Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Kiss a Moose I doubt kissing a moose is high on the list of most people’s wish list. Yet, there stood the youthful moose and the opportunity to plant a tentative kiss on her young cheek. She was a tall youngster quite comfortable with people crowding around her fenced

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Bears and Blueberries “Stop the Bus.” “There’s a bear.” “Where” “On the left, about ten o’clock.” To exclamations of delight, and the sound of clicking cameras, our tour bus driver pulled over and the Denali National Park visitors exclaimed and laughed with appreciation. We stood to better watch the

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Sitka Needles “Yummy.” I chewed on the caramel candy. “Delicious,” My husband agreed. “Who would have thought such good candy could come from Spruce needles, of all things.” “Well, not just any Spruce needles. The ingredients list says it’s made with Sitka Spruce needles.” I reached for another one.

Mary’s Musings to Quilt Encouragement. Whale’s Tails “Look!” “There!” “The whale’s tail!” Everyone on the small whale-watching boat chortled with delight. With a graceful wave, the humpback whale tail slammed the water, and he disappeared again under the surface of the water. This amazing sight of power and playfulness thrilled his human audience. Several times

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Sea Lions The red buoy made a cozy place for six or seven large sea lions to sun themselves. A couple of them raised their heads when our boat load of sight seers lingered nearby. Finding us uninteresting, they lolled back to sleep. Their snoozing was interrupted when another

  Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement   Sea Lions   The red buoy made a cozy place for six or seven large sea lions to sun themselves. A couple of them raised their heads when our boat load of sight seers lingered nearby. Finding us uninteresting, they lolled back to sleep. Their snoozing was

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Cloudy View The ribbon of clouds ran a heavy stripe across the middle of the mountain. From our vantage point at a distance from the mountain, we could see that the top of the mountain and the lower level of the mountain were completely clear. The entire mountain wasn’t

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Sled dogs We watched sixteen sled dogs prance with eager excitement as they were hitched to the traces that connected them to one another and the sled they would practice pulling. With tails wagging in pleasure, the dogs yipped in happy anticipation of the exercise. One of them was

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement   Sled dogs     We watched sixteen sled dogs prance with eager excitement as they were hitched to the traces that connected them to one another and the sled they would practice pulling. With tails wagging in pleasure, the dogs yipped in happy anticipation of the exercise.  One

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement   Memories     I’m always glad when I’m at a gathering that sings “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. My first thought upon hearing that song is of my Grandfather who sang in a barbershop quartet at church. A large man with a deep, powerful voice, I