I’ve been home a week now. It’s all moving too fast and I have a lot to catch up on after two months on the road. I will finish adding the Houston photos and then do the essays on India and Thailand.
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Textiles, the story – of a journey to discover the fabric of everyday life.
Hop onto a plane in Houston and travel 24 hours, change the time zone to go backwards and you’re in Delhi, India  at a very unusual time of the morning. (2.00 am) but with a gathering of spirits in  immigration, lines and lines of tired people from all walks of life, you finally do…
Images of Guatemala – No 2.
Images of Guatemala. I’ve met this lady on a previous trip, she features in the Destination Craft Show on PBS. She sits in the square near the church and for a small fee ill demonstrate how to wrap the head gear. The red hand woven strip is about 10 feet long and the colored…
Continuing Houston Quilt Festival images.
I’ve been trying to post both my trip images and the rest of the Houston images. I have so many more to share, so this is todays gift.
The colors of Antigua Guatemala.
Down cobblestone streets full of color and noise. The temperature is in the high 70’s and the air is clean. The streets are full of people, I’m sad to see so many children working on the street selling things. My Pollyanna persona hopes that they go to school later or earlier in the day. Â Many…
Walking in Antigua today. – a visual feast.
Finally winding down now that we are here in Antigua Guatemala and my group is just wonderful. That said, our feet pounded the cobblestones over 17,000 times today. I decided that we would eat at a different restaurant each morning for breakfast and our Guide Carlos took us to an amazing restaurant. I didn’t get…
Houston Quilt Festival:- Day 5
I don’t have time to add the entire amount of images I have in this category, so little time.
Houston Quilt Festival:- day 4.
The show opened officially for the full day today and I’m told it was absolutely packed. Around noon, 2 million people descended on Houston for the Astros trade. The town turned Orange, I sort of thought it was for me, the roads and parks turned a bright shade of orange.
Houston Quilt Festival:- Day 2.
It’s interesting photographing the quilts, you hear so many different comments. One lady came up to me, she saw me taking a lot of photos. Â Â “Getting ideas for your class” she said.. Â Little does she know that I don’t need any more ideas, they flow far too fast and then there is the ‘pam’ signature…. none of these honey.
Houston International Quilt Market and Festival, Day 1.
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