Bird Brain

       Heart pounding, heavy breathing, sweating profusely.....that's what happens after chasing a fledgling bird from my garage. I'd just come home from grocery shopping, which in itself is a torture. 

       With the last load of bags hooped on each arm, I noticed something from the corner of my eye I thought I saw something. But at my age I chalked it up to those floaties that break loose & float across the iris. I closed the garage door & went inside to put up all those groceries. When I went out to do a load of laundry.......once again, there was a blur of movement just out of my line of sight but this time I could have sworn I saw something. And then it happened........a bird flew by my head. Mind you, the garage doors were closed so I'm in an enclosed area with that little bird.

       Let's just say I went one way and the bird went the other for the time being. Of course I raised the doors and you'd think the little critter would fly out those doors but oooooohhhhhh nnnnooooo!

We went round and round and round until I was dizzy, the bird flew up into the loft to perch and looked down his beak accusingly at me. 

       That was it, I had had it!!!! What to do, what to do???

Granddad's shotgun??? Too brutal, plus there's not guarantee that I'd actually hit the little birdie. The pepper spary???? Too over the top and who's to say it wouldn't blow back somehow on me. 

       Think girl, think.

       Lightbulb!! (from Despicable Me - movie)

       Out came two cans of canned air (one of each hand cause I'm an old western fan.....six guns and such).....and it was on again. When all the air was gone, my blood pressure through the roof that little birdie decided to flitter away. I ran for the down buttons and thank goodness, the doors closed and I crawled into the house.

      Can you see the sweat on my brow????? I hope not because after 10 minutes with a cold ice pack on the back of my neck, my blood pressure and breathing finally under control, my shoulders unlocked and my spine relaxed.

      Did I mention that I don't like things that fly, crawl, slither, hop, flutter, gallop, lope, meander, etc.....you get the picture!!

      Note to self: Remember, you live in the country with wildlife so always drive into garage and immediately lower door!!

Monday, Monday

Make sure to visit Judy, our hostess for Design Wall Monday!!

Most of you remember John Wayne from THIS post .......at the time I made this one, I had no idea what I was going to do but as the 4th of July company visited on and on my mind began to wonder....don't get me wrong, I love family but after all the laughter, BBQ, potato salad, beans, pies, and iced tea.......I needed some down time.

I tipped-toed to the sewing room to ponder and pulled out some cowboy type fabrics. I squared up John by sewing strips around him and trimmed to 12 1/2 in. square.

I chose one of my favorite fabrics as the "kite" design. Normally, the kite would be a square piece of fabric (a foundation, if you will) with the "kite" drawn in, then sew varied size strips of either side.

Here's a sample of each block. I love the look of it. I added the rawhide/cowhide fabric to opposing corners.

First audition arrangement....BTW....this is a fractured diamond design.

Second audition arrangement.......which one looks better, do you think??

Monday, Monday

As you can see, I'm making the most of my "cowboy" fabrics.

These quilt tops will go to the helping hands ladies in my community who quilt them to be given to nursing homes clients, needy children & other groups.

Well, well, "Empty Diamonds" is finished & I'm so pleased with this one. Someone will want to snag it right up quickly!!

Making small quilt tops is a lot of fun. Can you see me smiling real big??  

This last quilt idea came from the rabbit fabric. I only had about a half yard left so I made the rabbit and daisy blocks. I also used a burnt orange fabric to bring brightness to the quilt.

 

 

So, I'm plugging along with quilt tops and new ideas..... all the fabrics used come from my stash which has not diminished one little bit and of course, now I have more strips to works with.............sigh!!

BTW, if you've noticed that some or most of the photos are askew, it's because I've been take them with my cell phone and can never seem to get directly over the top of the tops. You'd think I'd just go and get my regular camera but.....oh no, I'm determined to figure that cell phone app out.....

Make sure to pop over to Judy's sometime today, to see what others are up to!!