It took two days to finish my daily journal
Daily Journal.
It took two days to finish my daily journal
Category: Capture & Create
The city of Salt
Here in Jordan, we're just one hour from the city of Jerusalem and today we had the opportunity to go to the tomb of the Prophet Joshua, – Yusha Bin Nun the boy servant who accompanied Moses for 40 years in the desert. His resting place is high on a hill in the city of…
The city of Salt.
Journal for the trip to Jordan. Salt, – The old city of Salt. That's where we are headed today. It's in the opposite direction to the road to Baghdad and Iraq we traveled on yesterday. It's a little unreal seeing the signpost giving the directions to these places, the Saudi border was 25 kms away,…
Our Miss Tilly is an individual.!!! for sure.!!!
Rachael says "Because when you sneak out to make mud pies before school apparently you need goggles???" Is this her sports mode?
Textiles in Jordan
These days, most Bedouin have given up their nomadic life style for one of more permanency, but the women are still weaving their handmade threads restoring ancient geometric designs and long-standing scenes of cultural life. This is an antique Bedouin hat I purchased today. It is quite unique with the beaded star flaps on the…
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=31808613&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Just 12 hours and we are transported from one environment to another. We appeared amongst a handful of American/Australians on board the plane. I wasn't quite the only woman without a hijab but most women and young girls wore one. Almost 12 hours flying, sleep, video, drawing and we had arrived. I was too…
Houston Day 6.
It's almost 6.00 am, and still dark. Through our big picture window from my desk I can see a population of Houston workers streaming their way down the freeway in a continuous ribbon of lights. Yesterday, Keith and I spent the entire day walking the floor of the Quilt Festival. It took a morning to…
Video and photos tomorrow.
It's quite late and I've spent hours going through the video and photos I took today. I will post the blog tomorrow because my video is taking a long time to render right now. BUT on the other hand, the show is over, and we have had a wonderful time.
Houston Notes Day 5.
What does attending an event like the International Quilt Festival mean to you? Other than Christmas with the family, this is the highlight of my year and has been for the past 10 years or so. It's been good to me… I've won the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship and Best of Show and other awards….
Fine quilting.
Today was exhausting but rewarding. Ladies, Ladies and more ladies…..this is not all of them, we had 25 in all, and you all did a fabulous job. We had pink ones, and purple ones…. and even grey ones….!!! Now this gal had interesting shoes on. And a bag to match This booth is fabulous…. The…