Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Progress and recreation

Hello everyone!  Quilting the quilt is now a daily event.  I've been watching BBC Detective movies while I work.  This is the first 'family unit' of handprints that is on the back:

Today I started on the second family unit on the front side of the quilt.  It seems to be going along at a good pace, stitch by stitch.  I'm really enjoying working on such a big project. But I have so many other ideas going on, that today I began work on another little one...this will involve stitching a recent drawing on home-dyed cloth; here is a lone bundle of jacaranda blossoms and eucalyptus, steaming...

Even though all this work is exciting, it seemed a good time for a get-away. I haven't been seeing enough horses lately, so I decided to go for a drive to Sacramento to the Horse Expo.  A well spent day!

This was what greeted us first:
Not a horse!

Some more highlights;  pulling logs:


A beautiful mule:

A very plucky little pony:

Something I would like to go to someday:

There was also a cattle dog training session, but I was so engrossed in it, I forgot to take pictures.  Gilly was quite disappointed about that (she didn't get to come along),  and was a bit sulky and unwilling to look at the camera:

I'm trying to teach her the names of some of her stuffed (unstuffed) animals, but I get the impression she might rather be learning how to herd cows.  Oh well.  That's all for now.





6 comments:

  1. Hi Susanna, I would've loved to have seen pics of the cattle dogs, I have a cattle dog/border collie cross. I wanted to thank you too for your Raindrop print which arrived a couple of days ago. Thankyou, I like it so much. Thankyou for sharing with me.

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    1. You're welcome, Nanette! Yes, I wish I had taken those pictures of the cattle dog...I'm not sure what kind he was, and he wasn't 100% obedient, but he did get the job done!

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  2. Dear Gilly, I am in sympathy with your disappointment at not getting to go along with your mother to the exciting horse expo. Sort of crushing! Hope you and your mother are friends again by now! Love from Flossy

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    1. Dear Flossy, thank you so much for writing. Most of the time I do ok with disappointments but honestly! why shouldn't a nice little dog like me get to go to such a thing. I appreciate your sympathy...I forgave her instantly, but I've been barking alot to get it the incident out of my system. Therapy barking.

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  3. so pleased to find your blog, and to find that you are a fellow horse lover. Love your blog banner with the horse!

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    1. Thanks Shauna! I'm so glad you stopped by, and I love seeing your work too...

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