Spring has sprung in Northern Colorado! There are green buds on the trees and I have tulips coming up. And look at this temperature!
This week I read a fun book. It's a light romance, requires no thinking, and was just entertaining!
When I finished it, though, I was thinking that the storyline sounded kind of familiar. I was telling Mike about it and we realized that it is the same story as a favorite movie of his - "Pure Country," starring George Strait. Do you know it? In the book the musical star is a girl, and she meets a guy in a small town in Kentucky. Even after realizing that, I still enjoyed the book.
Sometimes you just feel like playing with scraps in the sewing room, and when I need a break from quilting Masala Box, I've done a little of that. Last week I shared the Dancing Plus blocks from this tutorial - and now I've made a few more of them.
The idea with these is to use up some of the random charm squares I have in a drawer that are leftover from other projects.
Then I saw the Gameboard blocks on Sara's blog at My Sewing Room. These really caught my attention! I've been making four patches as leaders and enders with no real plan for them. Now I have a plan!
LeeAnna's question of the week is - what was growing up in your hometown like? I grew up in Greece, New York, a suburb of Rochester, located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. My dad worked for Kodak, and Greece was kind of a company town. Everyone's dad worked for Kodak! (Very few moms worked back then - at least that I knew.)
Although Rochester is a big city, our neighborhood felt like a small town. We walked or rode bikes all over the place, played outside with the neighborhood kids all day, and swam (if someone had a backyard pool) or ran through the sprinklers. My parents' rule was just that we had to come inside when the streetlights came on!
A favorite game was "Red Light, Green Light." I couldn't find an actual photo of me and my siblings and friends playing, but there are all kinds of sites online for teaching you how to play this game now! Even YouTube videos!
Good memories!
17 comments:
Love those game board blocks! Another squirrel is peeking in the window, taunting me! Such a different time, when we were kids. Everyone rode a bike, walked to school, came home to cookies and milk , then changed out of your school clothes into play clothes before you went outside.
Those gameboard blocks are great! I grew up in a small town south of Rochester, Lima. Many dads in our town also worked at Kodak. 😊
I’ve read that book! Nice RSC projects underway. It’s not that warm here. We had snow showers and ice pellets yesterday. Brrr! I’m ready for spring! Gail at the cozy quilter
Your childhood was like mine. My dad worked for DuPont; we lived in a company town. Everybody worked there and you dare not misbehave because it would get back to your parents. We'd hike trails on the river bank and sit on the curbs until dark (we had no streetlights).
Those gameboard blocks are really cute - thanks for the idea! I want to make a chessboard-themed mini quilt for my husband, and those just might do the trick. Not sure I can work with 1-1/2 inch pieces, so I might adjust to make mine 2 inches.
Sounds like a great childhood! Mine was similar and happy, with being outside the highlight of my life. Seems so odd to me now that kids just don't play outside. We only see them outside on our street if the parents are outside with them. And we rarely hear kids in their back yards either. Different times for sure.
What a great way to use squares in that game board block! I like those pluses together too! What a fun childhood you had!
Spring has sprung here too. I've noticed on the bike trail quite a bit of green lately and my daffodils are blooming with the hyacinths. Everything just smells so fresh! Have a wonderful Thursday!
Oh, I am so jealous of your temperatures! Our childhoods were very similar.
Nice dancing plus and gameboard blocks, Diann. We played Red Light, Green Light as kids also. Those really were the good ol' days.
I am looking forward to the day I see 77 degrees! I enjoyed hearing about your childhood...very similar to mine even though we were raised on opposite sides of the country! However, I had a single Mom and she worked. Many times, during the summer, my sisters and friends all slept outside all night. Among other games, Red Light Green Light was quite popular. :)
doesn't it just feel so nice when it gets in the 77's in March!! enjoy
Love those blocks you're working on.
What sweet childhood memories, Diann. Sounds like you had a grand time . Red light green light was one of my favorites too. Oooh I just love your blocks that are in the works.Hugs.
That Gameboard block is fun. Even better you found a way to use up those 4 patches. Sounds like you had a wonderful place to grow up.
We've driven past Rochester twice on our way to our friends in the Catskills. I've been on both sides (north and south) of Lake Ontario. I missed answering LeeAnna's question (smacks forehead). I love your sunny yellow block (and the previous post's cute little mug rug(?) I'm hoping to get a yellow placemat together before month's end...
From the comments, it sounds like the Gameboard block may be showing up everywhere soon. Even though Kodak is now a shadow of it's former self, the town of Greece has grown a lot since you grew up there. Have you been back to visit at all? And, yes, we rode our bikes all over creation and had to be home by dinner time. Then outside for more play until it got dark. Oh, how things have changed.
Pat
Fun memories of your childhood - I have similar ones. I remember that game, along with Kick the Can and Ghosts in the Graveyard. Fun times. Your quilt blocks are cute!
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