Let’s try this one again. I’m learning a new way to post my blogs and it’s been a real learning curve for me.

Recently I got a good lesson on letting go. I transport injured wild animals, mostly birds, to a wildlife rehabilitator in Price, Utah. I took some time and volunteered at her place last month while her helper was on vacation. It was during this time period that she let me see the sad side of her work. I had brought her a Cooper’s hawk that was badly injured and through the stress of it’s injuries and the two hour ride to the center, it was dying. I held it as it was helped on it’s way to a peaceful death. During it’s last few minutes of life, I listened to it’s heart beat, it’s breathing and watched as it bade life farewell. It is not something I want to do on a regular basis and I cannot imagine how hard it is for my friend to do this as part of her daily work. It takes a real dedication to helping animals to know that sometimes death is the best thing for them. We cannot put our human values of life on wild animals. We have to think of their quality of life if we tried to keep them alive. Some animals just cannot make it in captivity.

I also sent a couple of my quilts to the local county fair. I did well there but not so well with the same quilts at the state fair. Oh well, it is what it is. Next year I will be putting in some totally different quilts compared to anything I’ve ever done before and hopefully they will get a good reception from the judges too.

I recently took a short drive over to the Lee Kay Ponds Conservation area just as it was getting dark and  got this beautiful shot of two Great Blue Herons in the sunset. Nature often reminds me of the glorious colors and textures around me that I can use in my life. Now back to quilting. I have a deadline for several small wall hangings that are going over to England in 10 days. Working on the quilting part today with my Aurifil thread collection.  Life is never boring!! More to come!

This is a badger that lives at the state park in Evanston, Wyoming. One of several that make it their home. Taken on a recent trip to Yellowstone, it’s one of my favorites and one that may show up in a quilt in the future!