Happy New Year

This is our annual goodbye to the old year, the last sunset.  We used to write on the sand of Surf Beach in California but now we have our lakeshore to watch the sun go down.  It was terribly cold and we scampered back into the warm car to watch the year 2009 disappear and then home to old movies and a quiet N.Y. eve.

reverse side of map quilt

This is the back side of the Map of the World quilt for Calan.  I like to sew by hand while I watch movies or good programs on T.V. (like Antique Road Show or Masterpiece Theater).  So Calan's Quilt is completely hand stitched.  I like to think about his family and pray for each of them as I sew too.  How many squares are there in the quilt?  Do the math: 9x15=___.

This is the quilt that Nanna Pennie has been working on for youngest grandson, Calan. His big brothers, Cade and Cole, got Nanna quilts when they were babies, but Calan had to wait a few years. Nanna got the map of the world fabric from Aunt Lois in Arkansas. Nanna hand-quilted along the longitude and latitude lines of the map. It felt like traveling around the world without having to leave home.

While Pappa was shoveling the steps and the driveway, Nanna made a little snow man. He has a carrot nose. He's about the right size for Claire and Emily to play with.