tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46159079652161373772024-03-06T14:02:36.036-06:00Piece O' Cake Blogby Becky Goldsmith and Linda JenkiinsBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-39636233943588114812009-07-13T14:23:00.003-05:002009-07-13T15:59:25.271-05:00New news...<span style="font-family:verdana;">For more than a year our blog has resided on Blogspot. We have been happy with Blogspot - they are reliable and the service is free. It's easy to love that combination. On the downside, I've had a bit more trouble customizing the way the blog looks than I would like to have had. It's probably been user-error on my part but there you go. I decided a week ago to look at other options.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I found a new blog host that is easier for me to work in. I'm going to leave this blog, hosted by Blogspot, as it is right now. Our previous posts are here and will still be accessible. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, without further ado, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://pieceocake.typepad.com/piece-o-cake-blog/">click here to go to our new blog</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">!</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-59305958500178631012009-07-10T12:36:00.003-05:002009-07-10T12:44:42.958-05:00It's hot in Texas...<span style="font-family:verdana;">... which means it's time to pull out the baby pool and the hose. It was 100 outside yesterday and we still had a great time. Jack surprised us when he started pouring water over his head - and it looks like he surprised himself too!<br /><br />Enjoy the weekend!<br /></span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fbwu3e_4qP0&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fbwu3e_4qP0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-48719570749428910452009-07-09T14:22:00.002-05:002009-07-09T14:36:07.316-05:00Applique Outside the Lines...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSKQk28dWa7uGrX4bJBe3yn5MYZwxXPdGgKqbGzvcoQ2nQq4do6nCBrkY7Jtgkar8FHXENLYWeyOVrINreOhVjDoegdaOQBGhGu2PK7nC1z9StkeYXY2yjco0Xq9w7UW3MmDKQ7H11Afb/s1600-h/OutsideTheLinesCover-250.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSKQk28dWa7uGrX4bJBe3yn5MYZwxXPdGgKqbGzvcoQ2nQq4do6nCBrkY7Jtgkar8FHXENLYWeyOVrINreOhVjDoegdaOQBGhGu2PK7nC1z9StkeYXY2yjco0Xq9w7UW3MmDKQ7H11Afb/s400/OutsideTheLinesCover-250.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356543393344956962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The new book is here and Linda is shipping it out now. It's already getting good reviews! In their new issue, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.americanquiltretailer.com/">American Quilt Retailer</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> wrote: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">"</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pieceocake.com/Books/outsidethelines.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Applique Outside the Lines</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins (</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.ctpub.com/">C&T Publishing</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">) is brilliantly thought out! In fact, it is so well thought out and explained, that when you use this book, Becky and Linda encourage you not to follow the directions! Can you imagine that? How wonderful!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We love a good review! </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pieceocake.com/Books/outsidethelines.html">Click here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for more info.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEObKcmEmP-KY0IBA_lKkGlcX5YIiym8e9YxOV409HqNhW2LvdJ-E1vdm3SpT8xMr05x_4ili3GUrJjXu9tkSes_KSbqFqBYUboQ4dCVqschkYy3eBF6-RtN916FmTfOSMfcanOderFUwN/s1600-h/JacobsLadder-500.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEObKcmEmP-KY0IBA_lKkGlcX5YIiym8e9YxOV409HqNhW2LvdJ-E1vdm3SpT8xMr05x_4ili3GUrJjXu9tkSes_KSbqFqBYUboQ4dCVqschkYy3eBF6-RtN916FmTfOSMfcanOderFUwN/s400/JacobsLadder-500.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356543388223903298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We've also added a new ePattern to our site. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pieceocake.com/Patterns/JacobsLadder.html">Jacob's Ladder</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> didn't quite fit in the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pieceocake.com/Books/piecing.html">Piecing book</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> but it's too pretty not to share.</span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.pieceocake.com/Patterns/JacobsLadder.html">Click here</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for more info.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our Jacob's Ladder is made from <a href="http://qejapan.com/catdaiwabo.html">Japanese taupe fabric</a> but you can use any fabric you like to make yours. Value placement is important in this quilt. The instructions in our ePattern clearly state where to put the light and dark fabrics so that you don't have to guess.</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-76666957105953812642009-07-08T16:43:00.003-05:002009-07-09T13:42:13.908-05:00Playing catch-up...<span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm home and desperately trying to dig my way through the pile of stuff that didn't get done while we were on the road. There is hope. The pile is smaller!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I shot this while standing in Times Square last week (hard to believe that it was only a week ago). What an amazing place. Noisy, crowded, busy people going everywhere at once, taxis doing their best not to kill you, eye-candy everywhere you look - NYC is well worth a visit. Enjoy this (short) show:</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPZO3TqHOsg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPZO3TqHOsg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-9955353841177708452009-07-04T12:52:00.000-05:002009-07-09T00:23:13.756-05:00Visit the Artgirlz blog...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc22_HS7cFwHVp0_HRs7FJ8YZwaDojNNGLSG9pVQtrsgeXWs_L-8G33dpe9qP6nlEyN2arxDef7qH-3_Y4VONWffxq1vEbz8gEYMmZ1gzTfO4KlE5ChLCxhfaJNpVanQSsW2DYmP1PEBOP/s1600-h/Artgirlz-striped-pool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc22_HS7cFwHVp0_HRs7FJ8YZwaDojNNGLSG9pVQtrsgeXWs_L-8G33dpe9qP6nlEyN2arxDef7qH-3_Y4VONWffxq1vEbz8gEYMmZ1gzTfO4KlE5ChLCxhfaJNpVanQSsW2DYmP1PEBOP/s400/Artgirlz-striped-pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350644318660970306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I had a few moments in the hotel room to blog surf. I checked the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://artgirlz.blogspot.com/">Artgirlz blog</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to catch up on posts I missed. I found their </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://artgirlz.blogspot.com/2009/03/looking-into-i-took-this-picture-in-st.html">post on the color turquoise</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> and it made me oh-s0-happy! I especially love this photo with the stripes in reflected in the pool water.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There are so many good blogs out there and you are reading this so you know that. I'd like to encourage you to talk to your friends and see if they, too, are blog surfing. If not, tell them what you like about it and encourage them to join the fun. They will thank you for it later.</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-685505553734773542009-07-03T14:57:00.002-05:002009-07-03T15:11:29.137-05:00The trip is winding down...<span style="font-family: verdana;">We're nearly home and I'm looking through a few of the photos I took thinking that you all might be interested. These matted photos below were part of a much bigger piece of art. I liked the way the photos float inside the openings in the matt, sometimes on torn black paper. Nice look.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7uKkH_Um7W3cN0mE5z0YUasGNxISsljlcpbQFZ8WrsbjAKjaEU0R407ndsjfzULA79nGJxwvN9tFtEhKnvKzTcMcUAGfygQ3BlAJivlZijJFtSwxl4Kokgu_ubssPXDN-Y3MBxhuYAsL/s1600-h/MOMA-Art-07+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7uKkH_Um7W3cN0mE5z0YUasGNxISsljlcpbQFZ8WrsbjAKjaEU0R407ndsjfzULA79nGJxwvN9tFtEhKnvKzTcMcUAGfygQ3BlAJivlZijJFtSwxl4Kokgu_ubssPXDN-Y3MBxhuYAsL/s400/MOMA-Art-07+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354325862546994738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have no idea what this is. Looks like a huge upside-down water glass. It was on top of the <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MOMA</a>.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhan2o-SRU-SAGkI0Oll12DGgOhMFRVlD0WBd-2qtFcyR7TdhS84_DPS0xbzzLbywkcIZgn5cfIQU8MjujYH8gkm-ujJJIKY3VkM_qznP5tEullhweCQf5yG4nxOaWxvxF0lCci5oHSGy/s1600-h/MOMA-JarOnBldg+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhan2o-SRU-SAGkI0Oll12DGgOhMFRVlD0WBd-2qtFcyR7TdhS84_DPS0xbzzLbywkcIZgn5cfIQU8MjujYH8gkm-ujJJIKY3VkM_qznP5tEullhweCQf5yG4nxOaWxvxF0lCci5oHSGy/s400/MOMA-JarOnBldg+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354325855789810754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">A big part of our trip included a stop in Baltimore where Jeff (our youngest son) and Celia (his fiance) live. We had a nice visit with them and left the next morning with "The Dress". </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Celia's wedding dress that she'll be wearing on August 15 in Sherman, TX, when she and Jeff get married. The Dress spent the night in 2 different hotels and traveled, laying down, in the back seat of the car. I have to say that I'll be glad when is it safely hung up at our house. