| ,My darling second son has found the love of his life. This means a few things. First it means we will once again climb on a giant metal bird and cross the ocean for a wedding. Second, it means we are delighted to welcome a new daughter in law who is an absolute darling- and I'll have to stop referring to my other daughter in law as my favorite ... Third, that I will be forced to ransack my favorite quilt shop in Idaho for fresh supplies. (SO yeah, that will be amazing.) Fourth, I will have an excuse to create a wonderful large quilt for the happy couple. Most of my current work has been smaller pieces, so this will be fun! Congrats to the happy couple <3 |  |
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Today my goal is to create notes for an upcoming class. Not a problem. Easy. Natural teacher here...love to teach. Why is THIS so very intimidating? Intimidating enough that I've gone downstairs and cleaned my fridge... Created blogs. Texted heaps of people in the hopes they will text back. Sketched an extra pattern idea. Avoiding the main goal by creating other irrelevant goals. *sigh - Confession time is over. The irony is that in my head I'm fully aware that once I get myself started, it will actually be a lot of fun. It's that first step that feels so impossible and daunting. Yes, I do have ADHD, why do you ask?
My sister often gets me to try different crafts, she visited me in NZ and brought some doll kits so we could try this together. For a while I made these realistic baby dolls, just for something different to do. They were amazingly fun to make, and sold quite well, but my real passion is quilting so this craft was only a 'phase'. Loved it when people mistook them for real babies.
With a bit of wood putty, sandpaper, glue, clamps, paint and time it became a piece of 'art' no longer expected to perform except to look pretty. This piece sold in our Arrowtown art show recently. From the gutter to glamour. Have to love when a plan comes together!
Laundry in my lounge, hanging here and there,
Drying -all the while putting moisture in the air, Lets hope for sunny weather- so I won't have to see The laundry in my lounge, which just annoys me.  The last thing you expect to see while dining out is a water tornado.
While sitting on the porch of the Crab Shack in Pensacola, we had an uninterrupted view of this huge water spout for about 15 minutes. The cell phones all went off with an emergency alert, saying we were in the vicinity of a tornado and to take cover immediately. How do you take cover on a porch or inside a restaurant that has nothing but picture windows towards the ocean? The funnel was amazingly elegant, but the raw power left us all a bit in awe. My youngest had said before our American trip that she would like to see a tornado. Apparently this one 'counts' and she'd rather not see any more! When it hit land it quickly dissipated without causing any damage. If we HAD to see a twister, this is the type this quilter prefers! |
This is the non-quilt side of my life. Written to amuse me and bore you.
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