlRAmLAJd7f3qrpLSed9ZDxzoD2OKLWkDkOYKnhZJAePgBDF1LWomYu7WWny7vrp02YMK8X9l8i6f9LGTjZBVwzg0hipeVIZi8w3ptiOi6szG-6I9Sl2E461tWmho8nwcRGcVhiXP_7o_WXrXIEOVcj6T4hptY3VnhDsGWqUOxxvQrAH1sEGwVM/s4032/IMG_4325.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSUBqLlRAmLAJd7f3qrpLSed9ZDxzoD2OKLWkDkOYKnhZJAePgBDF1LWomYu7WWny7vrp02YMK8X9l8i6f9LGTjZBVwzg0hipeVIZi8w3ptiOi6szG-6I9Sl2E461tWmho8nwcRGcVhiXP_7o_WXrXIEOVcj6T4hptY3VnhDsGWqUOxxvQrAH1sEGwVM/s320/IMG_4325.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I figure that my daughter can use it for holding baby supplies of some sort.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ChljrV7ecP5XiFCgwutg33sZNu5-dzigLbp1iUFSSU_LFbivJnfpJv32VnWbkWY4ZveGRfvmen2GNepgXPKYt3MDghPmLu2VACdnEBr37ei_7M8bihmPl27GsK_g4fjl6vrYrQNQIklZAONVr5s9evEuUmxmUR0sF2u-TgDWqX-3gHIaqxrbqmygyHU/s3595/IMG_4324.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3595" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ChljrV7ecP5XiFCgwutg33sZNu5-dzigLbp1iUFSSU_LFbivJnfpJv32VnWbkWY4ZveGRfvmen2GNepgXPKYt3MDghPmLu2VACdnEBr37ei_7M8bihmPl27GsK_g4fjl6vrYrQNQIklZAONVr5s9evEuUmxmUR0sF2u-TgDWqX-3gHIaqxrbqmygyHU/s320/IMG_4324.jpeg" width="269" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">You simply make a square quilt -- mine was about 14 inches square -- and then join three corners as above and sew the triangles together. Quick and easy!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7ocVCHcY331Z7Dr_n6lkgoLmuqKwU2l5TnivKX7Fu3CmhNPoTWxeDtOKHbsI7x60U5iOWVnSZ7RIrPeK5r0uWVRKtx3XgcPXrgzs33Up_sCPacVGeNusfiIR5SHvx0yUSado0HgpaHttDSHFjI3Qb4UCLcyoM3Z83xctll-thg5OFyevAYG9kdBhwKc/s4032/IMG_4323.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7ocVCHcY331Z7Dr_n6lkgoLmuqKwU2l5TnivKX7Fu3CmhNPoTWxeDtOKHbsI7x60U5iOWVnSZ7RIrPeK5r0uWVRKtx3XgcPXrgzs33Up_sCPacVGeNusfiIR5SHvx0yUSado0HgpaHttDSHFjI3Qb4UCLcyoM3Z83xctll-thg5OFyevAYG9kdBhwKc/s320/IMG_4323.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">"May the stars shine upon you forever and always."</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWt2Ai3NqwxtqiQDidvicYIUsLtFeVGh9y684p8DZZiDUE9VRLZdDHcFVxRz2RDLodhOk3zDTEAFdeWcf5ZTQCSiMkamBbCKafGjpG2Y2jgCh117bSh1og8k0-Fwf-2-PkIPG1JOvap_fmwammJG9C2v4e8FYrkzzkBP9KY9Mc7Ia6PdaNHb4LcJQAIk/s4032/IMG_4322.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWt2Ai3NqwxtqiQDidvicYIUsLtFeVGh9y684p8DZZiDUE9VRLZdDHcFVxRz2RDLodhOk3zDTEAFdeWcf5ZTQCSiMkamBbCKafGjpG2Y2jgCh117bSh1og8k0-Fwf-2-PkIPG1JOvap_fmwammJG9C2v4e8FYrkzzkBP9KY9Mc7Ia6PdaNHb4LcJQAIk/s320/IMG_4322.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The hand-painted silk ribbon is held on with a cheery yellow flower button.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D5IGunldNF6KmEWRmFuTndgjd5XAGyUZCVM9hNz7bp3afZDt_tliE5_SHZzTFHfzawvEeILsFXzzjKDCbBo8y05J5-FgiJpRZFjsFDzGl4L0KLEJkfm7x3rKXWqrznCkqYMhAQ_NCrNotG4nmjhLjC31OqcExQX9cZnXkKnBB1vDpv46Dvt49VHzdDE/s4032/IMG_4321.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D5IGunldNF6KmEWRmFuTndgjd5XAGyUZCVM9hNz7bp3afZDt_tliE5_SHZzTFHfzawvEeILsFXzzjKDCbBo8y05J5-FgiJpRZFjsFDzGl4L0KLEJkfm7x3rKXWqrznCkqYMhAQ_NCrNotG4nmjhLjC31OqcExQX9cZnXkKnBB1vDpv46Dvt49VHzdDE/s320/IMG_4321.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Also, we have snow on the mountains! All that rain last week came down as snow on the Catalinas. But this week it's back to being sunny and warm.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4-cEZKLSSlLWslNIaPNLI2tzp4aRJJrPqmMo_ENoVCE7QgRrtjr3YLmRnQWgpsHKkf0jzyFRn6oom1YjfSi_lEHc_Nzs5w36JFN0H9uVKIPN6rBAK6HYomBiKDc3QbLc1VwbB3ZiVsgqd1D4HbM5-Yf3penTEL400CkjnqYgYMzkZaEgpfUZRFqsawg/s3524/IMG_4273.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="3524" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4-cEZKLSSlLWslNIaPNLI2tzp4aRJJrPqmMo_ENoVCE7QgRrtjr3YLmRnQWgpsHKkf0jzyFRn6oom1YjfSi_lEHc_Nzs5w36JFN0H9uVKIPN6rBAK6HYomBiKDc3QbLc1VwbB3ZiVsgqd1D4HbM5-Yf3penTEL400CkjnqYgYMzkZaEgpfUZRFqsawg/s320/IMG_4273.jpeg" width="320" /><br /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-55693844196753925312024-02-11T11:38:00.000-07:002024-02-11T11:38:30.324-07:00Lap stitch pillow, Juniper and AI<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSm94954hlZChSBWKkGKAh_CEEWw2z_DM088pxPdcTlzTzJbqgGpxJ9-CzL0uZxpaf_FWocHGlcZAWtgQWtg-F3oID38P-nOA-kxXoaynxj_PRbLYdsHilx7L9wllTFQT0e99Zn7oBjGKZKW70llqy20w-7B1Ewg_TV2xKeS8989KOp5fj96oZKyGmyo/s4032/IMG_4311.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSm94954hlZChSBWKkGKAh_CEEWw2z_DM088pxPdcTlzTzJbqgGpxJ9-CzL0uZxpaf_FWocHGlcZAWtgQWtg-F3oID38P-nOA-kxXoaynxj_PRbLYdsHilx7L9wllTFQT0e99Zn7oBjGKZKW70llqy20w-7B1Ewg_TV2xKeS8989KOp5fj96oZKyGmyo/w300-h400/IMG_4311.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I just made a plump little pillow to place on my lap when I'm doing hand stitching. It elevates the work so you don't have to hold it up or bend your neck so far. Nancy from Woolies showed us hers last meeting and that inspired me to make one.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfyU1CzrMBk49xS7Y0gqy3rxUOMAe30PV1zd0TBLbaHV-Fy5wvyKBjW8g8iZHqNkwvQIIHvdWBWXru9cWR-04at89W1lbOA8qCmTzozr_Jj5dQb0OLd7e_caXxbT3y_NhElUBrntnIWTIySxBsDyKG7uOjMSZTAC2dIJ0JGs8r-sDibnacnwGUhbHc2k/s4032/IMG_4307.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfyU1CzrMBk49xS7Y0gqy3rxUOMAe30PV1zd0TBLbaHV-Fy5wvyKBjW8g8iZHqNkwvQIIHvdWBWXru9cWR-04at89W1lbOA8qCmTzozr_Jj5dQb0OLd7e_caXxbT3y_NhElUBrntnIWTIySxBsDyKG7uOjMSZTAC2dIJ0JGs8r-sDibnacnwGUhbHc2k/w300-h400/IMG_4307.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I mainly liked the cool shape! You start by quilting two squares, one each for the front and back, with contrasting fabric. I made mine 15 inches square. To get the zigzag look, you start sewing the front and back together by putting the corner of one piece at the middle of any side on the other piece and then sewing all the way around, pivoting at the corners. Leave an opening, turn and stuff.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_yvyOsSNG6vnHnA8PgRgCAAQowZ-61jeRoUZYv_aGju3rFZDnkzmHqRPUYUdfHiT51gMDlcYIeqhcbVENSqZOP48Cmgtt4KktVgVBjbc5iAzTFLJKj0xB8bpTOpo0hhD6c1UKl0ND163mjbmysD6Br-v6JQ55RAC0X-psDxFjl021ZJtlHCrxe5HPDU/s4032/IMG_4309.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_yvyOsSNG6vnHnA8PgRgCAAQowZ-61jeRoUZYv_aGju3rFZDnkzmHqRPUYUdfHiT51gMDlcYIeqhcbVENSqZOP48Cmgtt4KktVgVBjbc5iAzTFLJKj0xB8bpTOpo0hhD6c1UKl0ND163mjbmysD6Br-v6JQ55RAC0X-psDxFjl021ZJtlHCrxe5HPDU/w300-h400/IMG_4309.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrAbWrY7H2EVfa769QVXEiYy9dmW2SXt5HoqgiIYeVdHJ_4swKNSahx5G1F8DcrhXM2ooL6tM7yD5HtdjrDtjHO4ARGPo0WFVCG24nSA0qXv1BazYuS6GRUfsHPymsdtXomBMiheoPcP0mvnWvhPAGeJ_StpUEn6ww2yS7lEvUNDMfUaqZggR8Bkhlr4/s4032/IMG_4310.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrAbWrY7H2EVfa769QVXEiYy9dmW2SXt5HoqgiIYeVdHJ_4swKNSahx5G1F8DcrhXM2ooL6tM7yD5HtdjrDtjHO4ARGPo0WFVCG24nSA0qXv1BazYuS6GRUfsHPymsdtXomBMiheoPcP0mvnWvhPAGeJ_StpUEn6ww2yS7lEvUNDMfUaqZggR8Bkhlr4/w300-h400/IMG_4310.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I also like the handy handle, which you make by sewing a handle strip across one corner before sewing the two squares together. That makes it easier to carry along with all your other sewing stuff. I read a tutorial for the pillow online, but now I can't find it otherwise I'd link you to it.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFHrpFykp-YehWLnaQZ9pdYSSY8cpb7OtZYsKDN8z5NylU4o3iPv3uGhOcHT0-80YLMjED6YkKYsUX1pz2ZLsPKIUioMOn7UeC3ZHiNEMHBa9WHWcUkW8KgK7gegmy6cvW-S1apXbQ4_CxWXBHM-hJ6IL9Y6ZU24GclMMQEpPb4uLULoAOLyT8OSUtT4/s4032/IMG_4301.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCFHrpFykp-YehWLnaQZ9pdYSSY8cpb7OtZYsKDN8z5NylU4o3iPv3uGhOcHT0-80YLMjED6YkKYsUX1pz2ZLsPKIUioMOn7UeC3ZHiNEMHBa9WHWcUkW8KgK7gegmy6cvW-S1apXbQ4_CxWXBHM-hJ6IL9Y6ZU24GclMMQEpPb4uLULoAOLyT8OSUtT4/w300-h400/IMG_4301.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Which leads me to Juniper! I went to the craft store JUST to buy a bag of stuffing for the pillow and ended up filling a cart with cute Easter/spring stuff for my daughter to use when she takes Juniper's first Easter photos with the bunnies.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-8GS1uIrzg-ORyDStlJOduV6rwggshYvZRYvvdHuHa1e2a1CJ62e58-rO1mL90OhNj9WlLUQbp_sf7iyLXpV7JFnVdOA-IWY2qoZYLBMQ7RSY1CAZabImIDXlyZppYDZf_oiWpJ-ZJtH8w-Utu9dkId0FY78LFtSxDP4NhDqYe5nseH_VzYrLv1JYGo/s1524/IMG_4283.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-8GS1uIrzg-ORyDStlJOduV6rwggshYvZRYvvdHuHa1e2a1CJ62e58-rO1mL90OhNj9WlLUQbp_sf7iyLXpV7JFnVdOA-IWY2qoZYLBMQ7RSY1CAZabImIDXlyZppYDZf_oiWpJ-ZJtH8w-Utu9dkId0FY78LFtSxDP4NhDqYe5nseH_VzYrLv1JYGo/w310-h400/IMG_4283.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">My daughter posted this on Instagram, showing how tiny Juniper is in her front carrier. That prompted me to dig out this photo of me carrying Julia in a Snugli back in the day. Julia was about six months old in this photo, while Juniper is only one month. But she's plumping out at a good pace! And that's my son, Keith, on his first pony ride where we lived in St. Louis.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv6hLrizh_HGM4gn94KTPjtU265BsY43G39fXIww0qhqKHBIDMLSK3Lm8nQ40rZWhJ2y53VOQdfYyJRsdxFZa_p0SeMTsODbhOcrWx1ZG9VI7im5GZCcdlxiKnsbBiQaak8lGNCAV4_cRmovpguLIKqDyr0X_unJEfqU6fGn1bZ3hLxnjD8ZbLlmqmE4/s4032/IMG_4281.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv6hLrizh_HGM4gn94KTPjtU265BsY43G39fXIww0qhqKHBIDMLSK3Lm8nQ40rZWhJ2y53VOQdfYyJRsdxFZa_p0SeMTsODbhOcrWx1ZG9VI7im5GZCcdlxiKnsbBiQaak8lGNCAV4_cRmovpguLIKqDyr0X_unJEfqU6fGn1bZ3hLxnjD8ZbLlmqmE4/w400-h300/IMG_4281.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXwb5lnv9raWAUSTVMekxwjOV-14AWkRetSJVsKcup-a5dex7FMxRvzxusTj8cg0BJsgiLsPHM9FlA2E_78uCGpTd1Z5z6tMt5LNY_JDFbR5C0v7edm9TaVS9Lv8tqcNoBxpT609M5vRSbaSJWU5_G_nwsOS50obWH3-GfjAE1YY9kVadR2KBNrVd4w0/s1125/IMG_2317.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXwb5lnv9raWAUSTVMekxwjOV-14AWkRetSJVsKcup-a5dex7FMxRvzxusTj8cg0BJsgiLsPHM9FlA2E_78uCGpTd1Z5z6tMt5LNY_JDFbR5C0v7edm9TaVS9Lv8tqcNoBxpT609M5vRSbaSJWU5_G_nwsOS50obWH3-GfjAE1YY9kVadR2KBNrVd4w0/w400-h400/IMG_2317.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Julia also sent me some logos that she made while playing around with an AI app. I have mixed feelings about AI because it will probably put a lot of artists and graphic designers out of work, but it's still pretty amazing what you can do with it. But I will only use my own work.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcLc0knoZ19mExkWsyfYf-cbMkcaH18M138Hr5z8VeuL1f3t4QhCrc9qwabsc3-MUAtk1rD6QsuRJ3Y9pFgqSRwUlvLdTLHTXqTqU8Rj-frvKM6ZjmeP9oKeF7XoWf3RaKLm0ZhN_RnMYqCgz9eqp_yqwGdyd8T_W6N1RtrhXq2kr3JcXkQs5jU3fKls/s1115/IMG_2318.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcLc0knoZ19mExkWsyfYf-cbMkcaH18M138Hr5z8VeuL1f3t4QhCrc9qwabsc3-MUAtk1rD6QsuRJ3Y9pFgqSRwUlvLdTLHTXqTqU8Rj-frvKM6ZjmeP9oKeF7XoWf3RaKLm0ZhN_RnMYqCgz9eqp_yqwGdyd8T_W6N1RtrhXq2kr3JcXkQs5jU3fKls/w400-h400/IMG_2318.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqMed9ZhPzMwqB4Qvx32Afv_R2e6lTlXJYhrTVt8Pb6lz9kv8bxBcV-hiGKTVWfSBx49zKSbmeosRztvd5H00BD3PNGYhLLg1E3AFnl9YjDTbE4fXhLw1eZysI1L5p6xyrLxTsQg8y0OnvsiR2LXYhZujQGTwHOyIfCZhrgP9HMh6kiuHdH6-qEM50U8/s1125/IMG_2316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqMed9ZhPzMwqB4Qvx32Afv_R2e6lTlXJYhrTVt8Pb6lz9kv8bxBcV-hiGKTVWfSBx49zKSbmeosRztvd5H00BD3PNGYhLLg1E3AFnl9YjDTbE4fXhLw1eZysI1L5p6xyrLxTsQg8y0OnvsiR2LXYhZujQGTwHOyIfCZhrgP9HMh6kiuHdH6-qEM50U8/w400-h400/IMG_2316.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Have a colorful day</span></div></span><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-84019419330918996612024-02-06T12:53:00.003-07:002024-02-06T12:53:59.577-07:00Juniper and Charlie<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkIFHJBb2uBHjK6XxWYRn5J-lnEg23YwdLE6iqY2GJdOHrXg5ZQ3HiTLTSdBMrYAaWhp9Gmd1aFXEW2E9YaSTZSJfzlHYJ9Qk5U64DUO34reg89yhyjUjc6dDvuujVjP4p9NI0bZRkkfWepUjyK9u2wr_MOZiVUNYtVLZTsK1wgSiv8gfbP4M7oiHFZQ/s1551/IMG_2267.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkIFHJBb2uBHjK6XxWYRn5J-lnEg23YwdLE6iqY2GJdOHrXg5ZQ3HiTLTSdBMrYAaWhp9Gmd1aFXEW2E9YaSTZSJfzlHYJ9Qk5U64DUO34reg89yhyjUjc6dDvuujVjP4p9NI0bZRkkfWepUjyK9u2wr_MOZiVUNYtVLZTsK1wgSiv8gfbP4M7oiHFZQ/w275-h400/IMG_2267.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Look how tiny my one-month-old granddaughter, Juniper, is next to her constant companion, Charlie! (My daughter and her husband have decided not to put Juniper's face on social media, which is why there's a heart over her very cute and adorable face.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Charlie is about 18 pounds and Juniper is pushing 7. She must think it's perfectly normal to have a huge guard cat when you enter this world.</span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Happy one-month birthday, little Juniper!!! Grandma loves you!!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-43561703066092923382024-02-03T14:54:00.000-07:002024-02-03T14:54:35.068-07:00Sewing through the storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPruOZ7kfY-j_YDPMDB60TDvXDxk71nsO2xqXXE-DsetV-eRyKequt5peXJyLw1ZIibXADi3XpmT7QYvXaAXXFIyfpx9aXPMI298EGC4IVUCPip__V4w-d8ObRS16v4BDzbWKcwN15sAXCFawBLmp9HXEC4AZKEjuTyGC2muOvdjR174c6jSLGoLTJLs/s4032/IMG_4199.