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ABtuMv0b32fU5Y0_J_KRIgK2v8L2IWLWm8U4m4K7PQtxdMMEec2b5GrrT6NjyLBE5af1XVFmnrgLrTJ-6C8Ww6GPIXf6cTPLv6849UMKVKyV_le41FJYp9Y9Y0w3Mb0iAUp8dMqwS69/s1600-h/TheDress-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ABtuMv0b32fU5Y0_J_KRIgK2v8L2IWLWm8U4m4K7PQtxdMMEec2b5GrrT6NjyLBE5af1XVFmnrgLrTJ-6C8Ww6GPIXf6cTPLv6849UMKVKyV_le41FJYp9Y9Y0w3Mb0iAUp8dMqwS69/s400/TheDress-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354325856248508738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRgI3yInjPi9G9xyGemH_QBOQD7q7HauXPVubiRhgUMxhBaEgs6yV7H4kM5MKnv_UsLGw_L7NB1ZSbrsx9sDFTFkurdZlb7zBIww60_ldhOqiRzXzl52B_Eip6LAegcWuRHDpYDMUOCIJ/s1600-h/TheDress-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRgI3yInjPi9G9xyGemH_QBOQD7q7HauXPVubiRhgUMxhBaEgs6yV7H4kM5MKnv_UsLGw_L7NB1ZSbrsx9sDFTFkurdZlb7zBIww60_ldhOqiRzXzl52B_Eip6LAegcWuRHDpYDMUOCIJ/s400/TheDress-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354325850619373346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dcM9v2gzgDQZXeDym5uTvsQxj18PrWjubgh_-eARPUi7KYo08QP2_-HfSetOdRjbSr2XnVa0trleQ4b64CqaLO3eF7zsc5lO93vaTIP6dsjsKzF47yRUFEPRgiYq3rierTfZAoKNEJkK/s1600-h/TheDress-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dcM9v2gzgDQZXeDym5uTvsQxj18PrWjubgh_-eARPUi7KYo08QP2_-HfSetOdRjbSr2XnVa0trleQ4b64CqaLO3eF7zsc5lO93vaTIP6dsjsKzF47yRUFEPRgiYq3rierTfZAoKNEJkK/s400/TheDress-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354325846998885810" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-9686429171566995932009-07-02T12:25:00.001-05:002009-07-03T14:57:06.814-05:00A big day in NYC...<span style="font-family:verdana;">There are lions guarding the entrance to the NYC Public Library. These guys are resting where the ones in front of the Art Institute of Chicago are in mid-step... but they are about the same size. Notice the pigeon on this fellow's head.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rcF3FwVIJ_whXF0dYSwnQTSQW18x6AV9RFQ8jdM13EPf8QJhq6P5TTVmsSw2SyvMQcuPUOVw62AALUOT6rXThKbGxp6_iMWu_7EG-csYVZrTeD1vO862xhHjOQ4ey40Yx73YWUTlf_up/s1600-h/NYLibraryLion-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rcF3FwVIJ_whXF0dYSwnQTSQW18x6AV9RFQ8jdM13EPf8QJhq6P5TTVmsSw2SyvMQcuPUOVw62AALUOT6rXThKbGxp6_iMWu_7EG-csYVZrTeD1vO862xhHjOQ4ey40Yx73YWUTlf_up/s400/NYLibraryLion-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352896022943162610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We did more people watching in Times Square. It is my sincere hope that I am not nearly as interesting to look at as many of the folks we saw are.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3qPLRSPSyd8Nd8tSC-V19SjuPDRu3wfKeccmPdjPswH_eNEVNUpePPo7hdCTZx7Bbet88Uw-0RkCaRtj0LXLBI6sYnpHkvpi7qb9XCOGda6b5C-IorDsTRJIEsRzPOg8Ogs1AWPqs5dF/s1600-h/TimesSquare-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3qPLRSPSyd8Nd8tSC-V19SjuPDRu3wfKeccmPdjPswH_eNEVNUpePPo7hdCTZx7Bbet88Uw-0RkCaRtj0LXLBI6sYnpHkvpi7qb9XCOGda6b5C-IorDsTRJIEsRzPOg8Ogs1AWPqs5dF/s400/TimesSquare-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352896032007626658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KCzYfdAPHZg7vzIHFZqixnGlbcBd7s_rhDEwbeaUqquz5j3r11O0Gk8iWRbLOBXKc-xPJp_-8XiL473iAx0gv9d-8aBG0XhwG7_2Mcq_S4FinhyphenhyphendYriV1LJWvcNaUsp9ztkbwj7RVCt2/s1600-h/BeckyAndSteve-TimesSquare-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KCzYfdAPHZg7vzIHFZqixnGlbcBd7s_rhDEwbeaUqquz5j3r11O0Gk8iWRbLOBXKc-xPJp_-8XiL473iAx0gv9d-8aBG0XhwG7_2Mcq_S4FinhyphenhyphendYriV1LJWvcNaUsp9ztkbwj7RVCt2/s400/BeckyAndSteve-TimesSquare-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352895687246695618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If the trash is from a store with pretty boxes, it can be a little bit festive... This pile made me think of Christmas.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRtp2ytIqR4rHyAgl_jBJ89s9oAEpznGMzQAnsSvyKAyXrKFBdTYcOHpwMUSe9dGvKGdntwQlhosSZOlcyH12T9GFDXIOWjdb2WH_tFE6zfwJflQH49LsxMl1v8f3d0C-YYRpuS4rpCWS/s1600-h/TimesSquare-05+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRtp2ytIqR4rHyAgl_jBJ89s9oAEpznGMzQAnsSvyKAyXrKFBdTYcOHpwMUSe9dGvKGdntwQlhosSZOlcyH12T9GFDXIOWjdb2WH_tFE6zfwJflQH49LsxMl1v8f3d0C-YYRpuS4rpCWS/s400/TimesSquare-05+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352896033498786114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">There is an installation piece at the <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MOMA</a> by <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/961">Song Dong called "Waste Not"</a>. Turns out that these items all came from his now-deceased mother's house. That is the skeleton of her house with the items. Seriously, if this doesn't get you get rid of the junk in your house, what will?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mYHHM_KcxoCiuC_QuMyFbmZvvCPOf6UTNEu8jbiKuZX8P0Kxd_0nCihEffsRTHD3Zh0XrudID9m76QhGq3KuN8URKVZRU7FLWtlp8hI2i8Zq7ijpI6qliK4jcC5w9VX3iC3re8cVgxdQ/s1600-h/MOMA-StuffOnFloor-03+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mYHHM_KcxoCiuC_QuMyFbmZvvCPOf6UTNEu8jbiKuZX8P0Kxd_0nCihEffsRTHD3Zh0XrudID9m76QhGq3KuN8URKVZRU7FLWtlp8hI2i8Zq7ijpI6qliK4jcC5w9VX3iC3re8cVgxdQ/s400/MOMA-StuffOnFloor-03+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352895700439023970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I enjoyed the look of the empty toothpaste tubes but I am not going to make my own set at home. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSceRsu7MHaXyRcnSdUseutIETRlvpV4iKNvlQJ_2DQUXYewLfVxckLJwWPYRHjsmsEEw36r3oG7YqXDYYalgV091jphzdxKqJIDxQ0KSSSlFx3uf1Pp4a0A5HoFssc9b5ZujVW3gMSzJ/s1600-h/MOMA-StuffOnFloor-06+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSceRsu7MHaXyRcnSdUseutIETRlvpV4iKNvlQJ_2DQUXYewLfVxckLJwWPYRHjsmsEEw36r3oG7YqXDYYalgV091jphzdxKqJIDxQ0KSSSlFx3uf1Pp4a0A5HoFssc9b5ZujVW3gMSzJ/s400/MOMA-StuffOnFloor-06+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352895696963529122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And I shopped for fabric in the garment district! I am very lucky that Steve was with me and carried my purchases all day long. I found out where to go from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.paulanadelstern.com/fabric/guides/">a page on Paula Nadelstern's web site</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. The shop in the photo below is N. Y. Elegant Fabrics (not on Paula's site but it's near the shops that were). Oh my, it was huge and full of luscious stuff. I did buy some cotton (great big red dots on white), and some etched fuschia velvet. It made me wish I had time to make more garments.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKmuWoUV5GIZ4w7387hkxaVGL_6Qeu3wWRaMmehTcZFQFL4cx32Mv1b3f2l_kR66pNadMb78D-St4Ko2opPx0emLPEToNJ-TevyG65KSEbXgt6i4T08OIgilkkGF6UbMRy29S8T6q-3tf/s1600-h/NYElegantFabrics-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKmuWoUV5GIZ4w7387hkxaVGL_6Qeu3wWRaMmehTcZFQFL4cx32Mv1b3f2l_kR66pNadMb78D-St4Ko2opPx0emLPEToNJ-TevyG65KSEbXgt6i4T08OIgilkkGF6UbMRy29S8T6q-3tf/s400/NYElegantFabrics-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352895687175684306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgxV7wV1hT9Xjfaylj-HvP35JUfV8yaBmgA82fCCR1c3vDmdDw1NIl5NTC3RCETaitkYH9kh_RXgVTMO_2Tic2pz61CSmcR0Z6jiNOTa7v3k95GfDvl43sld5KGV8INfmvEY31unuH91z/s1600-h/NYElegantFabrics-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgxV7wV1hT9Xjfaylj-HvP35JUfV8yaBmgA82fCCR1c3vDmdDw1NIl5NTC3RCETaitkYH9kh_RXgVTMO_2Tic2pz61CSmcR0Z6jiNOTa7v3k95GfDvl43sld5KGV8INfmvEY31unuH91z/s400/NYElegantFabrics-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352895692927355746" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-36228109869332906342009-07-01T12:00:00.002-05:002009-07-02T10:30:09.904-05:00New York City - Day One...<span style="font-family:verdana;">We got to NYC in time to see a bit of the Gay Pride parade. It was colorful and festive and no one minded having their pictures taken.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI6gUrva3Ox_FoXztfHqzMKNoAtWSmtyiuG0IS8dr6Jkv0rMrRNdBubxpWhpNKf5U0PDYxAjN5zxwPe0NlVuhLnibBn0xONUlv3XwmP2D1D1o4AzFR6jRIhpEydGXskke9oM6SkD_VPTF/s1600-h/NYC-GayPrideParade-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI6gUrva3Ox_FoXztfHqzMKNoAtWSmtyiuG0IS8dr6Jkv0rMrRNdBubxpWhpNKf5U0PDYxAjN5zxwPe0NlVuhLnibBn0xONUlv3XwmP2D1D1o4AzFR6jRIhpEydGXskke9oM6SkD_VPTF/s400/NYC-GayPrideParade-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352564240287735346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbHi0KN2DgE7qusYZ4l42F2bpq-Wty29DtsjKBz1Vp4Wj2I5MQ4W77_lh1NqZYcqYHyRILUIktLbCyzQcZfr9g5mGdbCsgxTY2UlUlZB9DB-bhUDb5hkWgKcq9ceehb0pYsdw0N97sw19/s1600-h/NYC-GayPrideParade-03+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbHi0KN2DgE7qusYZ4l42F2bpq-Wty29DtsjKBz1Vp4Wj2I5MQ4W77_lh1NqZYcqYHyRILUIktLbCyzQcZfr9g5mGdbCsgxTY2UlUlZB9DB-bhUDb5hkWgKcq9ceehb0pYsdw0N97sw19/s400/NYC-GayPrideParade-03+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352564247762589682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We went to see the very fine exhibit of <a href="http://www.folkartmuseum.org/default.asp?id=2384">Paula Nadelstern's quilts at the American Folk Art Museum</a>. The quilts were marvelous and the setting was perfect for them. Go see this exhibit if you get a chance.