Shipshewanna

Did you notice we were gone.

We went to Shipshewanna  to attend 2 southern

gospel concerts.

Thursday the BOOTH BROTHERS

Friday the ISSAC'S

Both were awesome.

We arrived home refreshed in the spirit.

Plus the car was filled with fabric, more fabric

and food.

Fresh suet for the birds, breads for the freezer,

A case of Yoder canned peaches.

Sausages from Yoder meats.

A winter worth of treats.

Did I say seeing lots of quilts.

Shipsee is the mecca for quilters. 

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.