A 500-piece puzzle of the Mission San Xavier del Bac, which is jsut south of Tucson. We thought it sounded like a fun New Year's EVE project, but we went to bed early and forgot about it. OOPS. But it was perfect for New Year's Day with the Rose Parade on in the background. Some of the sky areas were pretty tricky. My method is to leave then come back to it throughout the day. Puzzle strategy - I look for colors that should be in the piece I want and then pick from the remaining pieces. B. picks up a piece, grabs the box top, and tries to figure out exactly where that piece goes. I guess it takes all kinds ;-)
Gidget has become much more active and friendly since she is an only-cat now. Here she is inspecting my thread box. She even made an appearance while my parents were over babysitting! It's the first time they've seen her in several years!An example of bad math
At my first Quilt Camp in the Pines a few years ago, I took a class from Sharyn Craig called "Half Log Cabin." I tried to re-create it here with 2.5" strips, and I ended up with a rectangle! I guess I should try a bit harder to dig out the original instructions... 
And finally, here are the blocks I made for our guild meeting in February. Each month we get a new block pattern, and you get a raffle ticket for each block that you bring in the next month. The winner takes home all the completed blocks and is ready to finish a top! I've won two sets of blocks over the past 2 years, so I suppose I should put them together one of these days! (See, Susan, I *do* have UFOs!!!)
4 comments:
A. I have been to that mission - only because my school (at the time) hosted a group of students from Michigan - I got to see a lot of AZ that way...
B. yes, those only kitties are exceptionally sweet... When my male had to spend the night with the vet, my female was hog heaven! She could not believe that she was getting all of the attention, she even thanked me for "getting rid of" that boy cat. (I'll not discuss his return - she was less than gracious.)
C. 1/2 log cabin is on my list - I apparently need to think more on it...
Last year my husband and I took a road trip to one of the most beautiful places -- the state of Arizona. We made it as far as Tucson and the Saguaro National Park. We drove almost 8000 kms in 14 days. We never got to see that mission - so I guess we must go back to Arizona. It looks like such a pretty little mission.
Such a wonderful place. Every 20 miles looks different.
Im looking after cats for my friends. They adopt strays as well as have two that they bought. There is one front door cat (Scarlet O'Hara), two back door cats (mother and Squarky)and two inside cats (Moby and Missy or Muppet). I just love them all. They treat me like one of the family so I feel special and it really isnt because I feed them. They like me just for who I am LOL
Love the puzzle! At first I thought it was a painting. =) That's my favorite mission.
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