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Next we went to the <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MOMA</a>. The art was good, but I had almost as much fun people-watching. These three ladies looked nice together...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYezeTwzzNWoSPyymLC-XTJ_kVrquasQlRBaH4Wsdw8VgnhOsNTNlbjUkmXRdm4kh0UE4KmdizdKRZvADQDFX_GJol-lKfB0Ok3lb8SJ-IlvptjDoo7tmeZ1PihKFUp5siYTg0n15fUef/s1600-h/MOMA-PeopleWatching-10+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYezeTwzzNWoSPyymLC-XTJ_kVrquasQlRBaH4Wsdw8VgnhOsNTNlbjUkmXRdm4kh0UE4KmdizdKRZvADQDFX_GJol-lKfB0Ok3lb8SJ-IlvptjDoo7tmeZ1PihKFUp5siYTg0n15fUef/s400/MOMA-PeopleWatching-10+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352564242229659074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I love this photo...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmshjGlv6VZCPizTAcJrH-dGKY3CHlkjpPXqyFQ8aP3jPs9V9FzMJlG2Eh9EitbwHSW5q6uAIoXLPkDX0tv0iN9aJPRFFO_xegbrJWtGvtT4jh02wM90Yzxif3748_L1vJp3DmLqk5N5r/s1600-h/MOMA-PeopleWatching-07+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmshjGlv6VZCPizTAcJrH-dGKY3CHlkjpPXqyFQ8aP3jPs9V9FzMJlG2Eh9EitbwHSW5q6uAIoXLPkDX0tv0iN9aJPRFFO_xegbrJWtGvtT4jh02wM90Yzxif3748_L1vJp3DmLqk5N5r/s400/MOMA-PeopleWatching-07+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352564236528472066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HP5RqRe2S6WTyd4Ij7KgU1XwcXdDPW54IDjJH5wdjkYhK4Ke57J-qmPs4upOo_gJrMeBZxDYtOxX_PkQEEs2qgzoSTR-0HckMPDZcsGXQKwmQGogwct_fUHePGB2vq68tgGRrKXr-N6s/s1600-h/MOMA-PeopleWatching-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HP5RqRe2S6WTyd4Ij7KgU1XwcXdDPW54IDjJH5wdjkYhK4Ke57J-qmPs4upOo_gJrMeBZxDYtOxX_PkQEEs2qgzoSTR-0HckMPDZcsGXQKwmQGogwct_fUHePGB2vq68tgGRrKXr-N6s/s400/MOMA-PeopleWatching-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352564234598106226" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-68083687955318906072009-06-30T12:30:00.000-05:002009-07-01T11:43:51.724-05:00Leaving Vermont...<span style="font-family:verdana;">On our way from Vermont to Connecticut, we stopped at the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/ourstore/">King Arthur Flour Baker's Store</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. I've been buying my chocolate from them for a while now and it was really fun to stop and find even more great baking tools. We found the hot pads we've been hunting for for years - oh happy day.<br /><br />Then we went down the road to <a href="http://www.simonpearce.com/">Simon Pearce</a>. I had not heard of Simon Pearce before but this is a well-respected source for hand-blown glass in the northeast. These are photos of the outside of their home base. The waterfall you see generates much of the power that they use.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkUHinLTheelTJMThEyZ9w3KyrnJKF105MLVf8CN_JNBIl7K-TBn6H5GoeX810o4aeECITYUXa406azQlkXfkrhv_7yrNOK1_U8TvAd7AbhVBJLpU9qes2KuGCCEG2Fx2TavihKZe59Dv/s1600-h/SimonPearceAndFalls-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkUHinLTheelTJMThEyZ9w3KyrnJKF105MLVf8CN_JNBIl7K-TBn6H5GoeX810o4aeECITYUXa406azQlkXfkrhv_7yrNOK1_U8TvAd7AbhVBJLpU9qes2KuGCCEG2Fx2TavihKZe59Dv/s400/SimonPearceAndFalls-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318672943639794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkUHinLTheelTJMThEyZ9w3KyrnJKF105MLVf8CN_JNBIl7K-TBn6H5GoeX810o4aeECITYUXa406azQlkXfkrhv_7yrNOK1_U8TvAd7AbhVBJLpU9qes2KuGCCEG2Fx2TavihKZe59Dv/s1600-h/SimonPearceAndFalls-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkUHinLTheelTJMThEyZ9w3KyrnJKF105MLVf8CN_JNBIl7K-TBn6H5GoeX810o4aeECITYUXa406azQlkXfkrhv_7yrNOK1_U8TvAd7AbhVBJLpU9qes2KuGCCEG2Fx2TavihKZe59Dv/s400/SimonPearceAndFalls-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318672943639794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I loved the wear pattern on this rock...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7aDw_n_cdy9rX8puj5JkLaB6AyBCgb3wlZXCRrxiAH4uZkvfmjbblThuF_R6EVxRCOqXNYEQknPm_zqd6-MDrIuxmoDNjwsJzq8jiFd4UDN_yTqtEmfnUBZZEMSWOGkUymFLnC7c-shl/s1600-h/SimonPearceAndFalls-04+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7aDw_n_cdy9rX8puj5JkLaB6AyBCgb3wlZXCRrxiAH4uZkvfmjbblThuF_R6EVxRCOqXNYEQknPm_zqd6-MDrIuxmoDNjwsJzq8jiFd4UDN_yTqtEmfnUBZZEMSWOGkUymFLnC7c-shl/s400/SimonPearceAndFalls-04+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318675442644242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Steve took the photos above from this covered bridge...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK6hAGumD-t3ErQWOh7XIUI0yo-xag8MzT_VSOGbm2_tWihhNS2t9yroOu1E3TP-HeZ-XV1WS_jf51VLoy8QpLakaCkoa2CDbXXyHebt1vmMFv4yCQRW_4hpl0ltQZ9PmPNdRZ2AGRg3S/s1600-h/CoveredBridge+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK6hAGumD-t3ErQWOh7XIUI0yo-xag8MzT_VSOGbm2_tWihhNS2t9yroOu1E3TP-HeZ-XV1WS_jf51VLoy8QpLakaCkoa2CDbXXyHebt1vmMFv4yCQRW_4hpl0ltQZ9PmPNdRZ2AGRg3S/s400/CoveredBridge+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318667133208898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0-cSPvrlSidrqbIaNjqW2l7faONDwwUIglObQEE8S2eWa8etFOE9f45SDYPakQFha6sMNfph-yjW2kgNUs095XIO19fp9Y8MaJvx9eNz4T10bPUI7wruEgh5pP-SGPKHm5HNIdeVw2Fz/s1600-h/SteveOnCoveredBridge-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0-cSPvrlSidrqbIaNjqW2l7faONDwwUIglObQEE8S2eWa8etFOE9f45SDYPakQFha6sMNfph-yjW2kgNUs095XIO19fp9Y8MaJvx9eNz4T10bPUI7wruEgh5pP-SGPKHm5HNIdeVw2Fz/s400/SteveOnCoveredBridge-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318666830728450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I did try to resist, but I just didn't do a good job of it. We bought one glass bowl, the smaller </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.simonpearce.com/prdSell.aspx?DeptName=DeptGlass&SubDeptName=SubBowls&Name=sell-glass-bowl-corinth">Corinth bowl</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. It's going to look lovely on our dining room table. Steve thought so too - although later he said that really, as long as I loved it, that was good enough. I think our table without a bowl would suit him just fine. But we decided that if we managed to stimulate the economy a little bit on this trip that that would be OK so there you go.</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-26513036672402098022009-06-29T12:52:00.001-05:002009-06-29T18:57:05.613-05:00Fabric shopping at the Vermont Quilt Festival...<span style="font-family:verdana;">I have stimulated the economy by buying fabric on this trip (and some other stuff too but we won't go there right now). This is the fabric I managed to buy during my 2 hours at the Vermont Quilt Festival show. I was teaching and the show was off-site so I didn't get to the show very much. This first fabric I got at the <a href="http://quiltstock.com/">Woodstock Quilt Supply</a> booth. These are mostly (or all) from Westminster and are fabrics that I think I don't already own.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yHGr3aliAfgQVTOCt5_rtJdxAf-B-DuwbDz9XEIU9Ze3Km5wWGSHvs42A3h4ShlsS-DWlhWcGxND4XkqGrI8ILbZ_JwuLthqXjAKRtVLshF4pTBruqdjEKk3ISmI_69UUjjM8CWVNvP5/s1600-h/WoodstockFabric-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yHGr3aliAfgQVTOCt5_rtJdxAf-B-DuwbDz9XEIU9Ze3Km5wWGSHvs42A3h4ShlsS-DWlhWcGxND4XkqGrI8ILbZ_JwuLthqXjAKRtVLshF4pTBruqdjEKk3ISmI_69UUjjM8CWVNvP5/s400/WoodstockFabric-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351380863044150130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Isn't their fat quarter label wonderful!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eLqDC6RYkLwvKBve0i2xIH-Lo7Jq0DqirNpNtfDx_8WeC5I683pn1g8F8DjCWsOo57uYdHgjCxhzGP-wRROXIWoghS8Dxb0rUO7vY01JaAjz9ZKjumQNJd2bgX4ZXqJQu1JQFHARRBm9/s1600-h/WoodstockFabric-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eLqDC6RYkLwvKBve0i2xIH-Lo7Jq0DqirNpNtfDx_8WeC5I683pn1g8F8DjCWsOo57uYdHgjCxhzGP-wRROXIWoghS8Dxb0rUO7vY01JaAjz9ZKjumQNJd2bgX4ZXqJQu1JQFHARRBm9/s400/WoodstockFabric-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351383333431919986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I spent a lot of time and money at the <a href="http://qejapan.com/">Quilters' Express to Japan</a> & The Beckoning Cat booth. The Japanese fabric was worth the money.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbkSFsJJayB1hDlJfaUC9z8xMf-09KuZyVkB4vw945flCSRwQ4hOAiLTnj_RdHQKtMd1eoBAMzzdFfCs9TwGLJ-9abAgpcKPcBQXVp7S2t3VxaZ50IHunCjRHF3SAAKuCDBhV-4gy3Y3V/s1600-h/JapaneseFabric-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbkSFsJJayB1hDlJfaUC9z8xMf-09KuZyVkB4vw945flCSRwQ4hOAiLTnj_RdHQKtMd1eoBAMzzdFfCs9TwGLJ-9abAgpcKPcBQXVp7S2t3VxaZ50IHunCjRHF3SAAKuCDBhV-4gy3Y3V/s400/JapaneseFabric-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351380848700802146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This fabric is one cut off the bolt. The pattern changes at the fold - positive and negative designs on each side of the fold. Very cool.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoeiAyOZFmTQvSs1mJbdFSTOYpGNQwBkgyj30qEW6acXuH4nYM2L0H4H0z9fRn9gRf5W5IEDxfQxsqdHFo7W7VJq2T_IMup7td3mOPUl0MBNRdQovjl9MCORpONiPp4CaIv6q-u_5R0zG/s1600-h/JapaneseFabric-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoeiAyOZFmTQvSs1mJbdFSTOYpGNQwBkgyj30qEW6acXuH4nYM2L0H4H0z9fRn9gRf5W5IEDxfQxsqdHFo7W7VJq2T_IMup7td3mOPUl0MBNRdQovjl9MCORpONiPp4CaIv6q-u_5R0zG/s400/JapaneseFabric-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351380853278484082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The background colors behind the swirly black print changes across the width of the fabric. There were more fabrics like each of these.