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A delicate project such as

wabby — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:14:21 +0000

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A delicate project such as that is now beyond my abilities, with the bad eyesight and all, not to mention I wouldn't have the the foggiest idea where or who might take them into their collection.

Momoe is the quilt historian. She most likely has better insights than I, Wendy ....not to mention is in an active quilting group. My stitch n bitch group disbanded a few years ago and for all I know, those women are hanging out at the karaoke bar now, singing for shots.

AmiBlue:A gator sounding like

wws — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:05:08 +0000

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AmiBlue:

A gator sounding like a lawnmower --- yes, that's right, much more accurate as a comparison than a chainsaw. I'm sorry to say there are no water lilies here, which I love; instead, we must settle for Dollarweed, which I also love because it is not only unsung but reviled, despite its natural beauty.

Pythons? Ewwh --thank god not yet. Just big ole water snakes of one sort or another. Gorged on food chain offerings in the lagoon, so no current danger to man and man's beast.

Wish you were here for your company as well as your insights, if not for direct contact with all creatures great and small.

tr:Off-topic: this past week

wws — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:55:57 +0000

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tr:

Off-topic: this past week going through family things, long packed in tissue paper, I found two 19th century quilt starts that require only stuffing and hand tacking. They are really beautiful, the squares rendered in silks and velvets. If I were to send them to you, or to Flower, would you or your quilting friends finish them, document them for genre, and send them off to the appropriate sewn goods museum or collection? I would pay you for their completion and assignment/shipping. What do you think?

I used to love going to

AmiBlue — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:47:29 +0000

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I used to love going to Brazos Bend State Park, which is just a bit south of Houston. It was made up of disconnected doglegs of the Brazos River and it was full of wildlife - great blue herons, ibises, and other exotic fowl. I'm not much of a birder so I can't say what else was there, but that part of Texas is on the migration routes of many birds. There were deer, and gators. There was a path around one of the ponds and the gators would crawl up on the banks near the pathway, which was always a thrill. I guess they had plenty to eat because they never bothered the humans, while I was there at any rate.

No Queenies in the bunch apparently although signs warned us to beware of gator nests and snakes. That part of Texas is also home to every poisonous snake that is found in the U.S. Of course you will probably have pythons in your bayou before too long, Wendy. I wonder how Queenie would deal with a python. Brazos Bend lakes have water lily pads 4 or 5 feet and more across where the gators can lurk. Every once in a while you could hear what sounded like a lawnmower coming from somewhere out in the water. The first time I heard it was the time I learned that gators make noises. As much as I enjoyed visiting Brazos Bend, I wouldn't want to live near it, though.

Yes, the writing was

AmiBlue — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:26:04 +0000

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Yes, the writing was wonderful...writing readible conversations is a real talent, Wendy.

I think you're on to

Ramona — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:11:44 +0000

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I think you're on to something! I'm all for it.

Excellent writing, by the way. I was totally immersed.

Digits apparently in danger

wws — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:57:08 +0000

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Digits apparently in danger everywhere, Flower. What is, is eh?

Glad you enjoyed the story,

wws — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:56:13 +0000

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Glad you enjoyed the story, MaC, Mr. Smith and DD. I'm a neophyte at fact-based fiction, however, so any critique in terms of what might drag on, or what might ring false would be greatly appreciated.

Ramona: Both the books you

wws — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:53:08 +0000

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Ramona: Both the books you mention are old friends -- I just wish there were, now, as little development and attempt to "tame" the environment on all the barrier islands in SC, GA and FL as pertained when Rawlings wrote Cross Creek.

Although Queenie and her kin are a worry, the wildlife policy is right. It is the critters who represent the environment as it was in its original form, not we interlopers. So in principle, I think the rules of hands-off non-engagement are the right ones.

Perhaps the SC wildlife guys should be writing non-intervention policy for the DoD?

Great story. You have to

Ramona — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:40:58 +0000

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Great story. You have to give it to that Queenie. Certain persons in the WH could learn from her unwavering determination. Hell, I could learn from it! The rotting meat--not so appetizing, but protecting her territory, coming back again and again. . .I'm all for that.

Reading about your move to the cottage, I'm reminded of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings "Cross Creek". But I thought, too, about Pat conroy's "The Water is Wide", which took place nearer to you on Daufuskie Island, when a very young and inexperienced "Conrack" taught poor isolated black kids for a year and learned all he needed to know about painting the world with small, tough, sweet pen strokes.