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LIFE IN THE TIME OF CORONA-

DAY 10

This is October's block in my calendar quilt.  All (?) that remains to be added is the silk ribbon embroidery of the leaves and some gardening in the grass.  This was a very difficult background to find.  I had to turn the fabric on its side so the sky looks striated.  I also stuffed the pumpkins to plump them out a bit.

I am setting this project aside for a week or so while I paint and quilt 3 blocks from my other project-Helen Godden's Midnight Madness.  She challenges us with each new project to improve our skills.  This project will refine our ability to blend paints and also to free motion quilt on a small quilt-almost micro quilting.  Each image will be 9 inches in diameter or, our choice, enlarged to a bigger size.  I am doing a practice square for the micro quilting.  Here is my beginning and I will show you later the micro quilting-just a trial to see if 9 inches is feasible for me.

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Our mayor has closed down city services and encouraged shops and businesses to close.  Many people in rural Missouri have adopted the original message that the corona virus is a hoax to bring the economy down so there is not a lot of cooperation.  The people who don't believe in science and expert opinion are the ones who are putting themselves at the most risk.

Here is an interesting factoid about the corona virus which also appeals to my love of the english language:

"Coronaviruses are a family of so-called “enveloped viruses”. This means they are coated in an oily coat, known as a lipid bilayer, studded with proteins that stick out like spikes of a crown, helping to give them their name – corona is Latin for crown."

I believe that the quote above was from the NYT.  Also, the reason that hand washing is so beneficial is because soap breaks down this fatty, oily layer.  

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Here is my daughter Mary who lives in northern India in her Hannibal Lector mask:

And here she is without.  She doesn't have any makeup on.  She just has always had beautiful skin and a lovely natural complexion.

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YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN

A moment of reflection, humor, or beauty in these trying times 

A new, improved, more useful clock for our times

Of course, since my husband and I retired, we have had to resort to checking the days on our weekly pill containers which works fine if we are both on the same day!

Happy Creating!

I am linking up with:

Slow Stitching Sunday, Bambi's Blog, Making Monday,  Em's Scrapbag, 
Midweek Makers, Whoop Whoop, Finish or Not!, and Off the Wall Friday.