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymdBxNIBvrVDAj6msXCWE6cwT7MoLICRyiXBtAAeoPfr-nekzl3MIMdKmv3rgC4V8Txrp-BsbtUvo7ORhIhB1Wkho6AAHJZ15QjGjuIhadoLadoWB8WEDJFqunWbo47jmzf3nnQWviPKS/s1600-h/JapaneseFabric-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymdBxNIBvrVDAj6msXCWE6cwT7MoLICRyiXBtAAeoPfr-nekzl3MIMdKmv3rgC4V8Txrp-BsbtUvo7ORhIhB1Wkho6AAHJZ15QjGjuIhadoLadoWB8WEDJFqunWbo47jmzf3nnQWviPKS/s400/JapaneseFabric-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351380854635220802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And, last but not least, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.handloombatik.com/">Handloom Batik</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> had a booth. They have beautiful fabric and scarves and batik stamps and more. That gray piece of fabric with the light berries on it - I'm going to find a special place for it!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HvQtQQ1XVA239lzgRWkOt0vv9EAnRTV_iQ_ETjRJbsaBuCA0k8HBECET0vQFE3zbyD-lGcPJupZNL3Y3P144uf3F0JGNuCCldIJL92Vp4jY5CgWm8vFRMV-oVt2dmWbCxjpfHTVpYLEv/s1600-h/Batiks-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HvQtQQ1XVA239lzgRWkOt0vv9EAnRTV_iQ_ETjRJbsaBuCA0k8HBECET0vQFE3zbyD-lGcPJupZNL3Y3P144uf3F0JGNuCCldIJL92Vp4jY5CgWm8vFRMV-oVt2dmWbCxjpfHTVpYLEv/s400/Batiks-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351380844325279970" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-90136043395379012262009-06-26T12:09:00.001-05:002009-06-26T12:09:01.827-05:00Seen in Vermont...<span style="font-family:verdana;">My last class ended at 11:30 on Sunday. It was such a good few days! The ladies in my classes all did so well and a good time was had by everyone. As a quilt teacher, it always makes me happy when my students leave happy and confident that they can applique anything. Good job ladies!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kayoko, one of my students, gave me an origami winged dragon that she made. I love it! It folds flat so that I can travel home with it. It will live in my studio. Thank you, Kayoko.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymw4rmi8VaZQHbR5YlaTMhaMiwUbal_-h_LzmUZL-d68DqDLC4C53WWdVZUYflGu5I5OqqE_UxyyC_Inkj0ENFGhPaJ82hjj5btn5kr74my_ypo-nIeP2VoMAGcHSceedQOaUTiMRX9yz/s1600-h/WingedDragonOrigami.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymw4rmi8VaZQHbR5YlaTMhaMiwUbal_-h_LzmUZL-d68DqDLC4C53WWdVZUYflGu5I5OqqE_UxyyC_Inkj0ENFGhPaJ82hjj5btn5kr74my_ypo-nIeP2VoMAGcHSceedQOaUTiMRX9yz/s400/WingedDragonOrigami.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349912430192038210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Steve and I drove to Stowe for a couple of hours. Steve hiked and saw quite a bit of Vermont while I was working so this was my chance to see some of the state. We took the scenic route and found this spot in the road. The rocks are HUGE and the road is narrow and winding. Very scenic.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7Ad4-2MXMBs2fXfyjwgIy5t6pk2pgo6eCmrrrDqF8fjbTbFLCcnTbA1k33i4zpOke4UPAECuW8qkhfyhc_VHng0ajmfuObM7kCI6xFaMqKyHgQgo83mBp_0PV_8NSV8gWD5Tawqltzwq/s1600-h/SteveAndRock-VT+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7Ad4-2MXMBs2fXfyjwgIy5t6pk2pgo6eCmrrrDqF8fjbTbFLCcnTbA1k33i4zpOke4UPAECuW8qkhfyhc_VHng0ajmfuObM7kCI6xFaMqKyHgQgo83mBp_0PV_8NSV8gWD5Tawqltzwq/s400/SteveAndRock-VT+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891335351353890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhD9Evo0yGMVqeYycrI2ykV9NCjFUQXOmn6IsGUnR7hmReL8GlJnoCDJ-2bj1Lj7tDMFM4N7etpgKBNpBmGrw6w8tyYImca4fQruwlHoqYN2df97LC5BBOZtPh1kSwoLFqA6ncbi2iWzE/s1600-h/WindingVTRoad+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhD9Evo0yGMVqeYycrI2ykV9NCjFUQXOmn6IsGUnR7hmReL8GlJnoCDJ-2bj1Lj7tDMFM4N7etpgKBNpBmGrw6w8tyYImca4fQruwlHoqYN2df97LC5BBOZtPh1kSwoLFqA6ncbi2iWzE/s400/WindingVTRoad+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891334540528290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">These flowers were in Stowe. I should know what they are, but I don't. Let's just call them pretty.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqCE50-iVCyjaD8nDxqXnXLY6jwYV_EMWMeC-0zzZVtXWokEwQzfJQc9x_aayGP3lzDgco7wqzKeeaRo4XnVECFlXzgjTXGzl5HaPkcTm3odjgpPqmniDFSLeZgfW-dy_jFjlwk_CY2m7/s1600-h/YellowFlower-VT-04+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqCE50-iVCyjaD8nDxqXnXLY6jwYV_EMWMeC-0zzZVtXWokEwQzfJQc9x_aayGP3lzDgco7wqzKeeaRo4XnVECFlXzgjTXGzl5HaPkcTm3odjgpPqmniDFSLeZgfW-dy_jFjlwk_CY2m7/s400/YellowFlower-VT-04+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891329319809538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jAF4idLhH6AI709fg-HqSEU9-f-9z18C_AYlLrHq_a52PPzEA02iu2nZYiMr0GYg6mdeQN1vVuEV-QQDhp4I6pfore0YqugoHKzUP_XusF8JaNb4YGO2-TikDMYVzuANp3g0R-X_nXK3/s1600-h/YellowFlower-VT-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jAF4idLhH6AI709fg-HqSEU9-f-9z18C_AYlLrHq_a52PPzEA02iu2nZYiMr0GYg6mdeQN1vVuEV-QQDhp4I6pfore0YqugoHKzUP_XusF8JaNb4YGO2-TikDMYVzuANp3g0R-X_nXK3/s400/YellowFlower-VT-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891325457576162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg965300-W_OBNO4Oz7V9KQTY0s7KNbuNwBv_YEv283JPEQO4yL9LUnQ6Nk7XzgFQNfW5rdsBR-l4GSUujb0yepahU1087q0VePy-vTwo-bW3hDpG8nbm_6-slVtjMWHa_F4pf27lWVBlnA/s1600-h/PinkFlowers-VT-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg965300-W_OBNO4Oz7V9KQTY0s7KNbuNwBv_YEv283JPEQO4yL9LUnQ6Nk7XzgFQNfW5rdsBR-l4GSUujb0yepahU1087q0VePy-vTwo-bW3hDpG8nbm_6-slVtjMWHa_F4pf27lWVBlnA/s400/PinkFlowers-VT-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891319176050370" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-30335914768882349332009-06-25T12:00:00.001-05:002009-06-25T16:28:55.815-05:00This is pretty interesting...<span style="font-family:verdana;">Last week I found a link to </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.theuniformproject.com/home/about.html">The Uniform Project</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.theuniformproject.com/home/daily.html">Click</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the link and read all about it. This is a project in which the woman below is wearing the same black "uniform" every day for one year. It is a short dress/smock that buttons up either in front or back. She changes up the uniform every day. She is doing amazing things with this one dress and accessories. I'm getting some good ideas!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Look on the left side of </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.theuniformproject.com/">her blog page</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Click on "View Dailies" and a calendar will come up. Click on a day and you'll see the photo of the outfit she wore that day.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWdhErYaO3vcgTv1ofNkZw7GrZcKCjKENPGGfGOmgAS-_YDyVEAgbDJi_AqJtq9_zDHmbP5-9rPv5DNJXGPEgHeIgh89tLeHTLmyqvAc_Jp9ORHgql2HYOkmdpgRNxBRVOW8NOhhEbswU/s1600-h/792d4524-9572-4959-a23d-9b38f8685893_June_9_v1_D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWdhErYaO3vcgTv1ofNkZw7GrZcKCjKENPGGfGOmgAS-_YDyVEAgbDJi_AqJtq9_zDHmbP5-9rPv5DNJXGPEgHeIgh89tLeHTLmyqvAc_Jp9ORHgql2HYOkmdpgRNxBRVOW8NOhhEbswU/s400/792d4524-9572-4959-a23d-9b38f8685893_June_9_v1_D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349561173378049058" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-45718545055136095512009-06-24T12:24:00.000-05:002009-06-24T12:24:01.988-05:00The Vermont Quilt Festival...<span style="font-family: verdana;">I taught at the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.vqf.org/">Vermont Quilt Festival</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. What a great show! If you ever get a chance, go to this show. The quilts were wonderful, the quilters are happy, and there are lots of classes. It is held on the campus of </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.smcvt.edu/">St. Michael's College</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in Burlington, VT. The land is flat and the classrooms are air conditioned.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were some great red and white and green antique quilts. This one, #A32, was my favorite. Here is what the catalog said about it:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Potted Flowers with One Blue Pot, 1850-70</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This quilt is an example of the pot-of-flowers quilt pattern for which there is an ongoing research project. There are very few of these intricately made quilts, the majority of them having PA or OH origins. This particular quilt, locatedin 2006, was not one of the known examples and has since been added to the project. We do not know the name of the maker, but it is also believed to have come from PA. The one blue glowerpot is a result of the yellow component of the original over dyed green being fugitive. Private collection."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Personally, I wish the blue flower pot was intentional. That color change is what makes this quilt so memorable.