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I make quilts, read books, garden, drink coffee, watch birds, snuggle my cats, and bake/eat cake. I do my best to be kind. I don't put up with people who are awful. I drive a Lizardmobile. IRL I am Amy Wilson. Hoping my FB friends find me here.
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I'm making a little pot of espresso and Dilly #cat is napping on the warm stove.
The top of an induction stove with a gray and white cat sleeping on the back right burner (which is off and can't turn on with a non-ferrous cat on it). The front left burner has a small stainless steel coffee pot on it, and is turned on.
December 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Today is our family #cookie exchange day!
A tray of assorted cookies. Mint sugar cookies, midnight chocolate cookies, marshmallow white chocolate chip cookies, blackberry shortbread rollups, Nutella chocolate thumbprints, shortbread bars with toffee and chocolate, almond Christmas trees, and cranberry orange bars.
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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I borrowed this book, "How to Know a Crow," by Candace Savage (illustrations by Rachel Hudson) from the library yesterday and it's really wonderful! It's for kids, but suitable for interested adults too. It's packed full of information and beautiful illustrations. I loved it!
A photo of a juvenile nonfiction book, "How to Know a Crow." The author is Candace Savage and the illustrator is Rachel Hudson. The cover shows an illustration of a crow on a tree branch, leaning down to steal the letter "r" from the word crow in the title. The crow and its branch are high above a peaceful-looking town with houses and streets
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This morning Dilly #cat and I are learning about common Virginia frogs and their calls.
A gray and white cat is sitting on a desk gazing at a computer monitor, which is displaying a slideshow about frogs in Virginia.
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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This is how Dilly #cat likes to nap after breakfast. On my desk, between me and my keyboard and monitor. We call this "grandpa sleeping." To do my crossword I have to put one arm under her and one arm over her and crane my neck to see. And I have to give her kisses, of course.
A gray and white cat sitting up on a desk, with her head drooping sleepily down. A computer monitor and keyboard can be seen just behind her.
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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So many pidgies all lined up!
A plethora of pigeons lined up on the arm of a light pole over a road
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I got to go on a walk at a beautiful piece of land this evening looking for Short-Eared Owls! I was with a group from the Virginia Working Landscapes project, part of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. And we saw two owls!
A photo of a rolling grassland in winter at sunset. Waist-high brown grasses in the foreground extend into the distance, where there are some graceful leafless trees, the tiniest visible sliver of a pond, and low mountains on the horizon, where the sun is setting. The sky is blue and cold, with the wind blowing scudding white clouds.
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Terrible blurry phone photo, but is this a white-throated sparrow? #birds
A zoomed-in photo of a bird on the ground. It has a warm brown back, with some gray on its upper back and the sides of its head. It's chest it mottled brown and cream, and it has some white at its throat. It is the size of a sparrow, and it's kicking vigorously in the leaves, looking for food.
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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And this is the debris on the cutting table, lol!
A plastic fabric cutting mat, a ruler, a rotary cutter and a pair of scissors, scattered with sooooo many little pieces of yellow, orange and gray/white fabric.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Today I pieced a sun for the raven's quilted sky. 47 pieces in this section!
Sections of a paper-pieced wall quilt pinned to a design sheet on the wall. The quilt features a raven made of various patterned black fabrics, a sun in the upper right corner pieced of yellow and orange fabrics, and a background of a wavy gray and white fabric. A closer look at the 47 pieces that make up the section with the sun in it.
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Trying my hand at freezer paper piecing this raven pattern from Saginaw St Quilts. I've never done this before! My brain has a hard time with the whole upside-down and backwards aspect of the process. So far ..
Sections of a wall quilt featuring a raven. The bird is pieced with a variety of black fabrics with printed designs. The background is pieced from a gray and white wavy fabric that I hope will look like a cloudy sky.
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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This lizard fabric will go on the back!
A photo of slate blue fabric with a pattern of blue and yellow lizards posed next to brown logs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I finished the top for the third (and final) lap quilt that I'm making for Christmas gifts for my kids. This one is made with a charm pack set featuring herons and water lilies. It's the "Watermarks" set by Holly Taylor for Moda.
A rectangular quilt top pinned to a sheet on the wall. The design is a "chandelier" quilt of squares oriented diagonally. The colors are blues, greens and pink with a cream colored background. There is a border of forest green with white herons.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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This is Chico. He's very dignified.
A brown and white Chihuahua looks at the camera. His ears are standing up, his brown eyes are alert, and his pink tongue is hanging out the side of his mouth.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Sometimes I feel like I'm married to Doc Brown...
A photo of my husband's project area in the garage. In the foreground is a card table with a cube-shaped electrical gadget. Connected to its wooden framework are lengths of twine, which go up to pulleys hanging from the ceiling. In the background is a workbench with tools, a table serving as an electronics workbench, and various bins of hardware and components mounted on the wall.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Missing my Wilbur cat!
A fluffy beige kitty cat looks up at the camera with his pink tongue sticking way out!
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This is Wilbur. He just left us today. He managed to live at least a dozen lives in his 17 years. He was obsessed with chasing "the swirl" in the toilet, and with stealing corn husks out of the trashcan. He was very sweet and provided emotional support to 4 humans all his life.
Wilbur, a fluffy beige cat sleeps soundly on a cushion on a brown sofa.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I had to say goodbye to my sweet Wilbur cat today. He was 17.
A fluffy beige cat sleeps comfortably on a brown sofa. He's curled on one of the sofa cushions
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Wilbur #cat is napping in a precarious position! (I adjusted him to prevent a fall.)
A fluffy beige cat is napping, curled on his side on a colorful quilt. He is right at the edge of an armchair, about to fall off. A view of the same cat and chair from below. His cantilevered situation is clearly visible.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Dilly #cat is snuggling the pizza on the warm oven.
A gray and white cat snuggles on top of a glass-topped stove. Next to her is a wooden pizza peel with 2 slices of pepperoni pizza and a large shaker of crushed red pepper.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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My sweet little Dilly cat.
Dilly, a white and gray cat, is sleeping curled in a ball with her head upside down and the tip of her tongue sticking out.
November 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I was lucky to have the opportunity to go on a Halloween botany walk this morning. We were in Paris, Virginia on top of an overlook and it was chilly and so windy! But I was happy to be outside on an adventure.
A view of a stone wall with a bright blue sky studded with clouds. In the foreground is a grassy field and beyond the wall in the distance is a view of a valley. A side view of the curved stone wall, showing its amazing craftsmanship. There are trees, fields, low mountains and a bright blue sky in the distance.
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Wilbur is such a good buddy. He's 17 now, a little old man cat. He's gotten skinny, doesn't have the greatest balance or strength anymore, and his hearing and sight aren't what they were. But he wants to be with his people and he still loves his food.
Wilbur, a fluffy beige cat, relaxes on a purple yoga mat. In the background are pale blue basement walls, shelves of books, and a purple yoga ball.
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Dilly sends adorable #caturday greetings!
Dilly, a gray and white cat, lounges on her side on a blue carpet in the sunshine. Her belly is white and her tail, forehead and ears are gray with black stripes. She is lying beside a blue yoga block and a colorful folded quilt.
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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This glorious snake feels insulted. So very NOT basic.
A pretty ball python in profile, inside a glass tank with pine bedding. It has cream and brown scales and large brown eyes. The same snake is pressing her body up on the glass in a very athletic pose as she explores her tank (and searches for a way out, I imagine). A tag on the tank identifying the snake as a "Basic Ball Python."
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM