Meet the cast
So November has gone and the primary remembrance will truly be of the devastating, coast-changing, earthquake that rocked both islands here in New Zealand.
This shake happened on the 14th. For our Island nation, the disruption of commerce and heartbreaking loss of even a few lives was terrible.
The main artery of the South Island- State Highway 1 - had land slips over it for miles, massive cracks, blocked tunnels and the rail service was demolished. A sad day for NZ.
One thing that is facinating though is the resiliant can-do attitude of those who have jumped back in and started to clear and re-build! Wow, people have rallied, determined to fix things and get things going again. Communities getting together to lend a helping hand is an encouraging thing.
My own private quake in November happened only 3 days before. Skating on slippery socks inside a closet full of fabric would probably have made for a hilarious video, but the rough landing has given me a rare oportunity:
That opportunity? A chance to have a re-contructed wrist with protruding metal (currently tucked away inside a cast.) I tell people I'm going to become the bionic quilter!
The doctors were a bit surprised by the gaily decorated plaster, but as I explained...I'm a QUILTER, can you expect me to wear a plain white cast?Admittedly the fabric was only glued on, but cutting one handed, (with some assistance by toes) was tricky!
It finally occured to me a month later, that this one-handed time could be used to blog and catch up on posting all those class photos I'm behind on. Let's see where the next weeks take us!
This shake happened on the 14th. For our Island nation, the disruption of commerce and heartbreaking loss of even a few lives was terrible.
The main artery of the South Island- State Highway 1 - had land slips over it for miles, massive cracks, blocked tunnels and the rail service was demolished. A sad day for NZ.
One thing that is facinating though is the resiliant can-do attitude of those who have jumped back in and started to clear and re-build! Wow, people have rallied, determined to fix things and get things going again. Communities getting together to lend a helping hand is an encouraging thing.
My own private quake in November happened only 3 days before. Skating on slippery socks inside a closet full of fabric would probably have made for a hilarious video, but the rough landing has given me a rare oportunity:
That opportunity? A chance to have a re-contructed wrist with protruding metal (currently tucked away inside a cast.) I tell people I'm going to become the bionic quilter!
The doctors were a bit surprised by the gaily decorated plaster, but as I explained...I'm a QUILTER, can you expect me to wear a plain white cast?Admittedly the fabric was only glued on, but cutting one handed, (with some assistance by toes) was tricky!
It finally occured to me a month later, that this one-handed time could be used to blog and catch up on posting all those class photos I'm behind on. Let's see where the next weeks take us!
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