Walking down by the creek today, I hardly knew where to turn my camera. All kinds of creatures were buzzing and fluttering around, and the light was perfect.
American Painted Lady, Vanessa virginiensis
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, female, black phase, Papilio glaucus
Blue Corporal, Ladona deplanata (I am pretty sure)
Crab spider with an unfortunate pollinator.
Small frog.
Slightly larger frog.
Stealthy Blue Jay.
I told myself THIS would be the year I would finish ALL of my unfinished objects (UFOs) before I let myself start any new projects. Okay, I would finish FIVE quilts before starting anything new. Well, considering that in a good year, I make one twin-size quilt and about six baby quilts, maybe that goal […]
You young people probably won’t believe it, but once upon a time, when we went to the doctor’s office, we could not bring an endless supply of entertainment with us in a device the size of a slice of toast. While we waited to be called, the only thing we could do was read whatever […]
I am thrilled to have a finish for this ScrapHappy Day! I started this quilt last year. I did this quilt Quilt-As-You-Go, with a central rectangle, and four skinny panels. I quilted the center with straight lines to outline the patches, and I did the first skinny panel with a sort of wood-grain look. But […]
The quarterly challenge for this online art quilt group was “Portrait.” As usual, I had lots of ideas, but as the deadline approached, I chose the least complicated of them. I had taken an online workshop from Melanie Rivers in intuitive portrait making. In the class Melanie directs you in the placement of ovals and […]
The spark for this baby quilt came from a big tub of donated fabrics. There were four Mickey Mouse 6-inch squares, two Dr. Seuss 6-inch squares, and a whole lot of Dr. Seuss fabric that had been cut up into 2-inch squares. The colors were bright and needed something to ground them. An ad in […]
Love those photos, especially the butterflies. Beautiful swallowtail…you have a wonderful opportunity to see nature up close.
Those camera zoom lenses are miracles to someone with as bad of vision as I have! I never get tired of being able to really see things. 🙂
Yes, so right. I’m still trying to get the hang of my new one…not easy….