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPruOZ7kfY-j_YDPMDB60TDvXDxk71nsO2xqXXE-DsetV-eRyKequt5peXJyLw1ZIibXADi3XpmT7QYvXaAXXFIyfpx9aXPMI298EGC4IVUCPip__V4w-d8ObRS16v4BDzbWKcwN15sAXCFawBLmp9HXEC4AZKEjuTyGC2muOvdjR174c6jSLGoLTJLs/w300-h400/IMG_4199.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">It was a nasty, dark, stormy day yesterday so I hunkered down at home and sewed. I took the video in my backyard while it was hailing and thundering.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyYM0E4skSRN-PeIHc9ymkFWQzVqy90eqxdU_gsDmzvGdf7MsBAW5qKaF4fzUfjPDrQS7Vcb2Y39Z7CmG7amQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My front porch chairs were covered in hail.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr00ymV_EnXe-TT24WjBfiwsGldzqjXBq9FkujGzhCZcYsbGBivNhZ2IQegUPzfRQF8iOe2ctv1KRsb2IgNkM0RelORm8z9UnEvmBYTu4a5M-QCuXchNEh3MsujlM5VyVrHHtX6CX8up1cMt0hpuVOGYATBJHDsH4RZR85DcvprtQAZiMBlS4a9_-P5M/s4032/IMG_4198.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr00ymV_EnXe-TT24WjBfiwsGldzqjXBq9FkujGzhCZcYsbGBivNhZ2IQegUPzfRQF8iOe2ctv1KRsb2IgNkM0RelORm8z9UnEvmBYTu4a5M-QCuXchNEh3MsujlM5VyVrHHtX6CX8up1cMt0hpuVOGYATBJHDsH4RZR85DcvprtQAZiMBlS4a9_-P5M/w300-h400/IMG_4198.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="3444" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUVbM7FQS37-qPUEZWtUVdkKhfnb0LjxY099yw6x-M5jp4yXPH8XCXu0Vz1a2vMWsEDm_Mm_AnHSrENk_9g6soP1Z1XQRWHDAAf06m5Sew57iloOZ33O5NLZG5qbVsJOGhrh3FVKXFTRrjZ-2PwvjqIAmw6L0U-3mG7trWqBB8xnieOgmOD9dInHlq3s/w400-h319/IMG_4208.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I made a padded zippered pouch using colors that reminded me of my trip to visit my new granddaughter. Snow, pine trees, the yellow blanket made by Pat that wrapped her, Charlie the orange cat who was always by her side, and brown for the piles of chocolate that my daughter and son-in-law gave me! The front and back are about the same.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2538" data-original-width="3293" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6q6oa1Mz-xT93c6tfTZwpfP2qhdKhUPhth2X8ExC9vKawZ9cEE16dP2-KleRnq6XdMW4CunMRRkARtI6BRjYu569w53g5fZ0c3CMJmP4Bj-G-o5kFPPqT8ercKD6iIUiesBWbK4Ugjw4tyMb8vNiTYdFfrG3S5tTeyRw0L0Zba5agPsddhsFoOpBvCo/w400-h309/IMG_4207.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I have to find a better technique for the ends of the zipper so they don't pull at the corners of the bag.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMCdGlYUVMqhIpiGSlTdVkbqhjm2_MPPvK9pkoBxWONLw3Jx_TVDyY3Ck9dB9EGzTokZtG1miUQ6oJjP8bAHGxfH6rI1DJ1I6u7Y9KABf6OXi05J0gx3W25emJYnQ55rcDr9Ps7M0yppTIOdT9encryiZZDkD9eC-8gnbGXGXXEWow-QOympdDUhHT3A/s3398/IMG_4209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3398" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMCdGlYUVMqhIpiGSlTdVkbqhjm2_MPPvK9pkoBxWONLw3Jx_TVDyY3Ck9dB9EGzTokZtG1miUQ6oJjP8bAHGxfH6rI1DJ1I6u7Y9KABf6OXi05J0gx3W25emJYnQ55rcDr9Ps7M0yppTIOdT9encryiZZDkD9eC-8gnbGXGXXEWow-QOympdDUhHT3A/w356-h400/IMG_4209.jpeg" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">When I spread the fabrics on my cutting table, I realized that they perfectly matched the desert light switch plates that my daughter gave me for Christmas!<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSn-gLGC3P_zy5cq5yQD6qtcRFiRqN8Cl-NudweT178hdc9DUQAAm7cLMK74scn_L_2cDue9FH1x-JULtpj43DJqwrVKU_lBPdbx-egOmEwufSG3JoRBygH-Uj-kULEZUGVx9MsS0J-bBoBE7LMjhEHQ3klwA-P4964IuiCiGZRGWK8oQHyVk4kwQgCr8/s4032/IMG_4192.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSn-gLGC3P_zy5cq5yQD6qtcRFiRqN8Cl-NudweT178hdc9DUQAAm7cLMK74scn_L_2cDue9FH1x-JULtpj43DJqwrVKU_lBPdbx-egOmEwufSG3JoRBygH-Uj-kULEZUGVx9MsS0J-bBoBE7LMjhEHQ3klwA-P4964IuiCiGZRGWK8oQHyVk4kwQgCr8/w400-h300/IMG_4192.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5z4qTmXE05s_C5N6nUDhoM7_XNKIoKMJ3blfeuLJsJAjcUGtr5YGvY4iTP1_k4982YQAAtRLwbTHVIR7s2MbpGnLJ3-O-ACSLs_ALOWkaJfhmc0afg2mJmM6GWra_bpUljztA3edyYxgnj548KYyJRjwoLCzT5nay_iO4zNGdWAnTAgjPN-JUtiY_5A/s4032/IMG_4191.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5z4qTmXE05s_C5N6nUDhoM7_XNKIoKMJ3blfeuLJsJAjcUGtr5YGvY4iTP1_k4982YQAAtRLwbTHVIR7s2MbpGnLJ3-O-ACSLs_ALOWkaJfhmc0afg2mJmM6GWra_bpUljztA3edyYxgnj548KYyJRjwoLCzT5nay_iO4zNGdWAnTAgjPN-JUtiY_5A/w300-h400/IMG_4191.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Today is a mixture of clouds and sun, but the rain has moved on. You can see a little snow on the tops of the Catalinas. I should be out walking but I'm feeling lazy and want to sew some more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUAqmc6fZzqEvWQ1XrIHXKAGBLTulWZUPl_DUfhcoGthVI0weRbpiW0TE6hJcOPV6EivpUAh4F-H72u4IhLdpr1HxmE2qEA1riLiLWSd57JmQjaW27IsX3c9Yh7N6uQFiTQtat0mM0PwmnH2xO7ErSVVEISi8c3qZgypJfpPkOXDxRQVgAuo1L-l-fsE/w300-h400/IMG_4206.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="300" /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-43539289984912610332024-01-29T14:50:00.002-07:002024-01-29T21:22:44.001-07:00In love with my granddaughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3035" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHbpQoxemHYbLMwhe2TuJ5Spmy7_I9qVXwQFAwPhJWK9SVu4CWDFmhAlwH86zia-Zc3FlH1643sbBLiMeTu-C7fbuSj5jLkXmSdlrJoJ6T1-_IKqJEynToVAhkRZRvV6c9_RpVcWygOSNqJWGmCvY99niXtMCVj7Ay5FIdTRTwLL0DLDsOyuCy1yIkio/w399-h400/IMG_2155.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="399" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I just got back from ten wonderful days in Spokane with my new granddaughter, Juniper. I'm head over heels in love with the tiny bundle -- only 5 pounds 14 ounces when she was born but gaining steadily. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I'm not showing her full face because my daughter worries about online predators and weirdos out there. But trust me, she's a BEAUTIFUL baby!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mvF4Y6YIUfa3tBrWuWPCgJFSemITJTYubbh1oldkRcZ0n6IfCNm1bhU1T7H6yXUMLrD0vaNWmKd_6aySZr80DCUBrSgnixq1ep_mTiim6yzqTyjHcdNmdzH_n0MQ4hBvjJUNes0iNjqU147_uyFUaQTLWW9ywurDS-H1uwy5lDgxZcXU_pLevPgDW-Y/s543/IMG_3976%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="543" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mvF4Y6YIUfa3tBrWuWPCgJFSemITJTYubbh1oldkRcZ0n6IfCNm1bhU1T7H6yXUMLrD0vaNWmKd_6aySZr80DCUBrSgnixq1ep_mTiim6yzqTyjHcdNmdzH_n0MQ4hBvjJUNes0iNjqU147_uyFUaQTLWW9ywurDS-H1uwy5lDgxZcXU_pLevPgDW-Y/w400-h344/IMG_3976%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I could hardly take my eyes off of her (even though I'm looking at my phone in the picture). I held her for hours at a time while she slept and her parents rested. Charlie the cat always kept watch over her. He signaled his acceptance of me with a head bump.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3971" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNd026stS4nwhuKWyT6O0RQpGCtKk5GYN1KfSnRwwR71FR4EbtQexobFZgueuxU5n4zFnDpUkpWA3kyqCwHgIJzLocPQ29mcXDLY5MuTloiAf-p3B4lWyKRbw26msg8A7bxJ801Iqbf3J7M5X-HXvhkmQmBY9yCsn0X7O8Kzmck2j5nD8mCsrKgr_1G0/w305-h400/IMG_4031.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="305" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIutmDbcdJUtB31VBPHKeqKKLgtuIIjYHNIKizY8HGy57X5UZyVru8DO1uJea1YuE-fZOC7HORkz5Ya62unJjeV5L0Lw6UDQR-GKZGzE0JCYtDh0oq7JLsruxHqiYGOZrlynyovaAHhPJE0fzv4ETiwrhn4D83nCEVjjq8GWkKoXy254Er05CaeVh2lU/s495/IMG_4012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="495" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIutmDbcdJUtB31VBPHKeqKKLgtuIIjYHNIKizY8HGy57X5UZyVru8DO1uJea1YuE-fZOC7HORkz5Ya62unJjeV5L0Lw6UDQR-GKZGzE0JCYtDh0oq7JLsruxHqiYGOZrlynyovaAHhPJE0fzv4ETiwrhn4D83nCEVjjq8GWkKoXy254Er05CaeVh2lU/w400-h360/IMG_4012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">Her tiny perfect hands just stole my heart, especially when the little fingers wrapped around mine! And the little feet!!! Am I gushing? Yes, I am.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0cPnKI5FoDKoUfzG0jHTpU2hrUB1PYtPvaEb4UTnhyphenhyphen1pVYMb44kVJZ5h0vY5g5V8mYwmKNYuGIZMpuIfCZKpKGQ_gu5wYPamPIQSUvw7zKanR-N-6oqTo-dxz3uR06eCg67ZXaEZZkex10BcLdFxIX91r8qcf7bSkS0QIzoeGtHFJdqr0da4IBGg20Q/s2329/IMG_4113.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2063" data-original-width="2329" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0cPnKI5FoDKoUfzG0jHTpU2hrUB1PYtPvaEb4UTnhyphenhyphen1pVYMb44kVJZ5h0vY5g5V8mYwmKNYuGIZMpuIfCZKpKGQ_gu5wYPamPIQSUvw7zKanR-N-6oqTo-dxz3uR06eCg67ZXaEZZkex10BcLdFxIX91r8qcf7bSkS0QIzoeGtHFJdqr0da4IBGg20Q/w400-h354/IMG_4113.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB8KRbopnV_TRkN43PD4e4g6SLjjA7r2MEAmOZ5ogU-ifzR0Ta1wW2IXYUiV2Qhpmh05jbFWEwORFCtZfK7WjfRK3MVWym7ewRYpPi1A9qKCNO1HhBP1AMOTWbX-9PBYL6BLSqpYPIN4CMcuVY69peMkmYj7fAOrQ2isJ9tgIXhBR-kB-uUCp_L-mFbo/s2526/IMG_4037.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2526" data-original-width="2449" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB8KRbopnV_TRkN43PD4e4g6SLjjA7r2MEAmOZ5ogU-ifzR0Ta1wW2IXYUiV2Qhpmh05jbFWEwORFCtZfK7WjfRK3MVWym7ewRYpPi1A9qKCNO1HhBP1AMOTWbX-9PBYL6BLSqpYPIN4CMcuVY69peMkmYj7fAOrQ2isJ9tgIXhBR-kB-uUCp_L-mFbo/w388-h400/IMG_4037.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">The other cat, Tiny, and the rabbits weren't nearly as interested in her as Charlie was. I think Tiny just wanted to be outside in the snow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx3O4L5Abmm86IrWhQsPpv5MFHh5jVvMQp0FR3IOQsv_GpB6nNmxIdc1mtZ5bUN-_yub7r3PNMrAXQMvxZ_Zu16sujjJvP_FrDK6KjWQdbzHTD2dViqVl3DGYKtjPt9Y1fXiMEqx5tA_MfL3Yg1L4vUkj3eiJUK7CLk5SEVDaKqE7YhJ08KF-mcDUkc8/s3754/IMG_4022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3754" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAx3O4L5Abmm86IrWhQsPpv5MFHh5jVvMQp0FR3IOQsv_GpB6nNmxIdc1mtZ5bUN-_yub7r3PNMrAXQMvxZ_Zu16sujjJvP_FrDK6KjWQdbzHTD2dViqVl3DGYKtjPt9Y1fXiMEqx5tA_MfL3Yg1L4vUkj3eiJUK7CLk5SEVDaKqE7YhJ08KF-mcDUkc8/w323-h400/IMG_4022.jpeg" width="323" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUpcNTrr55s6v9cBnJ9NCXOrNYonnGWp4elBiYQI9Q_t2lHhi2CfXKOjpBEU2YaWjx8J5tDF8oOlXrAYnBKXE-BE7HhjyJWUUOW1cJSzeRz9GP8a8TA-7yT26MF_7wHvN_Od5gYXYK69rZ7-y-A1jdcFRgQNDmiWrz4AesRfn552h_v08wwDa4H3fe_A/s2801/IMG_4101.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2801" data-original-width="2557" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUpcNTrr55s6v9cBnJ9NCXOrNYonnGWp4elBiYQI9Q_t2lHhi2CfXKOjpBEU2YaWjx8J5tDF8oOlXrAYnBKXE-BE7HhjyJWUUOW1cJSzeRz9GP8a8TA-7yT26MF_7wHvN_Od5gYXYK69rZ7-y-A1jdcFRgQNDmiWrz4AesRfn552h_v08wwDa4H3fe_A/w365-h400/IMG_4101.jpeg" width="365" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I also did plenty of cooking to nourish Juniper's exhausted parents. They're both on parental leave and have settled into a routine where they watch the baby in shifts while the other sleeps. Since she was so tiny, she needed to eat every two-three hours round the clock. Jade is a nurse who normally works the night shift, so he's taken that shift at home and Julia is on duty during the day. I wish I lived closer so I could help more, but I know I'll be visiting as often as I can.<br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKwVpg6cBrRwQP15KvwCBDucTSTPJ43ydJMU4i6ssFK6JbsBaQqaQIEw-EbtYgCfMiU1Wq12f4pHJ9x3qF6olO3Nmo3NZTB5-nyyT_4RSIfqDb7S80cEs9i8ouU3nt1vgyTG17OvvHfgDqO0n9fGWyQQh_QLVgqX8AZfWkDv8y6o7guDULFUHOGHu7So/s2992/IMG_4130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2587" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKwVpg6cBrRwQP15KvwCBDucTSTPJ43ydJMU4i6ssFK6JbsBaQqaQIEw-EbtYgCfMiU1Wq12f4pHJ9x3qF6olO3Nmo3NZTB5-nyyT_4RSIfqDb7S80cEs9i8ouU3nt1vgyTG17OvvHfgDqO0n9fGWyQQh_QLVgqX8AZfWkDv8y6o7guDULFUHOGHu7So/w346-h400/IMG_4130.jpeg" width="346" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKwVpg6cBrRwQP15KvwCBDucTSTPJ43ydJMU4i6ssFK6JbsBaQqaQIEw-EbtYgCfMiU1Wq12f4pHJ9x3qF6olO3Nmo3NZTB5-nyyT_4RSIfqDb7S80cEs9i8ouU3nt1vgyTG17OvvHfgDqO0n9fGWyQQh_QLVgqX8AZfWkDv8y6o7guDULFUHOGHu7So/s2992/IMG_4130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-65640350829586955712024-01-14T09:21:00.000-07:002024-01-14T09:21:06.242-07:00Canyon Wind finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjks-ZCKlgQPc83Vgcn-BXkBfQdB1Kd4hOFKbWsJ5Tr60bDn28phmCCpgo1hlBvecrtgulp9XH4M8SkHKis1RF_qCMXLPCDr85ioszGRz4gSje5KSazvJ-6PzgEZ65pXBPN0acniCKO1nOS2ZnwPBaLWBk0YgKPb4h3UNFtYvbtZjHobhD-elWR9QdAggk/s3564/IMG_3899.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2617" data-original-width="3564" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjks-ZCKlgQPc83Vgcn-BXkBfQdB1Kd4hOFKbWsJ5Tr60bDn28phmCCpgo1hlBvecrtgulp9XH4M8SkHKis1RF_qCMXLPCDr85ioszGRz4gSje5KSazvJ-6PzgEZ65pXBPN0acniCKO1nOS2ZnwPBaLWBk0YgKPb4h3UNFtYvbtZjHobhD-elWR9QdAggk/w400-h294/IMG_3899.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">"Canyon Wind," 36.5 x 49.5 inches</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">My first quilt finish of the year is one I started last summer, "Canyon Wind." It was inspired by my trip to the Grand Canyon. It sat on my studio floor for months just waiting for the binding, which I finally put on along with the hanging sleeve and label. Done!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I'm thinking of offering it for sale, so if you're interested email me to discuss: sherriequilt@yahoo.com.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYF0CzgfD16uBqtt06uPzgZ29i9QsqFe63gGqJGxSTbugg6eye5hQ3oDe-ProQ76nXiLQ_LdM6Ht9tIPydVauUVnGPYpEqW3SctKfeW4sNtwKU1tZJL9uo07LYm357U6ADBNb1cEVlL-1mb6iXfQCAmfSYsN6maIi_ZlQWvJpuCwv_vb_bgF56Csoxbg/s4032/IMG_1600.