Happy New Year!!
Well I am a little
late in wishing you a ‘Happy New Year”. So many things have been happening at
my house.
I was the one to catch
the flu this year, it has been a long time since I have felt completely well. I hear that from many people. If you are one
of them, I hope you feel better soon.
The flu made it so
that my Christmas decorations were very late this year, We put up the tree in
our family room the Saturday before Christmas. That was cutting it too close
for me.
We had a wonderful
holiday season even though it was short. Right after Christmas I went to see
the Rose Parade. We stopped off in a little town in California before the
parade that was a miniature version of Denmark. The town is called Solvang. I
think anyone who loves to create would like to visit this area. All of the
buildings in the middle of the town are based on Danish designs. They have 4
windmills and storks nesting on the top of the buildings.
(The Danish people believe
that it is good luck to have a stork nest on you house).
There were bakeries
on every street and a wonderful chocolate shop. If you were hungry and you went
at the right time of day you could buy an Aebleskiver (round pancakes with
raspberry jams and powder sugar) right out of the window of one of the
restaurants. (If you went at the wrong time the line was down the block).
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Rose Parade 2014
The floral arrangements on the cars and trucks were amazing!
The next day we where off to see the
floats as they were being finished for the parade.
I love flowers and I
have been amazed through the years by the floats they make using only organic
materials. Flowers, seeds, leaves, small green tomatoes, and many more
materials that I could only guess at.
New Years Day we left our hotel at 4:30 am to
drive to the parade. I am not a parade person, but this was fun. The floats go
by so fast that I could only take 2 pictures and the floats were gone.
The days were
beautiful and warm and I will all ways remember our trip, but I think that once
is enough.
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Now on to my new
quilt – I have wanted to make a quilt using this block for a long time. One of
the names for the block is Broken Wheel.
Here is what I have
made so far.
I think I will add
another row and sashing, a stop border and then the border.
I am excited to
finish this because I have 2 more ideas I want to start.
Have a good day,
Laurie
