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I surprised myself and had a good time today

1/29/2022

Clicking the pics is almost as much exercise as quilting.

You can see the bronco on the far right. For someone that doesn't like crowds I sure have attracted a lot of horse trailers. And this is nothing, everywhere I look is packed with horse trailers.

The wind was still blowing today, but not as bad as yesterday, the temperature did finally creep up into the low 70s but the wind made it a little bit unpleasant for me.

This wind has not made it easy for me to get the things done that I need to do before I leave here Tuesday morning. With the wind blowing like it is it mostly kills my desire to do anything. It makes warm weather a little chilly, and chilly weather cold, and I don't like the cold. I chalk that up to my geezerlyness, because a lot of this chilly weather were having would be summer weather in Colorado and yet it makes me cold. It also makes me wonder how old geezers like me can stand living in cold, snowy places.

And speaking of cold I have come to realize that the bronco is really difficult to try and stay warm in. Not only is the insulation woefully lacking, but due to the poor design and pathetic construction, the only time it's warm is when the furnace is running, and the minute the furnace goes off, I have to check to see if somebody opened the door. It's barely tolerable in chilly weather, and is no better than a tent in cold weather. So the bronco is definitely not a camper any full-timer in their right mind would consider.... But I might not have known that if I hadn't tried it.

The barrel race at the event center was as crowded as I've ever seen an event there, there were so many people it made it difficult to get in a place to get decent pictures. But I got a few, or at least a couple of blogs worth.

I also spent about an hour looking at the quilts at "the Quilt Fiesta," which is approximately 55 more minutes than I thought I was going to spend their. But it was more interesting than I thought, maybe because I'm so old I'm actually interested in things like quilts... I guess the next time there's a knitting convention I'll be first in line.

Theboondork

Red rose at night.

Red rose in the sunset.

Barrel racing Pima County Fairgrounds Picture

I went over to the barrel racing for a while and had a good time watching the horses, and how skilled the girls are. But it was pretty crowded in the arena, and nobody was wearing a mask, of course everybody in their is young, and probably healthy, except for me, and I must've been the oldest person in the arena... But at least I'm getting used to the feeling of being the oldest person anywhere I go.... Except the quilting fiesta, some of those people looked like Egyptian mummies without the wrappings.

Quilt fiesta Pima County Fairgrounds Picture

I also moseyed across the street to the "Quilt Fiesta", and spent a lot more time there than I thought I was going to. It wasn't as boring as I had anticipated, and it was interesting seeing all of the quilt designs and all the time that must've gone into making these things... For what purpose I don't know.

But at least everybody in their had a mask on, and they were all so old they made me look young.

This is where the barrel racing honchos get to camp, 50 feet from the arena.

I took more pictures of the barrel racing and the quilt fiesta than this, and I'll be putting them up in the next day or so.

6 Comments

OFM

1/29/2022 05:55:46 pm

My ex was into quilting etc and good at it. The first show we went to was just to escort her. Then after that I looked for quilting, knitting etc etc shows to attend in the Texas area. The quality of the work and the designs etc made it a wonderful experience overall. I still stop and look in on that sort of show for a little while when I encounter them.
Aside from that the folks at the show usually have interesting stories to tell and that I really enjoy.

Tom

1/29/2022 06:45:26 pm

This is the first one of these shows I've been to, and as near as I can tell, there are a bunch of vendors there selling various quilting paraphernalia, and what looks like judging going on for quilts that are on display.

I had never heard of a quilting show before, I guess I haven't been going places and doing things where I would be exposed to that information. It's a big show, in a pretty big building so I only saw a little bit of it. But it was interesting enough that I'm considering going back again tomorrow, depending on what's going on with the barrel racers. The kids that have already lost are starting to leave now so there shouldn't be as much of a crowd tomorrow hopefully I can get a little closer to the action.

Tom

Linda

1/30/2022 02:40:57 pm

I read a couple other blogs of quilters. They tend to be type A people who have to be doing something all the time. Since cutting and piecing and sewing and quilting takes a lot of time it's a good hobby for those people. I cut out some squares one time but I didn't even have the patience to make a pillow top. Obviously not my type of craft.

1/30/2022 04:23:39 pm

I've never understood type "A" people, I'm more of a type "Z" as in zzzzzz. I've always said, whether I was asked or not, that I believe type A people have a difficult time becoming full-timers because full-timing is all about relaxing and enjoying your life, and staying busy all the time doesn't seem that enjoyable to me.

I relish doing nothing, being able to do nothing is one of my finest attributes. I like doing things if it's enjoyable to me, but if I don't have an enjoyable thing to do I don't "make up" something I just settle down and do nothing. Of course being a procrastinator helps a lot especially if you're a full-timer. I've always found that if I put off doing something long enough before you know it I'll be in another place and it won't matter anymore. Like the Romans said "seize the day, and if it hollers let it go..." Or something like that.

Tom

Judith

1/30/2022 08:16:36 pm

I read tomorrow's post before this one...you actually did take a photo of a quilt. I come from a family of female quilters, and know some, but like Linda.....not my thing.
I do admire it though. And I DO remember that the purpose was to keep you WARM at night. Separating the fluffy little innards by stitching patterns so it wouldn't all bunch at the bottom of the quilt...know what I mean?
You'd have a wad of cotton fluff, or whatever they used at the time, all bunched up in one place. If you ever go back to one of these things, check out crazy quilts. I don't know if they're even done these days, but they are beautiful.

1/30/2022 09:24:13 pm

I have more quilt photos coming up, I've just been busy lately getting ready to pack up and hit the road. I've been here for over a month now and I feel like I've got to be moving on.

Since a lot of my relatives were in South Georgia they were poor, to say the least. So quilting was more a way to use up what little of everything you had than a hobby. And just like you said it was a way to sandwich a layer of cotton in between the fabric to make it warmer. But for the poor folks, it was even more than that.

All the women sewed, or at least in my family they did and they made their own clothes. Well, when you make your own clothes you end up with a lot of little bits and pieces of cloth that are too small to do anything with but you can't afford to throw them away, so you sew all those little bits and pieces of colored cloth together until they're big enough to make something out of, maybe a quilt, maybe a dress, or in the case of Dolly Parton, "a coat of many colors."

Tom

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