It’s a little late, I realize, but here are some photos of show and tell from my quilters bee meeting on Monday. I have spent the days since then cleaning house and getting ready for my book club meeting that I hosted yesterday.
I spent the meeting time stitching down the binding on my Autumn Charms quilt. Here I take time out to do a show and tell.
Mary U. made this beauty using the lasagna quilt method.
Doris’s Cuddle Quilt No. 1
Doris’s Cuddle Quilt No. 2
Doris’s Cuddle Quilt No. 3 (She’s very productive.)
Martha’s Cuddle Quilt No. 1
Martha’s Cuddle Quilt No. 2
Cyndi made this charmer for her little nephew.
Every couple of months, I’m responsible for hosting a meeting of the small book club/reading group to which I belong. Yesterday was my day. I served lunch of quiche lorraine, sesame green beans, and cucumber tomato salad to five ladies, including me. After lunch, we settled down in my living room to discuss this book. The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston.
For centuries, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an story of having found the Lost City But Morde committed suicide without revealing its location. (The curse at work, perhaps?)
Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest to find and explore this lost city. Preston lived to tell the tale, but not without serious ill effect. He says he doesn’t believe in curses, but whether curse or natural causes, there was a price to pay for his adventuring.
While i found the first part of the book a bit tedious, with lot of description of equipment as well as discussion of apparently every single person who had ever had a cogent thought about the existence of this storied city, when the team finally got to the jungle and got down to business, the story became mesmerizing.
If you’re looking for an Indiana Jones type adventure, this book might not be for you. But if you’re interested in lost cities, archeology, or huge deadly snakes, check it out.
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I got another row of the “Morning Star” quilt sewn and attached this morning. Almost halfway finished with it. It looks more and more gorgeous as I go. That fabric was a perfect choice. if I do say so.
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On 03/10/2017, Barbara Anne said ...
Love your Autumn Charms quilt and the wonderful cuddle quilts! That is one lucky nephew of Cyndi's to get this wonderful quilt with the airplane. Allpaluse to all!
Love your description of the book. I'm not much into large snales, boever.
Well done on Morning Star!
Too many badly spelled words so will quit.
Hugs!
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