Thin Slices of Joy

Time along the CT coast with beloved family and friends

Fabulous fireworks over the water last night

Cyndi,

Absolutely gorgeous block! I love the colorful fabrics. My long arm arrives tomorrow and I’m so excited! I have two toppers just waiting for me to finish some practice with the rulers. One is the hand pieced Jen Kingwell mystery quilt from a year or two ago. The other is an EPP I designed for a dear friend. It’s a very simple two color lap quilt that transitions from all grey hexies to all orange hexies in a random pattern. I’ll be adding an embroidered frog and bear for her and her husband’s endearments for each other.

I’m scheduled for #6 Taxol this Friday. I envy you approaching the end of your chemo. Do you know how many radiation treatments you will receive?

Fingers crossed for you last chemo!

Thimble Islands

Hi Serenity, Funny you ask about what I like to grow, well, so far mostly it's been anything on sale at yard sales or on craigslist: i.e. very cheap. That way if I killed it I wouldn't feel too bad. I have gotten better at looking stuff up on google to see what light/water requirements are and more and more plants survived over the years. Now I get compliments on my yard from passers-by. About 2016, I started paying attention to my dry dead yard due to a radio show I accidentally found by Mark Govan that was on every Sunday AM. It was a call-in question and answer show. I got intrigued and used to go outside and plant or trim or dig something during the radio show while listening. He's passed away now, sudden heart attack, so I think of him when I garden.

Final slice of joy from my time back east. Sunrise on the Sound

Jazzy - Very nice photo. Funny, I'm on the west coast and it looks like a sunset to me. Whenever I see pictures of the east coast beaches, I get disoriented because all of the time and directions are "opposite". Don't know if I'd ever get used to it if I moved there, since I'm such a west coast "lifer". Either way, these are thin slices of joy for sure!

Serenity - VERY nice sounds.

Oh serenity, nice picture and nice quote! I felt sort of "melty" when I saw them. Good feeling.

Yep, you are so right, time for a garden splurge.

Thought I'd post a 7 year old picture of one of the happiest days of my life. That's me on the standup paddleboard in my hat in the Bahamas. A friend, more of an acquaintance really, had chartered a catamaran for 5 days and invited me to fly down there spur of the moment and stay for free since one of her friends wasn't coming to fill the cabin. It was a total splurge to spend so much money on a plane ticket, but the trip was the most memorable. I use this as my screensaver to remind me daily of my good fortune.

We were fortunate to join friends sailing in the Caribbean for a month in 1975. They had just crossed the Atlantic in their 50 ft custom made sail boat. We met them in Barbados & sailed up to Antigua - anchoring at every island along the way. My favorite time was the "morning watch". At 4am there is nothing moving as far as you can see - until the sun starts to rise... Still the trip of a lifetime.

And starting the morning with Cohen is sublime.

Wow, that song and video was so inspirational for me! Gotta make more time for my art. It's always in last place in the fight for my time. Maybe I'll spend that $400 on ceramics classes at the college in the fall again. Been a few years now since I did the whole semester.

Seven years ago, one night on the catamaran, I slept outside on the "net" in the front of the boat stretched between the 2 bases of the boat, just feet off of the water, under the stars. It was so lovely. You both just reminded me of that night with your own memories.

Jazzy - I made the error of thinking the delicious, easy recipe you posted was on the dinner thread. But it was here. What to call it....Shrimp Toss Pot? Anyway, I made it for dinner tonight and added fresh mushrooms. It was enough for two good sized meals and I ate every single bit. I'll probably be sorry later tonight, but it was delicious. Saute mushrooms, garlic & shrimp, add broth & artichoke hearts, simmer. Served over linguine. I think next time I'll toss in some sour cream. WOAH!!!