So you are thinking.......
Wrong!
Not in Cinzia's little black book!
Now, moving on to the Q scatterings......
These small q offerings are not the stuff of which dreams or legends are made. Hopefully, however, they meet the criteria:
- a plant
- something to eat
- night time
- quick quilt
QUERCUS ROBUR
Oak Tree
¿Que Quercus Robur?
Martin was an Irish mercenary in the East India Company army. Sarah was a young woman of an Indian and British background. They married in Madras and migrated to Australia.
Vitamin Q10
¿Que?
Yes, OK! This is drawing a long bow but it is for real. As I couldn't find quinoa (packaged) or quinces (out of season) at Aldi, I had to settle for researching the Vitamin Q
aka Coenzyme Q10 and checking for Q wildlife in my garden.
As it is soluble in oil, Q10 is actually the 'fountain of youth'. It's found in all those things which the diet gurus have been telling us to eat for aeons: tuna, olive oil (Yes, in my own cupboard) and brush turkey chick (Yes, same family as the quail and in my own garden) as shown in this helpful little chart below... courtesy of Dermascope.
So do yourself a very big favour and insert a few more of the above foods into your diet. Take a 'before and after' photo and share with us how those wrinkles just fade awaaaaaay!
NIGHTTIME
I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this one but I couldn't find my desired object anywhere. It is here in this house so when I have found it....naturally I will find it not long after I have uploaded this blog. In the meantime, I found a little hostess ceramic treasure for a Q10-filled, moonlit or cocktail hour tapas dish: dried spinach leaves smothered in avocado and sprinkled generously with toasted sesame seeds.
Better than a face mask!
¿Que?
Quarter Moon
of course!
Quick Quilt
¿Que?
'Quick' and 'Quilt' are not usually in the same sentence on my computer! I still haven't completed the first quilt I started in 2002! However, in 2005, I needed something in double-quick time for my father's 86th birthday. At the time, I was doing a weekly 'sit and sew' with Kathy Doughty (MO) and she came up with this 5x5 combo for me, the slowest L-Quilter this side of Paducah! I finished it within a week and gave it to Dad on time. I was pleased with the car motif, which I had enlarged from the Aunt Grace Around the World (Germany) fabric. It's the only quilt I have been able to machine quilt so far as it was a quilt-as-you-go.
Reverse side
Lovely collection! I'm curious what the item you are looking for - you will have to do a supplementary post when it shows up.
ReplyDeleteLove that quarter-moon dish - very clever.
full marks, once again I would send you to the top of the class. Very very original. Love them all. Especially the quilts. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting sorry about your family history. Isn't it great how people can tie so many things into to just one small challenge.
ReplyDeleteVitamin Q, we learn something new everyday. Love your family history.
ReplyDeleteWow Vitamin Q, who knew?? Well done
ReplyDeletePauline, what a marvellous array of Q items. Love your little stories also. Q10 - never new vitamins went that high!
ReplyDeleteVitamin Q is a new one on me, too. Lovely stories, and very clever to include a quarter moon for nighttime!
ReplyDeleteLove the post, vitamin Q??!!!!! better look into it!
ReplyDeletewell done...I was thinking of a quick quilt but dismissed as the finishing stage took so long.....LOL.
ReplyDeleteAlways thought I should know more about Q10 tablets....now I do..
I am T for tired so doubt any of my comments make sense tonight.