Green Day #2

New Spring Green.

Green Day!

I am participating in Shining Egg's green week. To find my green for the day, I brought my camera along on my run. It was a cautionary tale:

I have actually seen a car hit once.

and this dog was not friendly

Olivia's Quilt Quilted

Ella, the quilting queen, finished machine quilting Olivia's Quilt for me. I am really happy with the results...I think it is going to make a wonderful wall hanging in Olivia's room.

"Somebunny loves me" I did finish the embroidery around the bunny.

Ella echoed all round the bunny.

She did this really fun swish in the white blocks of the checkerboard. It makes the pink squares "pop" just enough.

"P" Ring

I bought this sweet ring last fall, wore it a few times and then tucked it away in my jewlery box. About a week ago I dug it out and started wearing it again..since then I have gotten so many compliments. The compliments always make my day and so does the ring. Adam took this photo, I wish we had a beyond fantastic camera....I would have the best photos curtesy of him.

1936-ish Bookmark?

The book I have been curled up reading is: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It is one of my favorites and anyone who wants to get me the perfect gift - there you go! I have a decent collection of about 8 that my family has given me over the last 12 years or so. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend you do.

While reading from a particular book from my collection at about page 200 I came across this little comic and thought oh, how fascinating...someone's little bookmark. This is how one person choose to mark their place in my favorite book. A bit of interesting pop culture. We'll I got really interested in this little cartoon after a few days and thought I would use a little google ingenuity and see what I could find:

Pud and Pep the dog - I think

In 1930, he started his business in a small Philadelphia loft with nothing more than a barrel of sugar, a barrel of glucose and about $25. There were two rooms in the loft; Bowman lived in one room and mixed the gum ingredients himself in the other. That small start-up was built into Gum, Inc and his chief brand was called Blony. By the end of the decade, Bowman was among the top executives in the bubble gum industry through his skill and determination. He had even expanded from those initial two rooms to the entire building. By 1938, he was ready to sell his gum with cards.

During this time, many of these gum companies were wrapping their larger gum pieces with comics. Fleer's Dubble Bubble long used cartoons -- Fleer Funnies -- on its packaging, and gave each a number. Starting with #131, the comics had color added and characters introduced: Pudge, Bud, Tim and Pep the dog. Later, Pudge's name would be shortened to Pud and he became the most recognized character.

If you would like to read the entire article (1 page) click here!

Obviously I am not an authority, but this might ( just might) be a cartoon from when the book was originally publish in 1936! How cool would that be?

Little Sprouts

I went out to inspect my garden beds and guess what I found:

My daffodils!- they will be white with an orange center

My peonies! - they will be a deep red

My tulips! - they will be a pretty soft pink

I can't wait!

Block Exchange

While hosting Tom and Lucy' s Art Shoppe I met up with an old friend from my hometown. Come to find out, she and her two sister's love to quilt. What a small world! A few weeks ago, I was asked to participate in a block exchange with them. I jumped at the chance, I have never participated in a quilt block exchange, but always thought it would be fun: a perfect opportunity to meet local quilters and go out of my comfort zone with a new pattern! Kristin, thanks for the invite.

Here is my first block completed, only 11 more to go!