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I was missing in action yesterday - at least as far as the blog is concerned.  

I had good intentions on Tuesday afternoon to write a new post and share a photo from the Veteran's Day event where we awarded 3 quilts.  See above.  But, alas . . . when I got home at 2 pm there were 5 trucks on our street belonging to our Internet service provider.  They had a big hole dug at the other end of our block. My husband confirmed we had no Internet (or cable TV) when I walked in the house and by the time it was restored a couple of hours later we were already leaving town for college basketball. 

On the drive home late Tuesday night we caught some glimpses of the Northern Lights, even with lights from traffic all around us.  Based on the photos from around here that I've seen they were really spectacular earlier in the evening.   

And while I'm thinking about lights - here is a really poor quality photo of some the permanent lights in our neighborhood.  After Halloween I switched ours to yellow and blue for our SDSU Jackrabbits.  Tuesday night when we got home our neighbors had changed their lights to red and white - because they are USD Coyote fans.  I love it the rivalry fun. 
 

Wednesday morning 5 of us went to a local school to award 2 Quilts of Valor during their annual Veteran's Day program.  The whole program was student planned, and very well done.  They planned the event for the 12th because on the 11th there was a ceremony renaming a bridge for one of their alumni who died in WW2.  It worked out great because they showed video of the bridge ceremony during the Veteran's program.  We were listed on the program as "blanket donation".  LOL   There was a huge crowd - all of the students in K-12 in that district, all of the staff, lots of local community people, a large group of veterans, and lots of family there for the 2 men receiving quilts.  It was awesome!

I got home in time yesterday to say good-bye to my husband as he left for a quick overnight business trip.  That meant I spent the rest of the afternoon in my sewing room - for the first time since Saturday.  It sure felt good to sit down and just sew.  Four rows are assembled for the Ribbon QOV.  Five more rows to go.

And I worked my way through some of the Dresden blades that were cut.  None of these have been sewn onto their background squares yet, but I may work on them today.  However, before changing to black thread - I'll be working on the LAST red/white/blue block for this year's Moda Blockheads.