QUILTING

QUILTING. The earlierst quilt was one of Grandma Horns, The garments used were familiar. I recognized someones shirt, skirt, blouse etc.  No fancy stitched sewed together on the wonderful old treadle Singer machine.  Later, in Junior High when she lived in town I would go over after school to make three baby doll quilts for my three sisters for Christmas. Then Mom showed me a quilt pieced by Grandma Latimer when she was born.  It was a red, white and blue log cabin pattern.  At one point in the nineties she decided to complete it.  First she fixked the turkey red because she knew the color would run something awful.  I believe she used vinegar, well soaked and rinsed.  Then shes about using thick white threat to quilt the thing with  filler and backing of course.  It was just gorgeous when it was finished.  She gave the quilt to Carla, I think who then sent it to me.  I decided to use archival paper to wrap the quilt in as well as a cloth where I printed the history of the quilt. I then carefully folded it in paper and sent it to Ellen, who has always loved it.  I loved to attend the annual quilt show held at the former highschool.  My favorite was a beautiful Mariners Compass.  Gorgeous.  There was an avant guard quilt of dark green, ugh.I made several quilts for relatives all of of polyester.  Mom made a small baby quilt for Charlie Sherry had it for a while.  I think it got used as a saddle  blanket. Mom got it back for me and I believe Charlie still has it. I have seen the gorgeous Victorian pieces with fancy stitching but never made one or wanted one.  If anyone else has quilt stories do let me know. R

TRAVELING WITH ANIMALS

 The first animal I remember traveling with was a puppy we had taken on the summer we went to Aripzona  We stopped for lunch at a spot and the puppy mysteriously disappeared.  The next time was when Judy Jones went to Emmett with me.  She brought a ginea pig, the girls were thrilled.  It was very squeaky. Then there was the time we flew from San Francisco to Bluefield West Virginia.  Judy brought her black poodle, Lucky.  There were three adults, two childre;n and the dog.  We had so much luggage we had to wait until the next day to pick it up.  Betty used one suitcase for her wig.  We truly did look like the Gabor sisters on tour.  Next animal was in Barrow. Tim had a Manx named Bradford.  He became hyper thyroid and we had to take to Springfield to be radiated.  It worked somewhat.  He was charming and spoke Chinese when he was warbling about something he was pleased with.  The next Kitty was Jubilee. She had five kittens while I was in Barrow and Tim  in Coquille.  I took two kittens to Barrow for adoption.  Litters were very rare, they went to good homes.  All of those kittens remaing died.  Our last kitty was Charlie he was born 2016 and died 2024 he was our last kitty.  Gale felt sorry for us and purchased a black kitty from Amazon to put in the window.  Tim was trying to find a Vet, the Animal Hospital in Coos Bay had an interesting answer on their phone.  If you wish to incur a bill from 1200 to 1800 dollars, please press one.  Um, no  Local people were available and were very kind. Still cost three hundred dollarsl.  Pet insurance?  NOOOOO

CORVETTE SUMMER

CORVETTE SUMMER:

Judy Jones came to own a shabby looking 1956 Corvette.  It had a removable hard top for going about in the sunshine.  It was held together mostly by bondo and fiberglass.  Eventually it got painted white had red leather interior and looked pretty snazy.  One weekend we drove to Bakersfield with the couple from Judy purhased the car.  We went to participate in a Corvette Cross track trial.  There two runs for each car.  Judy drove one, I drove the second.  It was a lot of fun, I believe I stalled out.  But she won a noncompetition trophy because there were no other 56 Corvettes.  On the way back, we were pulled over by the State Police.  His reason was that he could not see the front plates.  I think he just wanted to flirt.  We got home and Judy kept the care for a couple of years.  She gave it to her younger brother, Ed.  He painted it blue.  Do not know what happened to it afterwards.  It was a fun car.