Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy 15th Birthday Project Linus

Happy Birthday Project Linus! The National Organization, started by Karen Loucks Rinedollar, is now 15 years old! Way to go, Karen! What a vision she had! Our local chapter was 8 years old in November, and although we are not as busy as most urban chapters, and some rural chapters, we serve our communities well.
Happy New Year!
This past year was a good one for my Lower DelMarVa Chapter, partly because so many people were motivated to help the children in Haiti, following the earthquakes there. At this time I have one more box of blankets for the Haiti children, and will be working with UMCOR to get them to the kids who need them.
To usher in the New Year, we held a small MABD in Pocomoke yesterday, at Robinanne's quilting service. Only 3 ladies came, but we had a warm and cozy day making paper-pieced sailboats from the pattern in Quiltmaker Magazine. These will be made into blankets by Carol Greer, and quilted by Debbie Pierce-Dunn. Nice!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Snow Day!










Snow Day! Although I braved the cold to take some nice photos this morning, I have been inside since then. Snow days are so good for tromping around in those bulky down jackets, warm boots with the fur around the top and silly looking hats that are just too warm to leave in the drawer. Snow dampens the sounds on the highway and quiets the world in a peaceful way. My husband and I took a walk around the downtown area here so that I could again shoot pictures of the great old Chesapeake Skipjack temporarily docked here, by our river front museum and the historic old bridge. Houses and churches, covered with snow and untouched by previous footsteps motivate me to record the beauty that God has dumped on the southern half of the East Coast today! Well now I am indoors enjoying the warmth. Since I am leaving on another far away job assignment soon, I have to finish some undone projects and put them somewhere, preferably in storage with other blankets to be delivered. I thought of the mission of Project Linus and the warmth and comfort of our blankets.

Friday, December 24, 2010

It's Yours to Keep Forever
by Sonya Uhler

Linus has a blanket that's all his very own,
It comforts and sustains him when he's feeling all alone.

He knows others love him for 'twas made with special care
And because it means so much to him, its carried everywhere.
You too can have a blanket that was made especially for you
To comfort and support you when you're feeling kind of blue
Its yours to keep forever so you may always know
That others out there love you and to you our wishes go

Poem borrowed from Mary Balagna's blog