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB8T9Xgg-HuxzTT504y0nhqNbXx1pAmeA2Mdfwuvu2fsi5vZqs0-KDBvYnM0qGnML5InCg7YPJPXYsxe_8FBHCS5yEVMzWTh86hZT7mJaGYfVm1Z-zQY9XyVr3CsCNh7F92DIBgpwZPNZ/s1600-h/QuiltWithBlueBlock-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB8T9Xgg-HuxzTT504y0nhqNbXx1pAmeA2Mdfwuvu2fsi5vZqs0-KDBvYnM0qGnML5InCg7YPJPXYsxe_8FBHCS5yEVMzWTh86hZT7mJaGYfVm1Z-zQY9XyVr3CsCNh7F92DIBgpwZPNZ/s400/QuiltWithBlueBlock-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349554959194570098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">#A4 was another favorite. It's named Urn with Red Feather & Mystery Flower, 1850. The catalog says:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">"This quilt is from Oneonta, NY. The design is composed of elements common to many red and green applique quilts with flowers and leaves emerging from an urn. But the expression is totally original. The flowers are unlike those seen in nature and the leaves are as much like red feather as leaves. The quilting apttern on the center setting blocks is unusual - a pineapple tree with three pineapples. Private collection."</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UpYR6q9Ibim-izcwnAD-x1VCbdRCS1VBY0dl7chG97IlzUkxE8sxLfKmoU3FgjjeneQ8dHcww4-cfwRGinT8qCz25l-sB-VYuhQu2MmfMjU77DQYuWb7Q2QSPGtgNd5uSB0D5VzS38C8/s1600-h/UnusualBlock+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UpYR6q9Ibim-izcwnAD-x1VCbdRCS1VBY0dl7chG97IlzUkxE8sxLfKmoU3FgjjeneQ8dHcww4-cfwRGinT8qCz25l-sB-VYuhQu2MmfMjU77DQYuWb7Q2QSPGtgNd5uSB0D5VzS38C8/s400/UnusualBlock+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349554960373847154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then there was this striped stairwell spotted in downtown Burlington. The stripes dressed up an otherwise boring spot.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXi1osNYLbVoGyttOCaqoD7N2yT6BRY2r-tjJmWV86hn2JpOFrSvJzi8VllxtptQJtXDq8p912ofEx00uo2mpeuqyX1VTzMGo1cSNCOIRy7ttYvbRGGo1XNJf4KwS-Gi_tSAvhLqRNlvc/s1600-h/PaintedStairwell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXi1osNYLbVoGyttOCaqoD7N2yT6BRY2r-tjJmWV86hn2JpOFrSvJzi8VllxtptQJtXDq8p912ofEx00uo2mpeuqyX1VTzMGo1cSNCOIRy7ttYvbRGGo1XNJf4KwS-Gi_tSAvhLqRNlvc/s400/PaintedStairwell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349554953411419362" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-54833466522793517582009-06-23T12:44:00.000-05:002009-06-23T12:44:00.404-05:00The Shelburne Museum...<span style="font-family: verdana;">We went to the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/">Shelburne Museum</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> before my classes started at the Vermont Quilt Festival. The museum sits on a large swath of land in Shelburne, VT. There are historical houses, barns, buildings, a steamboat, and a locomotive on site that have been restored and furnished. There are a variety of exhibits. The docents were exceptionally helpful and knowledgable. The Shelburne is definitely worth a visit if you come this way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a beautiful day - breezy and cool. The plants were bright green, the flowers lovely. Here is some of what we saw...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOkTYMWZmT-u5ElisIm2wx9QKznnO_LbVUXzu3H1vCHSZOSfGqYCTzoL8NjBWP7oQg-yrsp-b-sC9c8Ne-1JjakrLP_4NKD0qPEWp94NOGgN6ThFYAOPqg43nk5zV35QcTWCYC216mawB/s1600-h/AtTheShelburne-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOkTYMWZmT-u5ElisIm2wx9QKznnO_LbVUXzu3H1vCHSZOSfGqYCTzoL8NjBWP7oQg-yrsp-b-sC9c8Ne-1JjakrLP_4NKD0qPEWp94NOGgN6ThFYAOPqg43nk5zV35QcTWCYC216mawB/s400/AtTheShelburne-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385135091358914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The round, red barn at the entrance had a motorcycle exhibit on display.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQBxMNSD1a1sqROTL9QWmi_3RpYmHd1XuhgR1mnVdA2Bi2kEP3PliXoejrHRAZDmHg6uuXAHNMhHF8lbPsySrDQXo80V6Ig-bqwz0BwPtn2UQU3RSez4u1oPaeRqqO55CErdr9llXZgs-/s1600-h/AtTheShelburne-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQBxMNSD1a1sqROTL9QWmi_3RpYmHd1XuhgR1mnVdA2Bi2kEP3PliXoejrHRAZDmHg6uuXAHNMhHF8lbPsySrDQXo80V6Ig-bqwz0BwPtn2UQU3RSez4u1oPaeRqqO55CErdr9llXZgs-/s400/AtTheShelburne-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385138827591650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was interesting to go into these houses. The walls were mostly solid wood planks. 2x4 construction came along much later. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fv4fi00G8rB5P-EFCHcRuEY_HrP9oqT0yhkG55XDzmadSJoT3b7uBfzWi0d8pb2kvW7ZZP1I-tYvqUAL0tNKe71jmq4ce8yzMiW1yzh7d0S63uGstEAC3KsAVuB9G2lCv4PDXxozuBng/s1600-h/FuschiaPeony-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fv4fi00G8rB5P-EFCHcRuEY_HrP9oqT0yhkG55XDzmadSJoT3b7uBfzWi0d8pb2kvW7ZZP1I-tYvqUAL0tNKe71jmq4ce8yzMiW1yzh7d0S63uGstEAC3KsAVuB9G2lCv4PDXxozuBng/s400/FuschiaPeony-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385519152825970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There were several lovely antique quilts on exhibit. I didn't photograph them because we couldn't figure out how to turn off the flash on my camera. Oh my. I did use my little camera to take a photo of this block. I know I've seen it before but I don't think I've ever really looked at it. The shapes are appliqued, not pieced.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yFVrt2zZ1a_c4Nz-dkIqvCPHSIZteaanFzZiIyhaEOJoXA46EY_OHfINDajwSzpm5zzgnQqAocKBirJ9zxmZhDmm5sbzCd7fVPJ5x1pG1YlUKTpw1sOEiWbeAkLAGCh6QZk2wXojCjfo/s1600-h/BlockAtShelburne.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yFVrt2zZ1a_c4Nz-dkIqvCPHSIZteaanFzZiIyhaEOJoXA46EY_OHfINDajwSzpm5zzgnQqAocKBirJ9zxmZhDmm5sbzCd7fVPJ5x1pG1YlUKTpw1sOEiWbeAkLAGCh6QZk2wXojCjfo/s400/BlockAtShelburne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385145653641346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Paul Revere on his horse weathervane made me smile.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbih3FruETY_IMzMVgvD7HnBG4EaQYfpFMpScq-65V_JYAs0fgqgYt0eQJhiSJ9nulj7aN6sxRXud35nhE7hghJlCe0fGvIxCaMmhzKFDJrV206L6OCmU_HCknX9s2HNils1aBo1T2iZE/s1600-h/PaulRevereWeathervane+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbih3FruETY_IMzMVgvD7HnBG4EaQYfpFMpScq-65V_JYAs0fgqgYt0eQJhiSJ9nulj7aN6sxRXud35nhE7hghJlCe0fGvIxCaMmhzKFDJrV206L6OCmU_HCknX9s2HNils1aBo1T2iZE/s400/PaulRevereWeathervane+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385143664956226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is a horseshoe-shaped building devoted to circus things. One entire side has a carved replica of a circus parade mady by Roy Arnold. He spent 25 years carving and painting it - and he had helpers! It's pretty amazing. I think the wheels would look great as pieced blocks.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOHjNDQeAvUmJGpP2Wg2vkklybTX10kL1UA3_25zQ3QgonY-KJ0uu8L_fTz10GIt2CJZiuF8DSBabDHrvTd8T9cL9DjanmvAs3yp77RhF8tQIxuD-KdthyK1fSUWvB5b6MifVWGdl3cCm/s1600-h/RoyArnoldCircusParade-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOHjNDQeAvUmJGpP2Wg2vkklybTX10kL1UA3_25zQ3QgonY-KJ0uu8L_fTz10GIt2CJZiuF8DSBabDHrvTd8T9cL9DjanmvAs3yp77RhF8tQIxuD-KdthyK1fSUWvB5b6MifVWGdl3cCm/s400/RoyArnoldCircusParade-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385146704960850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNpO1nT7r3IFEscuH3Mglj-D7BbY80VSRUl7gZZeApXRwSvKraB_Gy7NlUWNNRiIjVr4CR9uzUSbd2mCWxYgRPgJve1DxHlanODVbF71vc1vNdgKbWTDCaurYaPk_kL_FePdVvlep55CJ/s1600-h/RoyArnoldCircusParade-Wheel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNpO1nT7r3IFEscuH3Mglj-D7BbY80VSRUl7gZZeApXRwSvKraB_Gy7NlUWNNRiIjVr4CR9uzUSbd2mCWxYgRPgJve1DxHlanODVbF71vc1vNdgKbWTDCaurYaPk_kL_FePdVvlep55CJ/s400/RoyArnoldCircusParade-Wheel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385513608534786" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-80520705074449020852009-06-22T12:44:00.000-05:002009-06-22T12:44:02.013-05:00From the American side...<span style="font-family: verdana;">The American side of the falls is different. From this side you get the view over-the-top. Surprisingly, the river leading to the falls doesn't look that dangerous. There are rapids and there is a lot of mist in the distance (clouds of it in fact) and there is the noise from the falls - but if you didn't </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">know</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> what was coming you might just paddle on... and over you'd go. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM_a715IVpTD_PSz0WD5oGzHxjuvoC4sI211irL8wmbMyU4VkXYg3AI-lKeO69Nr_cZoSAaG-AkrFFlUo8bplHyqxxM1NMqQy5rUZWNL_YdFIuHFPcWZKAIBPg4Z9qB39s79yaWBM5N7H/s1600-h/AmericanFalls-08+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM_a715IVpTD_PSz0WD5oGzHxjuvoC4sI211irL8wmbMyU4VkXYg3AI-lKeO69Nr_cZoSAaG-AkrFFlUo8bplHyqxxM1NMqQy5rUZWNL_YdFIuHFPcWZKAIBPg4Z9qB39s79yaWBM5N7H/s400/AmericanFalls-08+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348092208287414898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">A closer shot of the top of the American falls...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7H5n9_Wt6p4fOKWwxQC5wCSdFzSCtOrUNOdt5z04WXbYDyV7uV0nhgx0mXnjnOcZpB7uLFuEO4NYWRVQU8jhPMFEHEy5temAPF6_njE76TpvcGn9Ou0n-169RO5iWP-xqtKFnFbdIXiTv/s1600-h/AmericanFalls-10+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7H5n9_Wt6p4fOKWwxQC5wCSdFzSCtOrUNOdt5z04WXbYDyV7uV0nhgx0mXnjnOcZpB7uLFuEO4NYWRVQU8jhPMFEHEy5temAPF6_njE76TpvcGn9Ou0n-169RO5iWP-xqtKFnFbdIXiTv/s400/AmericanFalls-10+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348092214951956370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the top of Horseshoe Falls...