As we sat on the deck for supper tonight the last bit of sunlight hit the peegee hydrangea…my FAVORITE plant. As I ran for my camera and quickly got the shot, I noticed that the entire garden was drifts of white. Here is a stroll through our garden this evening: nicotiana the little hydrangea Amelie […]
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The Alligator Quilt
I took the collaboration quilt over to Kay’s today so she can work on it for a while, and got to see the alligator quilt in process…looking good
The Goodbye Dinner…
Read and Katie are getting married in Ohio in a few weeks, and then moving on to Boston. Katie will work and Read will start a PhD program. Last night they came for a last goodbye before they take off into their lives. We sat outside enjoyed late summer Oregon food and talked of weddings, […]
Project Space 3
Today I moved into PS 3 where I’ll work for a month with other artists including Corrie Loomis-Dietz, Paula Booth, Barbara Rowland. I’ll have two projects going which will include the old double wedding ring top: (which looks better in this photo than in real life…) which I plan to cut up and reassemble without […]
Cutler City Calm…
Beach weekend providing the usual serenity…me quilting (I’m on the Willamette Valley in the State of Oregon quilt) and the farmer’s market this morning was lovely in the mist I ALMOST felt like I was in France (…just kidding Shoenut…) Roger put on his Cutler City tee shirt to rake, and the flower boxes at […]
Friday night…
Sitting in La Capitale, watching the light fade…
Saying Goodbye…
Well I moved out of the cottage studio today after a pretty terrific two years there. I became kind of attached to the funny little house, the nice neighbors, the breezes blowing through on a summer day. I made a lot of work there and learned how really important it is to have a space […]
Carwash Quilt
This one’s for Linnea:
Living the Creative Life: Nan Happ
Nan is a woman of many talents, a person who has reinvented herself several times since I first met her…children’s librarian, crafts person, retailer extraordinaire. I showed up for coffee today and at the spur of the moment she let me take photos of some of the collections she lives with daily (but we hadn’t […]
Marge Riley
We heard this morning that Marge Riley has died…slipping away quietly after a long and productive life. Marge supported numerous Oregon artists and arts institutions, and in addition was a lively and interesting person. Collector, advocate, friend. A few years ago Marge donated a large part of her art collection to the Hallie Ford Museum […]
On The Way 