Round and round

 Love this circle quilt.

It did take some time to do the beading.

The colors are so fine.

I have been going in circles this week.

Two weeks and 2 days until knee replacement.

I came up with a cough and shortness of breath so

began a series of test. My nuclear stress test showed

that my heart is in good working order. I do not know

what the Echo showed yet. I will go back to the

cardiologist on Tuesday than pre op tests on Thursday

next week. That will make 5 medical visits in 8 days.

Enough to exhaust anyone. Thank  goodness  I do not

have the heart of my father or uncles. They all

had serious heart issues. I am thinking that my

cough issue is lung related and related to the

fumes from the fabrics and products in my studio.

Darn that will mean washing and ironing a lot of

FABRIC.

 Speaking of my father I made a small quilt about

him. He always went to Costa Rica fishing in February.

He was an avid fisherman. There are lots of green

parakeets in Costa Rica. He lived a full life. 85 years.

He enjoyed every one on them.

Flower Power

 The gardens are starting to look lovely.

 Day lilies and cone flowers.

 Love the deep red day lilies.

Than the back study of just plain leaves.

Summer is a wonderful time in the gardens.

Montana bound

 These two art quilts are going on a trip to

Montana.

For a show called Montana meets Indiana.

Dana Zier lived for a time in Indiana and

recently went back to her home.

Montana.

She asked some Indiana friends to join in a

show with here in her new gallery in Montana.

I keep thinking that the one below needs

something more but I like the simplicity of it.

Well off to the studio to work. Hard. Much to do.

Lovely things in my world.

 I ran across this photo of some flowers I received

last year. The memory is warm and cozy and the

flowers are still beautiful.

My sunset art quilt came home.

I love this one and I am going to keep this in my

collection. I don't keep many but this one is special.

 The yellow daisy flowers are blooming by the big

pond again. I got the seeds from my friend Maria Fedniayk.

She was a sweet heart. Originally from the Ukraine.

She was another fellow artist and friend.

The memory is sweet.

Yesterday I made a chart of all I need to do in the

next 3 months. Lots of deadlines for shows.

Now to get working.

Friends and good times

I took my friends Doris B Myers to brunch today

at the new Farmhouse Restaurant in Fair Oaks

Indiana today. Her and I have our art displayed there

for the next few months. This is my 92 year young

friend. While she was in the bar posing with her art

she made friends with the bar waiter, never too old for

good looking men. The food is very good and the

service was outstanding. 

Here is another old friend.

This is a painting by Doris of Charlie Carter's barn.

Charlie lived a mile north of as when I was a child.

He drank pretty heavy so he did not have a car.

He took his tractor to town to get his groceries.

He wired a bushel basket to the tractor hitch to

carry his good. I loved the looks of the old barn

and traded Doris one of my paintings for this one a

few years back. It hangs in my bedroom and I

look at it daily, she is one heck of a painter and

a great friend.