My Road to Brownwood Fabric

Posted By on April 23, 2011

Judy Laquidara (Patchworktimes.com) has designed a quilt – while in the throes of packing and getting ready to move from Missouri to Texas.   CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?    I love her MY ROAD TO BROWNWOOD quilt and have decided to join her in the fun of making it……

 

I have my fabric picked out and ready…..TA DA  I just love the little chart to attach fabric swatches that Judy provided….anyone else want to join in on the fun?

 

sao's ROAD TO BROWNWOOD FABRIC

 

 

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Sew Sew Days April 2011

Posted By on April 23, 2011

It is that time of year – spring break – and that means time for a few SEW SEW DAYS!  It was really lots of fun.

Catherine and I spent parts of three days sewing up a storm……with a little help from a few cats and Ruby!

Catherine and Hannah

 

Ruby is watching EVERYTHING

Look at this beading....wowee

 

Scrappy Log Cabin is FINISHED!

SS Kaleidoscope is finished!

We took out a little time to browse in some antique shops – and look at this EVER SO CUTE house lamp (sitting on a VERY OLD PICNIC BASKET!)  LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

House Lamp and Picnic Basket

AND THE CRUTCH that we found at an antique shop in Lancaster, PA is now ON THE WALL – thanks to Catherine’s expertise at handling a drill….no kidding!

The Crutch is UP and is proud to hold my challenge quilt

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Chesterfield Berry Farm – SPRING HUNTING

Posted By on April 23, 2011

AH SPRING……and all of the fun that comes with it.  The snow is gone and now it is time to plant flowers, gather ferns and plant tomatoes!

I can’t think of many things more fun than hunting for the PERFECT Boston Fern……….  but maybe we should ask Catherine.  You know you have a REAL friend when she will wade through MUD PUDDLES and reach up to the highest level just to get the PERFECT Boston Fern down from its lofty home so that you can choose your favorite.

Look what we found at the Chesterfield Berry Farm….the PERFECT BOSTON FERN…..

and while we were there I bought yellow pear tomato plants – and roma tomato plants for my upside down planters…..

AND ta da…..local honey.  Have you heard that if you eat local honey daily it will help with allergies?  There is no scientific data to support this hypothesis but anecdotal evidence suggests that it just MIGHT work!

 

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WHO SAID THAT?

Posted By on April 23, 2011

 

OK – are you ready for a POP QUIZ?

Who said these things?

1905-1971     Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth

1936-1951     Art is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy.

1946-1973     It takes a long time to become young.

I spent my whole life learning to draw like a child!

 

 

You are right – PICASSO!  (That is if you said Picasso!)

Catherine and I went to the exhibit in Richmond and we were just absolutely AWED at Picasso’s private collection of art.  I still have pilo erection (ie goose bumps and, to tell you the truth my daughter,  PREFERS that I not use the scientific nomenclature – pilo erection – but maybe she won’t read my blog…..LOL :))

Of course we weren’t allowed to take photographs *as we had anticipated*  but we had no clue that we couldn’t write quotes on our program (really – I had to text the quotes to my daughter on my cell phone  because I was asked to put my pen away (THIS IS BEFORE MY GRANDANGEL, Leanna,  TOLD ME THAT I HAD A MEMO PAD ON MY CELL PHONE…..sigh…….technology is NOT wasted on the young!)

Leanna - my cellphone TECH ADVISOR

I have some beautiful photos of OUTSIDE the Museum and would have posted some artwork that I found by googling PICASSO (but when I tried it I got a virus……so I am not recommending this!)

NEEDLESS TO SAY – I RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO SEE THIS EXHIBIT IF YOU ARE ON THE EAST COAST – Richmond is the only city nearby where you can view Picasso’s private collection from Paris!

 

I am actually thinking of trying to incorporate a Picasso like theme in one of my next quilts – hey, it is all part of being a MODERN QUILTER!  LOL

 

 

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Music and Delay of Dementia….VERY INTERESTING!!!!

Posted By on April 21, 2011

 

Shall we all take time out from quilting and crafting to learn an instrument?  What musical instrument do you play?  I took piano, organ, accordion and flute lessons – HM – VERY INTERESTING!  I think we should do a study on the effects of quilting and social support on delay of dementia!!!

April 20, 2011 5:21 PM

Can music delay dementia? What new study says

Posted by David W Freeman

 

piano, music, child, stock, 4x3 (Credit: istockphoto)

 

(CBS) Are flats and sharps the keys to mental sharpness? Preliminary research now links music lessons in childhood to greater mental acuity decades down the road.

For a study published in the journal Neuropsychology, researchers recruited 70 healthy adults between 60 and 83 years of age and divided them into three groups based upon the extent of their musical background. Those who had studied an instrument or learned how to read music performed better on cognitive tests than those with no musical background.

“Musical activity throughout life may serve as a challenging cognitive exercise, making your brain fitter and more capable of accommodating the challenges of aging,” lead researcher Dr. Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, a clinical neuropsychologist at Emory University, said in a written statement. “Since studying an instrument requires years of practice and learning, it may create alternate connections in the brain that could compensate for cognitive declines as we get older.”

The study didn’t actually prove that musical study somehow protects brain function during old age, only that it is associated with better brain function. It’s believed to be the first to demonstrate that the benefits of musical activity extend across a lifetime. Previous research confirmed that such activity has benefits during childhood, according to the statement.

The musicians who participated in the study were all amateurs who began playing an instrument around age 10. Most studied piano, though some studied woodwinds, strings, percussion, or brass instruments.

Some participants still played an instrument at the time of the study, but they didn’t perform any better on the cognitive tests than others who had stopped playing. That suggests that the duration of musical study was more important than whether musicians kept playing at an advanced age, Dr. Hanna-Pladdy told CBS News.

Can parents help protect their children’s brain function decades in the future by insisting that they sit down at the piano today?

To this question, Dr. Hanna-Pladdy gave a measured response: “We don’t know what the answer is,” she said. “But one of the nice things is that music lessons are not harmful, so why not?”

 

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