Thanks to Facebook............

Yes, that's right, thanks to Facebook, I am now the happy caretaker of 296 issues of Quilter's Newsletter magazine that date from February of 1980 to December 2010! And how did Facebook facilitate this awesome collection?

It happened because I have lots of quilty Facebook friends and because I click "like" on a whole lot of quilty things on Facebook. And one of those quilty things that I recently clicked "like" on is the Minnesota Quilter's page. That's where Karen L. posted that someone had quite a collection of Quilter's newsletter magazines they wanted to donate to Minnesota Quilters, but MQ already has all these issues. She posted a "status" on Facebook that if anyone was interested in the magazines, please contact her. I saw her status and contacted her immediately. I was lucky. I was the first one who e-mailed that I was interested in them. We met in the parking lot of the Wal-mart near the Minneapolis International Airport where she removed ten brown grocery bags from the back of her car and we placed them in the back of my car. If anyone was watching that day and reports any suspicious activity involving two gals and bags of stuff changing hands........well, it was us.  Nothing illegal took place. Well, unless it's a crime to collect too much quilty stuff.  I was all smiles to get those magazines.  I brought a little fabric gift for Karen so she went away happy, too. Thanks Facebook for being there as otherwise, I never would have been known about this collection that is now in my care!! And yes, Facebook is doing some changing and I can't decide whether I like it all or not, but right now, I am just glad I was there when Karen posted these magazines needed a new home. And I love it that they are making their home in my sewing room!!!

And speaking of changing............the leaves they are-a-changing..............

This is the big tree that is in my neighbor's backyard, two houses down the street from us. It's a big, beautiful tree and as the sun set the other night, it looked even more beautiful! It's a huge tree! I'm guessing the weeping willow is about 15 feet tall and as you can see, the big tree towers over it. More fall leaf changing pics coming soon.............

Next post is going to be a real yarn........

Have a great day!!

Sandi