Great Weekend!

Whew...the weather has finally given us a break - it's so nice outside, we have the windows open!! Hurray!! Let's hope it stays this way for awhile (and some rain would be nice...I'm just saying...).

The weekend has been great -

Thursday was Quilter's Guild, where my friend Deborah Boshert gave the presentation...we've missed her since she moved to Maryland!  She presented the works of the TwelveXTwelve group that she's been participating in for about five years. 

Very wonderful and very inspirational.

And she was able to sell their book after the lecture (Michelle and Lu helped at her table...)...

On Friday, Deborah taught a workshop on working in a series - I think I came up with some small pieces that will work well together (someday!)...

And on Saturday, Michelle hosted a great small get-together so we could visit with Deborah and each other and just eat and talk about art and eat some more (Kudos to JoAnn Musso for the chocolate bark...it was awesome! and the fresh cherries, Dot - yummy...and all the other wonderful things)...I know you won't believe it, but I had such a good time, I forgot to take pictures!!

Yesterday was spent catching up on genealogy stuff and the latest Cover for Kids quilt...nothing to show yet...

And did I mention it was such beautiful weather we have the windows open??? Hope it lasts....

On a happier note...

Even though the reason we were together was sad, I was really glad to see my family.

My SIL, Pat...

My nephew Joe and his children, Abby and Will (we missed getting a picture of his wife Marianne)...

My nephew Bob and his wife Carol and their daughter Rebecca...

....my neice Ginger and her husband Ryan...



and, lastly, one of the sweetest creatures in the house...
Shotzie...

A beautiful family...even if I do say so myself!

Also gone, but not forgotten....

George Appleton

6/1/26-8/17/11

Husband, Father, Grandfather, Veteran

Gone, but never forgotten...

Robert L. Armistead

9/6/37-8/6/11

Husband, Father, fisherman, carver, painter,

Brother.

Shapes and Things

I have been looking at some of the photos I've taken with my phone (low quality) of shapes and things and decided to "mess about" with them in Paintshop Pro...and then tried different repeats to see if any would make good fabric...

Take a look - the photo in the top left corner of each set is the original, then there is the adjusted version and then there is a repeat (or two)......I think I'm on to something...

fence shadow:

wire container in lab: 

Dirt...at my feet...at the shuttle stop....

 same stretch of dirt further over...

View of the overflow creek on campus from 8th floor:

Bottom of rusting signpost at shuttlestop:

and sticks, rocks and dirt from same shuttle stop: