I'm finishing up some recent stuff that I haven't posted. We went back to Henderson to see the geese again. It was a nice overcast day that actually makes taking the photos a little better.
A huge mass of them were all huddled together in one field. Extend the edges of this photo about 6 times to get the idea of the size of the flock at that spot. The Snow Geese all sit together and the Greater White-fronted Geese were sort of around the edges. There was one large group of the White Fronts sitting in another field....but just as far away.
At one point a flock took to the sky from another field and headed towards this group.
I won't put dozens of photos that all look alike this time.
We had friends with us and were also looking for more of the Quilt barns that are in the Morganfield and Sturgis area. We managed to find a lot of them and I also still had the photos from the first trip down there to post. I posted the library in Morganfield already, so I won't do it again, but here are some of the others. I really like this one on the blue barn! My favorite!
No square here, but I liked this silo and the little stable and the moody skies.
Inside there were 4 really big donkeys....mules??.....they were BIG like horses.
This was a nice little barn and square.....in the middle of no-where down a long winding road.
Lots of people in the area are putting them on houses.....harder to find and photograph. This one is called Joseph's Coat. They have a brochure with the names and locations.
Maltese Cross
Rose of Sharon
This illustrates why you don't want to sit in the back seat to take photos and be too lazy to get out :-) I really dislike whoever it was that decided that backseat windows should not roll down all the way. sigh
Tulips
1810 Church......the original of the Presbyterian Church that this one was on.
On a Vet's office.....Great Grandma's Quilt
All-American
Missed the name on this one
Gifts
Golden Memories....on the Senior Citizen's Home
Harvest Star...on the Union County Extension Office where the nice people gave us the map.
Lover's Knot.....I've seen a different pattern with this name.
Philadelphia Pavements.....at the hospital
Scraps of Glory
Sunbonnet Sue
Union County Middle School
White Buck Winery
Ryan's Journey
Double Wedding Ring
Fan
KY Chain
Believe it or not....there are more squares in the area that we couldn't find or didn't have time for!
There was one mile of highway that we traveled repeatedly while looking for all these squares. We counted 13 hawks either on the ground or on fence posts! They were there each time we went by. This must have been a mile of ground with a high population of mice or something good to eat!! The photos are awful because I had to shoot quickly through the window.
I've never seen so many hawks hunting so close together. Weird!
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Oh my! So many squares . . . I hope they are painted rather than the real thing exposed to the elements. Love the blue barn and snow geese are just such special birds.
Hope you are happy and well.
I enjoyed seeing your Snow Geese, since we neve see them here! I also liked seeing all the quilt squares, especially the really appropriate ones, like Golden Memories on theSenior Citizen home and the wine bottle design on the White Buck Winery! I had rather see them on barns and businesses than homes. Thanks for telling us the names of the squares! ♥
How amazing to see so many quilt squares on homes and businesses. There must be a big interest in quilting down there.
I feel ready to start some new quilting project but haven't settled on an idea yet. Have you ever worked with Electric Quilt? I ordered the software recently. I enjoy having something new to learn during the cold winter months.
Have a great week.
It must have been noisy in the area of the geese. Geese always seems to have lots to say.The quilt squares look amazing and very decorative.
Hi Mary....Impressive gaggle of geese
you had the opportunity to get photos of ..if your like me you probably couldn't get your trigger finger to stop shooting!!
I love those Quilt squares on building just amazing to see!! A different way of quilting... with paint : )
I like the original church one!
"Them's big Mules"
Grace
Hi Mary, Oh --how I love seeing all of the Quilt Barns. Great group of barns and squares.
Like you, we don't usually see that many hawks in one place... Bet there aren't any Mourning Doves in that area!!!! ha ha
Hugs,
Betsy
Fabulous quilt square art! Wow! There's so much there! I love it! And the geese and hawk shots were also wonderful!
Did you recognize the weathervane in the second of my Skywatch post shots? I remember you had taken a picture of it when you were here.
I just had to come and look...but can't wait to see them on my big computer. I sure like a lot of the blocks..would be happy to have any one of them on my old garage or the side of my house...
There are quilt squares everyplace. I would love to see some in person. I like the first one.
Mary, we got home around 4:00 and I looked at these within an hour of getting home but forgot to tell you...I can see so much more detail on this computer. I loved the first quilt square of course...I could not tell for sure that they were barns...and love the double wedding ring, but it just don't show up enough for me. If I went to that much trouble, I would want the colors to pop.
Still, like I say, I would love having any of them.
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