Tuesday, May 28, 2013

On Apples, Ducks, and Odd Conversations.

Thanks, everyone, for the much needed dose of perspective the other day - you're right and I've decided to listen to you. :-)

And speaking of thanks, I owe huge thanks to Kristel at Work-in-Progess Girl. One of the great things about joining a bee this year has been getting to know a new bunch of quilters and bloggers. And in leaving comments on some of these fabulous new blogs sometimes leads to secret giveaways.  THIS is what was waiting for me in the mail today.

Love the card!  It had a spoiler warning on it.  All kinds of awesome right there.  The fabric is gorgeous. But then I opened this lovely parcel and here is what was inside:

How cute are these??? Apple potholder hot pads! The details of the leaves and the tiny apple seeds - and all that bias binding perfectly sewn around the edges.  Jaw dropped. Squeals of glee.  Snoopy dance.

They're beautiful - I love them.  I can't thank you enough. :-)

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We also have a new neighbour. I noticed her last week when she flew out of the flower beds. I didn't get a good look, just thought "wow, that's a rather large bird, looks like a duck, which is ridiculous, we don't have ducks in our neighbourhood, where's the bird book - what was that?" 

It was followed up by some conversation that included, "It can't have been a foot long, Carly!, it was the size of a duck, what were the tail feathers like, very short tail feathers, Well, I *know* what a magpie looks like, it must have been a grackle, it wasn't a grackle, greyish brown and it had a long beak, it couldn't have been a duck. Right?"

On Sunday, there was Most. Definitely. A duck sitting on the front lawn.  ("Hunh, that's a duck, I told you I thought it was a duck!!, what the heck is a duck doing here?")

She flew away but my father moved a flower pot and discovered a nest up against the house.  She returned a little while later and has been nesting in the flower bed.  I've named her Daphne.  Welcome to the 'hood, hon!


22 comments:

  1. SWEEET gift you got there! Love the apple hot pads!

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  2. A lovely and thoughtful gift! Bees are the greatest fun aren't they! I love your duck, and she reminds me of the mama duck and her 9 babies that I was hostess to last year! I was terrified walking them all across Boychuk Drive to the pond!

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  3. Gifts are so much fun...especially when they look like that!! A duck? WOW!!

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  4. Nice prezzies! What a great new neighbour-you are the favoured one!

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  5. Great presents! And to have a duck just think of the stories you will be able to tell

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  6. Hi Carly! Lovely post to start my day! Your presents are so beautiful and I love the duck story! I hope you can follow her life there for a while. x Teje

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  7. Daphne is adorable and yes for happy mail surprises!

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  8. Eeeek! Baby ducks are going to be awesome!!! As are the apple hot pads.

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  9. Oh my gosh!! What a great package in the mail! I love apples! :) And the duck...how lucky are you to get to witness all of this? Daphne is a cutie!

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  10. Cute post Carly. Lovely hot pads and I hope Daphne sticks around!

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  11. I am totally cracking up over the duck/bird conversation! Daphne is a cutie!

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  12. Quantos presentes!!!! Lindas maçãs e ...Daphne!!!! Parabéns!
    Um abraço!

    Egléa

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  13. Those potholders are amazing! What a great neighbour to have!

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  14. Well I don't know which story I like better, the present or the duck! I guess they are both presents, aren't they!

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  15. The duck is fantastic! I'm not sure I'd like one so close to my house (I've an unnatural fear of birds :D) but still! (Are ducks biters though? I know geese can be, if you get too close to their nests, but don't really know about ducks.)

    So glad you like the potholders :D They were fun to make.

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  17. Love the potholders! Lucky girl!! And a duck! Even luckier! There have been many more ducks around our place this year. We even have a hen and drake swimming in the puddle (and I do mean "puddle") in our horse paddock. Neither horses nor ducks seem concerned about these living arrangements. Hope you get to see a few chicks!

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  18. The cuteness factor is off the charts in this post - from those apple post holder to the little duck. I wonder if she's young because she's "downy"? I can't even handle that you named her Daphne.
    I have a great respect for the bias tape, sewing it straight - no problem but a curve adds an entirely different level of respect somehow!

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  19. Oh I love Daphne! It will be so amazing to see her little ducklings soon.... what a great gift, the apples are adorable!

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  20. Oh, hilarious! What fun and now you get to see and hear ducklings soon!

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