My Town & quilts

First of all I'm glad to report that the eBay seller is refunding my money. It should be in my PayPal account by Monday. She said she let a relative package it and she won't do that again.

Last night my daughter and I decided to walk around and look at the quilts in the windows. They aren't all up yet but most of them are as Friday is the busiest hanging day. I found my son in law's quilt - the one that smells of smoke. It's in a government building that is closed all weekend.

My daughter pointed out the irony of this sign on the building right beside the quilt

Taking photos in the afternoon or evening is difficult because of the late day sun on the windows so that is the only quilt photo I took. 

I sometimes take the safety of where we live for granted but I am aware of it and of the unique village we live in. We were walking around from 8pm to 9pm on a Friday night and the thought of us not being safe even entered my mind. The streets are empty. There was a car in front of the take out pizza place and 3 couples at the 2 sidewalk restaurants. Aside from that, nothing. We did run in to one guy who is mentally handicapped and likes to talk to everyone he meets and another fellow who I thought was also mentally handicapped but Lisa informed me he was drunk. I'm so naive. Drunk, Stupid, what's the difference?

Aside from the fire in the seniors apartment a couple of weeks ago we did have another fire about 6 months ago. It started in the kitchen of a restaurant on the main street and took out the building beside it as well. On top of that there was a convenience store on a corner that has been there for about 40 years and it was decided to pull it down and build a new building as well. 

These two construction zones are surrounded by wood. A few local artists have taken advantage of the opportunity to use their talents to make these boards less unsightly. Where the restaurant and store were you will see this:

The guy sitting on the bench in this last photo is real, not a prop. 

There is an even larger set of murals where the corner store used to be. 

There are more but you get the idea. It just shows that it doesn't take too much imagination to make something unsightly into something fun and pretty.