Author: Pam Holland

I travel the world teaching and talking. Photographing and writing, Sharing experiences What a way to go.

Lake Atitlan Adventures – Guatemala.

I’m part (a very small part) of a program that features the crafts of various countries. The team seek out master craftsmen from countries around the world and shares their talent with the us all. I’m looking after the cast members and I’m featuring as a Master Craftsman in Antigua using a combination of indigenous art to crate the new.

An event in the square today.

Behind me, the paper lady received her breakfast of hot milk, tortillas and sauces. She smiled at me when I asked her if it was good and gave me the thumbs up. The milk was served from a hidden container in a basket shrouded in towels and held in a hand-made raffia bag. The milk was steaming as it was poured into the cup.

SAQA – Wild Fabrications – International Quilt Festival Houston 2015.

I think this was one of my favorite exhibitions. Source: SAQA – Wild Fabrications – International Quilt Festival Houston 2015.

The “dinner” quilts shown at the International Quilt Festival Houston.

As promised I’m sharing the “Whats for Dinner” category from Houston. I thought they were wonderful. I’m sorry a few of the names are a little blurred. However, they were quite difficult to photograph due to the angle and lighting on the table.

I don’t have the catalogue here with me, it was sent home in the other luggage.

Do you know what happens to US school buses when they retire? They become ‘Chicken buses’

Source: Do you know what happens to US school buses when they retire? They become ‘Chicken buses’

Do you know what happens to US school buses when they retire? They become ‘Chicken buses’

When American school buses reach the age of ten years or 150,000 miles, they are sold at auction. Many of these buses are bought and driven down through Mexico to Guatemala where they are prepared for their second lives. In contrast to their modest first lives as yellow buses carting children to school, their second lives are spent stuffed with people, topped with roof racks full of cargo, and driving at high speeds over mountain passes. The old yellow paint is covered with colorful murals and praises to Jesus. They are called. “Chicken buses”