Weekly update: homespuns + reading

 

Cranes at Sand Pond this afternoon.  My walk was shortened because this strange wet stuff fell from the sky.  Oh, that was rain!   There hasn't been any around here for six weeks.  (And an hour afterward the sun was out again.) 

In my post Friday I alluded to an adventure.  We drove 65 miles to Westmont and took our friend Pat out to lunch.  (Pat was my long-time ALA conference roommate. She lives in a retirement/assisted living community now, and no longer drives. Though we chat by phone often it's been nearly two years since we've visited in person. Now that I've had cataract surgery I can see much better so I'm a more confident driver.)  

Friday evening the  Saddle Shoe Sisters sang golden oldies in a concert sponsored by our church.  It was a sing-along for many of us!  

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 In the studio:  

I'm still working with homespuns.  I found a stack of light-cornered 3.5" nine patches with made from homespuns and 'regular' neutrals.  I sewed them with pairs of 3.5" homespuns. That led to making more nine patches and then more blocks and....as of Sunday evening here's the design wall.   An 8 x 9 block setting will be 48 x 54; 3" borders would bring it to 54 x 60.

(I've had the ARC on the shelf since 2018 and took it along on my trip last month. Didn't read it until I got home, though.) 
A hundred years ago aviation was still young but it had made tremenouds progress in just two decades.   Military and commercial flight was becoming more prevalent. But what captured the public's attention was daredevil barnstorming -- brave (foolhardy?) pilots in small aircraft performing at airstrips all across the country. Records were there to be broken -- prizes for the longest, fastest, highest flights. Women were among those pioneers. Amelia Earhart is the best-known but she was hardly alone. Along with Ruth Nichols, Ruth Elder, Louise Thaden, and others they pushed the male establishment to let them fly. Some crashed, some soared, and they contributed immeasurably to aviation.

Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Oh Scrap!  

P.S.  Heirloom tomatoes from our favorite produce stand.  They're huge and delicious.