Under the weather...

Wow! Is that ice in the bird's bath?... well, my children are from Florida so this really is a new experience...
Sera? Sera gelo no bebedouro dos passaros no quintal?...bom, os meus filhos vieram da Florida por isso gelo assim e uma experiencia nova...

And they really are "under the weather": both sick, first my daughter and a few days later my son. She had a ear infection and both had fever and caugh which complicated with the asthma.
Mas eles estao mesmo doentes, conforme a expressao no titulo deste "posting". A minha filha adoeceu primeiro e teve uma infeccao num ouvido e ambos tiveram febre e tosse que se complicou com a asma.




Fortunately they are good playmates and being sick only made them play a little less energetically.

Felizmente os dois juntos brincam bem e estar doentes so os faz brincar com mais meiguice.

The Princess and "Darth Vader" read books and have some milk from their "snowman" mugs.
A princesa e "Darth Vader" leem livros e bebem leitinho das suas canecas "boneco de neve".




They were playing so well that I could spend the morning making a Christmas present. I have had in my mind the Seminole patchwork and I just had to try it (if it is not a challenge, why bother?). So I used the Seminole technique and modified to make "diamonds" instead of squares. For that modification it really helped the hints I learned from Billie Lauder, at the only quilting class I have ever taken and which I really enjoyed. But this is a Christmas present so...Schhhh...it's a secret...
Eles estavam tao entretidos que eu aproveitei para fazer uma prenda de Natal. Ha ja algum tempo que tenho na ideia a tecnica de patchwork (retalhos) dos Seminole. Pus maos a obra e usei a tecnica do povo Seminole com modificacao para fazer paralelogramas em vez de quadrados. Ajudou bastante as dicas que aprendi com Billie Lauder, numa aula em Gainesville. Mas e uma prenda de Natal por isso...Sshhhh!..e segredo...