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYF0CzgfD16uBqtt06uPzgZ29i9QsqFe63gGqJGxSTbugg6eye5hQ3oDe-ProQ76nXiLQ_LdM6Ht9tIPydVauUVnGPYpEqW3SctKfeW4sNtwKU1tZJL9uo07LYm357U6ADBNb1cEVlL-1mb6iXfQCAmfSYsN6maIi_ZlQWvJpuCwv_vb_bgF56Csoxbg/w300-h400/IMG_1600.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I was going to paint my own fabric until I found the orange/purple strata batik in my stash and decided to use it instead. I cut it on the diagonal to give the quilt movement.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoYs7b1SPaK2QoGbPMqXqGK6DyumfECQmK8ImD1eO7Xg864nYbmYJb8QAZ5fTRKwvZOqtjcr_hDnNGZNe2500bZtNJhpGmYYbFZx3X9o2fLK8hx_pv7u8Fwx0DsTMBNGM48IY1wXvdQb7_2iUz6h6uMQPLoxX-sCHi3NJeusrGcpePHsoDrCzizfWUKk/s4032/IMG_3902.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoYs7b1SPaK2QoGbPMqXqGK6DyumfECQmK8ImD1eO7Xg864nYbmYJb8QAZ5fTRKwvZOqtjcr_hDnNGZNe2500bZtNJhpGmYYbFZx3X9o2fLK8hx_pv7u8Fwx0DsTMBNGM48IY1wXvdQb7_2iUz6h6uMQPLoxX-sCHi3NJeusrGcpePHsoDrCzizfWUKk/w400-h300/IMG_3902.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I imagined that as the wind kicks up in the canyon the air is full of energy and flashes of light and feathers and dust, so that's what I tried to portray.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFejAoN3hipf-B0wmkqWIYMSc7R13ozO1l1plM6WfTuVqsyVM6XVqWLwusILivLSSFKFMA71kB88fO0EDyM0XKZk0etlbjFCI-zQh4Ybzh3Jq9Cy5DT9VGHAHjwOWZ0VNK_tBoLnSAUXK0ymQzs3yATeeeeAup2zHH0cF9pyWrA79qF4rQG_lDMItvFp0/s4032/IMG_3901.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFejAoN3hipf-B0wmkqWIYMSc7R13ozO1l1plM6WfTuVqsyVM6XVqWLwusILivLSSFKFMA71kB88fO0EDyM0XKZk0etlbjFCI-zQh4Ybzh3Jq9Cy5DT9VGHAHjwOWZ0VNK_tBoLnSAUXK0ymQzs3yATeeeeAup2zHH0cF9pyWrA79qF4rQG_lDMItvFp0/w300-h400/IMG_3901.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CTF1Yoh0w5fLNss-qiysIWzpUoDlxTGsFqvs9ziLbN4XX1zeqYmGIAehZ9DDb1HqyRj2dtekHUJ_0ByDwKC3aGYrW-0D4EdnIi2PTch1qSixDZMuqqDStXh2nhf4qg0B-Md1kO6yVn1QUU5m78tiLPTVITCSHGNcrBvLgpxolSFvNNZNh4ZhTYbUb0/s4032/IMG_3875.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CTF1Yoh0w5fLNss-qiysIWzpUoDlxTGsFqvs9ziLbN4XX1zeqYmGIAehZ9DDb1HqyRj2dtekHUJ_0ByDwKC3aGYrW-0D4EdnIi2PTch1qSixDZMuqqDStXh2nhf4qg0B-Md1kO6yVn1QUU5m78tiLPTVITCSHGNcrBvLgpxolSFvNNZNh4ZhTYbUb0/w300-h400/IMG_3875.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">It makes me feel as if a storm is coming.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfbPTGlvoh6g-PND4JsWhtoyupiJdS78IYxERBK2OsVy53Unrgs6-8QwhpCYQAwf4MsgC6w8WXppaL-630aAjzVTnHa1LbI6t7CW_y98JlUzg0YoEDmBmIBubQXCQZoZknqrY3QiRsALfL95JLvMAClBd9H4hR3C-NWwDtQJllekWZWo0BO2jTrL2oqg/s4032/IMG_3874.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfbPTGlvoh6g-PND4JsWhtoyupiJdS78IYxERBK2OsVy53Unrgs6-8QwhpCYQAwf4MsgC6w8WXppaL-630aAjzVTnHa1LbI6t7CW_y98JlUzg0YoEDmBmIBubQXCQZoZknqrY3QiRsALfL95JLvMAClBd9H4hR3C-NWwDtQJllekWZWo0BO2jTrL2oqg/w300-h400/IMG_3874.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">On my visit last summer it was calm, but after living in the desert for four years now I know that can change quickly. Storms in the desert are incredibly dramatic!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNAAsk9Cai93ZjJ71Ms5Bwr_NumXn7-kTMyA6bh5z9RRrEZaUVsqovSCy7FdzCIN_IkRj-zMz2v0U9qPLqeW9rSqEIWP37XUDsF6IuDvdT4vKkwxO8l24x_cD-l0QXoiI9_4qa-dPv1aIL3KpiSEdJ1M2J_UUtxvY88NDA25RLQnAXELmA82GU1n7OBc/s4032/IMG_1608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNAAsk9Cai93ZjJ71Ms5Bwr_NumXn7-kTMyA6bh5z9RRrEZaUVsqovSCy7FdzCIN_IkRj-zMz2v0U9qPLqeW9rSqEIWP37XUDsF6IuDvdT4vKkwxO8l24x_cD-l0QXoiI9_4qa-dPv1aIL3KpiSEdJ1M2J_UUtxvY88NDA25RLQnAXELmA82GU1n7OBc/w400-h300/IMG_1608.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT14HhfNcDjFu3b3VrkI5olLOix2K-c3P8koV-I0SFHggvrTkjA819gsJFB9dAfe62zkfEBePQPZddHM9C2Yj312g40EC8iyz3Lh2gxTTiz74X2joYh6tb7iPLMF3hei49o34NRTvIypMhNvpPBMfnKboKpon6V98uqAMZ8onByjdgRstOzksvm6i5r14/s4032/IMG_1599.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT14HhfNcDjFu3b3VrkI5olLOix2K-c3P8koV-I0SFHggvrTkjA819gsJFB9dAfe62zkfEBePQPZddHM9C2Yj312g40EC8iyz3Lh2gxTTiz74X2joYh6tb7iPLMF3hei49o34NRTvIypMhNvpPBMfnKboKpon6V98uqAMZ8onByjdgRstOzksvm6i5r14/w300-h400/IMG_1599.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">The raven was at the Grand Canyon. The saguaros below are from my desert last week, where we've escaped the winter storms that are hitting most of the country. My hike yesterday was warm and sunny!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPwzmRYipZt8AYAQAmnhnMonm-z1paAE5PA4Zc8Cxatz2dgog09YcNte8CTO0Y__-B4AuzT_-6MKnJ3AYES5MIYVTwmrabHUmsItwTAscjwk8mAoAHpR6hYakD1C2V3_ZNrgb2fHtqyp7S14W_ai7ggV23gZhyDGhdlkaRRRF_2Ye4LAh8V6CtYpID3I/w400-h300/IMG_3645.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">And look whose name made the list of Edgy Girl Names for 2024! <b>Juniper</b>, my little granddaughter!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxi94lXOLBDYGZOZIoWYhjxKuEnDDuIixDMOHXpqASYYUZch4q0HaI9qJucPhuEtd6TQz4gxJun4ARtSOK9yTOCwm1ATDHCOKZMopURBbecTqgYb8kEIDpBbUfKtTKDScfLhk3XWimaPQ8jIX-rxBxa4E0QylsKztV0mtbdziEM2_aeG4JZa24FHRzL1A/w343-h400/IMG_3909.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="343" /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-50083105587846777062024-01-10T14:04:00.003-07:002024-01-13T10:43:00.243-07:00Quotes to help you sleep like a baby<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf3ASaG7mbbh4vfMU9WF6YmN6nIlbZF6zHN-qqmdlEXgsOb6Wl6teqxmwoElJcvyDqfFgynaREg9VLSttH3G8cwXfBojSBwLI8ULjnzeo4rqEXCSq9phV8boSDM3E0WWNZ2mQeFp2_4OqJVyWxLLqFAN2mKygm1SIEQlUBWkUtf7XMzZv0QQdIfzHLr0/s1744/IMG_2031.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRf3ASaG7mbbh4vfMU9WF6YmN6nIlbZF6zHN-qqmdlEXgsOb6Wl6teqxmwoElJcvyDqfFgynaREg9VLSttH3G8cwXfBojSBwLI8ULjnzeo4rqEXCSq9phV8boSDM3E0WWNZ2mQeFp2_4OqJVyWxLLqFAN2mKygm1SIEQlUBWkUtf7XMzZv0QQdIfzHLr0/w328-h400/IMG_2031.jpeg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Wouldn't we all like to sleep like a baby? Like little Juniper, my granddaughter who is now four days old and sleeping and eating like a champ!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I subscribe to <a href="http://www.inspiringquotes.com">www.inspiringquotes.com</a>, and this morning's quotes were all about calming our minds at bedtime. Here are my favorites.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6mdThGOWs1mA8_Dor7OV4zpFk56YydEvgkl_QSRjBq0d3S1Gsc6vT7Q_w97NRyVVcKf_KNQZ7GRC-B2LsF4EScCCHPPlbTDWEFKrQ2ZNgxvDGqaOoFRqQZ3iuuTjVRwx0nlIw5SsrbYsQxbd9o_pkljJ-QqeAveTtnBCtP0WUGzg_JBj-5dqKFov89w/s3097/IMG_3842.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="3097" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6mdThGOWs1mA8_Dor7OV4zpFk56YydEvgkl_QSRjBq0d3S1Gsc6vT7Q_w97NRyVVcKf_KNQZ7GRC-B2LsF4EScCCHPPlbTDWEFKrQ2ZNgxvDGqaOoFRqQZ3iuuTjVRwx0nlIw5SsrbYsQxbd9o_pkljJ-QqeAveTtnBCtP0WUGzg_JBj-5dqKFov89w/w400-h271/IMG_3842.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121); color: #a64d79; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121); color: #a64d79; font-size: large; text-align: left;">I used to dread going to bed when I suffered from insomnia for many years, but I conquered it with lots of work and now I love closing my book, turning off the light and curling up in bed at night knowing that sleep will come.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121); color: #a64d79; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-uHaj6HXB8BIxiOS7PyhHavtpkI2z3Sc7bnUwVd7V1GMPculntIko6PDS8HAstfWZdrxfTpL4SZFoLshioP5pXLM0w_HHSsWVb4ecJd51qmAjbKVLI9saj8sFPEvVyNbDDeZC6Ryw9e7eJgmR-bG60HnJjmvbIGSB-Q_LDg_VEQJLKAa8jSyiQ7HAcU/s2738/IMG_3839.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="2738" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-uHaj6HXB8BIxiOS7PyhHavtpkI2z3Sc7bnUwVd7V1GMPculntIko6PDS8HAstfWZdrxfTpL4SZFoLshioP5pXLM0w_HHSsWVb4ecJd51qmAjbKVLI9saj8sFPEvVyNbDDeZC6Ryw9e7eJgmR-bG60HnJjmvbIGSB-Q_LDg_VEQJLKAa8jSyiQ7HAcU/w400-h235/IMG_3839.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">One of my techniques for getting to sleep some 30 years ago was picturing a beautiful deep blue quilt that I had seen in a book. Every time my mind started to worry and feel anxious, I would refocus on picturing that quilt. After awhile, picturing it became an automatic trigger for relaxation.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxmd7f-53sBGFWYITf5MO6s30eSDxlaCGlRRdPYILgBsKTWg6JnByHmhGcHzqA4y6VhcNt-FOFMnZ6LpbdSHak2sIK50GsNmC15rz4hL5GulPH3ykFBKt1RqeJ1yXVMC8VawaF2JWX15ooUh_p8lfA1KUDx_hTJOa5C4CmPsuYbSoCuBWt5g2hO0Ae68/s3059/IMG_3841.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="3059" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxmd7f-53sBGFWYITf5MO6s30eSDxlaCGlRRdPYILgBsKTWg6JnByHmhGcHzqA4y6VhcNt-FOFMnZ6LpbdSHak2sIK50GsNmC15rz4hL5GulPH3ykFBKt1RqeJ1yXVMC8VawaF2JWX15ooUh_p8lfA1KUDx_hTJOa5C4CmPsuYbSoCuBWt5g2hO0Ae68/w400-h201/IMG_3841.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I read a lot of Buddhist books to calm my anxiety. Pema Chodron and Thich Nhat Hanh were among my lifelines about 10 years ago, and I still touch base with them regularly. (I don't know how to put the accent marks on their names.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8iDWSFkoshugZye19Vj90_fr33GVK5_UOCIggb5m_JVPQisIMpHceBArBEUCYf9Dn0-hq_T0HWaJLIwUa444-cKR3JrgI8ejN2bXPmlL7TPnvipIy038PQqu88XI0_9fgaTgBsGOiocaQl1SghxRAxwFd_6eOP4BHk0vWv5NnescbjgoK6mEt_fqajk/s2679/IMG_3843.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2679" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8iDWSFkoshugZye19Vj90_fr33GVK5_UOCIggb5m_JVPQisIMpHceBArBEUCYf9Dn0-hq_T0HWaJLIwUa444-cKR3JrgI8ejN2bXPmlL7TPnvipIy038PQqu88XI0_9fgaTgBsGOiocaQl1SghxRAxwFd_6eOP4BHk0vWv5NnescbjgoK6mEt_fqajk/w400-h228/IMG_3843.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Some more quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh that I find soothing:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Wishing you beautiful and sweet dreams tonight.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwXK13ekwpaXQRv5HUeKMUH4WMm7_aBjkzAv6Eus0l9aifWmqPXFGZ-KiC-oELqL-qcWu6sAZSCJww2eg6Hxi38Q4zkvBwwt3NqfnUwn-03Rdc-mKaztwZ0u2QYtKfwEtIWlJZafjlBdUejJGpBG8fy4Yq0yrzGpIcQenX4Qr2Zj1cp1S2JYYHM3Ypuw/s3362/IMG_3798.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3362" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwXK13ekwpaXQRv5HUeKMUH4WMm7_aBjkzAv6Eus0l9aifWmqPXFGZ-KiC-oELqL-qcWu6sAZSCJww2eg6Hxi38Q4zkvBwwt3NqfnUwn-03Rdc-mKaztwZ0u2QYtKfwEtIWlJZafjlBdUejJGpBG8fy4Yq0yrzGpIcQenX4Qr2Zj1cp1S2JYYHM3Ypuw/w360-h400/IMG_3798.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Have colorful dreams</span></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-60734429731443541152024-01-06T12:48:00.001-07:002024-01-10T15:54:58.195-07:00I'm a grandma!!!<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbfRWYAGVIjcXXwK7yG28gjstYI_dSa0Xf0PIoenmw95dr6h1dNgMbnL8xjfEtiujzY4EeofVQ5qOlnK4m3XyeAT3QcJnikqXK451Xu_DCpQfQnP5qCIpbFbJwGodCdyBvPnQODy4GN9nEh1JKpy_LlYKu3UmuRufD9TF30ZlMXcoeEJh9ReS_tZ55Ik/s3088/IMG_1929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbfRWYAGVIjcXXwK7yG28gjstYI_dSa0Xf0PIoenmw95dr6h1dNgMbnL8xjfEtiujzY4EeofVQ5qOlnK4m3XyeAT3QcJnikqXK451Xu_DCpQfQnP5qCIpbFbJwGodCdyBvPnQODy4GN9nEh1JKpy_LlYKu3UmuRufD9TF30ZlMXcoeEJh9ReS_tZ55Ik/w300-h400/IMG_1929.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Baby Juniper was born this morning in the predawn hours after a looooong labor for my daughter! She's my first grandchild and I'm so happy. They're in Washington state, so I'm flying up in a week and a half to meet her, giving their little family time savor the new situation before I get there. </span></div><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Everyone is healthy and happy, but tired. I'm tired too, because I woke up throughout the night to see if I had missed any calls since Julia went into labor. I was so relieved when I got the news this morning that she was safely born that I burst into tears. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOgKlZsv7q3vdTeTJS3XmMllrLpiKYqSvuU8HWibC8_2mgMN8q6YYk-ooLlX8TMNfffgnQdDMt191f4qPdJJ8Q7hDDI0AkS0azxVY1pEY0Zftd8DkkBk1IWR9wJdyOJBqCdu0GW-os01UKsSR0qIVZfmdI-z55MXPIkiWC3TPMkv2CJ9vyw9BRD906lI/s1024/IMG_1933.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOgKlZsv7q3vdTeTJS3XmMllrLpiKYqSvuU8HWibC8_2mgMN8q6YYk-ooLlX8TMNfffgnQdDMt191f4qPdJJ8Q7hDDI0AkS0azxVY1pEY0Zftd8DkkBk1IWR9wJdyOJBqCdu0GW-os01UKsSR0qIVZfmdI-z55MXPIkiWC3TPMkv2CJ9vyw9BRD906lI/w300-h400/IMG_1933.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-60642408647011742732024-01-04T13:52:00.000-07:002024-01-04T13:52:36.577-07:00Hurkle-durkling into the New Year<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuba0eXEgzkHMSDXrdjWZTFdx39CVSSn7TXMNt-pRAmNqGV7wdwLYo1Wk1pGueXkkyT0ZyUxH1xC7VqCQV1RRfh0bhu5BrlU6Ld0jFbwUb6Z_oKru1pLaxa1DprVS2TW3q3zSfWvvBft1tdi3SPXtQekGMOdyyP4WaeafK-bu_r2GAIyDQzJcxaXN3SsM/s660/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%205.39.14%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuba0eXEgzkHMSDXrdjWZTFdx39CVSSn7TXMNt-pRAmNqGV7wdwLYo1Wk1pGueXkkyT0ZyUxH1xC7VqCQV1RRfh0bhu5BrlU6Ld0jFbwUb6Z_oKru1pLaxa1DprVS2TW3q3zSfWvvBft1tdi3SPXtQekGMOdyyP4WaeafK-bu_r2GAIyDQzJcxaXN3SsM/w358-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-02%20at%205.39.14%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I just learned this great word! I've definitely been hurkle-durkling all week, staying in bed way longer than usual and then staying in my pajamas for hours while drinking coffee and killing time on the computer. