We do, we do, in the hills, Doug. Galivanting in Far North Queensland this year, I missed snowfall in the Kinglake Ranges, not 10 ks from home. Quilters can be a chatty lot but I take your point. Thanks also, Andrew, Pat.
Bill
> On 4 Sep 2014, at 2:43 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Wait a minute, quilts are pretty quiet.
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> Of course, you Aussies really don’t have snow that can quieten everything down, anyway…
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> Doug
>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Some context here poetryetcers: Driving in the low hills of the Dandenongs, my wife said, I thought that sign said 'Quiet Shop' and so had I. It was the only sign competing for our eye attention. It was, of course, 'Quilt Shop', but ... never let a chance go by.
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>> Snap up bargain slices
>> of winter silence.
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>> Everything must go:
>> peaceful pieces,
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>> snow-hushed layers
>> of deepest absorption.
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>> Make us a mute offer.
>> We'll be all eyes.
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>> New Spring stock
>> arriving next week:
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>> Whispers are back
>> and low utterances.
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>> bw
>> 3.9.14
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