TEMPERATURE QUILT BEGINS

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   All the fabrics have arrived. I still have to choose what colour will represent each 3 degrees of temperature, and which aboriginal prints will represent the weather conditions. Can't do that in poor light so will wait until daylight tomorrow.
   Choosing colours is not my strong point so I'm going to follow a 17 colour chart I found on the web for the temps. So pleased someone else has taken the anguish and indecision out of it for me. Tonight I'll do a web search to see if I can find a similar chart for the background weather - I live in hope.
   I still have to decide how many weather conditions I will include. Like, do I really need 'light rain' and 'light patchy rain', 'stormy' and 'thunder and lightning'. I thinking will go with what is recorded for the midday weather condition.
   One decision made so far is that mist and fog will be combined, as will frost, snow and sleet. We get quite a bit of morning fog/mist here, not that I see it very often (not a morning person), we occasionally get snow which I always go out to stand in it as it's such a novelty here. We get sleet more often, sometimes hail. And we get quite a few frosts, some even into November which is the end of our autumn. Lots of local gardeners plant out their tomato seedlings in the first week of November and they nearly always get caught. 
   So, I have a lot of catching up to do. It shouldn't be too much of a chore, I've got nothing else to do that can't be put on hold until I do. 

   Loving what I'm seeing of others projects. I'm especially interested in the qayg divided hexagons. Like minds etc. I've decided to divide my qayg elongated hexagons (lozenges) in half diagonally. 

   The weather has been overcast here today, but still reached 30°c after an 18°c low.  I've had the front door open this evening. The neighbour is mowing. It smells nice. My Lawn Mower Man, (#2 son) has an injured foot (I think it's gout) so hasn't been able to do mine this week and it's knee high again. Ho hum. Lots of dandelions - the bees will love it. Might pick some leaves to add to a salad. Love Puha in my salad when I can get it. And I've got a whole yard full of it!  Yaaaaay! 
Oh well, must get on with it, what ever it is. 
Cheers
D. 
P.s. 
Keep stitching.
We can sew our world together,
Peace by Piece.      DS 92.


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