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRWiejfiRzmbaaU5ELAv-hncH0g865ycRTxu8sb327HwmJacJav0tudWPt-lWs6o26p3b3yhmNVO2jRjGdeq__JoYDZ-8W508IzyvpKa1_dvt6c5ymvUPEwkXnh1zIlqf8vwTKlGs1Vu_69Sg1heAw_-XLYFfnphC1Dh0Qapz2WFgtz8pbvMOO0Y6KCE/s3834/IMG_3698.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="3834" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRWiejfiRzmbaaU5ELAv-hncH0g865ycRTxu8sb327HwmJacJav0tudWPt-lWs6o26p3b3yhmNVO2jRjGdeq__JoYDZ-8W508IzyvpKa1_dvt6c5ymvUPEwkXnh1zIlqf8vwTKlGs1Vu_69Sg1heAw_-XLYFfnphC1Dh0Qapz2WFgtz8pbvMOO0Y6KCE/w400-h284/IMG_3698.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">But I did get up and dressed in time for the first hike of the New Year with the Shady Ladies. I also spent New Year's Eve with them playing Mahjongg at Barb's house after our potluck meal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmG9Wp-UCU068H1vY_ZWMxf8D0rHsXiLsPosBpNguqI2g30J-m8TBDtsmVGGaF6IQlTY1EahOPIc53UCXT6RGfNpC2mTHzW-FRWCq_K0vSJBwwdf0iyC4i5lksW6V63FsQ75tw8IgBbUbzu3irguUp5_uNy3Aa3SmBVwJ5b9YjlnR32gCGo8Q8ghnx-g/s3528/IMG_3684.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3528" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmG9Wp-UCU068H1vY_ZWMxf8D0rHsXiLsPosBpNguqI2g30J-m8TBDtsmVGGaF6IQlTY1EahOPIc53UCXT6RGfNpC2mTHzW-FRWCq_K0vSJBwwdf0iyC4i5lksW6V63FsQ75tw8IgBbUbzu3irguUp5_uNy3Aa3SmBVwJ5b9YjlnR32gCGo8Q8ghnx-g/w400-h276/IMG_3684.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I made chicken enchiladas for us, and they were so good that I made more yesterday for myself. But instead of rolling each tortilla around the chicken, I stacked the tortillas, chicken, cheese and sauce in layers like a lasagna. Much faster and way less messier.</span></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwg8_ML4YCPShEMe29ZZ98HoTVk9GVQkJZZc6G6RaDFbIrv6e54WWIxgAyCcRTOY0mfXeFSWTEq8F_5YzP-1w-86UI7ST8zh4AHhr5X3uHCMGfl5nY_JQulaj5HW-rrNqvlPVu5xEAdlq5nRIavCZUurgj1PLvxPGBae3aC16ZfPKBgv5M_3wZVnAOnI/s4032/IMG_3706.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwg8_ML4YCPShEMe29ZZ98HoTVk9GVQkJZZc6G6RaDFbIrv6e54WWIxgAyCcRTOY0mfXeFSWTEq8F_5YzP-1w-86UI7ST8zh4AHhr5X3uHCMGfl5nY_JQulaj5HW-rrNqvlPVu5xEAdlq5nRIavCZUurgj1PLvxPGBae3aC16ZfPKBgv5M_3wZVnAOnI/w400-h300/IMG_3706.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO50aUtCuYDzcIZB4soXOTB_LXrHKblaa0l4RrWjhsp38D0Ch8EwPXWl-HAfp5HRt6xuGQ4LsFbGQBd6-YVOzlZXYI79nNppQegcwl99ljI24MrAzfx93yNFeKpRyxAC6D1JbY7e8yTAmM5r9gL0XmphyphenhyphenZePElUgC16mc2AyAZwwJMkOXRxS3vZoD6q8/w300-h400/IMG_3719.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Last night we had a spectacular sunset! I took this photo from my front porch with my iPhone using no filters or photo editing. It really was that amazing. The next morning I got an equally beautiful photo from Don of his overnight snowfall in Flagstaff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89FV8aZ_neGpbTMPeBwc0bJell5pCRnexLAVgU7d8yNkuTpVb_AIYRbmV9XkhI-DLMxYn5jaCMsQn0ISyMWHIIBvAd5dIFCUfVCfp9Y4bUJLX14N9pDQjUP1Y8mFTDC_Z7yC1PlWLWz466c2Kab0-SvnFU0OSxCoz-VJYlauNFuDI3tWw2BxxLoNu87A/s1404/IMG_3722.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89FV8aZ_neGpbTMPeBwc0bJell5pCRnexLAVgU7d8yNkuTpVb_AIYRbmV9XkhI-DLMxYn5jaCMsQn0ISyMWHIIBvAd5dIFCUfVCfp9Y4bUJLX14N9pDQjUP1Y8mFTDC_Z7yC1PlWLWz466c2Kab0-SvnFU0OSxCoz-VJYlauNFuDI3tWw2BxxLoNu87A/w336-h400/IMG_3722.jpeg" width="336" /></a></div></div><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">On the pregnancy front, my daughter is now three days away from her due date and everything is looking good to go! She posted this photo a few days ago.<br /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGu2H6bZaEMnZMll57Ysr0M-WsomeKZkHcV6j5jkYW6PLYl9hG1CkPPdMwKAx6X7G4AQqeOXbXmj2AXE8RfE4BgD5R-f6U6JCiHvpCHb6lD_2dxWUVKsuwJGY1fq9oMLHnbJ4giIwztwuRn6bYQxZqFcAgjjH4YftOpv3mH8O5h6fzpyQRlKxHDvLanU/s1771/IMG_3682.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="1179" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGu2H6bZaEMnZMll57Ysr0M-WsomeKZkHcV6j5jkYW6PLYl9hG1CkPPdMwKAx6X7G4AQqeOXbXmj2AXE8RfE4BgD5R-f6U6JCiHvpCHb6lD_2dxWUVKsuwJGY1fq9oMLHnbJ4giIwztwuRn6bYQxZqFcAgjjH4YftOpv3mH8O5h6fzpyQRlKxHDvLanU/w266-h400/IMG_3682.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-61447526405826663522023-12-30T13:46:00.000-07:002023-12-30T13:46:02.069-07:00Last color splash of the year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBBSmBCvXGi-iK2zqbZdnoVM9JkuTkivSzFkSIt4pOzuwaY-766rwP-bFHiiOIyqDwxzogHrvnTCDBRgOc0Z1hDVFpvPnFDJ8P2xA8z4_3cKTTl9rvqemgqmL3wpNH_s1nxdTr4UN9XYA4v8B78cFds10j-J6etND4TmNjFoXanHvYDsU16qCBmhEQTg/s4032/IMG_3603.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBBSmBCvXGi-iK2zqbZdnoVM9JkuTkivSzFkSIt4pOzuwaY-766rwP-bFHiiOIyqDwxzogHrvnTCDBRgOc0Z1hDVFpvPnFDJ8P2xA8z4_3cKTTl9rvqemgqmL3wpNH_s1nxdTr4UN9XYA4v8B78cFds10j-J6etND4TmNjFoXanHvYDsU16qCBmhEQTg/w400-h300/IMG_3603.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">This last week of the year has been sun-splashed and warm in Tucson, so I'll wrap up 2023 with some colorful photos. The first one is Christmas morning, when I gave Don the log cabin block made with colors from our California trip. Since he has limited wall space, I just made one block and stretched it over an 8x10 frame that can either be hung or propped on a book shelf.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2m2eFwzifI-1hRsstvg3nef6mpgXhn_Dkhm_Tp1YUAMK3TfaYW7TZSEGtO2oR9fL00uEmV6EM55JA0YKZx3H6GctugZog7l4xR3YXxJj1rhN1Z7cpShJ3bVRiDmU221KVLbNxyUUTVg8ZjxVwwxB7lU1nL7RVfHaPrjEdQqK996Ec32Oe30xx0bC7o0/s3878/IMG_3680.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3878" data-original-width="2918" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2m2eFwzifI-1hRsstvg3nef6mpgXhn_Dkhm_Tp1YUAMK3TfaYW7TZSEGtO2oR9fL00uEmV6EM55JA0YKZx3H6GctugZog7l4xR3YXxJj1rhN1Z7cpShJ3bVRiDmU221KVLbNxyUUTVg8ZjxVwwxB7lU1nL7RVfHaPrjEdQqK996Ec32Oe30xx0bC7o0/w301-h400/IMG_3680.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">He gave me these books for my birthday and Christmas. The bird book is beautiful, with quilted, embroidered and felted birds by artists from around the world. "The Secret Lives of Color" is a totally unexpected cultural treatise on color as it relates to history, fashion, politics, art and war.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jcqF9ptQEP-WDBnjzhyphenhyphenbKDLylSr9vwOR_Qtii91eJxXwPiC3LtnZE-Kv-w2F_cVuPb07zLVxYGfJ6SIDtfib_PDQ2OImZALtt1g-Y3Eb-vHRbcz4wwG_webWrDErKRQ9ZlCIm5xx0m076Km_6SDiiqDnl4-_4v2d-JjjAmoayFHZX7ek5SZuiFcPSXE/s3983/IMG_3679.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3983" data-original-width="2521" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jcqF9ptQEP-WDBnjzhyphenhyphenbKDLylSr9vwOR_Qtii91eJxXwPiC3LtnZE-Kv-w2F_cVuPb07zLVxYGfJ6SIDtfib_PDQ2OImZALtt1g-Y3Eb-vHRbcz4wwG_webWrDErKRQ9ZlCIm5xx0m076Km_6SDiiqDnl4-_4v2d-JjjAmoayFHZX7ek5SZuiFcPSXE/w254-h400/IMG_3679.jpeg" width="254" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jcqF9ptQEP-WDBnjzhyphenhyphenbKDLylSr9vwOR_Qtii91eJxXwPiC3LtnZE-Kv-w2F_cVuPb07zLVxYGfJ6SIDtfib_PDQ2OImZALtt1g-Y3Eb-vHRbcz4wwG_webWrDErKRQ9ZlCIm5xx0m076Km_6SDiiqDnl4-_4v2d-JjjAmoayFHZX7ek5SZuiFcPSXE/s3983/IMG_3679.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEgtTwIawWB0FKWxK1ggCmSmCUu0aYOBK5uu6tc9c5vQ7sF0lv7eibCFyhQ2hV-IrDbYVjPg5kMZzvwGMHY1a6GYmeNOYpqDEnJK_caHY7_FVqmeLgTyTjQuqhBBgUFeqMkW_jLhVv-cqa6lgx2nXzwMBF7lX8R9atzWGYiGi6IpDO62lu5SBLyet-Es/s2028/IMG_3599.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEgtTwIawWB0FKWxK1ggCmSmCUu0aYOBK5uu6tc9c5vQ7sF0lv7eibCFyhQ2hV-IrDbYVjPg5kMZzvwGMHY1a6GYmeNOYpqDEnJK_caHY7_FVqmeLgTyTjQuqhBBgUFeqMkW_jLhVv-cqa6lgx2nXzwMBF7lX8R9atzWGYiGi6IpDO62lu5SBLyet-Es/w205-h400/IMG_3599.jpeg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Speaking of color and fashion, here's a photo of my daughter, who only has eight more days until her due date!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_dbKtu0N9Y3aEjmhnSNXb64QvoY4jMkJiwUBlPRSX9ujzjUzDj8QfHkl5bUWMK-iy_8k4wELZ-NwAWrfTl8ERU05j1S1ZCNSc93o9Xs_ASzzGGZEWvMK9j0mhribFVHNfo7ZnV298SvqJdUDjCTR0UCYR3Fp3zn8hjzianHZUAbrpbTDou5OnqCBZEU/s3481/IMG_3567.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3481" data-original-width="2652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_dbKtu0N9Y3aEjmhnSNXb64QvoY4jMkJiwUBlPRSX9ujzjUzDj8QfHkl5bUWMK-iy_8k4wELZ-NwAWrfTl8ERU05j1S1ZCNSc93o9Xs_ASzzGGZEWvMK9j0mhribFVHNfo7ZnV298SvqJdUDjCTR0UCYR3Fp3zn8hjzianHZUAbrpbTDou5OnqCBZEU/s320/IMG_3567.jpeg" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">While Don was here, we ate twice at my favorite restaurant, the very colorful Guadalahara Mexican restaurant. How can you not smile when surrounded by those decorations? Last night we polished off dinner there with a big piece of chocolate cake.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEfXZyFBXoSo5L1sL_BsGEePeq8sa2Ih2A8M8kJ4mM7mM_k5j1ZQemEInDV4cfDM6aw4wRSIHX11V-yQEOxFXOz2VJJvliBLZKDpZiVOFensL3OKQC4akaZHIRctD2mQnpYpBkcL2hptmE-UpTw4hw26baO8EiDh3mo8Y7wHwljmp6mmnfkwCddYe5-w/s4032/IMG_3628.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEfXZyFBXoSo5L1sL_BsGEePeq8sa2Ih2A8M8kJ4mM7mM_k5j1ZQemEInDV4cfDM6aw4wRSIHX11V-yQEOxFXOz2VJJvliBLZKDpZiVOFensL3OKQC4akaZHIRctD2mQnpYpBkcL2hptmE-UpTw4hw26baO8EiDh3mo8Y7wHwljmp6mmnfkwCddYe5-w/w400-h300/IMG_3628.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">We also wandered around downtown and some of the fancy resorts, soaking up color and sunshine. Here are some shots from our meanderings.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1Gru214v3oVDeMWoEO17LNRuUEIo1XoVOjlaX8gi4Gjzj1Sz87yoYZbqU34Lgz1OJC7aCpOII_ABh9xMvMJxj6_daiDWSMN9axspNIVn03VnlDXblz2wTFydO5M4J6XIO6DElgutJit4z_cbPNrhcKE-0cRNbLN9zU92tZ_eK65_KOX-tlFlyQh3qPc/s4032/IMG_3627.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1Gru214v3oVDeMWoEO17LNRuUEIo1XoVOjlaX8gi4Gjzj1Sz87yoYZbqU34Lgz1OJC7aCpOII_ABh9xMvMJxj6_daiDWSMN9axspNIVn03VnlDXblz2wTFydO5M4J6XIO6DElgutJit4z_cbPNrhcKE-0cRNbLN9zU92tZ_eK65_KOX-tlFlyQh3qPc/w300-h400/IMG_3627.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirW8pCNiwZHN9AUpX-ZfcfG_c2vms3DXhpl3-f9ALlwzNoTPMGI5nheoPGudaVvx1M6qZbTToIBjViITTkY1PmO8gL5MeIo7K4ePRycjt-dusRmFoSE-2uVHxznkiPB5NQFs9hC9pDGfq5PQwuaUER8FhKGtPglYLU-EhgKYHus0dgiq7qp_z1nBwitfo/s4032/IMG_3625.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirW8pCNiwZHN9AUpX-ZfcfG_c2vms3DXhpl3-f9ALlwzNoTPMGI5nheoPGudaVvx1M6qZbTToIBjViITTkY1PmO8gL5MeIo7K4ePRycjt-dusRmFoSE-2uVHxznkiPB5NQFs9hC9pDGfq5PQwuaUER8FhKGtPglYLU-EhgKYHus0dgiq7qp_z1nBwitfo/w300-h400/IMG_3625.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_TrJW-3fYpt6H37jhiBwXuljXKxootgtOKnboIdrhViJwCWZ3dym2aeOp5929LOjZ4vPY0tu96sBC-9Y6SUIIvulP_UJUzZur42RWrrdRDM6yoQmRSEv5ceJFPyROeW3bBdsNGZXG9eH8mPfWcF8v_HABiW1t0VYb-wNrcIYvHWZbDCzJoTDULUNrDg/s4032/IMG_3621.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_TrJW-3fYpt6H37jhiBwXuljXKxootgtOKnboIdrhViJwCWZ3dym2aeOp5929LOjZ4vPY0tu96sBC-9Y6SUIIvulP_UJUzZur42RWrrdRDM6yoQmRSEv5ceJFPyROeW3bBdsNGZXG9eH8mPfWcF8v_HABiW1t0VYb-wNrcIYvHWZbDCzJoTDULUNrDg/w400-h300/IMG_3621.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPWrqPd-YHDHGOw8WYlFIdTlvSet0kEQy4Tw0QrQrY6musGgBvI3psBRQFmCe3f2LGrjHfy0JxchHuVsV_BiPw-ItcCQVk2zt4bBuFxUVGtxtt6wrPv6ihoJC7Qgr-ExZzhZpyqVs1-BXn5IM0Wb9nRd4hOVZUj8gBvVRr2TuU545eOJRCmgYuoDo1FI/s4032/IMG_3620.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPWrqPd-YHDHGOw8WYlFIdTlvSet0kEQy4Tw0QrQrY6musGgBvI3psBRQFmCe3f2LGrjHfy0JxchHuVsV_BiPw-ItcCQVk2zt4bBuFxUVGtxtt6wrPv6ihoJC7Qgr-ExZzhZpyqVs1-BXn5IM0Wb9nRd4hOVZUj8gBvVRr2TuU545eOJRCmgYuoDo1FI/w300-h400/IMG_3620.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDK9ZtXwO8XzSzaQLfbp55BSwF6EzkyD9NwkHBR8oh-V0Ac6zJ4H3wLSXIMqSW_TvlAqG-xXGDF1-CQKiNxJiwZVQEOoqlMFRkhyphenhyphencCAEgd0sxmmsIrNYPkDsTzIe_fodBHUjw9ZKJkldGuKEsb22tPQQ1qP_s70gDVIptPbOkKuXUJMQBnywyUKxeTdV4/s4032/IMG_3618.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDK9ZtXwO8XzSzaQLfbp55BSwF6EzkyD9NwkHBR8oh-V0Ac6zJ4H3wLSXIMqSW_TvlAqG-xXGDF1-CQKiNxJiwZVQEOoqlMFRkhyphenhyphencCAEgd0sxmmsIrNYPkDsTzIe_fodBHUjw9ZKJkldGuKEsb22tPQQ1qP_s70gDVIptPbOkKuXUJMQBnywyUKxeTdV4/w400-h300/IMG_3618.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">We ate lunch outdoors at Cafe a la C'Art after touring the Tucson Museum of Art. The museum had an exhibit on textiles of Andean South America, and this next piece mesmerized me and I think it will inspire my next quilt. (Ignore the window reflection in upper left.)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWj4umR9JIKU-H19g7Qt58eNAnmV5gocfO0c7U4I7M7Brajvt7haCizxi2_SzcfKFZSACGnDNaW_QOZEi-TeQ2KKSgNA4QCFh4zrqoZc794bCAXqKB5n6sytHLDwwHeZpw-Uqsq-J0IPpQUwXMHl65stNXWkLkdbXvoCwug0dvB4Srti5AMG2GgCsitE/s3715/IMG_3612.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2189" data-original-width="3715" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWj4umR9JIKU-H19g7Qt58eNAnmV5gocfO0c7U4I7M7Brajvt7haCizxi2_SzcfKFZSACGnDNaW_QOZEi-TeQ2KKSgNA4QCFh4zrqoZc794bCAXqKB5n6sytHLDwwHeZpw-Uqsq-J0IPpQUwXMHl65stNXWkLkdbXvoCwug0dvB4Srti5AMG2GgCsitE/w400-h236/IMG_3612.