International Quilt Show Chicago.

Participants at the luncheon came up close and personal with some highly decorated camels. The race began in a flurry of dust and flaying legs and then Robot jockeys with little hats, and patchwork silks bounced on rounded backs around the 10 mile track and we the viewers followed in four wheel drive amid the noise of the official course broadcaster and the noise of ‘hand on horns’…

Easter Eggs, spiders, floods and leaves. What a day.

The heavens opened today, we had 2" of rain in the hills in a very short time.   I was out working in the shed, when BANG, everything went out. I thought it was a power outage, but there was power in part of the house… So dripping wet, I investigated and worked out that…

Seeing with new eyes.

The film course I attended in the past week has given me a gift. Of course anything new we do does exactly that, it depends on how we implement the new knowledge. First of all I shared experiences with  other students and instructors who left me with no doubt that there are different ways of…

The Divine Jane

I wanted to share this video with you. I love the composition and  content. I have new plans for my video production… and the beauty of this video says it all. Share what's interesting to you http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7329523&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 The Divine Jane: Reflections on Austen from The Morgan Library & Museum on Vimeo.

A New Post

It’s 6.00 am and I’ve been up working for the past hour. The news from home is the first thing  I look for when I open the computer… I can’t even focus yet and I smile as I remember telling secrets to 3 year old Tilly over Skype last night. We both got up close…

Tonala

Photo Gallery of Tonala, Mexico. Classes are over for this week and now it’s time to explore. The rain has been relentless and the locals tell me “it’s most unusual, even in the wet season, it generally only rains in the evening”. I slept fitfully. Waking constantly to the sound of the rain as it…

Back on track.

I'm frustrated, I had to get out of my pj's to come down into the lobby to do the blog….. It's interesting though, as a people watcher I could write a page…..!!! The Internet in the room just doesn't cut it…..and I can't add a gallery of photos at this time. 24 hours makes a…