Morning Walk

It has been beautiful and cool in the mornings here with a lovely breeze. Had a quick walk today, took some snaps and only got yelled at by one guard. "No photo!" One thing we have here is lots of guards and policemen. You're bound to see several clustered on every street. Yesterday one of the traffic cops was examining his rifle and I realized he had it pointed right at me. Not on purpose, just not being careful. Makes me hope that the joke about none of them actually having any bullets might be true.

I love this gate. Very picturesque with the barbed wire adding a certain something.


I got yelled at while taking pics of these hollyhocks. Not surprising since whoever built this wall wanted their privacy. Would you have thought you were in Egypt?

The flame trees bloom in May. I don't think much of the orange-red, but they do add color.

Poor Pokey was locked in the closet while I was out. You'd think the cats would have realized by now that darting into closets isn't very clever.

I've been watching "Veronica Mars" and enjoying the hell out of it. I like the description of it: Nancy Drew crossed with Phillip Marlowe.

For whatever reason I've been hit by another urge to purge my shelves. I so crave working with calm clear fabrics and seeing all those busy fabrics (which I once loved passionately) makes me crazy. So yesterday I did a bunch of sorting and came up with another pile to go. I may not get sell them off, but at least I'll move them to somewhere I don't see them.

I also pulled a bunch of fabrics out for another quilt. Playing with the fabrics is the absolute bestest part of the process for me. Not sure I'll actually ever make it, but I had fun playing. The reason I don't think I'll do it now is the need to do lower-case letters for ya'all.

I haven't sewn the border on yet, but will get that done today. Thank you all for the encouragement. I was worried a bit about it, but all the compliments have eased my mind.

By the way, if you ever do hate or dislike or disapprove of something I'm doing, please let me know. You can be ruthless, so long as you're being constructive and not mean. I take criticism fairly well. I'd rather have my glitches and flaws pointed out so that I can learn from them. I might disagree, but it's good to think about it.

I'm feeling better now. Just had a headache in the evening yesterday, instead of all day long. Couple more days with the meds and I'll be sparkling bright and shiny.