Sunday, April 21, 2024

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A large tree fell over with a mighty crash, half a block from our home.  We are all grateful that it fell toward the street!  If you can zoom in, you can see the little people on the left side of the picture. The homeowner is actually one of my heart patients, for years now.   We have had a lot of rain, which loosened the ground around the tree...and we saw very little root system supporting this gigantic oak.  




Lucky is helping me today, with dusting and playing with the chandelier.  He is so much fun!!  He is up on the dining room table, the stinker!!








The art...and the artist.  Hee!!!  He had such fun with my big stitch quilting thread!!







 And some quilting content!  I am sewing some of my 2.5 width pieces, for a simple rail fence quilt.  I find these old fabrics to be like old friends, coming around to visit.  I love them!!! The inspiration of this is a lady who presented to our local quilt guild.  I loved her on sight...just a sweet, darling lady!



Here is her website.  She made a quilt like this, too, and I have made some in the past.  Time to sew another one, and it is so quick to complete!

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HEY!!  I think I fixed my comment problem!!  Would you be so very kind and honor me by commenting on this post, so I can see if the comments are coming to my email once more?  Thank you so much!!


Julie

20 comments:

searsportquilter said...

It hs definitely been a winter for collapsing trees.

julieQ said...

hello!

scottylover said...

Wow that was a huge tree! Glad no one was hurt when it fell.

Lucky sure keeps things interesting at your house. :)

Sandy

Anonymous said...

Love the kitty pictures!! He’s so funny is right. Kathy

Sherrill said...

Hey Julie!! That little kitty was having some fun!! Hope your issue is fixed!!

nestki said...

Hello Julie, I don't know if I've ever commented before, but I love reading your blog and have done so for years. Thank you for sharing your notes: quilting, nursing, or otherwise. I really appreciate it.

Anonymous said...

That tree is huge - so glad it went onto the street - with nothing under it at the time! Lucky is beautiful, cats are such fun they so enjoy playing - much like lots of humans. Anywhere they aren't supposed to be that's just where they want to go. We've had end to end rain in England this winter, now we have sunshine and a north to north east wind instead - not sure if that's an improvement. I had fears that my large cherry tree might fall it's been so wet. So far it seems solid. Love the blog, Elaine in UK

Suzanne said...

Hi Julie! I've been following your blog for years. You seem like such a caring and generous person. Love your nursing stories and your quilts! Suzanne

Donna said...

How sad that big, old tree fell. Glad no one was hurt. Lucky is adorable even if he’s a little naughty!

Nancy said...

Love your posts.

abelian said...

Yes, comments are definitely working! I’m so glad the tree fell toward the street. I worry about that, too, living among large trees in hurricane country. And I love the photos of Lucky enjoying his life. Dot in NC

MissPat said...

How unusual for an oak tree to be felled. They are usually deep rooted. Thankful no one was injured and no structures damaged. Did you lose power? Your kitty is frisky isn't she (or he, I don't recall).
Pat

Des said...

I am a retired hospital worker (medical technologist) and animal lover. Love your nursing stories and the pictures of your sweet little guy Lucky. Also an avid quilter and a long time reader of your blog. Des

Brenda said...

I think the rail fence quilt is going to make someone very happy - scrap quilts are so cheery. Too sad about the three falling. I'm glad no one got hurt.

Loris said...

Lucky is so adorable :-) Hugs!

Kristy said...

So nice to see you stitching and having such excellent help! :-) What a cute kitty! Love your new project. K- lkw2x6-apq@yahoo.com

ButterZ said...

Wow, that’s a big tree. Yes,lucky it fell that direction.

Nann said...

Blocking the street is certainly preferable to smashing through the roof! A nearby guild hosted Diane via Zoom last month and I attended the next day's Zoom workshop. I was a participant it a Quiltmaker project that she supervised. It was fun to meet her in person (sort of) after all these years.

Yes, it's fun to revisit fabric that has been resident in the studio for a while.

Elaine Adair said...

from western Nebraska - hope I'm coming thru! Glad you likely figured out the fix.

Jannette said...

I'm glad that your commenting "issue" seems to be resolved!

How I magically used lots of scraps but ended up with even more!!!!

Well, I am making a simple rail fence, for a chemo quilt.  I ended up using a lot of my 2.5 inch scraps strips, and felt rather virtuous, bu...