A TRIO OF CAPES

Unfortunately, the Cape of Good Hope, near the southern tip of Africa, is not as blissful as its name implies.  As far back as 1488 the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias, in an attempt to establish a trade route to the east, called it “Cabo das Tormentos,” Cape of Tempests, because of the often nasty storms that threaten the lives of those attempting to sail around the spot where the Atlantic and Indian oceans converge.  The quilt here, defying reality, uses interlaced rainbow arcs to celebrate the cape’s inviting name.