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">It's a woven tie-dyed garment made by a Wari artist in Peru in 600-1000 AD. The 64 stair-shaped pieces were each loomed separately and then dyed before being stitched together. In Andean culture, cloth was never to be cut to make clothes, so these pieces were woven to the exact desired shape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXFmgSdQXNuMfQNK1-o6skvsTavBOfnt1CoUjbnfcUiIZ0VcqQtUUB-KTT0MjEVim9lgPCvqJXYOPCQo_HfftTwDVZQ6IxPzDdeADUApQ4-FCf-H6tnm5T_JMzfmhLGhkEcFOWGdWyUNCLICekk__G2SYIMNswGjTIc1wXo5alUxU7L5IJ_Q7-nVDZ2w/s4032/IMG_3614%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXFmgSdQXNuMfQNK1-o6skvsTavBOfnt1CoUjbnfcUiIZ0VcqQtUUB-KTT0MjEVim9lgPCvqJXYOPCQo_HfftTwDVZQ6IxPzDdeADUApQ4-FCf-H6tnm5T_JMzfmhLGhkEcFOWGdWyUNCLICekk__G2SYIMNswGjTIc1wXo5alUxU7L5IJ_Q7-nVDZ2w/w300-h400/IMG_3614%20(1).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Last night's sunset spread a warm orange and gold blanket over the desert. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">I'll leave you with this last thought for the year by an anonymous writer. May you find endless glimmers in the coming year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjr9X12dvjFQAvf9IBjZ99txoYhuLVm19I3ASVge2SdwN6uoqZ7SFnnfbkao63PxWKd4TvMpOtqVRmWbMy31xuoCNyT-d7t4Zj-sr851G_-HtnrlZTBhdJoxqT_-a7D3XvCmHl2xxo-SoQPWnbd-GJA0Lq648ncBAjBoOsK0R_Juj0Ai74qYEBIbChtI/s1282/IMG_3580.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjr9X12dvjFQAvf9IBjZ99txoYhuLVm19I3ASVge2SdwN6uoqZ7SFnnfbkao63PxWKd4TvMpOtqVRmWbMy31xuoCNyT-d7t4Zj-sr851G_-HtnrlZTBhdJoxqT_-a7D3XvCmHl2xxo-SoQPWnbd-GJA0Lq648ncBAjBoOsK0R_Juj0Ai74qYEBIbChtI/w344-h400/IMG_3580.jpeg" width="344" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful New Year</span></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-33697382135962208382023-12-23T15:53:00.000-07:002023-12-23T15:53:42.338-07:00Birthday sweets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuoBa2_PVUblXJm1ZWLvSeJs-LQytomqpGetuYGS0MKMrOmFKSMIui4LPkwUqDanPh5S1KUAyYYbHLM0IneI-upMU5eSGzCv3oNinQ1emTNxbpHjgoKGOBNt15ebEqMmVcWDzk3D4AWXjJ-OEbf0fCYOfDixPynWRFo_v8cCo-lJDe_1wJ8PwkqDfBrM/s4032/IMG_3521.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuoBa2_PVUblXJm1ZWLvSeJs-LQytomqpGetuYGS0MKMrOmFKSMIui4LPkwUqDanPh5S1KUAyYYbHLM0IneI-upMU5eSGzCv3oNinQ1emTNxbpHjgoKGOBNt15ebEqMmVcWDzk3D4AWXjJ-OEbf0fCYOfDixPynWRFo_v8cCo-lJDe_1wJ8PwkqDfBrM/w300-h400/IMG_3521.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">I had a sweet birthday on Wednesday, with sugar and spice and all things nice. Don came down from Flagstaff to help me celebrate, and we started the day at Mona's Danish Bakery with French toast for me and a waffle for him, plus some pastries to take home and this gorgeous chocolate cake that he ordered for me!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmZ10VjcAeDyilL2gURQ2Ug-DnjlmvC9mRA8o7I26fg6FgmwPcN2K-67_OO8pb8DfhIs7sab0tNw6dSr2_IEcQD4tlrlpioyU3q9jnW2IdacA_v2ckt1Us7_n99dNip7sA-0ps-wZRO6uDhHJIH5DWQztfU3PKRdM5aBu2QAxll27MCXOJb7nmcshQCY/s2695/IMG_3555.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="2695" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmZ10VjcAeDyilL2gURQ2Ug-DnjlmvC9mRA8o7I26fg6FgmwPcN2K-67_OO8pb8DfhIs7sab0tNw6dSr2_IEcQD4tlrlpioyU3q9jnW2IdacA_v2ckt1Us7_n99dNip7sA-0ps-wZRO6uDhHJIH5DWQztfU3PKRdM5aBu2QAxll27MCXOJb7nmcshQCY/w400-h393/IMG_3555.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Then we wandered around late artist Ted DeGrazia's Gallery in the Sun, below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YS0bJfy1u1tbIVRvx_59ZrT80R387InzDibNJHkt8vLM_LNjY_8uoDpJ0rBf3nc6h4z93yu_C9zdBruGsh2tKvTXPHcPkZupbXqDJYws4Qato-K0QERzt7US1b0v_3TtrsGvejgTeW7zUo5a66iiUMelH4O0NCpnb-XFaNXznkBssyzAaGlc1ZRbMc4/s4032/IMG_3532.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YS0bJfy1u1tbIVRvx_59ZrT80R387InzDibNJHkt8vLM_LNjY_8uoDpJ0rBf3nc6h4z93yu_C9zdBruGsh2tKvTXPHcPkZupbXqDJYws4Qato-K0QERzt7US1b0v_3TtrsGvejgTeW7zUo5a66iiUMelH4O0NCpnb-XFaNXznkBssyzAaGlc1ZRbMc4/w400-h300/IMG_3532.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The gallery went on forever, with room opening up upon room and all constructed of adobe and stone from the surrounding desert in the Tucson Foothills. DeGrazia built his studio, home and chapel compound in the 1950s with help from the native Indians, and a lot of his art portrays them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jbFtwZLFf8JrtaeI2W7d48sE-iXW0s2MHD4njtggnr2IHx736XPn5oPPKqI7sxrKnmJaozWiDQA4dYpHZR5qE_6G0By8vijcq6tK3Mlk2yi2l4hBkp0whEE38AUPj0LgNOdHFeWwjYQoMRy17mGNL2imQCEPBTqG-ZSEnrrXE55xroP_E4LfZsb-Jjc/s4032/IMG_3527.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jbFtwZLFf8JrtaeI2W7d48sE-iXW0s2MHD4njtggnr2IHx736XPn5oPPKqI7sxrKnmJaozWiDQA4dYpHZR5qE_6G0By8vijcq6tK3Mlk2yi2l4hBkp0whEE38AUPj0LgNOdHFeWwjYQoMRy17mGNL2imQCEPBTqG-ZSEnrrXE55xroP_E4LfZsb-Jjc/w400-h300/IMG_3527.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqbdU1zZF8IKKl2xCv9gByrD5h88DmwkHwu7B_z9X9FCUZ3CsNJECQZYG0CkmRnuddZ5skUNHdtjz0GyzmqOJaTZ7QhBoECx56A9hTl_OvPNJev7KmIvjUao1C3caKwmtghe-lW_cDP61DeCP3JiqX9ABAZKYXaln195-6KmurEaeot6fz7QS0zzyIa0/s4032/IMG_3522.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqbdU1zZF8IKKl2xCv9gByrD5h88DmwkHwu7B_z9X9FCUZ3CsNJECQZYG0CkmRnuddZ5skUNHdtjz0GyzmqOJaTZ7QhBoECx56A9hTl_OvPNJev7KmIvjUao1C3caKwmtghe-lW_cDP61DeCP3JiqX9ABAZKYXaln195-6KmurEaeot6fz7QS0zzyIa0/w400-h300/IMG_3522.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The earthy colors of surrounding natural materials fill his home, including the kitchen above and living room below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyeBtJbKhk5cooigpYNcg3_N2BVSF1Yk1i9h5NdtUNZFBt0UQXgwI8sbbJVnB1A_McHu3-c9oV97zRDzMpIWrzx6fRAo5_OAhrgB9Ikf0Wv3JR8Dvd_cdD2qxknhYybN4O-szUYjSwnZVUMM5kjrCSq-VruW6UgTXxjsMU4ml9AOdzx1J27yIn_gh-eE/s4032/IMG_3524.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">We also enjoyed the peaceful gardens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-g0oQFj6WYVcFs5bqRtqxBJ50OSLaEyYKUy5VJ0qER2hI6wrPhV0RShyrXtsbg-M6qJfue1sqJZXC9v7X6tpnAwrrxbxOV-YKHXLbtdzSF-tBCeN58I-jCmE05SA13gOIpo8areYt0gTs-_RG-yn9OAcs51m9C3OW2uS_g92Lk5i498vW9iwzySNjqk/s4032/IMG_3549.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-g0oQFj6WYVcFs5bqRtqxBJ50OSLaEyYKUy5VJ0qER2hI6wrPhV0RShyrXtsbg-M6qJfue1sqJZXC9v7X6tpnAwrrxbxOV-YKHXLbtdzSF-tBCeN58I-jCmE05SA13gOIpo8areYt0gTs-_RG-yn9OAcs51m9C3OW2uS_g92Lk5i498vW9iwzySNjqk/w300-h400/IMG_3549.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Then we headed over to Hacienda del Sol, a Spanish Colonial style Tucson resort that was a girls boarding school from 1929-1941 and before that was a private home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPkwF13LOgd43Ubhy-ljy1eRNIEzGP8CHwEgdYZ-hfuzfpoFDSgvIeXYebX9_h35iCPIudwDLVMTzqNu0hmxCR_1uk0smVrzxKuPCzLbck5T0usdFm7vwy65bqZn7dIoI-8taNBtgN9NUc0OYbPhj6XUHQIlLFucfB0-UUPHWJ68uGqMYfN84mQtRtRk/s3134/IMG_3551.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="2797" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPkwF13LOgd43Ubhy-ljy1eRNIEzGP8CHwEgdYZ-hfuzfpoFDSgvIeXYebX9_h35iCPIudwDLVMTzqNu0hmxCR_1uk0smVrzxKuPCzLbck5T0usdFm7vwy65bqZn7dIoI-8taNBtgN9NUc0OYbPhj6XUHQIlLFucfB0-UUPHWJ68uGqMYfN84mQtRtRk/w358-h400/IMG_3551.jpeg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Some of the names on the school roster were Pillsbury, Vanderbilt, Kellogg, Maxwell, Westinghouse, Spalding and Campbell. It offered a college prep curriculum and a taste of western outdoor activities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFpAurQtSb5ZKOeG_f1eE85iRZvTBnyy8xKwSJ2MWDhW7hnat-cUGdKImUyAOFWfREySH80fG6FXVDjao-0TRhQ3jYazTToa-0D6-Ym1cLXBDPWn5TmT42CMACz5hob1OreVjDQMXsjr4qcGkq0bQ9ltWxiu9_UI5z2mHi73zJ9NPeDpTEsVQ4NEj0j0/s4032/IMG_3553.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFpAurQtSb5ZKOeG_f1eE85iRZvTBnyy8xKwSJ2MWDhW7hnat-cUGdKImUyAOFWfREySH80fG6FXVDjao-0TRhQ3jYazTToa-0D6-Ym1cLXBDPWn5TmT42CMACz5hob1OreVjDQMXsjr4qcGkq0bQ9ltWxiu9_UI5z2mHi73zJ9NPeDpTEsVQ4NEj0j0/w300-h400/IMG_3553.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">Later, as a guest ranch, it became a favorite hideaway for legends such as Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, John Wayne, Clark Gable and Howard Hughes. Now it's renowned for its restaurant, The Grill, and as a getaway for lucky travelers who can enjoy its luxury guest rooms, spa and magnificent views of the Catalina Mountains. And it's a fun place for locals like me to visit and soak up its charm.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUi7wSpKclwlEMwkqgWeyhTzfV0-cHg3PiTZOB2JxxOHmBl-lZsdm1IgOKlv5cjy07mb-Hw97y6jTC332yxjTU2cM_G36EbiP1Hib7qXr45Nl-BjQGZv3kjwCSxDiyzFjIRrZWzCauCwM6GmlVg0qzBtHgO5EFamsEkEQ57cVPzpBa2B_hAYpM0wyHBkY/s4032/IMG_3560.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUi7wSpKclwlEMwkqgWeyhTzfV0-cHg3PiTZOB2JxxOHmBl-lZsdm1IgOKlv5cjy07mb-Hw97y6jTC332yxjTU2cM_G36EbiP1Hib7qXr45Nl-BjQGZv3kjwCSxDiyzFjIRrZWzCauCwM6GmlVg0qzBtHgO5EFamsEkEQ57cVPzpBa2B_hAYpM0wyHBkY/w300-h400/IMG_3560.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The day ended with dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant, Guadalahara's. I love its colorful murals and its Tres Bandidos enchiladas with three different fillings and three different sauces.</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-_gvQolrEKcvtx7Ff-6GajCjjqz39-AqbA3Hbyf2knwQXt6Qy3TjiMlmjHZxEvfTIMtQApNhsFosCS_wbiBGS8v6gYTk2cDa6fNmJlB6qSR32scpUF94kZfD_PrApBE2lkw6xSRke9u_UwFbyDeorm2BP7xVkmPv5bqOi-WbpiVM9ct22ZNm4SFnIQ/s4032/IMG_3558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-_gvQolrEKcvtx7Ff-6GajCjjqz39-AqbA3Hbyf2knwQXt6Qy3TjiMlmjHZxEvfTIMtQApNhsFosCS_wbiBGS8v6gYTk2cDa6fNmJlB6qSR32scpUF94kZfD_PrApBE2lkw6xSRke9u_UwFbyDeorm2BP7xVkmPv5bqOi-WbpiVM9ct22ZNm4SFnIQ/w300-h400/IMG_3558.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The next day we walked off some of those calories by spending hours at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="3787" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO6wnIubZWqAYEvQ8ZWSYl6s5MbeO4xcD64d2s10WQQYYPPuZiTZAHwCbfU5OdXG8TYoqta6eVi6JnWTrBYEr-VIbSI2rtRl76QevXVajC8e05eoAvcm910FDOUNbDHOXN5ecYiblsI4Er5v3FpzUn5ix6Sf336IzcNVytK4SV-J20ljjoTva24iCdAk/w400-h270/IMG_3573.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /><br /><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-51648078659063952682023-12-21T17:08:00.001-07:002023-12-21T17:08:36.683-07:00Winter Solstice<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;">"This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath." -- Margaret Atwood</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5MOz1QuJgnyn1FSeHeLs3Pa6NGzNwU7t3FPU9GNu0N187bSuxN_NXiTKkcmrayxwJrF82ARPVR5AT5tyGxewyLydh4Sfl9lWKYIBJzNi-8aDNaWaeiemDVBQVV8iefbeWNwm2eTihRS_Ms80y1wN3lsqcBxx_TB_Rc_186HOpWKzjqtsxNeMeBjU53g/s3648/DSCN6093.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5MOz1QuJgnyn1FSeHeLs3Pa6NGzNwU7t3FPU9GNu0N187bSuxN_NXiTKkcmrayxwJrF82ARPVR5AT5tyGxewyLydh4Sfl9lWKYIBJzNi-8aDNaWaeiemDVBQVV8iefbeWNwm2eTihRS_Ms80y1wN3lsqcBxx_TB_Rc_186HOpWKzjqtsxNeMeBjU53g/w400-h300/DSCN6093.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again'." </span><span style="text-align: left;">-- Lewis Carroll</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRxfJTJzyMBvZEnSDRt3EU-REGYIfc3OAebdz9xYnqkd0i9XF5mlUqZI1vZcKNZ6bnan69TUvNxb7nx0dCwd9LN1kMJ5KxGsKtMnUTlNBK8e_DoeCcDZkj8ruflPJ5LcR8c4dp8J5vOo0XBOB-v89Y8nXaGdzMDj8rPVxyOUTl47y2mzBVNND7HTnuFU/s2816/keith%20and%20julia%20after%20graduation-9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRxfJTJzyMBvZEnSDRt3EU-REGYIfc3OAebdz9xYnqkd0i9XF5mlUqZI1vZcKNZ6bnan69TUvNxb7nx0dCwd9LN1kMJ5KxGsKtMnUTlNBK8e_DoeCcDZkj8ruflPJ5LcR8c4dp8J5vOo0XBOB-v89Y8nXaGdzMDj8rPVxyOUTl47y2mzBVNND7HTnuFU/w400-h300/keith%20and%20julia%20after%20graduation-9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA19MdW0EbdMyehuabAvnATdeUMTyjRXXJuyWuFgIdRbQruyHtPI8w5_MuY38bqGFYiH_gR2Xgh32t4qxz6hZNU3ksXyjHF55nq9AFg6rpUk-qT5CxXfbi1cLsQwxn9g88Tof3KJeLg2F2gTHHEAzjJTBBICq-KubXdEsywglaLc3nsBvic4qoXp6TPw/s4032/Snow%20storm%20Gig%20Harbor%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA19MdW0EbdMyehuabAvnATdeUMTyjRXXJuyWuFgIdRbQruyHtPI8w5_MuY38bqGFYiH_gR2Xgh32t4qxz6hZNU3ksXyjHF55nq9AFg6rpUk-qT5CxXfbi1cLsQwxn9g88Tof3KJeLg2F2gTHHEAzjJTBBICq-KubXdEsywglaLc3nsBvic4qoXp6TPw/w300-h400/Snow%20storm%20Gig%20Harbor%20(3).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"><span>"We feel cold, but we don't mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our skin. It's worth being cold for that." </span><span>-- Philip Pullman</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2K0mxYC-_WCit1lItm5A5sFiX10KiW0VUJE7ITXKmgBYeQ5JCVMhg4kycEOZU8nZGCXcZMrh39tEHSbfFdxzGa0SGAVnhyphenhyphenql0gEP1jcN6OrxnnjaqgoseuptFsBqZn_cr0KUTuogO7RK9NZ92t4lEZQDuBYwG989nAiWlEyLIzoTiswbx4J2vzfWmOo/s4032/Snow%20storm%20Gig%20Harbor.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2K0mxYC-_WCit1lItm5A5sFiX10KiW0VUJE7ITXKmgBYeQ5JCVMhg4kycEOZU8nZGCXcZMrh39tEHSbfFdxzGa0SGAVnhyphenhyphenql0gEP1jcN6OrxnnjaqgoseuptFsBqZn_cr0KUTuogO7RK9NZ92t4lEZQDuBYwG989nAiWlEyLIzoTiswbx4J2vzfWmOo/w300-h400/Snow%20storm%20Gig%20Harbor.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;">"Summer is for surrendering; </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;">winter is for wondering."