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Yes. Here is my diary at

trkingmomoe — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 04:09:51 +0000

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Yes. Here is my diary at Daily Kos last Sunday. You can see this wall hanging in the comments and also a table runner. I threw this together quickly and didn't edit very well.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/01/1259416/-DK-Quilt-Guild-Quilted-Falling-Leaves-Bath-Mat

I wrote this one in September on another quilt I did. That is on the bed that I photographed the pictures on just in case you are curious.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/22/1239108/-DK-Quilt-Guild-Utility-Quilts-Quilt-As-You-Go

I have another diary in the queue for next Sunday at 7 PM est. I want to post it here but I still have to talk the person who took the photo of the vintage quilt to let me use it over here. She is the DK Quilt Guild group leader. They have run out of writers and she has been showing her quilt photos in between when there is no one to post in Sunday's time slot. She had no one for the whole month of Dec. So I asked her if she had any photos of vintage quilts from the quilt shows she has been to in California. They get some really big shows there. She is rather new at making quilts but has always loved them. She sent me a few photos for me to write about. The history of this pattern goes back to the Polk and Dallas administration.

I hope you're right about the

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:58:03 +0000

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I hope you're right about the farms. It's a great resource for people without gardens and a source of local pride.

Glad you finally got your freezer. You'll have it filled in no time!

Beautiful. Did you make this

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:55:16 +0000

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Beautiful. Did you make this quilt? Love it.

I know what you mean by "drawing your eye". A travel writer friend helped me so much when I first started looking at photography as an art form. For example, she said if there were people in a travel scene, make sure at least one of them was wearing something red or yellow. That would be the focal point, and it would "make" the picture.

But yes, my eye was drawn to the pink first and then the blue and then the more muted green. Nice job!

This week they have listed

trkingmomoe — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:50:54 +0000

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This week they have listed some salad greens that I have never heard of. I know they get their seeds from Johnny's and Southern Seed Exchange for their organic and heirloom varieties. I will have to look them up.

I slowed the shutter speed down for that first picture and arranged the vegetables to pull your eyes off center a little with the light. Lights and darks with colors is something you learn in art quilting also in scrap quilting. I am still learning how to use this digital camera.

Thanks for the compliment. In this picture of this wall quilt, your eye goes straight to the pink leaves then travels to the green and then to the blue leaves. That use of color in groups of three causes your eye to look all over the quilt.

I trotted through 5 stores

trkingmomoe — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:08:01 +0000

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I trotted through 5 stores all over the place to find a small freezer that would fit in my trailer. I did find one and it will be delivered on Saturday. I save the money the big kids give me for room and board. I have a little baby sock change purse I use to hide money from myself. It is my rainy day sock fund and it paid for the freezer. The college kids think I am doing them a favor but they are really a big help to me. So now I can really take advantage of the extra produce at the farm. I have greens that is about ready in my own small garden that will need to be frozen. I have been enjoying green and wax beans from my garden. I will also have kohlrabi ready this week also.

Every Monday the CSA farm sends me an email listing the vegetables that will be in the box. There will be another you pick for the sun gold tomatoes this Saturday at the farm. My grandson is going to go with me this time to pick. I have been in some of my cook books and I have noticed there is lots of use for these small little tomatoes. There are some salad greens listed this week that I have never heard of so I am going to look them up before I go.

I think we are going to see more of these community supported farms in the future.

I always learn so much from

Ramona — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 02:23:35 +0000

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I always learn so much from your posts. The Hakurie turnips are new to me. They sound wonderful. Your pictures are great--especially the first one. Looks like photo studio quality.

Love the little tomatoes, too. I'm not sure I'd have enough to freeze after my husband and I got through with them, but I have frozen tomatoes for soup and sauce. No heirlooms, though. Not since we moved up here to the boonies. My guy used to grow some varieties in the city but I don't remember the names now.

Happy eating!

There is such a strong

Richard Day — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:39:44 +0000

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There is such a strong message you send that I had attempted to send but you do it so well.

I should go back and find some links, but frozen foods (if done properly!) retain so many nutrients.

And even canned produce like diced tomatoes and spinach and a lot of other important veggies saved my life!

I just see you as an artist who decided that nutrition should not go by the wayside because of money.

Any idiot knows that tomatoes are cheaper during certain times of the year; that pecans and pumpkins and squash and sweet potatoes and a number of other wonderful nutritional produce become available.

So where do we go now?

WE PLAN! hahaahahahahahahaha

And if we are in charge of little uns, well we have a responsibility to plan when the food budget shrinks.

I'm sorry, I am droning on and on again.

But your logic and your pix make so much sense.

Thank you!