Oh, such glorious fall weather!
We revisited Illinois Beach State Park, Rollins Savanna, and the Des Plaines River Canoe Launch.
Left: ground cherry (in husks). Oak leaves, compass plant seed head, prickly pear with fruit, a determined chicory flower, aster, and horse-nettle ("all parts of the plant are poisonous," says the Picture This app).
A friend told me about this trail adjacent to the Rec Plex in Pleasant Prairie, just over the state line. We checked it out this afternoon (Sunday).
Note that I said "evening." Now that I've had cataracts removed I can see to drive at night. It makes such a difference!
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This week I replaced broken things. The coffeemaker was purchased in 2021 ($). The Cuisinart food processor was purchased in 1991 ($$). The molar (#19 per the tooth chart), grown approx. 1959 ($$$$). [I'm kicking myself for pitching the work bowl from the burned-out Cuisinart because it would fit the new one. I did save the blades, though.)
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In the studio: here's the next homespun project I alluded to.
I'm adapting it from a pattern in a quilt book from 1998. The pattern uses 1-1/2" strips for 7-1/2" blocks but suggests using 2" strips for 11-1/2" blocks. I'm doing the latter.
(The quiltmaker is (was) Mary Radke of Yorkville, Illinois. That's in Wanda's neck of the woods. I wonder if she knows her.)
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During her long life and illustrious career Marie Curie mentored many women scientists. Sobel includes them in this interesting approach to biography. I admit that I didn't completely understand all the scientific terminology, though Sobel explained it (fairly) clearly.
I'm a life member of AAUW which helped raise money so Mme Curie could purchase a gram of radium .
Linking up with Oh Scrap! Sew and Tell Design Wall Monday.
I have "Relax and Quilt". Thanks for reminding me of it. I love your homespun quilt.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, replacing broken things.....I have a growing list that will be addressed after an upcoming trip, it's going to be a great relief! Always a struggle to get the broken things out the door, precisely because of the fear of discarding something subsequently discovered to be useful. I say it's worth the rare error to have the space!
ReplyDeleteNeed to look up wooly bears, I haven't seen one in years!! Looking in the wrong places, perhaps.
Ceci
Sounds like a fun and busy week! (Except for the crown replacement, lol!) Beautiful spot for your walk and a pretty quilt project, too. The Marie Curie book sounds interesting!
ReplyDeletein maine it's pine cones...if there is a bumper crop the winter will be fierce...and love the quilt...i saved that pattern as well...nice to see it done in those homespuns...i just happen to have a few...LOL
ReplyDeleteCataract surgery was definitely life changing! So glad I didn't wait longer to do it. And I've always said that appliances have sympathy pains with each other. Replace one and a couple more will follow soon after. That is a great quilt pattern. I think I saved that one as well.
ReplyDeleteYes, I knew Mary Radke. She and I worked and taught quiltmaking at the same quilt shop, QBU in Batavia, IL. Her whole house was homespun. She was the homespun queen at our shop. She passed away about 2 years ago and I hope her daughters are treasuring her beautiful quilts.
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