I ran across this TED Talk. It is short, and beautiful. There have been so many devastating storms this spring and summer and I have watched the footage from storm chasers, transfixed. These photos are different and I think it's because they capture the beauty of the storms. That said, I don't think I'd want to watch any of them from where she is.
And, as long as I'm sharing short videos, here is one that my Aunt Helen sent to me. It is lovely but, if you have a dog nearby, let me know if they howl. There is a high pitch in there that sounds to me like it would make a dog bark.
Every now and then I am taken to task by a reader who says that I should write more about quilting. Unfortunately, I can't show what I'm working on because it's for a book that is too far from being in print. If I show too much now, it lessens the impact of the book when it comes out. I don't have time to work on quilts just for the blog, outside of the work I'm doing on the other projects. It's a real quandry.
Yesterday's post was an attempt to show something quilt-related, without showing too much. I'm going to try to do more of that. That said, I will continue to share things that are not specifically about quilting because inspiration can come from the strangest places… like TED talks and glass harpists :-).
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I happen to love your blog, because you are intelligent and teach me things that I wouldn’t necessarily find interesting. In a good way.
thanks, Scarlett
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I love your blog just the way it is! You challenge me and inspire in many ways just not quilting! Keep on! Love your style! Thanks for sharing your world.
Vanya
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Thank you, Scarlett! I do try to be interesting :-).
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I’m a lurker, not a commenter, but I have to comment! Becky, I LOVE your blog exactly because you have very interesting and intelligent things to say and share. I love the videos you post (things I would not have found on my own!), I love the remodeling stuff, I love seeing how your artistic mind works through seeing the pictures that you take. I am an avid fan because I like to see all the other stuff in your head in addition to the quilting. You are the well-balanced quilter that I strive to emulate! I love your art, but I love your science, too. Please don’t change a thing.
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I love your blog because it does have a variety of stuff. It shows me that you can have many interests and finish a quilt project at the same time. — Please do not change. I love it.
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It’s YOUR blog! Please continue to post what you want to share. I thoroughly enjoy your blog and will continue to visit here. Thanks for letting me into your world!!
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Becky, your blog is fantastic. I love everything that you post. Don’t change a thing.
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Please doclick hereto read about whats new on my blog.
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Oops. Hit send on that last reply before I wrote anything!
I wanted to say thank you to those of you who have written. Ill just keep on doing what I do with a smile on my face!
Thanks!
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Thanks, Aunt Helen, for sending Becky that video! I really love reading your blog, Becky. It’s a little of everything and that’s fun. Please don’t change, you’d disappoint a lot of us š
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That reader is wrong. Your blog is great. Keep up the good work.
Yolie
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I love the TED videos you post! Today’s clouds were almost to beautiful for words! Thank you!
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Yours is the first blog I read! I enjoy your family and remodeling projects. Keep it coming. How is son in New York?
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He and Celia are home from a week in the woods in CT. Somewhere near a lake. The weather was nice but the bugs were out. Celia acted as Jeffs bug repellant – they loved her and left him alone. Thats just wrong! But Im sure they had a good time unwinding and that now they are back to being wound up.
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Boo to the blog police!
This is YOUR blog, I am free to read or move on. I love reading everything, it’s real, it’s life, it sometimes has quilting in it….:-)
This is a big cyber you GO GIRL, we love you just as you are.
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Thank you to one and all :-)!
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I don’t hear so don’t know if it sounded pretty. One thing I do know it looked very beautiful.
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I enjoy all that you share! Those clouds are breathtaking.
No howling from my dogs even though I turned the sound up. About the only “broadcast” sound that gets them excited is the sound of a doorbell. š
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Your blog makes you a friend, not just a quilt instructor. I love that. Please keep it just the way it is.
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Love everything about your blog…..shows you are a well rounded person. I am a quilter with ADD, so I cant ever stick to one subject anyway! Dog slept through Sugar Plum Fairy!
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Jumping on the bandwagon -love your blag, as is! Always interesting!
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oops, BLOG! sorry lol
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