Morning Light

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A Spider's Work is Never Done

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Wild Horses and a Quilt

Not a new quilt, but one I love. Made a couple of years ago.

And horses. These are some of the 13 wild horses that were rescued and that are looking for a new home. Some friends have loaned their land as a temporary haven. 

(Moses, the standard poodle, checking out the quilt)

The quilt was made from leftover green bits, sewn log cabin style and then squared and framed with shot cottons. My friend Terry did the meandering machine quilting for me.

Each block started with a black and white print crumb of fabric, no bigger than a 2-inch square. It's so relaxing when there's no measuring, just sewing, two blocks at a time to chain piece, adding a scrap, pressing and building without any worry about matching seems. Once the blocks were squared, the strips of shot cotton were added to contain the organized chaos. Like little modern abstracts, framed so you notice each composition.

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Textures by the Bay

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Bay Area Blues

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Romanesco Holiday

New to me, Romanesco's been around for while. Some botanists think it's been selectively bred since the 16th Century. I guess I don't get out much.

It was pretty enough for me to wrap up a head of it and give it to a friend for her birthday. (What? You don't give your friends vegetables for their birthdays?? She did say it was the most unusual gift she received…I hope that was a good thing!) :D

I bought some for myself and we liked it. Lightly steamed, just a touch of kosher salt.

And then I bought more the next week- it was $2 LESS a pound at Whole Foods than it was at the other natural foods store where I first saw it.  ($1.99 a pound versus the $3.99 a pound I paid the first time.)

This time, I sautéed it in olive oil with a sprinkle of curry powder and turmeric and a little sea salt. Yum. And the last of it was added to a pureed vegetable soup topped with cashews (pan roasted with dried onion flakes). Also very tasty.

Romanesco broccoli (also called Romanesque cauliflower) has a very mild taste, similar to cauliflower. It's beauty is striking- an approximate natural fractal. And the number of spirals on the head is a Fibonacci number. It's also high in vitamins C and K, fiber, and carotenoids. Give it a try!

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Snow Lines and Shapes

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First Snow

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Christmas Cactus and Cuties

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