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;"> -- Debasish Mridha</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sn4A5bVi-9b1oeBno-LkQUFQhogRbZmwvaAG4LACLfXTlVQXLiasMboq18DZkwVDLj-tEDIxx-WNYu_PqmZqzKs0G9dC42R-bmnGEdNEf6Tev7egWcMpgw_to7eZ_YJYH85D0ckHTb80cnqsv7-C0xPF1mLiNhKN9yuEu3WOm28jGjbq5T4xIj-6EcE/s4032/Spokane%20on%20way%20to%20Sedona%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Sn4A5bVi-9b1oeBno-LkQUFQhogRbZmwvaAG4LACLfXTlVQXLiasMboq18DZkwVDLj-tEDIxx-WNYu_PqmZqzKs0G9dC42R-bmnGEdNEf6Tev7egWcMpgw_to7eZ_YJYH85D0ckHTb80cnqsv7-C0xPF1mLiNhKN9yuEu3WOm28jGjbq5T4xIj-6EcE/w300-h400/Spokane%20on%20way%20to%20Sedona%20(2).jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: medium;">I spent today, the solstice, outside in the desert under a cloudless blue sky. We wandered through the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum for hours, soaking up the warmth before tomorrow's predicted rain and cold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="3787" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6mX0lr2hC0QLbo1ZtBnhnmT8fSi9ucKMbgRtTLnzlerolJVnKdaqQ22EroMJaM9aZyynaSMKE6imxROlByKBu2FjkqlQ1bkelHloDY44psmpGGXS2ir4k-ladsyVBj7xCz_hNO1Xe46kgr16BIuKK9NaJtCB3S-HO7lRbKa9CxWfdKcuJti7iIwVcl0/w400-h270/IMG_3573.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And for those of you who are struggling, as are so many of my friends and family back in the Pacific Northwest where the days are very short and dark and rainy: </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">"May the dawn of the Winter Solstice</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">chase the dark away."</span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrh03O5AqbQo33lGJcRctiGhLN75zBm9-4eyT05gNwOca1yrb5b7FApFeFigzknr7bPkkGhF0XgJpRy_8DAKrYss4mBD0d-GxR2aZeKTgEB4RufZSBp5vvJNCSEq0PU-vY1DHgc7Z_7-tsdPUCHTIPwomFSUhhbyg3oAwB0FuYgw8onb1CEtv1Vk8rko/s4032/IMG_6438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrh03O5AqbQo33lGJcRctiGhLN75zBm9-4eyT05gNwOca1yrb5b7FApFeFigzknr7bPkkGhF0XgJpRy_8DAKrYss4mBD0d-GxR2aZeKTgEB4RufZSBp5vvJNCSEq0PU-vY1DHgc7Z_7-tsdPUCHTIPwomFSUhhbyg3oAwB0FuYgw8onb1CEtv1Vk8rko/w300-h400/IMG_6438.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Happy Solstice</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1Tucson, AZ, USA32.2539787 -110.9741769-13.92627224157733 178.7133231 78.434229641577332 -40.6616769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-61237727347979433672023-12-19T10:19:00.001-07:002023-12-19T10:19:38.520-07:00December book club birthdays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDBBqjNJi6OmmwjdWTK9fwnp824h5Xix2kJgzDQOQEXNXLEfHyGNMJ-Y36xx72-1HrmTE6SAOhGsuQwdIpUwtZZ9kgGGVhe6KVJuEkHJU4qhtGdCH3zeN8OwOzGvgOQ5x1KzH0uvTweCzow3BG9u3JzMtaQlBWi4yvNjkg7RmMlyAhCdfRxEHT2k5rgU/s2766/IMG_3515.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="2766" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDBBqjNJi6OmmwjdWTK9fwnp824h5Xix2kJgzDQOQEXNXLEfHyGNMJ-Y36xx72-1HrmTE6SAOhGsuQwdIpUwtZZ9kgGGVhe6KVJuEkHJU4qhtGdCH3zeN8OwOzGvgOQ5x1KzH0uvTweCzow3BG9u3JzMtaQlBWi4yvNjkg7RmMlyAhCdfRxEHT2k5rgU/w400-h316/IMG_3515.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Every month at book club we celebrate everyone who's having a birthday that month, and this month there were three of us, including me (December 20). Beth, on the left, isn't a birthday girl, but she made the beautiful Pavlova for us so she gets in the photo. That's me, Kristina, and Judy with the tiara.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7-7s_bchMVL4zL8_SQwqS7h6LPjd91QKmd4qKc2D7GgVGFgAjujcfzGu9l7vqcp1hThbpK__MWLDYFGKJIv6_FKZo4gET3_wO80XA8smXe9_CNjvJ2y_-LLf1f66oTaacYhYUOnAEGZXVhDqeUNXfaHzGHjxTIKtbRYWys6K0dmyjP3k67U5KcpcUiE/s2859/IMG_3503.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2859" data-original-width="2277" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7-7s_bchMVL4zL8_SQwqS7h6LPjd91QKmd4qKc2D7GgVGFgAjujcfzGu9l7vqcp1hThbpK__MWLDYFGKJIv6_FKZo4gET3_wO80XA8smXe9_CNjvJ2y_-LLf1f66oTaacYhYUOnAEGZXVhDqeUNXfaHzGHjxTIKtbRYWys6K0dmyjP3k67U5KcpcUiE/w319-h400/IMG_3503.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Beth had an "I Rule" tiara for us to wear.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">She's the hostess with the mostess! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPKyt3NnWePIJ9Y3ZeXNSOfgBz9-vme8Q7nCvmB75tebK5VGNZwDp6h1c_TMyukh5tF_OCNUwsgfpO7u5AdHJ4qTN3BF_hg9_X0KJewfRXFHQR9aiioKkUxcuUcO4fLiBO7XzBHOtOhc3JY0SVJXfJH7fxBqwvR3JqNigh8PEYuxVT8ZYd72wxj1LW0s/s3454/IMG_3504.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2632" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPKyt3NnWePIJ9Y3ZeXNSOfgBz9-vme8Q7nCvmB75tebK5VGNZwDp6h1c_TMyukh5tF_OCNUwsgfpO7u5AdHJ4qTN3BF_hg9_X0KJewfRXFHQR9aiioKkUxcuUcO4fLiBO7XzBHOtOhc3JY0SVJXfJH7fxBqwvR3JqNigh8PEYuxVT8ZYd72wxj1LW0s/w305-h400/IMG_3504.jpeg" width="305" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJtyTQMxQlQs7uA0uYBZ0HsbEW4RjL5CfjLCrUhFgOFarlNG1Fgaxb4sk22DlDpL8-Y2fxeKWZVl0uGiNgXGuC5KZtcRK5ynYLTfbUT91WjWq3gtn9pN2hjY1NoKpaR2iGjt-ze9Onodbm7IoxXWCWkadtCksUmn8Ou6frVsLXJ7OCMTh3ibLqsqQoNw/s4032/IMG_3506.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJtyTQMxQlQs7uA0uYBZ0HsbEW4RjL5CfjLCrUhFgOFarlNG1Fgaxb4sk22DlDpL8-Y2fxeKWZVl0uGiNgXGuC5KZtcRK5ynYLTfbUT91WjWq3gtn9pN2hjY1NoKpaR2iGjt-ze9Onodbm7IoxXWCWkadtCksUmn8Ou6frVsLXJ7OCMTh3ibLqsqQoNw/w300-h400/IMG_3506.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">She also set up a cookie decorating station, and Meegan is taking it pretty seriously. I felt like a kid again.</span></div></div><p><img border="0" data-original-height="3224" data-original-width="2919" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUKaUfreSpow3ZZwnM_Rh_vZklIGtAsmUHL6otvH7zzqdv5GVbAC9Yf57rf5i1f8OAMlwIiTKLrJpPOX9H0tPIWV4u9tn2EQwi2XngTRyzlIs-MnfyNOApyDMFI_OuSGCrmeAO7FyRHsQcDYvufIqz9v-T593drSWzxPxUubz9jLmSzN9ygPM8tbmQiI/w363-h400/IMG_3494.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;" width="363" /></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Then there was the appetizer spread on her kitchen counter, where we all gather and gab and munch for about an hour until we move into the dining room for our main potluck meal.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rpl_Ft7rHfCZwBguQ6ewnyYI9sQbRvuHLNC4m6W5rSKck4lvspZPNyDQ_7Z2_7lD-JHtG80r83ScvEQ-EfBBp_Z6h9P7fPLYrvuEHa50bxRwCdEXyNws2s866bwzV09beVGQNXkKMmPQWnl9tVQAjcnohxgrRl944r86Ebd-AftPepBpZd3PL3Md3ts/s3065/IMG_3492.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="3022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Rpl_Ft7rHfCZwBguQ6ewnyYI9sQbRvuHLNC4m6W5rSKck4lvspZPNyDQ_7Z2_7lD-JHtG80r83ScvEQ-EfBBp_Z6h9P7fPLYrvuEHa50bxRwCdEXyNws2s866bwzV09beVGQNXkKMmPQWnl9tVQAjcnohxgrRl944r86Ebd-AftPepBpZd3PL3Md3ts/w395-h400/IMG_3492.jpeg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">I made something new to me, a cranberry Brie wreath made with crescent roll dough that I've been seeing all over Instagram and Facebook lately. You put a bowl in the middle of a sheet pan and arrange the dough around it like a sea star, then cover it with layers of homemade cranberry sauce, Brie, toasted hazelnuts (I used pecans) and dried cranberries. </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Wrap the dough around the filling, brush with an egg wash, sprinkle with pink salt and rosemary, and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes. Yummy!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVbyeC8YSvkqF9qPLk3Gy186jSBW_IgrB_SSAJYRdXFYLixYu0iNTpG9csUR7W2ZCONoO7wBT6Tk8_R9y9CEmLYPK0MZhzMiKhUjQHWl97qPvx2l5PjNmBjcMM3zQrzbc8cScLL8dOVVrjeJ11mKInyEcZpUmuGAm1OtDNADkRRw_9M2MRAfCjS3-RXo/s4032/IMG_3485.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVbyeC8YSvkqF9qPLk3Gy186jSBW_IgrB_SSAJYRdXFYLixYu0iNTpG9csUR7W2ZCONoO7wBT6Tk8_R9y9CEmLYPK0MZhzMiKhUjQHWl97qPvx2l5PjNmBjcMM3zQrzbc8cScLL8dOVVrjeJ11mKInyEcZpUmuGAm1OtDNADkRRw_9M2MRAfCjS3-RXo/w300-h400/IMG_3485.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Z_DcdoKvEHf5klubQV9a1qYjngGjBxskN0gI8GMQ3vku7dAoy3Z64i_gcg-vigkMPTOw7PHzZFVS_9x1RV9AksCu5tksEwmFoPKgarIO44TK5SKIb1wB-hFEIZarmfMatepHbZ7AM1nar1bB6t0yiIxSrtE6_qbc8oBGO0EDjT78sT_qcC3JiiIxB8/s2923/IMG_3507.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2923" data-original-width="2680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Z_DcdoKvEHf5klubQV9a1qYjngGjBxskN0gI8GMQ3vku7dAoy3Z64i_gcg-vigkMPTOw7PHzZFVS_9x1RV9AksCu5tksEwmFoPKgarIO44TK5SKIb1wB-hFEIZarmfMatepHbZ7AM1nar1bB6t0yiIxSrtE6_qbc8oBGO0EDjT78sT_qcC3JiiIxB8/w366-h400/IMG_3507.jpeg" width="366" /></a></div></div></div><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">The main meal was as bountiful as ever, with green chicken enchiladas, refried beans, chicken tortilla soup, stuffed zucchini boats, salad, a veggie platter. </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">We discussed travel, food, and the book, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride," which we all loved. Highly recommend it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdJCs0TdbbaZ9mKgC8E9kRVnjbWtFBBlg4lc6nizctJ1-eZ9_DNxnGhyt2qRpIbcT-55d2hgdlZo-NDLLZgxbN9LCMQh80VV_5jI-TdRXW9h4WbZrMF2yWlN0JAt_PBgdwZkdlpa-PZ2KISXVG8z9jENcX3ETKCIx8rUEBAqKiScEjsOjKV3UsR5aKA0/s3913/IMG_3510.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3913" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdJCs0TdbbaZ9mKgC8E9kRVnjbWtFBBlg4lc6nizctJ1-eZ9_DNxnGhyt2qRpIbcT-55d2hgdlZo-NDLLZgxbN9LCMQh80VV_5jI-TdRXW9h4WbZrMF2yWlN0JAt_PBgdwZkdlpa-PZ2KISXVG8z9jENcX3ETKCIx8rUEBAqKiScEjsOjKV3UsR5aKA0/w400-h254/IMG_3510.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Nvbacn0h0rLXkf0HvxuQQNSUsVX31oB3jOx60HJiJllok2fIRarmCh1C-vsUx_V0ZK6qyMyunEZwVP_FaoNbBNeHJcIVYTleCOovPwYGBOFO0prOr8PapSGp5h3NFyZ8g8Ze6XwYmJMxrzX1abRxEtHBcEBivNsMCEDVCC_m6bI-veMFiUA7kMBsEPk/s4032/IMG_3512.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Nvbacn0h0rLXkf0HvxuQQNSUsVX31oB3jOx60HJiJllok2fIRarmCh1C-vsUx_V0ZK6qyMyunEZwVP_FaoNbBNeHJcIVYTleCOovPwYGBOFO0prOr8PapSGp5h3NFyZ8g8Ze6XwYmJMxrzX1abRxEtHBcEBivNsMCEDVCC_m6bI-veMFiUA7kMBsEPk/w400-h300/IMG_3512.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Nvbacn0h0rLXkf0HvxuQQNSUsVX31oB3jOx60HJiJllok2fIRarmCh1C-vsUx_V0ZK6qyMyunEZwVP_FaoNbBNeHJcIVYTleCOovPwYGBOFO0prOr8PapSGp5h3NFyZ8g8Ze6XwYmJMxrzX1abRxEtHBcEBivNsMCEDVCC_m6bI-veMFiUA7kMBsEPk/s4032/IMG_3512.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Besides the Pavlova for dessert, Barb made fudge and melt-in-your-mouth crescent nut cookies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">A Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert that originated in either Australia or New Zealand and is named after Anna Pavlova, the Russian ballerina. It has a crispy meringue crust, a soft whipped cream center, and a fruit topping. It was absolutely luscious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKODe2mvKl0RJYarAGpRBNWXM2AfJSOK34yluV-wy1Iw9vXoWMGoBc-V3nybfBCacLxavo8VFXLVMRSEJjCfNr3yvGpdbSgvnpvUujlNLDeOW3l3DZXBHmC2jXikwFoyCXV9Ma1I9814rcsczrYG_zMEa9Tx86vA3oSm57XwP4PjRECWNKlr3CcBDKEQY/s4032/IMG_3500.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKODe2mvKl0RJYarAGpRBNWXM2AfJSOK34yluV-wy1Iw9vXoWMGoBc-V3nybfBCacLxavo8VFXLVMRSEJjCfNr3yvGpdbSgvnpvUujlNLDeOW3l3DZXBHmC2jXikwFoyCXV9Ma1I9814rcsczrYG_zMEa9Tx86vA3oSm57XwP4PjRECWNKlr3CcBDKEQY/w300-h400/IMG_3500.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">To top it all off, I won the Dead Sea Natural Body Mud that Beth brought back from her recent trip to Jordan and Egypt! It'll be a whole new me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmW1w3Id2Xe-216qpS2Np-gv4CONpUIYFNPNz_XXaUiIOs3gsw37xiziBEkzUbPDt548q3smOeAsMjK6TAt6Uq9XiONy0uSgPZ-2w68-UQUCUMICt4BGlAtG9nASUNXxzq8JiMK6xraAw5OU0e9TdB-SBuUwRBZolTQZWMck4V1wBH_829KqTV7OHDy4/s4032/IMG_3519.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmW1w3Id2Xe-216qpS2Np-gv4CONpUIYFNPNz_XXaUiIOs3gsw37xiziBEkzUbPDt548q3smOeAsMjK6TAt6Uq9XiONy0uSgPZ-2w68-UQUCUMICt4BGlAtG9nASUNXxzq8JiMK6xraAw5OU0e9TdB-SBuUwRBZolTQZWMck4V1wBH_829KqTV7OHDy4/w300-h400/IMG_3519.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-75593016837385445452023-12-12T10:41:00.000-07:002023-12-12T10:41:37.183-07:00Christmas ginger molasses cookie recipe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihstkDBIyWBL6stmJvTYEVRe_8dySfbcN7Lr9Ktg5Y7kSDSuaIlNZMDNnwI3znX7aG9KRIan0aW3ijnNlYc_ZY6JOGUIBnwmMCWQP19eMIo-VWFenIf_Q-yba2UXs2LELomm0gXCgRoU0fmv3ktrI0-Wx_nprgXupC00W0d2Rg04YBToj4MiirO3euOnY/s2885/IMG_3459.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2876" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihstkDBIyWBL6stmJvTYEVRe_8dySfbcN7Lr9Ktg5Y7kSDSuaIlNZMDNnwI3znX7aG9KRIan0aW3ijnNlYc_ZY6JOGUIBnwmMCWQP19eMIo-VWFenIf_Q-yba2UXs2LELomm0gXCgRoU0fmv3ktrI0-Wx_nprgXupC00W0d2Rg04YBToj4MiirO3euOnY/w399-h400/IMG_3459.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Marybeth asked if I share my ginger molasses Christmas cookie recipe. Why, yes I do, so here you go!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">I've been making it every year at Christmas since I clipped it from the 1990 Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Cookies magazine. My kids loved them, but now that they're both vegan they wouldn't touch them because of the butter and eggs.