Sky show is good.

My friends reported back that the show was a hit.

I love all the ways my friends depicted skies.

In the upper right hand corner Marsha

did an awesome sunset using a reclining nude.

You do not see the figure at first.

Doris's looking through the old barn roof at the sky

A lovely view of a summer sky.

The lower right Carole did a great willow branch on

rice paper. Soft and Subtle.

Than my sunset art quilt looks nice.

Surrounded by my friends,

Who could ask for more.

Friends and art.

My knee is feeling a little better after 2 weeks of pain.

It was the right choice to stay home and off of it.

Of course.

I now have been thinking too much.

I am going to turn the furnace room into a wet studio.

I will put in a sink,find an old washer and

move the dye spot out of the garage and into the basement.

I have a sink and counter in the attic.

My husband is great with a hammer.

The garage is either too hot or too cold.

I think the pottery will make the move too.

My husband will be glad to have the garage back.

Plus the bonus is that I can work year around with

dyes and clay.



Sunrise Sunset swiftly pass the days.

 I am finally getting back to the sewing machine.

I am having trouble with my right leg and knee.

So I am perched on the edge of the chair with my right

leg stuck straight out and using my left foot for the pedal.

Awkward.

I am doing skies and woods again.

November skies.

This next 6 weeks is full of deadlines.

5 shows to enter.

I will miss the opening of our show in Lafayette tonight.

Cannot spend 5 hours standing on a sore knee and hip.

Went to the grocery store to buy melons and had

trouble getting through the store.

Oh well the show  looks well and my friends will take

care of things. Wish I could go.

There will be more shows.

I really wanted to see Rebbecca Brody's work.

She is a great artist using watercolor.

Plus Mike Swains pottery.

I will have to get back to Lafayette before September 7.

Under Indiana Skies

 Enjoy some of our show

 Opening in Lafayette,Indiana on Friday.

The variety of art is amazing.

Jasper and Newton counties have very talented artist.

Stop in if you are near the month of August

through September 7

Under Indiana Skies

 Yesterday was spent hanging the new show in Lafayette.

These 3 art quilts were my contirbution.

Sunset, Sunrise and a fall scene.

 We had over 120 pieces of art.

 I really liked Claudia's fountain of large cement leaves.

She is a master of making these leaf forms that make good bird baths.

Everyone in the show produced very nice art.

Needless to say I was wore out.

Now to clean the studio and start on 3 new projects.

Hopefully they are winners.

Time Flies.

This summer we had a flock of 22 martins.

The air was filled with their squawking.

They circled around the bird house and the farm.

The last of the chicks hatched 3 weeks ago.

than poof they are gone.

Making their way back to South America.

This summer is flying by too.

Life moves faster and faster.

Yesterday we took time to honor a grand dame.

There was lots of laughter and good memories.

Mariam left her body to research.

Her soul she left to heaven.

She was one interesting woman.

She went back to collage and graduated at 70 years young

She taught for a year and was disillusioned

She said young people do not want to learn.

She was a piano teacher.

She got hard of hearing at the end and would

sit close to the speakers in church.

The pastor said he knew when it was time

to quit preaching Mariam would just get up and leave.

She did not like long sermons.

Farewell my friend.

Love at first sight.

I found this somewhere on the net.

I just love the colors in this mosaic.

Makes me want to redecorate the whole house

in just these colors.

I really only need  to add some dark blue touches

to what I already have.

Today we will put Mariam Hope Lawyer to rest.

She was a grand lady.

A supporter of the library, the arts and the community.

Best friend of my friend Doris.

90 years is a long life but with special people

not long enough.

I grew up with her daughter Penny,

I am friends with her son Terry.

Doris will give the eulogy for Mariam.

I wish I could live half the life of these priceless women.

I can only try.

Sunshine on a stem

 Yesterday I painted the sunrise and sunsets on 3 quilts.

Now the stitching can begin.

But first a day of running.

I will mail the Robins to Paduccah today.

Go to the pain doctor to schedule a injection.

Its has been 5 years since the last one.

I did pretty good I usually get 4 years on a shot.

Our bodies just fall apart after 48 years.

The last 20 years I have got to know the doctors too well.

I am so thankful for my art it keeps my mind off of things

When I am in the studio I am in a zone.

Nothing bothers me.

Until the end of the day when I stop and reality sets in.

Good reason to stay in the studio forever.

Art Therapy.

Good for the soul and the body.