Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Raining Cats and Dogs—or Fish? We were enjoying a perfect day for a walk, not too cold nor too hot. Sunshine and lovely spring blossoms brought a bounce to our steps. We were wondering about the name of some of the less common flowers when we were startled by

Mary’s Monday musings to Quilt Encouragement Screech Owl The screech Owl is a surprisingly small bird for the owl family. In contrast to his size, his large screech at night is eerie enough to send shivers down the spines of small creatures in the area as well as sends uneasiness to humans within earshot. When

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Weakness So often, winter seems to bring colds, flu, or worse. When we recover from some sicknesses, there may follow a period of weakness as we work to recover our strength. The sense of weakness is annoying. We find our endurance seriously reduced, our muscular strength lacking, or our

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Foam Stonehenge The picture’s background gives away the fact this is not the Stonehenge built in England from enormous stones. Instead, it’s a model made from Styrofoam displayed at a fall festival near Washington, D.C.  I wonder what motivated someone to make a foam Stonehenge. Since the dimensions were

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Snow My husband and I live in a climate where it seldom snows. Hence, snow is a big event. When the forecast calls for snow, the grocery stores fill up with people who rapidly empty the shelves of staples. Because of the lack of practice, many of our local

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Wayward Doggy A deer crossing her yard was beyond the dog’s resisting. The temptation to run after this new looking creature stirred all Annie’s dog instincts. As darkness settled over the new yard where she’d only lived a short time, the Chocolate Labrador ran after the intruder on her

Mary’s Monday Musing to Quilt Encouragement Medicine The nurse rolled a sturdy pole on wheels to my hospital bedside. From it, she carefully hung several bags filled with clear, heavy looking fluids. One was labeled Cipro. The other labels were too small to read from where my head lay on my pillow. With gentle efficiency,

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement The Magic of Touch We had already shared several delightful telephone conversations full of laughter and love. We exchanged Christmas cards. We laughed together. We used our words on the phone to convey love and sympathy when situations were charged with sadness. But there is nothing as special as

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement On Top of the Clouds Our Airplane revved up the engines and roared off the runway. Bouncing and tipping some, the plane bored through the cloud cover that hovered over the area around the airport. In a short time, our plane leveled off above the clouds, and the puffy,

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Majestic Eagles The nests were high at the top of the trees. We needed to crane our necks to see the white ball of an eagle head, regal as it stood atop the large nest. Eagles thrive in our northern most state of Alaska.  It’s fun to realize how