Leaving Santa Fe, the hills roll across the landscape, juniper bushes, small trees in a regular teardrop shape dress the hills and disguise the adobe houses that blend with the landscape. A railway line accompanies the road on its journey and a milky sky caps the horizon. The Juniper and pinion pines give way to native…
Category: Capture & Create
A day to Remember
I sit here at the desk and I'm simply overwhelmed with all we've seen and done today. Lisa and I, aka Thelma, attended the Folk Art Market in Santa Fe NM. Since 2004, International Folk Art Market | Santa Fe has hosted more than 700 artists from 87 countries in the world’s largest exhibition and sale…
A gem of a day in Santa Fe.
Its hard to describe how Santa Fe makes me feel. This is my third visit and I still find it hard to put into words why I'm so passionate about visiting. Its like trying to describe the beauty of the stars, or the crispness of the air on a winter morning. First of all I…
blogging and talking about design Ideas
I’ve been trying to add photos to my album blog for days… its takes so long to download so I just gave up and I will have wait until we hit the road in a weeks time (that is if we get good internet). On the list for publication right now are:- The…
Southern New Mexico Festival of Quilts.
The blog has had a rest. Slower internet and indeed a lack of time is the main reason. Last week, after 3 wonderful days of R&R in NY, I flew into El Paso to be greeted by my Best Buddy Lisa. I left the green of Ireland and in a few days was transported to…
A visit to the City Quilter New York.
Sunshine, the noise of the city, bright orange taxis, my favorite camera store and my sneakers flew down the streets of NY. Destination - the City Quilter. It's a lovely store with lots to offer the quilt enthusiast. I was eager to see the fabric designs used in the exhibition in the previous blog. I really…
Goodbye New York
Times Square. Where did that name originate? In 1904 the New York Times lobbied to get the formerly "Longacre Square" renamed to Times Square after the NY Times building that was there. They celebrated the name change with a large New Year's Eve celebration — and a tradition was born. It's a unique place. Exciting,…
Quilts at Grand Central Station.
I found out that there was a quilt exhibition at Grand Central Station. Images at this site Of course I decided to take a look. I've never been to Grand Central station before so it was a surprise when I finally got there and was able to walk the arcades. It is really beautiful. Long…
I found Fabric in New York.
I have added a gallery of photos on this site. I wrote a long blog this morning and left it to the to add photos in another format and when I returned it was gone !!!! Grrr. So here I go again. People have mixed feelings about New York. Some of my friends on…
Never forget.
We've been learning about the great famine. One can't ignore the fact that over one million people died at that time. Ultimately it changed Ireland and the world with death and mass migration. This statue needs no words but is visually powerful. I've just completed a quilt on hunger and I would have used this…