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_xsU_XXPJJ5mgnGpBPHXaw7FnJaNIDmUbbYEaQ6taMx2X8pMmrOaI69xrFOEyZBey3U-WaxZN_nCwDoXTvCMGVofCb-iyd7X9vIhTXrjFWG97qgs_zlUTraTjR-X1DfRh-4DNNNRrJYS/s1600-h/HorseshoeFalls-07+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_xsU_XXPJJ5mgnGpBPHXaw7FnJaNIDmUbbYEaQ6taMx2X8pMmrOaI69xrFOEyZBey3U-WaxZN_nCwDoXTvCMGVofCb-iyd7X9vIhTXrjFWG97qgs_zlUTraTjR-X1DfRh-4DNNNRrJYS/s400/HorseshoeFalls-07+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348092216178966706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApSLHipmETOOcqBx6Wdy6UUrosrZQ2YwlcjsRAElrbsQ964mEvrjWvLOqhhAAgp_1SQfPHHsg0-3SEvI78ggjHOfGjRx6vS3wjcsuptKXAI5UAVs28-3PbVmlgzlO6J-du9WxRzzxqlH2/s1600-h/HorseshoeFalls-11+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApSLHipmETOOcqBx6Wdy6UUrosrZQ2YwlcjsRAElrbsQ964mEvrjWvLOqhhAAgp_1SQfPHHsg0-3SEvI78ggjHOfGjRx6vS3wjcsuptKXAI5UAVs28-3PbVmlgzlO6J-du9WxRzzxqlH2/s400/HorseshoeFalls-11+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348091272526367234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love these things. They look like happy men from Mars.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-q2qilol5o2sSRYUKz2bu8yGl_gJzyNDs6iAAjVktrA3p4LBOR8NcL384rESgl6C9yZaWUPqzlfjTfiVnzSm655DTc-n5dRpuFKTJ_mBB2B6Y8w5Eyie8v4wD9p11JGTe8r5FKz8JPm_/s1600-h/BeckyAtFalls-05+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-q2qilol5o2sSRYUKz2bu8yGl_gJzyNDs6iAAjVktrA3p4LBOR8NcL384rESgl6C9yZaWUPqzlfjTfiVnzSm655DTc-n5dRpuFKTJ_mBB2B6Y8w5Eyie8v4wD9p11JGTe8r5FKz8JPm_/s400/BeckyAtFalls-05+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348091278912190610" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-33270027723661780062009-06-21T12:41:00.001-05:002009-06-21T12:41:01.902-05:00Niagra Falls...<span style="font-family:verdana;">We drove from Michigan through Ontario, Canada, to Niagra Falls. It really is spectacular from the Canadian side. You can see the falls falling. There are two falls. American Falls...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGYrQ1sb7VA23ruz6V8Mk4fx_9DcHmTwar-fnskDIDzXPRkU5ll39H-0YBV38eAI-EjOoi4F-3WiSgoOSO1KKpPdiNFLXfLZ9M1doEW0TgNrzb64uiy6i__Ro9ExNjqP4FSsGU6JB2d7J/s1600-h/AmericanFalls-04+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGYrQ1sb7VA23ruz6V8Mk4fx_9DcHmTwar-fnskDIDzXPRkU5ll39H-0YBV38eAI-EjOoi4F-3WiSgoOSO1KKpPdiNFLXfLZ9M1doEW0TgNrzb64uiy6i__Ro9ExNjqP4FSsGU6JB2d7J/s400/AmericanFalls-04+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347704344100826002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">...and Horseshoe Falls. There is mist coming off both of them and when the light hits it just right, you can see rainbows. It's very cool. And noisy.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> And damp depending on which way the mist is blowing.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2L4b6VU6k6xbUpGFnOwovdDYqrEXHOuEsVS6Q76SkiQmT8jA3ypwGA0xy6QifIHFjBQMtgOpoyDvPnRrRkEzgA-8ZvTpTTXySbzcYRg-SHiXUxw-gbE0_0DAq21qc05BewvzzThCfsNr/s1600-h/HorseshoeFalls-04+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2L4b6VU6k6xbUpGFnOwovdDYqrEXHOuEsVS6Q76SkiQmT8jA3ypwGA0xy6QifIHFjBQMtgOpoyDvPnRrRkEzgA-8ZvTpTTXySbzcYRg-SHiXUxw-gbE0_0DAq21qc05BewvzzThCfsNr/s400/HorseshoeFalls-04+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347704339968450258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">You can't park near the falls. The walk from the parking lot to the falls takes you through some serious tourist-y stuff. The Frankenstein Burger King was pretty impressive.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYTEBUWlkI06Z66ib8kMRpH-J161GRefh51vMCg_I2r_I7MQ1-st04a4dosf7G3Q2AjQfeXPEt4HtNeA12iiJIl4P_wLK9X2ShFKYYto2-xwH0nzPlm6gimEyqp8-yNnIe9Zk4YusTMFF/s1600-h/NiagraFallsEntry-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYTEBUWlkI06Z66ib8kMRpH-J161GRefh51vMCg_I2r_I7MQ1-st04a4dosf7G3Q2AjQfeXPEt4HtNeA12iiJIl4P_wLK9X2ShFKYYto2-xwH0nzPlm6gimEyqp8-yNnIe9Zk4YusTMFF/s400/NiagraFallsEntry-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347704336878361106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">King Kong was attached the the sideways Ripley's Believe It Or Not. I was happier to find fudge and a nut-covered carmel apple.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgoxZM05DmbtjRTmUdqk3hBwnarFWhP8jBxcSNoZKeM2OVgLNaJOukguLXGKVUBaLlEvJWsRltTLkqbKCp3B32xp20LldvkrnUaX4i61C0NERC3iQPm2UfYGYNYAQo1qr6TGFOBURf_7Z/s1600-h/NiagraFallsEntry-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgoxZM05DmbtjRTmUdqk3hBwnarFWhP8jBxcSNoZKeM2OVgLNaJOukguLXGKVUBaLlEvJWsRltTLkqbKCp3B32xp20LldvkrnUaX4i61C0NERC3iQPm2UfYGYNYAQo1qr6TGFOBURf_7Z/s400/NiagraFallsEntry-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347704330128062418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We got to our hotel and they asked if we would be willing to upgrade to a jacuzzi suite. Well, why not, right? There's a huge jacuzzi in one corner of the room and we might actually use it!</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Actually, no, we didn't. It just seemed a little icky.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVT6dYUKejY_vrBf8RdXlMPRvTs087O2-ozQyOL2topj49fk5qHKultTV3hyphenhyphenh8HWhDCKryJyteobZ33U8kvEfBDZ6YMmjchAZDU_VQOPFA1ejJ_X0y06ecBRtew96Wz3MbG16SzjvcyHm/s1600-h/JacuzziRoom-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVT6dYUKejY_vrBf8RdXlMPRvTs087O2-ozQyOL2topj49fk5qHKultTV3hyphenhyphenh8HWhDCKryJyteobZ33U8kvEfBDZ6YMmjchAZDU_VQOPFA1ejJ_X0y06ecBRtew96Wz3MbG16SzjvcyHm/s400/JacuzziRoom-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347704348975248786" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-65319796211048067382009-06-20T12:30:00.000-05:002009-06-20T12:30:05.350-05:00Michigan flowers....<span style="font-family:verdana;">What is this flower? It might be some sort of lily. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X7HeFDlHie7H3hXf2PO520KlG5Ks-OdvVqa8D1EtMsjLPE2GiIiTtIQTnDAOMEU0gLsWpcQ0PYSU5y2y3UB6ADU4T_BtQ3HCdnZ0F8llL6q8sMKM0sfQ0epCX_GEPFLtciI_i9loRLGp/s1600-h/RedAndYellowFlower-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X7HeFDlHie7H3hXf2PO520KlG5Ks-OdvVqa8D1EtMsjLPE2GiIiTtIQTnDAOMEU0gLsWpcQ0PYSU5y2y3UB6ADU4T_BtQ3HCdnZ0F8llL6q8sMKM0sfQ0epCX_GEPFLtciI_i9loRLGp/s400/RedAndYellowFlower-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347005573073872194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">These white flowers were big - 8" across or so. The petals seemed sheer. Is this a peony? It does not grow in my part of the world.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aFwwcTS12NNMOrOHDvyAbGNPGwqdh16hyphenhyphenhOTB9hwIqAiaZJ54aVi0-CFGX4AOimtBug5S2FaQ1D6DftSjoC5GO-PeyeVS4udYe1lmE1YuJdj2G55LS_Hh53hvKl0nZ8nb3RIxR_o7gNg/s1600-h/WhitePeony-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aFwwcTS12NNMOrOHDvyAbGNPGwqdh16hyphenhyphenhOTB9hwIqAiaZJ54aVi0-CFGX4AOimtBug5S2FaQ1D6DftSjoC5GO-PeyeVS4udYe1lmE1YuJdj2G55LS_Hh53hvKl0nZ8nb3RIxR_o7gNg/s400/WhitePeony-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347005568560395682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I think this is a lady slipper...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgu87vGB_2Q1Uapf3eG3Kbj9YNhBXEzzGzQ-qwO0PzQJbio-FtKC7rxYGxKcCRB6fFCxYL2KmPBAdHPHcJcWHOsCwDoAFr8s6L80HNYqDYiqIfnrxqWNMRml81OU0Si9xfNcrR8TTB0FnH/s1600-h/LadySlipper-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgu87vGB_2Q1Uapf3eG3Kbj9YNhBXEzzGzQ-qwO0PzQJbio-FtKC7rxYGxKcCRB6fFCxYL2KmPBAdHPHcJcWHOsCwDoAFr8s6L80HNYqDYiqIfnrxqWNMRml81OU0Si9xfNcrR8TTB0FnH/s400/LadySlipper-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347005566303229714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Even the dandelions are pretty here.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV2cLEFa8uMd4rCC75K-l58lPzCAgxRytIukvkvBedhK7wlS6_Nu52UZRStC1GfyRVoB4msAKMK0f7rZN-Nb8OkCN8tjMjqU93RBcSt-qw73EGOP2lo7Bod3eMaUfBaee5FMmFo4HyTCu/s1600-h/Dandelion-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV2cLEFa8uMd4rCC75K-l58lPzCAgxRytIukvkvBedhK7wlS6_Nu52UZRStC1GfyRVoB4msAKMK0f7rZN-Nb8OkCN8tjMjqU93RBcSt-qw73EGOP2lo7Bod3eMaUfBaee5FMmFo4HyTCu/s400/Dandelion-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347005562893630994" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-58622554047259969292009-06-19T12:34:00.003-05:002009-06-19T12:34:00.080-05:00Fun stuff from Michigan...<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Isn't this an amazing roof? I've never seen another one like it.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaUukcgmXzElUWgQ141ilkLx0nWp6talwMXnocSGemsGMg0qsJtjkCaBq1e432JzNHzrR5nX-NkMfUKr21hCNk1KsUUPQMcHsbeMChmWPQ2uX7ViBPk-OH4R8Uq5TuE38-oLsHEqa0wLm/s1600-h/RainbowBarnRoof+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaUukcgmXzElUWgQ141ilkLx0nWp6talwMXnocSGemsGMg0qsJtjkCaBq1e432JzNHzrR5nX-NkMfUKr21hCNk1KsUUPQMcHsbeMChmWPQ2uX7ViBPk-OH4R8Uq5TuE38-oLsHEqa0wLm/s400/RainbowBarnRoof+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347346755674613330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">These pansies are pretty, but the colored pots are what make these special.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_jDMB9YAB5d0iCEvQyBmyz2U-QE1MR26tRQN-xL4wtKT4W7kYRfIV9kLfn2REsYGzXjJxjwGQ0T-0EOwRr8D7NXbU90F2aledxKJPnZkkAwsFbUXmAg6kMKv1I099eoJG3jV-r6hEZ0r/s1600-h/PansiesInColorfulPots+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_jDMB9YAB5d0iCEvQyBmyz2U-QE1MR26tRQN-xL4wtKT4W7kYRfIV9kLfn2REsYGzXjJxjwGQ0T-0EOwRr8D7NXbU90F2aledxKJPnZkkAwsFbUXmAg6kMKv1I099eoJG3jV-r6hEZ0r/s400/PansiesInColorfulPots+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347346747966382882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Very ornate wrought iron looked wonderful in front of a Victorian house in Charlevoix...