I took my first pictures today with my new Nikon Coolpix S6200. I am happy to have a new camera, but need a lot of practice with it.
I've been wanting to show this to my mom (she won't come see me....bad mama!) so I will share it with all of you. This is my surprise Christmas gift from my husband this year. He has heard me talk about stained glass, but I never dreamed he would actually pick one out for me. He was told that this '(pre World War II) window came from a pub in England. I think it is beautiful and I love it. I asked him if he thought maybe he could design me a house around it.... at the coast!
I have been reading a book on female Christian 'heroes' and was reading about a lady named Gladys Aylward. She was a missionary to China, but before she went there, she worked as a 'rescue sister' in a port town in England. "In rough waterside pubs, she'd face down drunken sailors, if that's what it took, to rescue the girls with them." While I was reading it, I told my husband that our window could possibly have been from one of those pubs that Ms. Aylward visited. (around 1929-1930) Probably not, but it was a good thought to add to my new window. :-)
I don't want to make this post too long, but I want to show the January block for my first 'block of the month' group. See sidebar for the link to "Thoughts in Thread".
It was quick and easy to make and it's not too late to join in! The patterns are free each month and you can work at your own pace. I have a few more 'quilty' things to show, but I will save those for another post.
Now, if Avery would just come over, so I can practice using my new camera! :-)
