Thursday Thirteen Graduation

So Z Graduated last night -- we are proud of him --top ten percent of his class --National Honor Society - Texas Scholar- and a good kid - He has always been mature Kind of an old soul

I have the hardest time in this convention center, getting good shots ----- people w/ inexpensive cameras got really nice shots and I got nothing, nothing that is clear, during the ceremony w/ my too expensive one. To me that spells operator error sooo help??? any one??/ on how to get good shots in a huge room w/ not enough light for no flash snots but where there is no way to get the flash to the subject.
1. Pomp and Circumstance

2.entering stage


3, leaving stage seethe black near his hand (Diploma
)
4.Hats off to the grads


5. they don't get to keep their honor Society Stoles



6.Brothers

7.Sibs

8.kind aunt,- I am so grateful we had 12 family members there to support him. thanks everyone!!!!

9. Proud parents

10 Three generations (love this one)

11. Clowning

12. Sweet friend

13 L at the School all night after party -(Z won some dorm stuff)L won a Circuit city gift card.

Long night the littles got tired of the waiting

Thursday Thirteen Comforters to Comfort

For the past few months, the ladies at my church, have been working on these quilts for a Service Project for a home for girls that age out of Foster care. It is a very worthy cause. I have been collecting the quilts as the ladies finish them. I have an attachment to each of them.... some because I sewed on them a little, matched the fabrics for it from what was donated, or donated the fabric myself, some because they are so Beautiful, some because I know some one learned a new skill working on it, or sacrificed to donate whether the materials or soo much of their time. So before I take them to the girls I wanted to share the beauty .....

1.The fabric from this one was donated by a mom of 5 girls and she knew the girls would like the brown.



2.I had this blue and found a cute Hawaiian fabric to coordinate

3.This one looks like a Monet painting

4.This one is sewn so well it does not look homemade but it, was along w/ the one just above,was sewn by a woman recouping from Cancer Surgery.

5.Tthere are two of these that are very similar and the craftsmanship is soo good the lady who did these did 3 others also,she taught many of us new skills, she is amazing!!! I had a bunch of patriotic fabric so there is a bit of a theme

She machine quilts so beautifully


6. this one shows that most of them are tie quilted

and the bindings




7.The other similar one -- I love the channels on the stripes

8.The Eagles -- maybe there is a a girl who is thinking of the military or w/ a cute soldier in her life:)


9.this one is my my favorite color w/ stars--- another of my good friends did 3 or 4 she is such a natural seamstress

10.I called this pebbles and flowers-- The ladies who did this one did 3 and are always willing to do So much, it was worked on by multiple generations of one family.




11.This one is so fresh-- A young girl in the age group of the recipients put these colors together


12.This one is so crisp, sewn by a young mom of 4 young boys who is so talented she makes it look easy.

13.Texas bandannas- sewn by a native Texan

And as a Bonus this one shows off a talent to coordinate the stitching w/ the subject matter

flowers on flowers

Bubbles on the fish

and the lining is the sweetest yellow. I love this look and the feel is sooo nice.

Thank you so much everyone that helped in anyway -- I know these will give the comfort that was so lovingly stitched into them.

Thursday Thirteen Flora and Fauna of Florida

Who knew going to visit my sister in Florida -- to her son's wedding and to Disney World I would see such beautiful Flora and such friendly Fauna
These flowers were at the hotel
1.the first was exquisite

2.The second could be my favorite they are just perfect


3.The Temple where the wedding was is so lovely, this hawk was way up high and stayed for a long time

4.These flowers are cute aren't they? I think it is FUNNY that flowers can be exquisite--just right --or cute-- but all are beautiful in their own way

5.There were lizards were every where I think this one was trying to scare us away

6.then on the drive we saw this row of palms that we just do not see here in north TX

7. When we got to my sisters I was thrilled for her and her new home --this is the woods they paved a walk way through

8.This is their neighbor( I am sure he has owners too)

9.I could not get over the lush growth(daily rain and warm temps makes for beautiful foliage)

10.I went for a walk early in the AM and saw these along the way

I looked up and saw this

I am so glad I looked down in time to see this


I Then circled the lake and back

by the pool where the night before

I found this cutie... I was in love .. ok not really but he is sooooo cute






11.This was our view from the hotel the last day

When I walked that morning I saw this beautiful bird (crane?)they are not afraid of people they seem as prevalent as our crows

and the hibiscus that we cultivate so carefully here, seem to be everywhere there

12.But nothing beats the friendliness of the birds at Disney they walk up to you




look at you sweetly

And ask you to share w/ them--- so my son did :)


Oh you might go by my sweet DIL's blog to wish him a Happy birthday today (She wrote a sweet tribute to him) he just completed his first year of Law --School he works so hard

13.But I was most fascinated w/ the way the bushes so naturally grew to combine both Flora and fauna:)