Good Day! This post will be a bit of a hodge podge: I'll blame it on the very hot stretch of weather that we have been having. It's far too hot for gardening, but I did manage to go out earlier to photograph this pretty rose. It's a knock-out rose that starts out deep yellow and gradually lightens to a creamy white.
Here are a few more circles that I have stitched along with the Sue Spargo "Toned-Down Circle Sampler." As I have mentioned previously, mine are not toned-down. . . and not predominantly blue as this grouping would suggest. The circles are all different colors, but these are a few of my favorites. I've stitched fifty-six so far. I have not followed all of Sue Spargo's designs as some of the "critter" ones are just not appealing to me.
Are you a country music fan? If so, did you know that they are live streaming the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night at 8:00 on Youtube? Last night's program featured Darius Rucker and Clint Black. The Opry auditorium is completely empty except for the socially distancing musicians on stage. You can watch it on Youtube or at CircleAll Access. It's impressive to see the many great performers who stand there each week with no flashing lights and other special effects, but rather just stand there and sing for an hour.
Now for Emma fans . . . as you can see her coat and beard are growing back and you have to love those eyebrows!!!
Questions:
- Had you ever heard of Juneteenth before this week?
- Why were the shameful Japanese interment camps of WWll never mentioned in our history classes? Of the 112,000 from the West coast sent to interment camps, 80,000 were Nisei or second generation, American born citizens. How could this have been allowed to happen? We were at war with Germany and Italy and yet no camps existed for the relocation and incarceration of people of either heritage.
- Why would our President choose to hold a campaign rally in the midst of a surge in deaths due to the pandemic? Why would he say, "the virus is going away" when the number of deaths is steadily rising???
- It is reasonable that statues of rebel Confederate generals be removed. But, why were statues of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, and Francis Scott Key toppled in various locations in the last few days?
Okay, enough of that. It's Father's Day. I was blessed to have had a wonderful dad who was a good, good man and whom I especially miss on this day. Best wishes to all the dads out there trying their best to raise children in this troubled world.
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Covid Statistics:
World United States Massachusetts
Cases: 8.8 million 2.3 million 107,000
Deaths: 465,000 122,000 7,828
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Stay Safe. Stay strong. Have hope.
I have heard of Nineteenth but not in as much detail as we have heard recently. And no I did not hear about the Japanese camps but again it was glossed over to make the government look like they were doing them a favor. So many people lost everything and now we have immigrants in camps, taken away from their children and it is still happening. But now we are off that news cycle and on to other topics like we should slow down coronavirus testing so our numbers look better.
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