I came home from various errands to find that the baby robins had flown the coop AND that they apparently had been replaced by a flock of chickens. These are actually my neighbor’s chickens and he DID ask permission before letting them run free. They’re huge. I don’t mind, although they do keep kicking the leaves I use for mulch around. Oh well. Don’t you think they could leave some eggs by my door? They’re big and red and they look rather brainless like chickens do.

Sometimes it’s a curse to have a mind that likes to think about numbers. I have 78 small pink squares done. That’s about 25 per cent of what I need. Whooo hoooo. They’re looking good though. At least, I like them.

Update on the birdies! 148 K 124 K

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I also wanted to mention two books. I received my complimentary copy of the book America: From The Heart This book documents 270 of the 277 quilts displayed at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, November 2001. I couldn’t read it all in one sitting, and I wanted to look at all the quilts. So I settled for looking at most of the quilts and randomly reading the statements each quilter displayed with the quilt. It was great to see what a wonderful job they’d done with photographing the quilts. I think mine looks great! And there were the others I knew. 125 of these quilts will be at NYQuilts! June 8-9, 2002.

The other book, which I picked up at Barnes and Noble tonight, was one I hoped would be published and said I would buy it was. While waiting for an answer about another book, I spotted it: Portraits 9/11/01 which is “The Collected ‘Portraits of Grief’ From The New York Times.” Within the weighty tome are all the small biographies that the NYT printed during the period following September 11. It’s a black and white book, as you would expect from a newspaper.