Pointless Quilter

Just a quickie to show that I've started the 2017 Bonnie Hunter (Quiltville) annual mystery -this year called On Ringo Lake.  I'm sticking to her colors - they look calm and should be very pretty (as most of her quilts are).  Anyway, the link to the link up page is here  to see how pretty everyone's blocks are turning out.  It's always fun to see the different colors people use and even those who use the same colors, how different it can all look. Here are my fabrics.  I've added and taken away some of the fabrics since I took this photo. And here are the parts of the 1st clue which was to make a few of these 9-patches.  I know she was taking it easy on us. That's it.  I am working on other projects while working on this too.  I have all the fabrics cut to work on the October and November Quilt show block of the month.  I also finished all the parts of a cushion from a guild class last month.  Just have to put them together, ...

I finished another one of these what I call 'Dr. Bags' but in fact is called the Boxy Tote.  I about gave up when I made one for myself a few months ago.  But this time I did okay.  I even made a pouch for the inside.  I just love this fabric.  So much so that I also bought it with a black background to make something for myself some day.  Two weeks ago, my husband and I took a day trip to the coast.  We specifically went to see the Monarch butterfly grove.  We've always heard about it but never got there during the right time of the year.  They are just now starting to gather at this grove (which they do every year) in San Luis Obispo.  The picture was taken through a telescope as you just can't really see it with your naked eye.  And apparently they just started and that by the end of the month this grove will be covered with these clusters. Here's a video of them all clustered.  Again, taken through a telescope....