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDDf39BO6A-Gs4Yldfu88KxQM5zAsabrkt1qbdUMIc5JxImNSy-7lm_GjKtDgF-0wXOgjQheDPVKaNUu_66gDFeK8qiNvDmz9D4PL35XvsrM7IAVPPAVg5Ew7Hnxc0v3S2XMiJ_O65VRumL2X3KqVln4BMcSE3pqixZqOhG-lJOlhHHcD2b4QDe77-Ls/s3024/IMG_3460.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="3024" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDDf39BO6A-Gs4Yldfu88KxQM5zAsabrkt1qbdUMIc5JxImNSy-7lm_GjKtDgF-0wXOgjQheDPVKaNUu_66gDFeK8qiNvDmz9D4PL35XvsrM7IAVPPAVg5Ew7Hnxc0v3S2XMiJ_O65VRumL2X3KqVln4BMcSE3pqixZqOhG-lJOlhHHcD2b4QDe77-Ls/w400-h271/IMG_3460.jpeg" width="400" /><br /></a></div><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>Ingredients:</b> 2 1/4 cups flour, 3/4 cup butter or shortening, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/4 cup molasses, 2 tsp ginger, 1 tsp baking soda, 3/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cloves, 1/4 tsp salt, extra sugar to roll dough in</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">1. Cream butter on low for 30 seconds</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">2. Gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">3. Beat in eggs and molasses</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">4. Fold in dry ingredients (I sift them together first)</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">5. Shape into 1 1/2 inch balls (1 heaping TBS of dough) and roll in sugar (I used red and green sugars when the kids were at home, but now I use white shimmer sugar)</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">6. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until light brown and still puffed</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">7. Let stand 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack</span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Makes 24</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituoKfSj3XgoQUVrKwLtouGH6fgs6AerVjYe9FRvn79YB5d7GaaQl0Ke6XqYULBuH4rS67iQ66uS1p3wMH8zR5aIhf0dXo4v8NRax_aywzvvNDeHuR0Obh0CZ34P-dbiDb-s0SbMtI-VDMr5PIxXjAefEIFB8r6L5nZg5nY0f7DMzejlVyzTGnWbz7vV0/s2741/IMG_3461.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1951" data-original-width="2741" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituoKfSj3XgoQUVrKwLtouGH6fgs6AerVjYe9FRvn79YB5d7GaaQl0Ke6XqYULBuH4rS67iQ66uS1p3wMH8zR5aIhf0dXo4v8NRax_aywzvvNDeHuR0Obh0CZ34P-dbiDb-s0SbMtI-VDMr5PIxXjAefEIFB8r6L5nZg5nY0f7DMzejlVyzTGnWbz7vV0/w400-h285/IMG_3461.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">I put most of them in the freezer for friends and company, but I've been sneaking a few a day. </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Last night I made another of my traditional recipes: chocolate chip pumpkin bread. I got this recipe from the mother of a 5th-grade friend because my friend used to share hers with me at lunch time and I loved it. So I've been making this a loooong time! I made seven mini loaves yesterday and have already eaten one. The rest also went into the freezer for Christmas company.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHix-mOL8Yopa-biEWqC7VeT4Za7H1OYm4nsBXklbUhMc9z3y5oNbVfVasrsxfk7N7Gm5zu54CEEx9X8eiIz-LPhO4dWhLXg-XTZW3nMNMO79lZ86HKwkhSHOIVcGir2DgVfY1EfEnKAE9M82hmTtcg0t_5OiKgxrbO7G17MF8mDk5BqkoDXxg_sYwH8/s4032/IMG_3458.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHix-mOL8Yopa-biEWqC7VeT4Za7H1OYm4nsBXklbUhMc9z3y5oNbVfVasrsxfk7N7Gm5zu54CEEx9X8eiIz-LPhO4dWhLXg-XTZW3nMNMO79lZ86HKwkhSHOIVcGir2DgVfY1EfEnKAE9M82hmTtcg0t_5OiKgxrbO7G17MF8mDk5BqkoDXxg_sYwH8/w400-h300/IMG_3458.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Have a delicious day</span></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-952044286144418292023-12-10T11:27:00.000-07:002023-12-10T11:29:44.831-07:00A sparkly thread star<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikj-klRY7WntB4-59Z08RdzsI2EsTE6j_2e_cTKb1N5mauro0ldyh1JJ1SL8ZAKYdwslVKVAcrc28T_YsgRlaPeVNzoUF7bzYVNUR5Zb1l5PPewBp3U4xJ4BPW-IcCXii13dwEJgvIAIRnlEk4rzoBL_CJMc5L0ekbKtPuo_0j2FP2jnNunAy-k9zzlrA/s2996/IMG_3431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2673" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikj-klRY7WntB4-59Z08RdzsI2EsTE6j_2e_cTKb1N5mauro0ldyh1JJ1SL8ZAKYdwslVKVAcrc28T_YsgRlaPeVNzoUF7bzYVNUR5Zb1l5PPewBp3U4xJ4BPW-IcCXii13dwEJgvIAIRnlEk4rzoBL_CJMc5L0ekbKtPuo_0j2FP2jnNunAy-k9zzlrA/w358-h400/IMG_3431.jpeg" width="358" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I've been collecting thread scraps for years and years, and every once in awhile I sandwich some between Sulky Solvy layers to make a scarf or bauble. Yesterday I made a sparkling star ornament to put on the front of a card for the gallery owner where I sell my spirit dolls. It hardly made a dent in the thread tails!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoVgANWpKwzQd86kR64gWKsjJVYRoOaBuRkvMJ0VTfLRot9CUJ0qQr88WQLCRUvxYmhic9Iorq7gUUGWofILLnhk789o8b77ub0Ua7WuB9HbJjbmNdwnR4BBg4UReD6H5QlhHk6wjZmWiO_8izhOrmfKiszoqa12zB_UMXTAfSLxyBif-WoH8EVqj80I/s3273/IMG_3432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3273" data-original-width="2649" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoVgANWpKwzQd86kR64gWKsjJVYRoOaBuRkvMJ0VTfLRot9CUJ0qQr88WQLCRUvxYmhic9Iorq7gUUGWofILLnhk789o8b77ub0Ua7WuB9HbJjbmNdwnR4BBg4UReD6H5QlhHk6wjZmWiO_8izhOrmfKiszoqa12zB_UMXTAfSLxyBif-WoH8EVqj80I/w324-h400/IMG_3432.jpeg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I also used little snippets of this gold mesh fabric that I've been using in my quilts for literally decades. I buy it at Joann's where they carry the fancy fabric for costumes and bridal dresses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahvNGXf1hxbNCTgIhNe4vO5xbqPnxJvvLfHDXS80m1V6pb6JyAF59rjmNdIMJjLg69dfjsSHBCJ8UFkS7KvV2zrV6AGg8dS_1osXjAKhSl-bAcAR_H5Rh75n1Ee9rZaY4Ltu1istxBZkLSABP_pE60PqSTg41gu1iPlKlP5AzZMFZeo5xPtb9vjQfNVk/s2427/IMG_3433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2427" data-original-width="1868" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahvNGXf1hxbNCTgIhNe4vO5xbqPnxJvvLfHDXS80m1V6pb6JyAF59rjmNdIMJjLg69dfjsSHBCJ8UFkS7KvV2zrV6AGg8dS_1osXjAKhSl-bAcAR_H5Rh75n1Ee9rZaY4Ltu1istxBZkLSABP_pE60PqSTg41gu1iPlKlP5AzZMFZeo5xPtb9vjQfNVk/w308-h400/IMG_3433.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8oLzA_Vl4TmYvvAZI99wDB-HIWLJpbBKLmsDmiBHuQvQ2PNPunH1OHggIwp31Nzx9-QbQzEkXAisOvxv21JgIPrfDrT1tw3SXXF7VZcLX-WdpRC2mg25b-M7KDIQTnUcLXfmqyg_kNp4-Rvcs-jHSB32xeO1MQikN8nyDWO1bI1cLdY_n1llufNF00I/s3027/IMG_3434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3027" data-original-width="2802" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8oLzA_Vl4TmYvvAZI99wDB-HIWLJpbBKLmsDmiBHuQvQ2PNPunH1OHggIwp31Nzx9-QbQzEkXAisOvxv21JgIPrfDrT1tw3SXXF7VZcLX-WdpRC2mg25b-M7KDIQTnUcLXfmqyg_kNp4-Rvcs-jHSB32xeO1MQikN8nyDWO1bI1cLdY_n1llufNF00I/w370-h400/IMG_3434.jpeg" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">If you're not familiar with this method, you sandwich your scraps of fabric/thread between two layers of Sulky Solvy, which is a water-soluble stabilizer. I laid my scraps on pretty thick ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdgX26Lp6KOd58wpXcGKndpWVLS-tXTdsIQneZRNmJyKXogZO_7udXDygsSj0Dp1dLT-5ZGlo8eYMyszVv5UCzPOQtGMKu2RdtW5A_V2iKbN2RmCU9o8kEfrAaZQl0DsLp2qvdzm8PAa2jm_c1Qkvq_bRHNlisp5CYt4bNXwun6TUO0RZZBFxHWwkPqk/s3563/IMG_3435.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="3563" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdgX26Lp6KOd58wpXcGKndpWVLS-tXTdsIQneZRNmJyKXogZO_7udXDygsSj0Dp1dLT-5ZGlo8eYMyszVv5UCzPOQtGMKu2RdtW5A_V2iKbN2RmCU9o8kEfrAaZQl0DsLp2qvdzm8PAa2jm_c1Qkvq_bRHNlisp5CYt4bNXwun6TUO0RZZBFxHWwkPqk/w400-h259/IMG_3435.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">... then I folded the top half of the Solvy over the scraps and held the sandwich with a few pins.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTCe7lzxTNJsLXyX6ERS4WQDJbYzpmfZBdBQW3eUp9ZPkkf3O8qRGtsbI5rMlEz_80ocTDvEV1XwQ4lE3z-2aI7Mo_U7QrfS4ZR9_ixyhW53Qo1ds8V0ET1AQxVj5XdcCY0BwrB80unJj_7gazhSL0iux8vr8u6FjbSr_zExG_-ZVf6_xpVyAI8h7yZ0/s2615/IMG_3436.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1997" data-original-width="2615" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTCe7lzxTNJsLXyX6ERS4WQDJbYzpmfZBdBQW3eUp9ZPkkf3O8qRGtsbI5rMlEz_80ocTDvEV1XwQ4lE3z-2aI7Mo_U7QrfS4ZR9_ixyhW53Qo1ds8V0ET1AQxVj5XdcCY0BwrB80unJj_7gazhSL0iux8vr8u6FjbSr_zExG_-ZVf6_xpVyAI8h7yZ0/w400-h305/IMG_3436.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I sewed around the edges to hold everything in, then sewed back and forth and up and down about a quarter inch apart over the whole piece. I used YLI metallic gold thread in the top and yellow in the bobbin. This stitching is what will hold the snippets together when the stabilizer is washed away, so you need to sew close together.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZV5HFYH9Ks4w-ubKdHlHmIEF7j226cSNkJeFLT5yqVyKg25JUIBT1x0XVU6s5DKE6SkHX6RfHV5yGnG-a4Re-Nlnn_yLZbN1FpT4caXor1dgttu8z13FnIzp4Kyw_H3vkiOdXliYxiED90EOcDOazxDBrZXEyDHp9JAgRy90npLenb-osqYmlRgT8nM/s2862/IMG_3439.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="2862" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZV5HFYH9Ks4w-ubKdHlHmIEF7j226cSNkJeFLT5yqVyKg25JUIBT1x0XVU6s5DKE6SkHX6RfHV5yGnG-a4Re-Nlnn_yLZbN1FpT4caXor1dgttu8z13FnIzp4Kyw_H3vkiOdXliYxiED90EOcDOazxDBrZXEyDHp9JAgRy90npLenb-osqYmlRgT8nM/w400-h326/IMG_3439.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Then I washed out the Solvy ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeHRu-W7efwaGYPfM_3DGe_CBVZSjhxXTmwKVRidMnenB5QB5JVZPu4x_Ff2tbmdr7ga0zmqFVdw1H24Xve87DrCNuPOvI1KTR9OhFq-KCiUPd3JVq_7blr7GAHHiD2239AYjD5_RQiYpNq7hzvQpF1EYp1itEk32ICsMoSaGFuE_3wU-IHii1fuu45Q/s2999/IMG_3441.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2999" data-original-width="2501" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeHRu-W7efwaGYPfM_3DGe_CBVZSjhxXTmwKVRidMnenB5QB5JVZPu4x_Ff2tbmdr7ga0zmqFVdw1H24Xve87DrCNuPOvI1KTR9OhFq-KCiUPd3JVq_7blr7GAHHiD2239AYjD5_RQiYpNq7hzvQpF1EYp1itEk32ICsMoSaGFuE_3wU-IHii1fuu45Q/w334-h400/IMG_3441.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">... and laid it on a towel in the sun to dry. You could also use a hair dryer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVXu76XkxXU1yh7iJXABkOxK9fPWk-0SFyKX2jJGQTBKvGfxJkEFLGoUeWNCy4r4hEEulG40soKB-4RyaSjKVQuokDnZes_Azp0U058i1JRQfU4L9VPBFIzx-LaKOWB6nfHKHstkPXkb5ddl1kOVL1BDjMGTC_LUveDJX_hfmRsia_p0qsns16qKr5HI/s4032/IMG_3442.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVXu76XkxXU1yh7iJXABkOxK9fPWk-0SFyKX2jJGQTBKvGfxJkEFLGoUeWNCy4r4hEEulG40soKB-4RyaSjKVQuokDnZes_Azp0U058i1JRQfU4L9VPBFIzx-LaKOWB6nfHKHstkPXkb5ddl1kOVL1BDjMGTC_LUveDJX_hfmRsia_p0qsns16qKr5HI/w300-h400/IMG_3442.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I cut out a star shape and then used a gold zigzag stitch to sew it onto a piece of green felted wool.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eeEWvkwShIpnvywbWQi8J-hJXX3lIeOfnnFiHoG297DaiBWZsm7Xx1uuUTzMoEbulRyPkEEhM0fiREfo0HtzBbZOXIyeGjWZCTxT50x4E3fsd0RcqrbfdFnsjyBmfEdAF_OslIWEdkWTFI0lRzYdbu1c7Y-oZ1xkA3pje8CzXptXLDM0COp1pest2Bk/s4032/IMG_3450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eeEWvkwShIpnvywbWQi8J-hJXX3lIeOfnnFiHoG297DaiBWZsm7Xx1uuUTzMoEbulRyPkEEhM0fiREfo0HtzBbZOXIyeGjWZCTxT50x4E3fsd0RcqrbfdFnsjyBmfEdAF_OslIWEdkWTFI0lRzYdbu1c7Y-oZ1xkA3pje8CzXptXLDM0COp1pest2Bk/w300-h400/IMG_3450.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8eeEWvkwShIpnvywbWQi8J-hJXX3lIeOfnnFiHoG297DaiBWZsm7Xx1uuUTzMoEbulRyPkEEhM0fiREfo0HtzBbZOXIyeGjWZCTxT50x4E3fsd0RcqrbfdFnsjyBmfEdAF_OslIWEdkWTFI0lRzYdbu1c7Y-oZ1xkA3pje8CzXptXLDM0COp1pest2Bk/s4032/IMG_3450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"> And voila! A star to decorate the front of a card and also to hang as an ornament!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I also blogged about this method for making scarves</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> here:</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://sherriequilt.blogspot.com/2013/06/summer-scarves-and-stitch.html" target="_blank">summer-scarves-and-stitch.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3012" data-original-width="2916" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmX7x1Ak4rwEKqGUlXO1L7up7W53n1_4SaOnOvihX1SeryEB5CuT0mr-OElcgNQdAGFhm4oU-olNwKM3Hv7OFVs8WMdDHmz1g2t2KsMue8W8qz4OnMIpvzvdPfaT6a0y9gW2p2egmmZXuup7S3iVOhLhSZAZaWDDCcLIV55FPjbitXe51VmHjucvJKnyc/w388-h400/IMG_3452.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="388" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I also made sparkly ginger molasses cookies, one of my Christmas traditions since the kids were little. Except now it's just me at home eating the cookies!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xCgZoAUHOy2fB1OcopSxf7vR-ajO9AaG0fbFjvn5Hic0DS0Km3mYm7XYjxFHz2JUJMhl7eI1vYKqiKix-mQYSL2hAqfP8Q2X0N568ObK3SJNhiAO8YIIC8p86MrGHZ2uMXIIe8DhyphenhyphenJ9JwyIIVfR-zQf7S_fBZh6Tbpy0uTL7JaSrIc1vbCCZTQ_WRvA/s3024/IMG_3430.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2627" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xCgZoAUHOy2fB1OcopSxf7vR-ajO9AaG0fbFjvn5Hic0DS0Km3mYm7XYjxFHz2JUJMhl7eI1vYKqiKix-mQYSL2hAqfP8Q2X0N568ObK3SJNhiAO8YIIC8p86MrGHZ2uMXIIe8DhyphenhyphenJ9JwyIIVfR-zQf7S_fBZh6Tbpy0uTL7JaSrIc1vbCCZTQ_WRvA/w348-h400/IMG_3430.jpeg" width="348" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-76454744072776253722023-12-07T14:48:00.000-07:002023-12-07T14:48:32.365-07:00Back to hiking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1cjf9k48sQksX6Ty4r796ZRxSgIpMv6_gwmuQYvVAOu3FYdSdFYAIo8y81b2rreCM9xpEy0wUJHDSxbebGTuFawsOmweSLcriJ6ieBY2EJWUQuCBHtdbgSPumhMQq2GTMOhPKhZZIDvvIM86TJQcM7i_KxLAsOtkeE5jFiAUtuN6tY8XLtkhyphenhyphenUY70Oc/s4032/IMG_3425.