My favorite things

Home from our wonderful week long vacation at the beach.

There was plenty of time for beach combing - I found about a dozen pieces of sea glass.... (Water bottle cap in photo for size compare.)

time for watching the sunrise (I woke up early every day - go figure) ....

time for a Wild Horse Adventure Tour. (Decedents from horses brought to the outer banks in the 1500s live wild. There are about 120 horses in a protected area of the island. There are some beach houses there - but the area is only accessible with a 4 wheel drive car. We rented a jeep and joined a tour and saw about a dozen wild horses including 3 very young ones.) As you can see, they aren't actually fenced in here. They roam in herds.

and for quilting.

I was using these HST blocks as my "leader and ender" blocks with the full intent of assembling a very simple HST quilt like the photo. (These were a set of charm squares all shades of blue batiks.)

But then I decided on pinwheels. Can't explain why - they just called out to me! But now I am torn between a very traditional placement or one that look more like this - picture these across white fabric.

I started this assembling without any measuring ahead - essentially creating a very large crazy quilt. Didn't get far because I am still a bit undecided. This is what I have so far- clearly in desperate need to be ironed. Someone unclear where I am headed with this so I will put it aside for a few days and think about it.

Finally, a week or so ago, I went to a Sound of Music sing-a-long with my daughter. Just wanted to say we had a blast. They gave you a little bag when you entered of 'props' to use during the movie. There was a noise maker for the first kiss, pictures of Maria to hold up during the 'How do you solve a problem like Maria' song and instructions for the hand motions to be used in the 'Do, Re, Me' song. Singing along with everyone else was incredibly fun.