This quilt block shows a green produce stand like you might find on the side of the road. at the top of the stand, going across the green front are the words

Block-A-Day 265 – Farmhand Produce

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The day before the market they would go to the front range with their mother. They had formed a partnership with a gardener there. They would bring back vegetables and sell them at our local market. They split what they made with the gardener and then donated a portion to the Mountain Family center. This was also their community service project for 4-H this year.

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This quilt block shows a very orange building with an orange roof and a light orange glass door (shaded with white pen). The sign above the double doors is red with a white and black border. It reads, "Gambles" in white pen in bold letters across it. All the fabric pieces are outlined by an orange and black stitching.

Block-A-Day 263 – Gambles

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Then on June 4, 2004 a wingnut named Marvin Heemeyer came down main street in Granby in an armored bulldozer, demolishing buildings as he went. A political dispute was at the root of this rampage and because Casey was part of our town government Gambles was one of his targets.

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This quilt block shows two building side by side. They are really one building made up of two townhomes. Each townhome has a black triangular roof. Below that is a beige-teal square building. The fronts of the townhomes are mirror images of each other. Each one has two upper floor square yellow windows (bordered by brown thread, and one lower floor yellow square window. The lower windows have flowerbeds in front of them, with one having red flowers (tiny two-hole buttons), and the other having pink flowers. Next to each window is a black rounded door.

Block-A-Day 261 – The M&Ms (Molly And Michelle)

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When M&M (They call themselves the M&Ms) first met, Michelle practically hid from Molly. She’d never seen anything like Molly. Molly wears bright colors and flashy clothes. Michelle dressed tastefully in beige, grey, and black. A wild outfit for her was adding a pink scarf to her black pantsuit. Molly, however, wouldn’t be deterred…

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