Hi Friends, This past week has been a whirlwind of activity! The paintings were due, my parents came to visit, my niece and nephew had a big event to celebrate, our new windows arrived, our gas line was repaired, my husband went on his sales trip and just when you think you've managed to recover… Continue reading 45 Years Later I Learn How To Change A Battery!
More Painting – #11 and #12
Last Wednesday I spent another session at the municipal center. I haven't quite figured out water yet but still trying! Sorry, the photo of the painting is blurry but it is still in progress... and today I spent a few hours at another location, this time the Nature Center. There was a lot of ground… Continue reading More Painting – #11 and #12
Scenes From The Dashboard — Robbery In Progress?
Hey All! It's never a dull commute for me. Okay, maybe sometimes, but more often then not lately there's always something crazy going on. So yesterday, I'm driving along minding my own business when cop cars come flying out of nowhere and pull into this Shell station! Ooh! Ooh! What's going on? A robbery? The traffic… Continue reading Scenes From The Dashboard — Robbery In Progress?
More Bird Sightings!
Two more birds have come to the feeders. This Goldfinch came yesterday... and then when I arrived home this afternoon I put my purse and lunch bag down on the kitchen counter and saw this!... Quick, get my camera! Oh C'mon...focus darn it!O Oh please turn towards me! C'mon, C'mon! Nope...flew away... But I got'em! … Continue reading More Bird Sightings!
Plein Air Painting Competition 2013 – Painting Out The Kinks for Career Painting #10
Hi Friends! I signed up for the 2013 Plein Air Painting competition...see this link...and the painting portion has begun! Can we just say I am sooooo rusty! Friends, I haven't broken out the paints since this time last year. I am soooo bad! It is not for the lack of WANTING to paint, I have wanted to do… Continue reading Plein Air Painting Competition 2013 – Painting Out The Kinks for Career Painting #10
String Quilt Project – Feather Practice Finished!
The free motion quilting of the feathers is finally finished! Now I have to come up with a plan for the outer border. I just found Patsy Thompson's video here! http://youtu.be/wKlMTl4XwSY I'm off to figure out how to do this! Okay, and don't you just love Patsy's videos? I have to watch more of… Continue reading String Quilt Project – Feather Practice Finished!
More Signs of Spring…More Birds!
Alfred Hitchcock would be proud of me. All these birds and all, though I don't think any of them will be causing panic, death and destruction like in that movie of his. So yesterday I'm at the kitchen sink and a bird flies in I've never seen before. I grab my camera but the photos… Continue reading More Signs of Spring…More Birds!
In Search of the Cormorant
I've seen pretty much all of the major species of Illinois water birds in the park near our home. This lake you see above is a man-made lake designed to control flooding. It does a great job of that, thank goodness having just been through one of the worst floods around here, but it also… Continue reading In Search of the Cormorant
The String Quilt Project – Free Motion Feather Practice!
While our paint dries between applications I've set up my Little Sport to continue working on the quilting of the String Quilt. This machine is a challenge to do Free Motion Quilting, of course any machine is a challenge to do free motion, you know they all have their little quirks, but silly me decided… Continue reading The String Quilt Project – Free Motion Feather Practice!
The Des Plaines River Crests at a Record High…
I'm not sure if you can really tell, after all this is from my car, but I wanted to take a photo of the record height of the Des Plaines River for posterity. The water is about as high as the bridge... This route is only 1 of 2 that I can use to get… Continue reading The Des Plaines River Crests at a Record High…
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