Farewell January

Where has January gone?  It was a good month and still a bit of it remains, so here is some proof that I'm still here...one day at the dog park, this appeared:

Jude's Boro class has us excited and busy, working hard and making progress (as above)...I'm working on a quilt for grandson...here is the start of my first project for class:

At the same time, I'm still working on more felted trivets, which soon will appear in the shop:

and, inspired by ducks at the dog park:

also:

A tribute to January, called Merry Cherry January:

 Finally, in preparation for the Year of the Rabbit:

That's all for now!

Wild creatures and the farm cloth

While strolling through the park one day, I photographed this duck because he looked so funny and squat.

Then this fellow and I startled one another at a curve in the path...he bounded off and we considered each other at a safer distance...

I'm making the farm cloth for my farm friends and this week I added their house and began to applique their pictures on...

Alex, upper left, is 96 now.  This week his older sister Louise died.  She was a very dear friend.  Although she was 98, good-byes are hard.  The family is gathering now for the memorial...

These fish are appliqued to the bottom of the farm cloth.  Alex has fought hard for California farmers water rights.

A holiday swim

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog.  May this be a generally happy and a thoughtful holiday for you.