I finished binding the new project fairly late last night--late by my standards--so couldn't get a picture until this morning. It isn't quite done as it still needs a hanging sleeve and label as well as a soaking to remove the last of the blue ink. My husband really likes the dramatic colors and he was also quite impressed with the precision of the hand piecing. Of course I would not have gotten that right without the plastic templates from Marti Mitchell.

The pattern is typically called sunburst but it has other names as well.

 I am binding my new project today but I won't finish that until tomorrow. I hope to have some photos tomorrow but as with many things it will depend on what else happens. It is going to be hot as blazes tomorrow with high humidity again so staying inside and sewing seems like a plan but I did a research paper on Robert Burns years ago so I for sure know that plans "... gang aft agley." Funny story--my husband and I went to the Burns museum when we were in Scotland and I noticed that one of the didactic cards of a display had a major misspelling. This wasn't just a case of the difference between UK use and US use so I told the museum curator.

 In the spirit of fairness and equity, Katie Coyne-McCoy's tweet about Lindsay Graham was also in bad taste. You can decide for yourself whether hoping someone dies of Covid19 is worse than Kevin McCarthy's promising to pound Pelosi on the head with an oversized gavel. Neither of these people should be applauded for their appalling statements. I am an outspoken person with very strong opinions but I do not wish physical harm or death to anyone who opposes me. I support engagement and voting. If you cannot behave yourself in public, you should not be in public in any form.

 My husband and I have taken down two trees since we moved here. One had green ash borers and was dying and the other was an old blue spruce that had gotten very tall and scraggly. We had a flower bed installed where the blue spruce had been and then across about 20 feet of our front lawn. It has grown in and matured nicely already and even strangers compliment us. The shadow obscures some of the plants but the general idea is still shown.

 

 

 Okay, I know that most people who read any of these blogs are female so I want to know what any of you think of Kevin McCarthy's quip from yesterday:

"I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel. It will be hard not to hit her with it," McCarthy said in audio posted."

What do you think about this guy as Speaker of the House? I don't care what you think about his politics but how do you defend a man who wants to beat a woman, an 81 year old woman, with a gavel? Do you think it is funny to joke about beating women for any reason let alone for some sort of political advantage? Does it matter that he was joking or is that unacceptable in any way shape or form? If it garners votes for him it says far more about his voting base than it does about Pelosi. Add to that the threats that audio captured during the January 6 insurrection attempt and this "joke" is even more of a threat than it would have been at any other time. Too bad Baptist McCarthy is a "souper". If you don't know what that means you should look it up.

Violence against women is neither funny nor something to joke about. Violence is not a laughing matter at any time.When I lived in California, I had multiple opportunities over the 9 years to vote for Pelosi and Boxer but I never did. Neither would I ever joke about beating someone with a wooden hammer.