"The days go so slow but the years, they go too fast."
Hi! Today is the last day of September. How come March and April don't fly by like these late summer, early Fall months do?
I have all my Dotty 365 blocks finished for the month, hooray! September 30 block is block 330 only 35 [36, it's Leap Year// 50 to even the rows] more to go! The year has gone too fast.
I continue to enjoy this project, I find it relaxing, yet interesting. I'm excited now to see the final textile that will result from my year's efforts. This month I tried to use darker toned Dot fabrics to increase the graphic impact and contrast in my Dots.
Morning glories, Monarch butterfly migration...
Full moon and a medical appointment day.
A sad day, a beach day...
Hydrangeas, P2 flowers, shells....
P2, first day of School, Kitties visited, Cape Cod blueberry memories...
a Mo day or two...and more Cape Cod days, butterflies on the late roses.
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But in the fall they form larger flocks of perhaps eight or ten birds. Maybe they are the parents and babies from summer? In late September they begin their practice flights, round and round the beach. Tomorrow they will stll be here, stalking small somethings yummy along the tideline. But Sunday they will be gone. Just as they arrive always on St Patrick's Day, they leave for their winter homes on October 2nd. I've lived here many years. Some things never change....Have you ever kept a birding journal or nature journal?
PS Finding ''madders'', red-brown prints, once created by a vegetable dye called madder...for Lori's new sewalong. So excited, i's again a mystery quilt.
love
lizzy
gone to the beach....
365 Project at Qulty Folk :HERE
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I think your circle project has been the most personal I've seen. Will you leave them in order of the days?
ReplyDeleteI agree the beautiful fall months zip by and were bundled up far too soon!
The little pug dot looks so much like Mo! Almost the same pose as him at the table, too. Mike says he looks sad, like he wants something you won't let him have. Con artist?
ReplyDeleteLove the dots you choose - I STILL think you should leave them in calendar form and not use fill-in dots, LOL.
I'm glad you're getting out more lately, I enjoy seeing your 'scenery' and have missed it. Maybe not as much as you missed getting out! I hope you continue to improve and can enjoy your long fall season. The marsh? looks like it's already got it's fall coloring! No color here yet...
Interesting info about the oyster catchers. Makes me wonder how they know what day it is, and when to leave?! Do you know where they go for the winter?
Take care, and thanks for sharing!
The marsh photos are November of last year, still green here now.
DeleteThe oystercatchers don't go so far, just to Florida and the Carribean.
Interestingly, they DO mate for life, so the pairs/ 3-somes I see are the same ones each year.And yes they do form threesomes! Lol!
The year has gone much too fast! Your circles are wonderful. So evocative and full of memories for you.:)
ReplyDeleteI love all your dots and the pattern on the background fabrics. Kisses for Mo!
ReplyDeleteIt gives me a feeling of comfort to learn what certain dots symbolize for you. A day in the life :) I never would have thought to add in some darker dots for contrast. You're so good at this.
ReplyDeleteI never thought about flocks of birds taking practice flights. I've seen it, just never realized what they were doing. Duh.
Thanks for sharing your dots, and your musings. Always look forward to it.
Kel
PS plumeria and hydrangea doing well. They're in an area that gets some shade and some over spray from the lawn sprinklers. Hoping for a little rain this winter.
Hi! I m a litle worried aout your earthquake warnings! Hope you will be okay!
DeleteGreat that both the plumeria and the hydrangea have survived. And good that you can water your lawn.
Now that I think it over, the birds are maybe circling to set their nesting location somehow in their inner bird GPS systems? Though I found no literature about that idea so far. As I mentioned I think they are also practicing their group flying, most shorebirds just waddle around and don't fly much until Fall. I saw a big group leave on Sunday morning! Around , around, around..then off! Ooops, to the north, but hopefully...
I was kind of thrilled, tho sad to see them go.
Some lovely memories to look back on.
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