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Sunset Walk in the Neighborhood

Friday, November 12th, 2010

I get so much inspiration from my late afternoon walks with Scooter. I took my camera today and captured some of the lovely reflections and sights. The sun came out this afternoon. We live on the east side of Portland, across the Willamette. I love this time of day when the sun is low in the sky and about to disappear behind the west hills.

This is the beginning of my walk as I look across the golf course down to the Crystal Springs Reservoir.

The entrance of the Rhodie Garden still presents a delightful array of fall colors.

The sun goes down and there is the half-moon.

The ducks were lining up, hoping for a snack from me. I had to disappoint them.

Isn’t this tree trunk gorgeous?

Even the ivy was showing fall colors.

You can see all the photos on my Flickr site.

An update on my leaf lamination. It is looking really good today. It feels like a piece of fabric. I might have to do some more.

Yes, I Did

Monday, September 27th, 2010

I bought an iPad. I had a couple of unexpected checks show up in the mail – sale of a quilt and a check from Lark for the book. (See the link in my sidebar – you can preorder the book from Amazon!!!) So, I succumbed to the lure of another cool Apple product. It really is cool. I think I will use it a lot for reading stuff on line and for Kindle books. I also can travel with it and still keep up with my online work. It is so slick and fast and lightweight. It is very easy to read test and photos and videos are amazing.

I had fun at the quilt show on Friday. I met up with Terry Grant before our participation in the panel discussion about Finding Your Artistic Voice. We were joined by Jill Hoddick and I think we did a great job. You can read about it on Terry’s blog. Terry and I walked through the show; then, I bought lots of Superior thread and came home.

I think our show looked great. I forgot my camera so I didn’t get photos. Terry put together a Blurb book about the show which we are selling. Here is the cover. I love the piece on the cover by Catherine Beard.

Here is my page:

On Saturday night, we had M & M for an overnight. They are getting so grown up. We were remembering what it was like 4 years ago when they were 4 and 6 and how much more energy it took.

It is very warm here – not as warm as California, but even so, when we took our walk this afternoon, there was definitely a hint of fall.

Apparently, there are lots of big spiders and webs this year. I know that I keep running into them

We walked down to the area where the road is closed. It is supposed to reopen at the end of this week. They have piles of stuff as they do the cleanup. I wanted to help myself to some of this rusty stuff, but was afraid of getting yelled at.

I realized that I have not post photos of Mr Scooter, lately. Here he is in a rare moment of tranquility.

And, here is my fiber sketch for the day, titled “Intersections.”

I have some great ideas for some upcoming shows. I want to get started on them. I have been avoiding the studio, but I think I am ready to get back there tomorrow. Today, I spent too much time setting up my iPad.

Another Great Day

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

We have been having cloudy mornings followed by gorgeous afternoons and evenings. Tonight, we went to a local restaurant and ate outside. It was delightful. We came home and took Scooter for a walk and enjoyed the fading sunlight.

It was another busy day. I was trying to finish the sating stitching on the big silk aspen piece and I ran out of thread with about 12 inches to go on the last aspen. Argh! I had an appointment to get my hair color touched up and a much needed cut. Feels so much better. Then, I ran to my go to fabric store where they carry the thread I needed, but they were out of the black to white gradation. I bought Superior, but I don’t like the gradation when satin stitched. So, I had to put that on the back burner.

Tonight, I experimented with making a much more abstracted aspen landscape with a piece of hand-dyed fabric that I purchased from Laura Wasilowski. I think I would like it better if I could put it on a gallery wrap frame. It is about 11 X 12 inches. I think I will make a dowel or bamboo hanging rod for it.

Here are some photos that I took during our walk after dinner.

I wanted to get a photo of the crow, but I don’t have a telephoto lens.

The street we use to travel is closed until the end of September. They are doing a clean river restoration on the stream that runs from Reed College lake to the Crystal Springs reservoir in the Rhodie Garden. We walk down their every few days to see the progress.

I love construction fences.

I was casting a very long shadow.

I loved the photo take through the fir boughs.

I found blackberry bushes near our house – just across the street on the Reed College property. I have a nice snack when I take Scooter for his afternoon walk.

Speaking of Scooter, he found a stick on his walk and had a great time running around the yard with it.

I Love a Parade

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Our little neighborhood has a beautiful boulevard with rows of trees down the center. It creates a wonderful canopy in the summer. On the 4th of July, the community dons red , white and blue and marches around a section. I always forget that it is at the far end of the boulevard from where we live. I barely made it there in time this morning, with Scooter in tow.

This couple had great seats.

I love the chocolate labradoodle.

Here is the requisite police escort.

The end of the parade.

Check out the American Girl doll collection.

Hope you are having a happy 4th of July. The family is coming soon for a BBQ, but it is too gray and cool to eat outside. Boo hoo. Steph is making some of her famous biscuits for strawberry shortcake.

You can see the rest of the parade on my Flickr set, Click Here.

A Peek in My Window

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Well, sort of! This is my fiber sketch for today. It is from a piece of fabric that was printed and discharged with a plastic grid.

Here is a photo of the next step in my graffiti piece. You will have to wait to see what happens next!!

It was a gorgeous day. I  went to the dentist and got my brand new front tooth It looks great. So happy to have that done. This afternoon, I was off to the Farmer’s Market. I took my knives and sewing scissors to be sharpened. They told me I could bring my rotary cutter blades in and have them sharpened for $2. I think I will give it a try.

Tonight, after dinner, we took Scooter for a walk. I took my camera and took some photos on the Reed Campus. I really love this big old Western Maple. It looks like a tree of life.

And the lines and colors of this tree were just gorgeous.

Don’t forget to check in at the Twelve by Twelve blog tomorrow for the reveal of our latest color play challenge — purple/yellow. I need to get mine ready to go. I am having a CT Scan of my sinuses at 7 am tomorrow.