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1cjf9k48sQksX6Ty4r796ZRxSgIpMv6_gwmuQYvVAOu3FYdSdFYAIo8y81b2rreCM9xpEy0wUJHDSxbebGTuFawsOmweSLcriJ6ieBY2EJWUQuCBHtdbgSPumhMQq2GTMOhPKhZZIDvvIM86TJQcM7i_KxLAsOtkeE5jFiAUtuN6tY8XLtkhyphenhyphenUY70Oc/w300-h400/IMG_3425.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I haven't done much hiking lately -- even though the weather has been perfect for it -- because my hiking buddies are off in Egypt and Mexico. But today I went out by myself. It was too nice not to be outside and I definitely needed some exercise.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b-5uafdciXY7z5rMxsTR91s85HYNubUrjRCPUqfCOG2cefL_lHUnC6zrtlYf5mP-sqAF0lSFFKoK_xgWusxZ0VfoUt0h6EtE4A3mC1SnwcO6HWZ1U5NjA6e5VJ7ooHqsRDDT6uDT1hS4NjYyhOFu92NKqFTwTxRFpskL5oLLR3ydpgt7CXdfQHXXfNc/s2624/IMG_3415.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="2624" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b-5uafdciXY7z5rMxsTR91s85HYNubUrjRCPUqfCOG2cefL_lHUnC6zrtlYf5mP-sqAF0lSFFKoK_xgWusxZ0VfoUt0h6EtE4A3mC1SnwcO6HWZ1U5NjA6e5VJ7ooHqsRDDT6uDT1hS4NjYyhOFu92NKqFTwTxRFpskL5oLLR3ydpgt7CXdfQHXXfNc/w400-h343/IMG_3415.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I came across this cute roadrunner that wasn't afraid of me at all. I kept my distance, but she just sauntered around, pecking at the ground and looking at me curiously. Usually they run away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">But earlier I encountered a herd of javelinas as I rounded the corner on another trail and it scared the jeepers out of me because they can be aggressive. So I slowly retreated and took another trail.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqDn4ekmUoBgmAdeCbl7P_EMqlR50vk69ownfREib9v2PHXYvUVZr-2-jB4QZv9mpd_tlS3RUOjXr38SrFSUqQcKubHOSrhibNgT1wjYFc17d8Ie3XTR_NaP1ElDz2J6ZEXM_olKOer8hs48Qp1oSBl1eZFiiAmF44h5KmgFS0DVse3VHHwBPU6EeMKM/s4032/IMG_3424.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqDn4ekmUoBgmAdeCbl7P_EMqlR50vk69ownfREib9v2PHXYvUVZr-2-jB4QZv9mpd_tlS3RUOjXr38SrFSUqQcKubHOSrhibNgT1wjYFc17d8Ie3XTR_NaP1ElDz2J6ZEXM_olKOer8hs48Qp1oSBl1eZFiiAmF44h5KmgFS0DVse3VHHwBPU6EeMKM/w400-h300/IMG_3424.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">The scenery was gorgeous as always, with a bright blue sky and golden leaves on some of the trees.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqbym6ecRBpHXGC4o_GIJ8XDGTNLRUWz3W9cnHcrH5hW3UHdL0iHzFfzNq25Pm3awNIZHyzao9ctHtoCVPX-5MbA7wjd_caU0NzCGg6JkLsTe9TM_dxGVv9zY6S0sG-jKyDFlev_obLdP1vVTjrrClQg98QdIfX0Eq_BSkoN4S0WvMYvUzei5kZEjtuE/s4032/IMG_3421.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqbym6ecRBpHXGC4o_GIJ8XDGTNLRUWz3W9cnHcrH5hW3UHdL0iHzFfzNq25Pm3awNIZHyzao9ctHtoCVPX-5MbA7wjd_caU0NzCGg6JkLsTe9TM_dxGVv9zY6S0sG-jKyDFlev_obLdP1vVTjrrClQg98QdIfX0Eq_BSkoN4S0WvMYvUzei5kZEjtuE/w400-h300/IMG_3421.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">I think the two saguaros below are interesting because they're in the same environment but one is straight and looks like the classic saguaro while the other is all twisted. Reminds me of how two kids from the same family raised in the same environment can grow up to be so different!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WPyBCUsM1uYihJ7VtaX_J4jJM4TEGddldqk-aDru3QIkJ2oRKNn96meLocZ41_NCRvsQ9ob6Sxuxnterlemkv5cRQChQqMQaoZQ9rNPutBUZgAm6GIwTJEXSt30gKdgnYUf4XtfOWlFxPx9zBi7eD9Sfl8dnsK_21yg6F2yq0A2wwK7Qq5sZ-ZZfRxs/s4032/IMG_3417.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WPyBCUsM1uYihJ7VtaX_J4jJM4TEGddldqk-aDru3QIkJ2oRKNn96meLocZ41_NCRvsQ9ob6Sxuxnterlemkv5cRQChQqMQaoZQ9rNPutBUZgAm6GIwTJEXSt30gKdgnYUf4XtfOWlFxPx9zBi7eD9Sfl8dnsK_21yg6F2yq0A2wwK7Qq5sZ-ZZfRxs/w300-h400/IMG_3417.jpeg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LDPrU5HzYZ88qspqfromf-ESyltnCfpYe3VY3xgZoQD-tOlKrTSIfewiCcohZ-u3sx9f4NdZlyPUtbDIuj_iySY0ExZruMpaoDKGezx3J6XEIHpmRrJqq4hB7t0PQigmXBN7UHd-Df4rH07M6O7lPeSGyCDpF6O8_s_nqvGUq7wnx9cIsZB6Na4fiXw/s4032/IMG_3426.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">This sandy wash is dry for now and looks like a beach, but during the summer monsoons it can be a raging river. It was a good hike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WPyBCUsM1uYihJ7VtaX_J4jJM4TEGddldqk-aDru3QIkJ2oRKNn96meLocZ41_NCRvsQ9ob6Sxuxnterlemkv5cRQChQqMQaoZQ9rNPutBUZgAm6GIwTJEXSt30gKdgnYUf4XtfOWlFxPx9zBi7eD9Sfl8dnsK_21yg6F2yq0A2wwK7Qq5sZ-ZZfRxs/s4032/IMG_3417.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LDPrU5HzYZ88qspqfromf-ESyltnCfpYe3VY3xgZoQD-tOlKrTSIfewiCcohZ-u3sx9f4NdZlyPUtbDIuj_iySY0ExZruMpaoDKGezx3J6XEIHpmRrJqq4hB7t0PQigmXBN7UHd-Df4rH07M6O7lPeSGyCDpF6O8_s_nqvGUq7wnx9cIsZB6Na4fiXw/s4032/IMG_3426.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LDPrU5HzYZ88qspqfromf-ESyltnCfpYe3VY3xgZoQD-tOlKrTSIfewiCcohZ-u3sx9f4NdZlyPUtbDIuj_iySY0ExZruMpaoDKGezx3J6XEIHpmRrJqq4hB7t0PQigmXBN7UHd-Df4rH07M6O7lPeSGyCDpF6O8_s_nqvGUq7wnx9cIsZB6Na4fiXw/w400-h300/IMG_3426.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-76346566607507152592023-12-04T10:47:00.000-07:002023-12-04T10:47:29.544-07:00TubaChristmas and the Civic Orchestra<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nabJRX4r1dK0N9D_1zDaevJP5sz_yI_dMHKMdDfF4GW9IEry7LnG414Y4DymREk1XSUWqXd50X3Tnq3eGqRqhcItctqr2fx-rU5gw4uGFT1rvmIwHQes-3X6d1f73ylkJmM9vrHPyoerajGoSC-azDI7LNioYWowfsdo7NtVhXouyc6o0q1rtF6vEUg/s3186/IMG_3399.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="2259" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nabJRX4r1dK0N9D_1zDaevJP5sz_yI_dMHKMdDfF4GW9IEry7LnG414Y4DymREk1XSUWqXd50X3Tnq3eGqRqhcItctqr2fx-rU5gw4uGFT1rvmIwHQes-3X6d1f73ylkJmM9vrHPyoerajGoSC-azDI7LNioYWowfsdo7NtVhXouyc6o0q1rtF6vEUg/w284-h400/IMG_3399.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">It was a weekend of free holiday concerts here, with TubaChristmas on Saturday and the Civic Orchestra of Tucson on Sunday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvxKQ6Ml3MB7MI16atm65AI1G9p6yPZQDjVXXYQwi90p2yNmtzbAWC_PpHTmSWv8v01xt2CxP2NcDEv4poHctXF55jmME9Qsp8cpmCMvJhbn-YLFsbk6Di-2xStWl8JjXOzO4Y0t3kUrLLHB5Kc05PrqNVoceRcjzLcnq2Ejis4C_N58iemXKLRGwej0/s2557/IMG_3394.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2392" data-original-width="2557" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvxKQ6Ml3MB7MI16atm65AI1G9p6yPZQDjVXXYQwi90p2yNmtzbAWC_PpHTmSWv8v01xt2CxP2NcDEv4poHctXF55jmME9Qsp8cpmCMvJhbn-YLFsbk6Di-2xStWl8JjXOzO4Y0t3kUrLLHB5Kc05PrqNVoceRcjzLcnq2Ejis4C_N58iemXKLRGwej0/w400-h374/IMG_3394.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">TubaChristmas was fun! It was outside at the Oro Valley Marketplace holiday art festival in beautiful weather. I counted 36 tuba players, ranging in age from 11 to 79, playing all sorts of tubas and decked out in some crazy outfits.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKSkqZiK9etoJz6UmXh-Q7frLihMvRCz8ebHuDr0YBKlm5G6MFKaOGcNiBHXjwYJ4igZZvw66rGvSg3bZYoDgy91t7HkkjyJ_r9OaATKbS2wWKw6WPZL32xYeIdE5bc5n6t1vA9BG6jZDzOUtSWeuOT6PS6MGCpvttL22tK25lxA6ZgGZBIpV8UO087U/s2946/IMG_3395.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2946" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKSkqZiK9etoJz6UmXh-Q7frLihMvRCz8ebHuDr0YBKlm5G6MFKaOGcNiBHXjwYJ4igZZvw66rGvSg3bZYoDgy91t7HkkjyJ_r9OaATKbS2wWKw6WPZL32xYeIdE5bc5n6t1vA9BG6jZDzOUtSWeuOT6PS6MGCpvttL22tK25lxA6ZgGZBIpV8UO087U/w400-h301/IMG_3395.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">The conductor, a professor of music at the University of Arizona in Tucson, explained that TubaChristmas (one word) is a concert held in cities worldwide that celebrates those who play, teach and compose music for instruments in the tuba family. I thought a tuba was a tuba, like the ones in the high school marching band. But there are sousaphones, baritones, euphoniums, silicons, ophicleides, serpents and the double bell euphonium! TubaChristmas has been going on around the world for 50 years.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCopGT0dvpGo4-EjCCKWOryTp6ifib8DH82jtmn1VS_GkupiB7YmZQizXOE9WMIMaHJS60wl8Mcis0U8iGEng_6z7chyCiq9xIgk7bzSkyuHHJ2T9_V5NRZbDLWtwmc-ZU0PBUpH6xJzk_PJkBQ2LYHOrOQoFtFkmdOVLHrKnb5uWOe_lAMQkdOKAU6w/s4032/IMG_3397.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCopGT0dvpGo4-EjCCKWOryTp6ifib8DH82jtmn1VS_GkupiB7YmZQizXOE9WMIMaHJS60wl8Mcis0U8iGEng_6z7chyCiq9xIgk7bzSkyuHHJ2T9_V5NRZbDLWtwmc-ZU0PBUpH6xJzk_PJkBQ2LYHOrOQoFtFkmdOVLHrKnb5uWOe_lAMQkdOKAU6w/w300-h400/IMG_3397.jpeg" width="300" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCopGT0dvpGo4-EjCCKWOryTp6ifib8DH82jtmn1VS_GkupiB7YmZQizXOE9WMIMaHJS60wl8Mcis0U8iGEng_6z7chyCiq9xIgk7bzSkyuHHJ2T9_V5NRZbDLWtwmc-ZU0PBUpH6xJzk_PJkBQ2LYHOrOQoFtFkmdOVLHrKnb5uWOe_lAMQkdOKAU6w/s4032/IMG_3397.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">They played traditional holiday tunes and passed out lyric sheets so we could sing along. It was fun!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sYWgRd5-y35CBSPv5qqEJdWm4AfmmPTMbRB9p4m2INmfUF-XbSwDPB4rFEor0G3MJNR62ts2pXUhav23NFfP38JLklyT9keai8x83ZVGiWJhUV_s_0zipNJtsBrO0_0MZ4vb921LwWsAij7aUni1wxVLQoYb8ZUy4N7-jAwIgYXTjXm7WivXv4a1xX8/s1915/IMG_3402.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="1767" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sYWgRd5-y35CBSPv5qqEJdWm4AfmmPTMbRB9p4m2INmfUF-XbSwDPB4rFEor0G3MJNR62ts2pXUhav23NFfP38JLklyT9keai8x83ZVGiWJhUV_s_0zipNJtsBrO0_0MZ4vb921LwWsAij7aUni1wxVLQoYb8ZUy4N7-jAwIgYXTjXm7WivXv4a1xX8/w369-h400/IMG_3402.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">The Civic Orchestra concert was more dignified and was in the ballroom of the El Conquistador resort. I didn't take photos during the concert because I didn't have a good view, but during intermission I found Mr. and Mrs. Claus mingling with concertgoers in the lobby. Their outfits were embellished with beautiful embroidered snowflakes.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn4sOVOr9vSk6uBcc7WRYBA9v1ZwSwXmQIDmeSYUFzkXBKvs9nhlRBFJ0U-xFYhD3HaUbU_av2PPaIH0ZTfkrLyL8QJI4MzQVHe13J6V-_Iejzm2J8hVYurYto-TKApnJajEpUqIgffPj8VZkHq87e1XmXccJyqCwIEfT_g91Xdpsk7Kr8vPQ2hxVKqA/s4032/IMG_3410.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn4sOVOr9vSk6uBcc7WRYBA9v1ZwSwXmQIDmeSYUFzkXBKvs9nhlRBFJ0U-xFYhD3HaUbU_av2PPaIH0ZTfkrLyL8QJI4MzQVHe13J6V-_Iejzm2J8hVYurYto-TKApnJajEpUqIgffPj8VZkHq87e1XmXccJyqCwIEfT_g91Xdpsk7Kr8vPQ2hxVKqA/w300-h400/IMG_3410.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Have a colorful day</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sherrie Spanglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413060395202056662.post-5553378212160018912023-12-02T10:56:00.000-07:002023-12-02T15:56:08.777-07:00California colors in the bag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqcidyy12HreG6DPS0JCxrxiCWyRNUPIc0A4l4IhUtSijm5vJaiWmf9jYaZuBpHN7-Vp95Ow2S6qLBORP43E31auMr6YbZUP1f3JO7BC-aCnXgLxckab-Xo276FWu3egvsMQu8nxnwMVX7bS_z1qGbsHBc6ds86N0QtiaL0xDpxPyI0HqhKSfwqLs8aU/s3390/IMG_3390.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3390" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieqcidyy12HreG6DPS0JCxrxiCWyRNUPIc0A4l4IhUtSijm5vJaiWmf9jYaZuBpHN7-Vp95Ow2S6qLBORP43E31auMr6YbZUP1f3JO7BC-aCnXgLxckab-Xo276FWu3egvsMQu8nxnwMVX7bS_z1qGbsHBc6ds86N0QtiaL0xDpxPyI0HqhKSfwqLs8aU/w356-h400/IMG_3390.jpeg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">I was going to do a quilt based on the colors of my California trip, then I decided a little zippered pouch would be more useful, maybe for traveling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyZe_pd2BrVeh_2hocsXKZ2cOW9pUQMxQFBP8E3vi6jnqCcgqSFutdi4GUAcMg75aMQuCBp0ZTbdUW7U3AdQUAqkVAeXe03s1_G2Ggb-CJKyo9fOOMLlTCGDDxQ0N1KwulktCVLG46iG8a8iRvBINioJluWmMcCu_hC1GBW8HmHnvpZBHBlwhNZIzuLk/s3777/IMG_3391.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3777" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyZe_pd2BrVeh_2hocsXKZ2cOW9pUQMxQFBP8E3vi6jnqCcgqSFutdi4GUAcMg75aMQuCBp0ZTbdUW7U3AdQUAqkVAeXe03s1_G2Ggb-CJKyo9fOOMLlTCGDDxQ0N1KwulktCVLG46iG8a8iRvBINioJluWmMcCu_hC1GBW8HmHnvpZBHBlwhNZIzuLk/w320-h400/IMG_3391.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">So I started pulling out fabric from my stash that included the colors of the trip: orange sunsets, green cypress and redwood trees, golden hills, blue ocean and skies, yellow for that yummy banana cream pie at Nepenthe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCenlC1xu9SvZCQ2aw624winq3yLl5eBiLHe8W1RSmHDLcVhRuGvcZJk-bjkSknQmC79Als28Ezfhf9IFF1_mPEoXug0OiXPyo81fbTHkqoV5WiPZ1L2QDUtlgH2CiEERY4u8o4rDGi2aOBf2TnNhpzAuwTTcy0ydQIQjl0zdZ2wZVWSOwE9WYm-mRPZ4/w400-h300/IMG_3368.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">As I started cutting and sewing, the neat piles became a tangled mess!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbGqoQyvmIEfEapFCK2nlJBTUSGORZRLc4pQONXUH1Uo5aMsGaPVH6e-ggVSiZoWoE42xQzZZmI7QF53MchL59cSNx2QD7ECCwCSB7c7YZkCW1fCVML3xdqG8f7O7TW0eK6x80ACSKL1fM96jFIu2N3j806uf6WNxg2hFzhVzuzRLKWEcZMOMbxmXs_I/s3243/IMG_2652.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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