Just Start Anywhere

Did you ever find yourself on a project - center together, switching gears to piece the borders and you just didn't have the fortitude?

There was so much going on that I just couldn't settle at this - though by the looks of this photo I did just fine.

It all started on Wednesday when our Virginia Autumn decided to  just kick in all at once and be rainy and chilly with highs below 60 f degrees.

I switched the modes on the split units that heat the kitchen, quilting quarters and dining room from a/c to heat. (IN SEPTEMBER!) 

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The Marvelous Taj Mahal -

The Taj Mahal.

We were really here!

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra, India between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife. (Because, you MUST have a favorite wife!) The Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.

Also, please notice the artfully placed bug in the photo in the upper left corner! LOL!

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The Gang's (WAS) All Here!

They checked in on Wednesday afternoon.

I popped in to see them on Thursday evening on my way home from the airport after returning from India.

I was only shorted 24 hours or so of their retreat, but it still felt like I didn't get enough time with them!

These fine ladies are the September Quiltvillians 2.0  And regardless, they quilted up a storm on my short-sheeted week.

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I'm Reviewing...The Situation....

How many of you remember the movie "Oliver!" 

I loved musicals as a child...I remember riding my bike through the neighborhood and singing songs from this one as it was a favorite.  Who could not love Oliver?

Sometimes I still recite lines from that movie, as in: "Please sir, can I have some more?!"

And the song "I'm reviewing the situation..." expertly performed by Ron Moody who played is the notorious Fagin, starring in the original 1960 stage musical and the Academy Award-winning 1968 film adaptation of Oliver!

At any rate...while trying to figure out borders, I found I was "reviewing....the situation..." Because what I was first thinking is not going to work.

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