Final decision for the posts is slightly larger circles. Previously they were the same size as the propeller centers which was too small. As Robin wrote, eye movement stops there. I also tried circles large enough to touch the geese but that was too far. {And I forgot to snap a photo.}
Also the bright red colors on white were too strong. The new reddish print is darker, subtler, and {perhaps}mimics the angles of the flying geese. The off-white background matches the propeller backgrounds better and tones things down.
Until now I hadn't considered a pale blue grey. That might have looked good. {Back to my old "rushing" habits although I have paused several times constructing this quilt. What is the right balance between forward movement and thoughtful pauses? I haven't found it yet.}
The red and orange fabrics of the geese repeat in several places. I also paired them to emphasize flight.
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| Start Your Engines quilt is pin basted |
Check out Mel's post at Piece, Love & Happiness to see some flying geese with more movement.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
My niece took me to the Perot Museum recently. Although it opened more than a decade ago I've never been. What a treat I've missed until now.
Quite a collection of minerals including this 1.25 ton amethyst geode. There were rooms of weather, astronomy, and of course, energy. After all, this is Texas.
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| 1.25 ton amethyst geode and a tornado machine |
Did you know central North America from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay was under the Western Interior Seaway during the Cretaceous? The Perot staged a striking display of several including this Fiat-sized Protostega swimming above a bus-sized Tylosaurus.
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| Protostega and Tylosaurus, late Cretaceous (80-79 mya) from Rockwall Co. |
This Dallasaurus is the link connecting the evolution of aquatic mosasaurs like the Tylosaurus to terrestrial monitor lizards. It's always interesting to see fins turn into feet and vice versa. Did you know residual hand bones still exist in whale fins?
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| Dallasaurus fossil swims above a monitor lizard skeleton |
This guy is an Alamosaurus. With a name like that, how could I not include a photo? The cast is made of bones from several of this species. You can see the real fossilized neck behind him near the bottom. It's the only set of articulated vertebrae from this dinosaur. Fossil pieces that large are too heavy to mount; that's why museums must make casts. These bones were found is such a remote location of Big Bend they had to be helicoptered out. I took one of my field work courses there so it always has a special place in my heart.
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| Alamosaurus sanjuanensis cast mounted at Perot Museum |
On the way out we saw this message carved on a bench.
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| Bench at the Perot Museum in Dallas |
Dinner anyone?
Enjoy the day, Ann