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07r4ioOyhXw6IoEOQwfvuCkT-0uLqxypRQYYlpmxfuCR5-eWM_ngmedtjXaIBP9qjYFjgJOjmJsQK4X2jFjHz5cEyVuFtbRc7ow66SdnWRLci453QU3HsgsfBOhIHJ6Mcnw4vipNGvSNA/s1600-h/IronChair-Table.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07r4ioOyhXw6IoEOQwfvuCkT-0uLqxypRQYYlpmxfuCR5-eWM_ngmedtjXaIBP9qjYFjgJOjmJsQK4X2jFjHz5cEyVuFtbRc7ow66SdnWRLci453QU3HsgsfBOhIHJ6Mcnw4vipNGvSNA/s400/IronChair-Table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347346745741211570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Charlevoix Public Library is a renovated elementary school. The children's area was one of the best I've ever seen - and it was obvious that the kids thought so too. One thing I noticed in particular was this old refrigerator door mounted on the wall with word magnets. The kids were encouraged to make new poems. Great idea for an old fridge.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_d2bvisCdqwjG6E5KSpdK2qKjXR-1VGgthJ610ks9H1k41m3ZQ6L_tZti7l4FKlJ6xjfgImGWLFIQawkZGWkEyw3iTHoRVYrY95QdhsKhMku8Kz5MF0nHxdj3IxV1FPgy_ZkFv1BBBEE/s1600-h/FridgeDoorMagBoard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_d2bvisCdqwjG6E5KSpdK2qKjXR-1VGgthJ610ks9H1k41m3ZQ6L_tZti7l4FKlJ6xjfgImGWLFIQawkZGWkEyw3iTHoRVYrY95QdhsKhMku8Kz5MF0nHxdj3IxV1FPgy_ZkFv1BBBEE/s400/FridgeDoorMagBoard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347346742206061970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all, I have to say that the parts of Michigan we visited were absolutely beautiful, the people were great and the food was magnificent!</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-1882465242355044972009-06-18T12:42:00.000-05:002009-06-18T13:34:48.648-05:00More from Michigan...<span style="font-family:verdana;">Charlevoix, MI, is a lovely resort town. We did a walking tour of the "mushroom houses" designed by architect </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://charlevoixparkavenue.wordpress.com/guidebook/the-earl-young-houses/">Earl Young</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. These houses are happy! The owner of this house was outside and we got to visiting. He and his family are from Austin, TX. He invited us in to see the house - what a treat! The house is tiny and quirky - perfect for a summer home.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSXAbQI324YDSY3z8PrTUW9zUtCYxKwqpley_MfAkMgGEvoVe4j4YIp_RWELref3y9dgOUfCtWPmKM_8hA9vrZ36jVKXD-7AHNTyWEBgWYnhMXQI5_3S7UwGO-fNn_HIcC0e_u0JkePYf/s1600-h/MushroomHouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSXAbQI324YDSY3z8PrTUW9zUtCYxKwqpley_MfAkMgGEvoVe4j4YIp_RWELref3y9dgOUfCtWPmKM_8hA9vrZ36jVKXD-7AHNTyWEBgWYnhMXQI5_3S7UwGO-fNn_HIcC0e_u0JkePYf/s400/MushroomHouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347342003390007490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The mile long drive into Charlevoix is lined with petunias on both sides of the street. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5VPC6QNHkDmY_SJ_lDBD8Y_GhO14AJ2_1QWCccx3HblVuuSsGd4RrnLornUxR9BTutB42_JJrac4yVPgu0OuA9dLq7UyzMSwNmbHU7pNqb-98FL-sO-sQqwlmTelmvJJj7d2k4BL1kZU/s1600-h/PetuniaCurbs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5VPC6QNHkDmY_SJ_lDBD8Y_GhO14AJ2_1QWCccx3HblVuuSsGd4RrnLornUxR9BTutB42_JJrac4yVPgu0OuA9dLq7UyzMSwNmbHU7pNqb-98FL-sO-sQqwlmTelmvJJj7d2k4BL1kZU/s400/PetuniaCurbs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347342000872786050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This young woman was outside a restaurant, luring in diners. I would seriously love to have those striped tights. But not the dress.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4caU0GaOQfOyNX_3smKSRet2M8GxK407vWiUqDL0jOXlK_GleRKPURqpVtoEOpYlrCSKJNyKdW0rM6nP-d4C8QJCxy_npk268cjxfMx-Pv7kuNPSItD4X-63Bct6-uUFT4kugET6qfhyphenhyphen/s1600-h/ViolinistInblackAndWhite-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4caU0GaOQfOyNX_3smKSRet2M8GxK407vWiUqDL0jOXlK_GleRKPURqpVtoEOpYlrCSKJNyKdW0rM6nP-d4C8QJCxy_npk268cjxfMx-Pv7kuNPSItD4X-63Bct6-uUFT4kugET6qfhyphenhyphen/s400/ViolinistInblackAndWhite-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347341992537614674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This mosaic was outside of a restaurant. Very cool.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1c6jGBjMBB0LUuC3G5hr5ztcJCsAfsmbn1dUDipEbQtBeO7XFkK96ji2WqI7DLtPSruOroLu_HulmkHrv53FeB2AN2XqbA9_hXmZpZrm5kyXaYfB2CiETpUH_8JYuV5zUcGfPiODPj8U/s1600-h/CupAndSaucerMosaic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1c6jGBjMBB0LUuC3G5hr5ztcJCsAfsmbn1dUDipEbQtBeO7XFkK96ji2WqI7DLtPSruOroLu_HulmkHrv53FeB2AN2XqbA9_hXmZpZrm5kyXaYfB2CiETpUH_8JYuV5zUcGfPiODPj8U/s400/CupAndSaucerMosaic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347344301040330306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had dinner with friends, Jackie and Jerry, at their house on Torch Lake. It was so much fun! Jackie helped me find </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petoskey_stone">petoskey stones</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> on the lake shore (mostly she found them for me). Petoskeys are the state stone of Michigan. Steve and Jerry went sailing. Where the color of the water changes, the lake bottom drops from about 5' to 200'. Torch Lake at its deepest is 300'. It's so very clear and blue - it makes our lakes at home look like mud pits.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4kSKSvb83DuVhRvCWcvdEhKmUwwE2QTrzGUuj0ZiGtwuySJtuktD0O24doEVyhmoZkaO0p-ctf5vHsTHGCWBrHpSFZg-sxObt5tnbAO3_HJzVsKimc6AoJJSpxN1ESTf4-8xwdagsPQb/s1600-h/SailingOnTorchLake-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4kSKSvb83DuVhRvCWcvdEhKmUwwE2QTrzGUuj0ZiGtwuySJtuktD0O24doEVyhmoZkaO0p-ctf5vHsTHGCWBrHpSFZg-sxObt5tnbAO3_HJzVsKimc6AoJJSpxN1ESTf4-8xwdagsPQb/s400/SailingOnTorchLake-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347344299687604306" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-20451333009924458752009-06-17T12:20:00.000-05:002009-06-17T12:20:00.222-05:00Bay View, MI...<span style="font-family: verdana;">We spent several days in Michigan. Petoskey was our first stop. The town of Petoskey surrounds an older township called </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_View,_Michigan">Bay View</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. It was founded as a religious resort community in 1875. As we walked around I realized that when I imagine small town America - this is what's in my head. Lovely Victorian houses, tall leafy trees, lawns that blend together, kids out playing, people on porches, and the most amazingly clean outdoor smells - amazing. Unfortunately we didn't actually get to stay here - but it <span style="font-style: italic;">was</span> fun to visit.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVYHqw_1T8tqx_8lIgVOLlQ7sIdydUwCTEeG09oWBKZDhYENYeXyOmEzsaIhoMXtzd2YywtYwEFrKA-8V4MBmiU3N0agb_Vbdz12QWm5WiFow4pHnXtLQ7nCusWDgCSMZZIFF3Dq450PJ/s1600-h/BayViewMI-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVYHqw_1T8tqx_8lIgVOLlQ7sIdydUwCTEeG09oWBKZDhYENYeXyOmEzsaIhoMXtzd2YywtYwEFrKA-8V4MBmiU3N0agb_Vbdz12QWm5WiFow4pHnXtLQ7nCusWDgCSMZZIFF3Dq450PJ/s400/BayViewMI-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347002930755225842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYasn4beSzw7ODyTnC9znfacMuuz-kT_GCMqm1wcSRhyphenhyphen-HDBZL2BMsG0_aVfuukycAQUXPL7x88SQqSbl-nMNzC6q4hWlqZ3-TKuJzjrH2MMmGRmFp4Tu7FUMI7PTFhU4A-P9Jg1qBuq7G/s1600-h/WeeHoose-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYasn4beSzw7ODyTnC9znfacMuuz-kT_GCMqm1wcSRhyphenhyphen-HDBZL2BMsG0_aVfuukycAQUXPL7x88SQqSbl-nMNzC6q4hWlqZ3-TKuJzjrH2MMmGRmFp4Tu7FUMI7PTFhU4A-P9Jg1qBuq7G/s400/WeeHoose-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347002923803003586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sign on the green house says "Wee Hoose"! You can't say that without smiling.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj7__s3MHgy0nQpOI-J81aXxb0xjW7CFjNjiyC-YDl6EwruzqzHBqcnfrgc1h2oHXQKjnHI7bA7-oRVSRDgjq4XaGcJsZ4w-idGdFFuLMKDO1yB6bTGOpKhDy86fuvZl0JmeCJRa-HiRz/s1600-h/BayViewMI-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj7__s3MHgy0nQpOI-J81aXxb0xjW7CFjNjiyC-YDl6EwruzqzHBqcnfrgc1h2oHXQKjnHI7bA7-oRVSRDgjq4XaGcJsZ4w-idGdFFuLMKDO1yB6bTGOpKhDy86fuvZl0JmeCJRa-HiRz/s400/BayViewMI-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347002919868022946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKRIS9DJjkHXnNQlLv8SdqzTn8-q8QLmGvQdL4N5wTr0K7BSi3LTQj6zbLOhREJhB8BvKUlGxZ8mzjFe-YwaSzCWP9vp7_LDsq4FMe3XotxlQKI1V7ODcGdUpnPwqBuk486_Fp6Sep-zJ/s1600-h/BayViewMI-03+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKRIS9DJjkHXnNQlLv8SdqzTn8-q8QLmGvQdL4N5wTr0K7BSi3LTQj6zbLOhREJhB8BvKUlGxZ8mzjFe-YwaSzCWP9vp7_LDsq4FMe3XotxlQKI1V7ODcGdUpnPwqBuk486_Fp6Sep-zJ/s400/BayViewMI-03+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347002915609342146" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-31457541754602882702009-06-16T12:10:00.000-05:002009-06-16T12:10:01.027-05:00Fountains in Chicago...<span style="font-family: verdana;">Chicago has lots of fountains. Big ones, little ones, modern ones, <a href="http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/buckinghamfountain.htm">old ones</a>. Water does not appear to be a problem in Chicago.