Was that a dinosaur? 2.0

Category: Problem solving

  • Mia’s “miracle”

    A little blind girl called Mia sees a pig in the distance… It’s a miracle say some of the comments https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOgzqM8iK9-/?igsh=MTdmNzd5MW13czFxaA== The screenshot below is the pig that Mia “sees” She asks “how can I see him?” Her mum doesn’t know. As a blind person I can explain… she doesn’t… Mia is interpreting a pattern…

  • Defeated? Not me!

    I’m sure many will have heard this poem/ nursery rhyme “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost;For want of a shoe, the horse was lost;For want of a horse, the rider was lost;For want of a rider, the battle was lost;For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,And all for the want…

  • Maybe gone but not forgotten

    I was all set to start quilting my next project (the 3 quilts I briefly mentioned last time) https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.uk/2025/04/17/how-can-it-already-be-mid-april/ What stopped me? I got distracted by finding the first quilt top I made after being “certified” blind in October 2017. https://wasthatadinosaur.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/finally-registered/ The paperwork was filled out at the hospital and that paperwork went to the…

  • A Quilter’s Parable

    Sometimes we can obsess with perfection. The top shape in this drawer is an apple core it has 2 concave, and 2 convex sides. When these patches are sewn into pairs a convex curve is sewn into a concave side. *we can ignore the clamshells at the bottom they just happen to share the drawer.…