Searching for Goslings

Today I was on a search for goslings down by the canal. 

At first this little lost one was the only gosling I could find.

Next on the walk down the canal was this mama and her little ducklings.

This guy showed up next quite briefly. 

I am lucky to have gotten a picture. 

He was so fast I had to look at my picture when I got home 

to see what he actually looked like. 

I had no idea what he was so on a whim I looked up what a muskrat looked like and, 

what do you know, it looks just like him.

Finally I came upon what I was looking for - the geese and their goslings.

There were five in total.

Not shown are the turtles that were in the water and 

came up for air and were gone so fast, 

there was no chance to even try to capture them in a photo.

Hoping you find what you are looking for,

Sharon

A Tale of Two Quilt Tops and a Repair

As I was browsing some antiques last week, 

I found a few exciting treasures to bring home. 

The first one is a top that I will quilt.  

It has fabrics in it that remind me of some of the kits I have seen from the 1970s 

but also some quite older fabrics.  

It makes me think someone was trying to make a quilt with some found blocks

 and had to add some current fabrics to finish it up.  

I will be the one to finish it as a complete quilt.

This next one is also a top in need of quilting.  

It is cross stitch on preprinted blocks.

It also has the quilting lines preprinted on it. 

 If I had not just seen one of my quilty friends working on something similar, 

it would not have occurred to me to grab this one. 

I think it will make a sweet little quilt when done.

The last of the three I have featured on my 365 day blog.  

It is a complete quilt with the exception of the quite large and noticeable hole in it.

The damage is really mostly in the background fabric.

I figure I will need to sew five or six curved seams 

to replace the pieces that are damaged, 

sew the top back together, 

Frankenstein piece some batting, 

appliqué a new chunk of backing on it 

and add some hand quilting to match what is there. 

Good as done.

Wishing you things to be excited about,

Sharon

Oh, Deer!

While at Crown Hill Cemetery (click here) today, we came across this herd of deer

 running across the road in front of us.  

They were so beautiful, we followed the road for a closer look.  

I got this close and was definitely being watched by several.  

I took one step closer and they decided that was close enough.

Off they went.

We thought there were about fourteen,

but if you zoom in on this shot, you can count fifteen in all.  

Wishing you wonderful surprises, 

Sharon

(In researching for this post I came upon no less than five different names for a group of deer 

so I went with the easiest: herd.)