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had to stop and look at this fountain in particular. I couldn't help but wonder why is the water hitting this poor stone woman in the waist? I'm just sure she's wondering the same thing. That would drive me crazy.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaobxe01awDCvtC5sItcB83lxkfDUDNLMV3yk1-jj9JFZlR-IXVRi6mxwILhR9LPzQ7OjlujbV8zL8TgdnYT4CUtBUdbPiOSojx_OxaZDZpumL-OlDyAHVXjmCCVr3z_ycWj6Dz5gJWsAx/s1600-h/WaistWaterFountain+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaobxe01awDCvtC5sItcB83lxkfDUDNLMV3yk1-jj9JFZlR-IXVRi6mxwILhR9LPzQ7OjlujbV8zL8TgdnYT4CUtBUdbPiOSojx_OxaZDZpumL-OlDyAHVXjmCCVr3z_ycWj6Dz5gJWsAx/s400/WaistWaterFountain+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347000208005880546" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-83520120950016661002009-06-15T12:36:00.000-05:002009-06-15T12:36:00.356-05:00Steve at the Art Institute...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpNWQS8BYGhInstXTL_tgrHeduHkuLiihR28i8ijsa8L_lbPCGCQFFyv6CQf3XmcwqVcX2li52qSOhjlrZToWuaEfzvtxkpGcEM5UzmsgqA-KGIRR_J5UHqgwXvPF8IO9okjh4rdqzY0K/s1600-h/SteveAndGOKeefeClouds+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpNWQS8BYGhInstXTL_tgrHeduHkuLiihR28i8ijsa8L_lbPCGCQFFyv6CQf3XmcwqVcX2li52qSOhjlrZToWuaEfzvtxkpGcEM5UzmsgqA-KGIRR_J5UHqgwXvPF8IO9okjh4rdqzY0K/s400/SteveAndGOKeefeClouds+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347006804448161650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's Steve in front of the largest painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. It's Georgia O'Keefe's Sky Above Clouds.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANHfKRII1t-L43Z04oBCJiBMdEub3NmOxhNY_cGbY7dFngTvvAZp4cZYWngcGOUeyL1MkO55S0r5HL_RT7ZKOBgVk_GR8wp-AzOwI1p9Q0ll0F8UaJzP4fGAkzjFBjizQ2kHJyhP1q8Om/s1600-h/SteveAgainstGreenWall+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANHfKRII1t-L43Z04oBCJiBMdEub3NmOxhNY_cGbY7dFngTvvAZp4cZYWngcGOUeyL1MkO55S0r5HL_RT7ZKOBgVk_GR8wp-AzOwI1p9Q0ll0F8UaJzP4fGAkzjFBjizQ2kHJyhP1q8Om/s400/SteveAgainstGreenWall+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347006797998318578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">I loved this green dotted wall. Steve looks lots better in front of it than I did. The photo he took of me was almost immediately deleted. Don't you love that - no wasting film, no guilt, just delete those bad photos!</span>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-20603587329377996152009-06-14T12:55:00.000-05:002009-06-14T12:55:00.978-05:00From Chicago...<span style="font-family:verdana;">We went to the <a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/">Art Institute of Chicago</a> last Wednesday. What an amazing place! The bronze lions flanking the entry are just about as wonderful as the art inside.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9IOEC20MWBH7QIELemWo0sW03oZxYhztl3a9pthshsdXUM43ZcizruJm4maW6GIwNCIUbQhS2rXyje7kZKJ0biHCE7XDoRNliqgjYpKj8aWp0wnsiEnCQf_yCjMtfuNnwQ3hyphenhyphen7mj6i3r/s1600-h/AIC-Lion-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9IOEC20MWBH7QIELemWo0sW03oZxYhztl3a9pthshsdXUM43ZcizruJm4maW6GIwNCIUbQhS2rXyje7kZKJ0biHCE7XDoRNliqgjYpKj8aWp0wnsiEnCQf_yCjMtfuNnwQ3hyphenhyphen7mj6i3r/s400/AIC-Lion-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346996834923507250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I wondered about people taking photos of the art... and then I found myself snapping a few photos. It was allowed, I wasn't breaking any rules. I bought a postcard of this <a href="http://www.vangoghgallery.com/">Van Gogh</a>, but I'm glad I have the photo too. It's different in its frame.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbg4j0OYjus7CQrl_YEfIPPxLv-iHDBdKoCFAOi3nvaSTeeQ2_r6BOR2sQqdiX-u-x5RrbyxugY5VfxZh10prDoh8QgGH0k_2mOqF2YdGK6p5lgOPw1f9D1hLTg-v-CIpsK6GOa2fe9KX/s1600-h/VanGogh-Bedroom-1889+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbg4j0OYjus7CQrl_YEfIPPxLv-iHDBdKoCFAOi3nvaSTeeQ2_r6BOR2sQqdiX-u-x5RrbyxugY5VfxZh10prDoh8QgGH0k_2mOqF2YdGK6p5lgOPw1f9D1hLTg-v-CIpsK6GOa2fe9KX/s400/VanGogh-Bedroom-1889+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346996847681801890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm also happy to have this detail shot of one of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet">Monet</a>'s waterlilies. That man could do amazing things with splotches of paint.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEb4aJwXQ8QlpL3zQtk74WIPwHKmu7zpkuoshw_jy0oawsQDz8c7a_74Uz6d6jHKivYejE9iTTSjZRixjQgkmG1iNqE2OoGZN0-zl4ITKA0U_H0ISOo_iqCHlBKGi2BXX0x7_z71NDyDi/s1600-h/CMonet-WaterLilyPond+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEb4aJwXQ8QlpL3zQtk74WIPwHKmu7zpkuoshw_jy0oawsQDz8c7a_74Uz6d6jHKivYejE9iTTSjZRixjQgkmG1iNqE2OoGZN0-zl4ITKA0U_H0ISOo_iqCHlBKGi2BXX0x7_z71NDyDi/s400/CMonet-WaterLilyPond+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346996836273802226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dots have always been good...<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkEGsYX1veTm7MEigviIxejJAMccCMg7JX_uSvCCuIN9vbs1_4dbeeEkHrxpSWkR20xMzjmmex7XSm9wP54Lhpx9j4ataRgbF14TbGqSMkt9G2lsjxvFGI3JkDSUIKpHBDJTkItCEzvur/s1600-h/DotJar-China-2400BC+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkEGsYX1veTm7MEigviIxejJAMccCMg7JX_uSvCCuIN9vbs1_4dbeeEkHrxpSWkR20xMzjmmex7XSm9wP54Lhpx9j4ataRgbF14TbGqSMkt9G2lsjxvFGI3JkDSUIKpHBDJTkItCEzvur/s400/DotJar-China-2400BC+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346996844355595778" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-63164606204538116182009-06-11T12:00:00.000-05:002009-06-11T12:00:01.252-05:00Everyday Best in Wool...<span style="font-family: verdana;">Vicki Norris made a small version of Everyday Best in wool and brought it to a class I recently taught in Kingwood, TX. It's on our Show & Tell page too, but I wanted to be sure you blog readers saw it. It's way cute!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UqthNPCDrp6YO23pNqCvDi7KO-xFDZRuvakvgPxlaD6DTM20rnq87HxO-5YS7gkke9ayQ3n30YNX185FUmGyUwWVdnqS3oTpV2PdZ6qmerCLXKmhneIyuSb0-2BvhkgaltpudfT8eEOy/s1600-h/VickiNorris-WoolEveryDayBest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UqthNPCDrp6YO23pNqCvDi7KO-xFDZRuvakvgPxlaD6DTM20rnq87HxO-5YS7gkke9ayQ3n30YNX185FUmGyUwWVdnqS3oTpV2PdZ6qmerCLXKmhneIyuSb0-2BvhkgaltpudfT8eEOy/s400/VickiNorris-WoolEveryDayBest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344632861795748594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HO3T4Z2GH1-48mWlURiICWjGnSZ16nT1PnAEtRCKMPGVyq4TshRDFoTxzGBdp_rgelo9W61rKSGb4EYdxDRkwphLU-lqjj9xmeS-RX3oeycknoBz4gHjKnU4e0plNPi4iPChrvWPZLjm/s1600-h/VickiNorris-WoolEveryDayBest-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HO3T4Z2GH1-48mWlURiICWjGnSZ16nT1PnAEtRCKMPGVyq4TshRDFoTxzGBdp_rgelo9W61rKSGb4EYdxDRkwphLU-lqjj9xmeS-RX3oeycknoBz4gHjKnU4e0plNPi4iPChrvWPZLjm/s400/VickiNorris-WoolEveryDayBest-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344632861792071858" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615907965216137377.post-90475161545052143792009-06-10T12:16:00.000-05:002009-06-10T12:16:00.830-05:00Flowers from home...<span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm on the road now with my husband, Steve. We are on our way to the Vermont Quilt Festival via Chicago, Michigan, Niagra Falls, etc. I'm also going to be teaching Connecticut and we will visit NYC and Baltimore. I hope to be able to post from the road but here's some flowers from TX for now...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCWprJeN1mQacbRdNEIXdEZd7CNetmEttHsic2Ukqnhh5p5Q-9ekcrevKm2gg5YROK7zRVqSDXah26FHzAORmDRAaKvYfc-U_f6z1-rOzeav-QTtA7BljLcIvrWY-gTSEaWdBkYoWMC3e/s1600-h/PinkHydrangea-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCWprJeN1mQacbRdNEIXdEZd7CNetmEttHsic2Ukqnhh5p5Q-9ekcrevKm2gg5YROK7zRVqSDXah26FHzAORmDRAaKvYfc-U_f6z1-rOzeav-QTtA7BljLcIvrWY-gTSEaWdBkYoWMC3e/s320/PinkHydrangea-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342858286103977378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYNPcDNuw4YQMx6QzJxHtvjrZSeDgcYdVmkXsu8dm8BfhIjU_iGoQQSCXw0eKpmHqarJXOMgQo3O22t_QMDMjcerrc2hrw6snVSpPc9pVCPZsRrhlAfe8kTopp0HtXJEcwTL1o_8KKXjm/s1600-h/PinkHydrangea-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYNPcDNuw4YQMx6QzJxHtvjrZSeDgcYdVmkXsu8dm8BfhIjU_iGoQQSCXw0eKpmHqarJXOMgQo3O22t_QMDMjcerrc2hrw6snVSpPc9pVCPZsRrhlAfe8kTopp0HtXJEcwTL1o_8KKXjm/s320/PinkHydrangea-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342858280097240674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQprkDRfVh1YiT8yZsKj1NJK98M5LoH94Vid_ZW3-LA6TP-sFKJmgwIk91241oCLEKfwSPMBvi31RVDaWhKbAnoYYKZWUy8Rmxsbaqu504I0Y0cbGYVC8mTWIHjt2OqVDLdmJLICbh7gm/s1600-h/BeeOnConeflower-02+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQprkDRfVh1YiT8yZsKj1NJK98M5LoH94Vid_ZW3-LA6TP-sFKJmgwIk91241oCLEKfwSPMBvi31RVDaWhKbAnoYYKZWUy8Rmxsbaqu504I0Y0cbGYVC8mTWIHjt2OqVDLdmJLICbh7gm/s320/BeeOnConeflower-02+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342858280586259874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkrwhUBKDM0m7ZsDxHYhul5gCWuQzEyY1Xb2d2Q21mlY7goNwRdkLXRXnI5NTP79WpIF2YFhCVKPG7iA-zRpTy9g6YwOQVD_yDEPRrs9jbb2fP2b8mgrbuXAFM7GJR0-bSgQAgm5hxAkn/s1600-h/BeeOnConeflower-01+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkrwhUBKDM0m7ZsDxHYhul5gCWuQzEyY1Xb2d2Q21mlY7goNwRdkLXRXnI5NTP79WpIF2YFhCVKPG7iA-zRpTy9g6YwOQVD_yDEPRrs9jbb2fP2b8mgrbuXAFM7GJR0-bSgQAgm5hxAkn/s320/BeeOnConeflower-01+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342858274907717794" border="0" /></a>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033022622477989810noreply@blogger.com2