A recommended blog . . .

A budding artist in action! Check out the ongoing cartoon stories of Slipping Through and Pretzel and the Princess.

http://apatheticartist.blogspot.com/

Determination in quilting . . .

 
I'm on a mission to drastically reduce my collection of scraps in my fabric stash. I tend to fall desperately in love with some of the patterns and keep even the smallest piece 'in case it comes in handy' someday. Enough! Okay . . . Well, maybe . . .

I started a crazy quilt/scrap quilt yesterday and finished piecing the twelve squares this afternoon. I'm planning on a solid border around each wild square with a scrap border along the top and bottom edges. It did clear out half of a bag of scrap fabric and I'm not EVEN going to glance up at the big, plastic container on the shelf which harbors even more . . . fabric scraps. My husband says that even using scraps, I tend to make MORE scraps and it is a losing battle. Fortunately, I'm rather enjoying the sewing confrontation but the next quilt will come from 'new' material not the fabric scrap collection.

A wonderful tribute to our military - produced by a 15 year old girl!

http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

How secure are airport security checks?

Although I was blessed to get through the various airport security checks without mishap on my vacation, I did see people who were not so lucky. The one that really got to me was an elderly lady in a wheelchair. I had just gone through the metal detector and was home free. As I walked past the exit area, they pulled aside this woman and were giving her a pat down to end all pat downs. No, she wasn't taken to a private area. I walked by within a foot of the woman as the security probed and patted her down. I had to wonder how this woman signaled such invasive treatment.

Today, I read in the news that some guy managed to sneak on one flight with NO matching ID to go with his boarding pass . . . which was a day old. From what I understand, he wasn't held. He claimed he had found the boarding pass and decided to try and see if he could catch the flight. Later, guess what? He was found, AGAIN, trying to board a plane with mismatched identification. A more thorough search found ten, more such phony/used boarding passes in his carry-on bag. Why wasn't he checked more thoroughly when he was caught the first time?

It just seems so wrong and unnecessary to put that elderly woman to such personal invasion while letting someone with obvious mild to serious criminal intent get through at least once . . . that we know about.

Just my thankful rant for the day that I wasn't the security target on my flights!