Since I was in crazy weaving production mode due to the upcoming Driftless Area Art Festival I almost didn't attend our monthly weavers gathering at Anne Marie's house. Â I'm sure glad that I went, it was just the break from weaving that I needed and now that the art fair is sadly canceled again this [...]
One more step to normalcy was hosting this months weavers group and it was such a beautiful day, made more so by sharing it with such talented and inspirational women. Â Another plus was that this is the cleanest my house has been since before the pandemic. Â That says a lot about my housekeeping priorities. These [...]
Well we waited a long time, but our May, 2nd Monday weavers gathering was in person, outside on a lovely spring day, maskless and joyful; at Elin and Bob's lovely country farmhouse. We are kicking Zoom to the curb although it sure made staying connected during covid a great option. Elin showed us her new [...]
Well it has been a hot minute since I last posted about our monthly 2nd Monday weavers gatherings. Â Our last get together in person was a lovely and surprisingly warm day in November at Kathy's lovely home in the valley. Â We thought we would have to gather outside around a fire but didn't need that [...]
At the beginning of each year, VIVA Gallery takes a month to celebrate the talents of its members with a themed show, and this January our member show is called Connections. Â Members are encouraged to interpret what Connection means to them. Â Choosing this theme was in part a response to how divisive our country and [...]
So this is the day before Thanksgiving and I find myself procrastinating ( a speciality of mine) and instead of baking pies, or whatever, will show you our November gathering of fiber friends at Kathy's home. We were expecting colder weather but it was a warm enough day that we didn't even need the fire [...]
Our 2nd Monday in October weavers had a lovely and brisk gathering surrounded by beautiful fall colors at our local park. As I am writing this we have just had our first snowfall of the season so it will be interesting to see how we social gather in the upcoming winter months. Kathy has offered [...]
The last farmers market flowers.  Our fiber group shared a lovely day at Eckhardt Park for our 2nd Monday weavers gathering in September. Although it is hard to say what the colder weather will bring. We acknowledge that the isolation of not getting together once a month is not what any of [...]
For it being a such a crazy time, where the crazies are seemingly without end, it is surprising how fast the summer is actually disappearing. With another shooting in Wisconsin of an unarmed black man this weekend, we are once again confronted with the evidence of a racist society, and now the back lash of [...]
Last months fiber gathering was a lovely day spent in the shade of a few huge trees in Rachel's front yard.  Elin's granddaughter made good use of the trees for climbing. It was fun to see Elin in grandma mode. With the continued stress of rising Covid-19 numbers in Wisconsin this gathering was a needed [...]
