The day began much too early with the singing of a mosquito. These are not the blood-sucking helicopters of Alaska or the State bird of Minnesota. Japanese mosquitoes are very tiny and, now that the evenings are becoming cooler, they lurk at the doorstep waiting for opportunities to enter and feed. I wish they would just get it over with instead of singing in my ear. Even after turning on the lights and putting on my glasses, they are not easy to find. They can breed in the water standing around flower pots and anything to defend your property is pure tokenism.
The spider lily is one of the harbingers of autumn and in true fashion, one has opened outside the front gate. These share the pot with the pineapple lily
which will remain fleshy messy leaves until it blooms again next summer. Once the flowers all open, the leaves will come up green and thick to gather the winter sun.
Soon it will be cool enough to get back to work on the batik quilt. I want to cut enough scraps to work on the +& x blocks and have decided to add some bits from my stash. I need something for take-along work. The big problem is that I can't seem to stop putting those scraps together as they are cut. I think as more blocks are added, the ugly ones are not so apparent. These are five inch blocks so it will take quite a few to make anything of size and these would still be not enough for a table runner. I wonder what it would be like to make a double sized block and put it along with the rest. Hmmm.... BEWARE! Quilting can take over your life!
Still loving these blocks. I didn't realise they are only five inch blocks! Cute!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are beautiful, love using batiks and have been collecting them, now i need to decide what to make with them. We get a lot of gnats lately, with cool temps and then rain and heat, it brings them out in swarms.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I like the way your little blocks are coming along. It's going to make a lovely quilt. Your "caution comment" came too late for me. Quilting has already taken over my life, haha.
ReplyDeleteThese little blocks are so impressive. I also didn't realize that they were only 5 inches. (I don't know what you mean about ugly blocks - they look good to me!)
ReplyDeleteYuk. I hate buzzy, invisible irritants. Good thing you have plenty to distract you. You have been busy with those blocks since Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why you keep saying it's ugly - it's not! It's scrappy, and when you get it larger it's going to be beautiful! I hat mosquitos...they make me crazy. They buzz and circle my head and are just so annoying. They seem to love me. :( blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteA lovely riot of color on your block quilt! What a cheery comforter that will be!
ReplyDeleteThe spider lilies are just beginning to push up around the rice fields this week. Just as the rice gets cut down, the spider lilies come up!