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The Starfish Spoke to Me

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  I'm flying back from a quick trip to the Sarasota area of Florida after spending three days visiting friends. A few days away from snow and cold temperatures was a special gift. For my plane travel and time relaxing on the patio I brought one of the blocks for the Coral Reef Wall Quilt to work on. I have threads, needles, kids scissors (due to security!) and the block of beautiful blue felted wool. I made sure all my pieces were fused on before I left early  Sunday  morning. While on the flight down I was able to whip stitch all the shapes in place. That's the point I get excited about completing. While driving from the airport we went over a few bridges and the water looked great. We continued through the center of town and an art show was taking place on the circle and I saw booths of paintings, photographs, and sculptures. I realized that the people there are very interested in the environment that surrounds them as much as those of us in Ohio enjoy the different se