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Joy on a clear, almost summer solstice morning

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Sunny starts, near finishes, and how we are here to love one another.... I woke EARLY this morning, probably going to be a more than usual caffeinated kind of day. Sometimes that's how life goes. Amazing how that tiny star is an enormous planet visible to our naked eyes. (Kind of how our tiny efforts translate into the largest gifts methinks, insert smiley face here.) But! I did get to view, and take adequate photos of, the waning crescent moon AND Saturn! A formidable ridge of high pressure is building into a heat dome for us on the Pacific West Coast, which means no marine layer, allowing for clear nights and early dawn skies, permitting planetary marvels to be appreciated. Saturn became invisible before five thirty a.m., and the sun peeked over the eastern hills at 6.02. Most mornings begin cloaked in cloud and fog, it's truly a gift to watch that sun emerge, as well as enjoy a planet many millions of miles away. Yesterday I finished the last round of edits for Can't Be ...
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Basting a quilt and other random bits

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Quilt sandwich on the work table! Sometimes getting it there feels like a battle, haha.   WOO HOO! I am SO HAPPY (*like really happy*) to have the Warm Hearted quilt basted! Half of the perimeter is secured, a slow process that I'm doing at my work table instead of with the quilt splayed out on the guest bed. Easier on my back to not lean over awkwardly, if not as pleasant on my right shoulder, but.... And....it's basted! Every half heart has a safety pin, for which I needed to pull out the back-up pins. Definitely no shifting for this project, and how satisfying it will be to remove said pins as each heart is quilted!   Having begun that process truly gives me peace, as well as the giddy thrill of anticipation of hand-quilting all those gorgeous HEARTS!!! How cool will that be, oh goodness! Very cool. Super Cool. TRULY COOL!!! And on this cloudy, rainy day, Warm Hearts are the coolest thing around, lol. Every time I see this quilt, I feel such joy; this is steeped in happine...
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