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A Wonderful, Beautiful Thing

Posted on May 7, 2015

It has been raining here… a wonderful, beautiful thing!  When you live in such an arid climate, rain is a thing to be celebrated!  Of course, there are plenty of people who are whining, plans ruined, more work, and I understand… but to listen to the earth drink in the raindrops, to hear plinks on a tin roof, to see the rivulets gather in draws and turn into streams that fill reservoirs, to know the mud that grazes your calf as you step out of your car is fleeting, to know that prairie flowers will shoot out of the ground like jack-in-the-boxes, to see dust washed off of trees and sagebrush, to see the air cleaned and freshened with a scent that does NOT smell like anything labeled “rain fresh”, to know that we walk the fine line between “normal” and “drought” and today we are winning!  Well, I just can’t be critical.

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Matthew's quilt

Here’s the top to Matthew’s quilt… I started doing a bit of quilting connecting it to a flannel back… I would accomplish more if I wasn’t so glued to the tv watching “Unbroken”… but it was a good movie!  I’ll then bind it with more of the blue/green stripe material…

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5 thoughts on “A Wonderful, Beautiful Thing”

  1. pam says:
    May 8, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    Carol,,,do you have any more mugs for sale? Mine sprung a leak and it’s the only one I ever use! Would love to purchase another if you any one ( or 2).

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  2. Susan P says:
    May 8, 2015 at 9:07 AM

    I live in rain country (Clatskanie, OR) and even though we tend to have more than our share of the stuff, I still enjoy it for all the reasons you listed. Plus, I feel blessed not to have to worry about water. Your quilt is beautiful and, I must say, you are a very busy lady with a wide variety of interests and talents.

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  3. nancy says:
    May 8, 2015 at 6:47 AM

    since you like the Longmire books I was wondering if you have read any cj box books and if you like them

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  4. pat says:
    May 8, 2015 at 5:34 AM

    The quilt is beautiful. Unbroken is a great movie but the book is even better.

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  5. Joanne, Worcestershire, UK says:
    May 8, 2015 at 12:21 AM

    A wonderful colourful quilt Carol. So many triangles and small squares that you have joined so well. Small pieces are my downfall with my quilts so I tend to stick to log cabin style and if I can find a large panel……… Even better as I’ll use that as the top, hand stitch it together, then join borders until it is the right size. Matthew will love to snuggle under your quilt in a cold Wyoming winter. My summer project is to turn a panel of 6 framed wild horses, tones of sand, blue sky and grey, into a quilt.

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Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on our working Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherds, Bravo and Indy, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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