Looking forward to summer.

Remember the sweet juicy melon I showed you last summer.

Well we had melon for supper tonight and it was

like sweet wood.

How long until August?

6  1/2 months until the sweetness returns.

Sad.

Had a busy day Beverly and I cleaned the kitchen

cabinets inside and out and the frig.

Took 2 of us 3 hours.

That kitchen is too big.

Great results with FotoFiber today.

I bet Virginia Spiegel is tired.

She should sleep good tonight.

Over $7000 made for the American Cancer Society.

Great job.



Winter or Spring?

My daffodils are up 4 inches.

They think it is spring.

Next the Robins will be back.

Maybe we are going to skip winter this year,

I got the furnace room cleaned.

7  large black garbage bags of junk

boxes and etc.

Now I can go to the studio without feeling guilty.

Got my work done.

Blog interrupted by Christmas

I don't know about you but I am busy.

Cleaning the house

Making food

Buying food

Going to rehab for a frozen shoulder.

Following up with the foot doc for

a fix on each foot.

Trying to do the above with bad feet

not able to use my right arm too well.

Sounds like usual for an person of age.

always something.

It will be good though.

Christmas is always good

Besides I have a son and grandson who

work in catering on week-ends

who will come early Sunday morning and

make magic in my kitchen.

I just need to purge the place of my junk.

Piece of cake.

After all I got 5 days to do it.

Sunny Monday

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny winter day.

For some crazy reason I decided to move the

furniture in my bedroom and spent the whole day cleaning it.

What a mess.

I will finish it today.

Husband had to fix the bookcase I tried to move filled.

Book are heavy.

Found about 12 I need to read.

So it was a good thing

Morning at the ridge

 Finally the Studio is clean and everything priced.

I always allow myself 2 days to recoup from getting ready.

I want to enjoy the day with my friends and neighbors.

This painting in the metal frame is my favorite.

Next is the Adam and Eve pottery duo.

This morning will I will take care of the small details.

Tonight is our Art League meeting I must

prepare the agenda and get organized for that.

We will be looking forward to next summers show

Under Indiana skies.

I think I will surprise them with a Christmas ornament.

I am thinning out my Christmas stash so it is easy to share.

Have a great day I plan too.

A early start to the day at Cedar Ridge

Started at 4 this morning cleaning the studio

and setting up my displays for the Open House.

Saturday will be here before I know it.

I love cardinals they are so bright in the landscape.

I love all my birds.

They eat better than we do at times.

The woodpeckers, blue jays,titmouse's and chickadees

have been very hungry.

I switched to solid block bird feed.

They perch on it and work the seeds loose.

Fun to watch.

Well I had better get back to the studio to finish up.

I plan to be finished by noon today.

Than I can spend tome making

some more landscape quilts.



Quiet Sunday Time

I found this small art quilt while sorting my studio.

It is of silk and made to practice zig-zag binding.

I love the luster's of silk and will be

working in silk this week.

Today will be a time of rest and reflection.

This week kicks off the busy Holiday show season.

Ready set and get busy

just not today.

Enjoy your week end



Cedar Ridge Studio

 New and improved sewing station but

 I miss looking out the window.

Sewing is hard with the sun in your eyes.

When the sun changes elevation I can go back.

I did get another 12 small photo quilts

stitched so this morning I will mat them.

Got a roast cooking in the crock pot

to add to the beef and noodles

I will serve at Christmas to

the 35 or so guest.

That is why I start early

with the food preparation.

We usually have a feast.

Going to be a rainy day so it is a good

studio day. 

Have a good one.

Sunshine in my eyes,

 I went to the studio to work today

and found the sun now shinning right in my face.

This spring and summer the window view

in front of my sewing machine was nice,

Not now.

This started me moving things around

so I would not have to wear sun glasses to sew.

Which led to cleaning my sewing space.

 I found these small quilts from last winter

amongst the stacks of stuff.

Think I will have to pull the silks out

and make some more of these for Christmas.

Finally a free week to create.

 Looking forward to putting the studio

back together and quilting.