There is a story about the zebra I posted. He lives near me. As you know, I'm a ways from the city and lots of acerage, farms, etc. around here. There is a man who has a "farm" so to speak; it is really a menagerie of animals. The zebra is one. The zebra became a bit famous and was featured on the local news in the last year or so. Apparently people were coming to see the zebra and many ventured onto private property to do so. The zebra bit a woman who was taking a selfie with him. She then tried to sue the owner. He also had a water buffalo that disappeared. Meaning someone probably took him.

Tina, is that your fence? I bet it's beautiful. Some people are just nuts. I was going to say stupid but nuts is kinder. ;)

Oakley, it's The Meeting House on Lake Carillon (FL).

Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park

Bestyears, I love your quilt. I recently decided to try quilting -- guess it will be my retirement thing (I had wanted to try more cake and cookie decorating, but with no one here to help eat them and DH just having been told he is newly diabetic, that one's a non-starter). I bought a simple kit to start with and have bought more fabric and batting, but I started making masks and more masks and still more masks -- and then was asked to make some bags. I'm having fun with those and am not sure if I will do more bags or more quilts -- maybe both.

This is my photo to share. A sign of hope among the frozen plants we uncovered yesterday. This tender pink bloom is my treasured white peach tree that started blooming early because it had been so warm. We strung it with lights, put a tall wardrobe moving box around it and double bagged the top with frost cover. Something pretty amongst the frozen tundra look. Hoping my citrus survived (lemon and lime in pots got moved inside the garage, but the blood orange, satsuma and grapefruit are in the ground). The lights on them didn't come back after we lost power and they are looking sad and if the tops freeze and they come back from the root, the rootstock is an inedible sour orange with wicked long thorns. Wait and see on those.

Love San Antonio!

Yes, I love downtown! Good eye Mtn.

Tea on my last vacation with BFF. Pic taken by her.

Taken by my son when he worked at North Cascades Nat'l Park

Star trail time lapse taken while winter camping at Cow Heaven. A favorite I have on regular desktop rotation.

Sunset over Catalina Island

Valles Caldera, New Mexico. (Oct. 2020)

Longwoodgardens, this morning. This is the Acacia passage in full, unfiltered glorious bloom

Ok, I have work to do, but I thought that Carillon meeting house was so pretty I went to look for more pics. Then I wasted a good 20 minutes looking at gorgeous wedding photos.

I love this interior shot:

Oh the Ginkos! Love the leaf drop, Bunny.

We just took a walk around our local lake ... some areas of water off the main body are still frozen. It’s nearly 70 degrees. Strange sight to see while people were in shorts.

We kayak here sometimes:

Happy Memories

houzz won’t let me submit my photo...of a sailboat!!

The Wave.

Yeah!

No Oakley, that is not my fence it is the fence surrounding the zebra. Actually several acres for the animals and there is a small pond also. Also, I did not trespass.

My favorite season, hydrangea season. 3 more months!!

Oh, click on that^ You must see the whole thing 😊

Late to the party here. This is a wholecloth quilt I started in January as a Block of the Month.

@mtnrdredux_gw you're welcome. LOL We were in the area last week. We had never been to the Carillon neighborhood before.

NHbaskets, that is beyond gorgeous; can you explain what i am looking at exactly?

@nini804 your hydrangea are beautiful! We have white and pink, but I am going to get a blue one this year, even if I only put it in a planter!!

You‘re so sweet, @mtnrdredux_gw. This is the center of a quilt I’m working on. My first! The pattern was intended to be done as a typical cotton pieced quilt. I decided to go rogue and do this using wool felt on linen. I started doing wool appliqué last fall and love it. The designer of the quilt, Wendi Williams from Australia, does use wool felt often in her designs, so it made sense to give this a try. This is her quilt done in cotton.

And this is my take, thus far. The center little houses have to be finished, the attached to the linen background. instead of a road for the inner circle, I decided to plant a garden.

I’m personalizing several of the houses to include the houses DH and I grew up in as well as our son’s home and my siblings homes. These are a few.

It’s a yearlong project, and I’m only in the second month. I’ll try and post updates as I progress. Thanks for asking!

Sunset from January 4.

That is fantastic. Just, wow. Oddly enough it reminds me of a totally different artwork, a light fixture that is the NYC skyline upside down, in the newly restored NYC PO-now-rail-station.

https://untappedcities.com/2021/01/05/public-art-moynihan-train-hall/

My granddaughters catching a rainbow this past August

nhbaskets that is gorgeous!! A work of art and so personal - please do keep us updated.

mtn that is so interesting - a fiction book I read has an upside down desert landscape and buildings placed in an apartment house foyer.

Wow, nhbaskets, all the details! I love how you are personalizing the quilt for your family.

Oh my...I had no idea I posted this on the wrong thread...so glad I did! Wonderful pics everyone!!

Nhbaskets, wow, just wow! The details, the scale, the none-other-like-thisness... can’t believe this is your first.

Nhbaskets - stunning. Truly.

That is the most interesting and beautiful quilt I have ever seen, nhbaskets! It is truly wonderful.

Badger, love the pics of your granddaughters, they are so exuberant.

My favorite pictures right now are of our sole grandchild. He is such fun!

K, he is adorable! Do you feel the different type of love for him? I ask that of all new grandmothers.

I cant say that it is very different from the love I feel for my daughter and sons. But, there is a special happiness from knowing our family is expanding to another generation. Our three kids are now 37, 34 (DD) and 29. We privately wondered if we would ever be blessed with grandchildren. The two boys (I should probably call them men at this point) are still light years from marriage. We are hoping DD and SIL will have another. He is from a family of four kids and his sister is having a fourth child, so SIl’s family culture is for larger families. . Fingers crossed!

Fort Bragg/ Glass Beach

I post this thread daily on the kitchen table and invite you all to share your wonderful pictures there. I also post a smile thread daily...sure to bring a smile...or a groan.

Nhbaskets your quilt is stunning I hope you keep us posted on your progress. At one of our local museums here in MA they feature Sally Major a fabric artist even though she isn’t a quilter her reminds me of your quilt. I think My3dogs would like her work as well

Nhbaskets, your quilt is spectacular!!!

badgergal, awesome photos!

Kswl, love the look on his face in the 2nd photo. I’d have to frame that!

I love photo threads. :)

This cutie lives under our bird feeder. DH took the picture from the kitchen window.

The NY Botanical Garden Train Show over the holidays. They do a whole mini-NYC out of leaves, bark and other natural materials, with miniature trains passing by. We always take the grandkids, but we love it, too.

nhbaskets, I love that Wendy Williams quilt! And I love the idea of doing it in felted wool I've never tried wool applique, but it intrigues me!

He is absolutely precious @User!!