mosaic wall outside Elizabeth Maurlands former studioSteele Cow studio in Wakon, Iowa. Artist Valerie Millerpottery studio of Winthrop and Sandra Byers, in Rock Springs, WI.pottery studio of Winthrop and Sandra Byers, in Rock Springs, WI.old school house now a pottery studiostudio of Char TerBeest Kudla Fiber Artist and husband Franksculpture outside of the food coop [...]
beautiful fall day for kayaking first kayaking with Molly. Let's just say it was interesting.she loves the water.imagine my horror when I picked this up and found out it was plastic...so wrong!
darn, I should have danced with a tall headViroqua's harvest parade was another fun filled visual delight showing the history of Viroqua, from the mastodon and really cute neanderthals to the final float encouraging us to join in Viroqua's future. It was fun to watch the float go by that honored our history with tobacco [...]
Quilts by Nancy Crow/almost makes me want to quiltNan's new house and a walk to her future weaving studioflowers from Carole's garden/ Elin's treasures for a future grandchild/ my earrings/ Nan's rugNan had our weavers group to her newly finished, beautiful light filled home. As a home should, it reflects the people who live within. The [...]
my treasurebamboo spaced warp scarvesmy favoritemixed warp scarf with bamboo weft/ M's and O's bamboo scarfrayon chenille with bamboo weft and rosepath inlayRayon chenille shawl with bamboo weft and rosepath inlay I am recovered enough from my marathon weaving to feel a little sorry for my empty looms. I probably won't remedy it tomorrow though; because [...]
My boothThe best coffee in the world, locally roasted and boy did I need it Sat morningsome of my favorite artists including Ken and Michelle Workowski's booth" The Nature of Things"Linda Kennedy "Elk Run Handwovens and Joyce Krueger of Sunset Hill Studio/ both part of our weavers group.The art fair puts on a great spread [...]
You know you live in a small town when the front page of your newspaper contains a story about a Sasquatch sighting and the weekly sheriffs report has 22 suspicious activities; including the unconfirmed Sasquatch sighting and a confirmed sighting of two peacocks. Exciting week!
The last couple of weeks have been filled with color as I prepare for the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, as evidenced by my green finger, a blue big toe and briefly a blue dog. But that is a whole other story. Tomorrow I load up the truck and ply my wares at the festival [...]
Scarves worked on during the olympicsthe dye-olympics start soon...So once again I am weaving like a mad person in preparation for two upcoming shows in September. The fact that they are back to back weekends, makes me slightly crazy and I am sure it's about to get crazier. First is the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool festival [...]
strawberry ice creamMolly trying to be patientshe thinks the ice cream maker needs to die Crostini with balsamic strawberries and ricotta./recipe hereshould have listened when she said she thought we had enoughquite the haulOne of our recent and many hot spells this summer inspired a trip to the strawberry patch and the making of strawberry [...]
