Yesterday, we went to the rodeo with all the family....we have been going as a group of 12 to 18 for over 16 years now. We used to go out to eat all together after the matinee, but all the restaurants have gotten so busy it was hard to seat a large group without waiting forever. And since our oldest daughter's birthday is February 1st, we have been coming back to our house and having dinner here for a few years...celebrating her birthday and our rodeo tradition at the same time...seems to work out really well!
The Fort Worth Stock Show used to be the Fat Stock Show...meaning the big, beefy cows and hogs, etc. But with all the emphasis on healthy eating the past few years, the powers that be changed the name to just Stock Show...and the look of the calves and all being shown have taken of a different look from when we were kids....very straight backs, lean bodies as opposed to big, thick chested animals.
Yesterday was really warm!! The temperature was at least 80 degrees...and the Stock Show grounds, the midway and all the exhibition halls were really crowded! I had been having some allergy problems and being around all the dusty, hay-filled barns and then the rodeo arena didn't help much...this morning I was a mess with stuffy nose and sneezing fits, but by now I am quite a bit better. If it wasn't so much fun to go and be with everyone I would skip going!
But according to the weather...we have worse winter ahead....possible ice/snow/wind...yuck! And it is to be the coldest yet...below 20 degrees! I guess I need to change my "out my window" picture!
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
This and that!
I have been working with all the pictures I have downloaded to my new Mac laptop...For some reason, many of the folders of pictures that I had put on the external hard drive for storage were duplicated...sometimes more than once. So I am trying to get them all straightened out on this computer.....there are literally thousands of them!
This picture from an old slide was taken when we lived in Alaska in 1964-66...we had only been married a few months when Dick was transferred there courtesy of the Air Force. And then we made a return visit to the area a year ago...46 years later. Since the quilt I am now working on is from the fabric I got in Juneau, and has totem poles on it, I thought this was appropriate. I have the kaleidescope nearly finished...just need to put all the sections together, then add some sides and get it quilted. I haven't decided whether I want to add beading or not...will see.
Busy week coming up...Friday night we are going to dinner and a concert with our daughter's in-laws, Saturday we are all going to the big Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo, there will be about 12 of us, then out here for a BBQ dinner to celebrate my oldest daughter's birthday and other daughter will be spending the night as she lives about 80 miles away....a little far to drive back home late; it is always good to see her for a long visit anyway.
Then Monday, I have the studioQ bunch here...that is my art quilt group..Monday night is our granddaughter's National Honor Society Induction. Tuesday there is a Diabetic Support Group meeting which I may attend..not sure. Wednesday, my third class for Diabetic Education...Dick has been going with me which is a big help to have an extra set of ears to hear all about it. Thursday is our poker bunch, meeting for dinner and card playing. And I think that is all for awhile...so maybe I can get some really constructive quilting going!!!
This picture from an old slide was taken when we lived in Alaska in 1964-66...we had only been married a few months when Dick was transferred there courtesy of the Air Force. And then we made a return visit to the area a year ago...46 years later. Since the quilt I am now working on is from the fabric I got in Juneau, and has totem poles on it, I thought this was appropriate. I have the kaleidescope nearly finished...just need to put all the sections together, then add some sides and get it quilted. I haven't decided whether I want to add beading or not...will see.
Busy week coming up...Friday night we are going to dinner and a concert with our daughter's in-laws, Saturday we are all going to the big Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo, there will be about 12 of us, then out here for a BBQ dinner to celebrate my oldest daughter's birthday and other daughter will be spending the night as she lives about 80 miles away....a little far to drive back home late; it is always good to see her for a long visit anyway.
Then Monday, I have the studioQ bunch here...that is my art quilt group..Monday night is our granddaughter's National Honor Society Induction. Tuesday there is a Diabetic Support Group meeting which I may attend..not sure. Wednesday, my third class for Diabetic Education...Dick has been going with me which is a big help to have an extra set of ears to hear all about it. Thursday is our poker bunch, meeting for dinner and card playing. And I think that is all for awhile...so maybe I can get some really constructive quilting going!!!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
From Saturday Night On, A Great Week!!
"A mind too active is no mind at all." Theodore Roethke
Saturday...rodeo and dinner with the family at Marti's. We were going to have the dinner after the rodeo at our house, but because we had no fridge and our power was being very erratic, we decided to do all the cooking but take everything into Marti's. Andrea came here after everything and spent the night.
Sunday....Andrea helped me download our new, wonderful "anti-virus" etc. program. Then after she left, the guys from Loew's showed up with our new refrigerator. It is really nice...the French doors with the pull out freezer drawer.
Monday....I hosted the studioQ group here...we had a great time playing with monoprinting on gelatin blocks. I had made small ones for everyone to have and covered up all my stuff in my studio to protect it from wild painters. (If you watch "Dexter", the good serial killer, I was preparing my room like he does his "kill" room!)
After we cleaned up, while the prints were drying, we had our show and tell. Here is some of the wonderful examples of what this terrific group can do!
Here is one of Heathers.
This is Nancy's "recipe" quilt, so far.
And this is Susan's "recipe" quilt.
Wendy also dyes most of her own fabric.
Beth is showing a quilt she did with an international group. (My new fridge in the background!)
And...the sun came out today for the first time in days....and..granddaughter made it to district swimmeet which is next weekend!!
All in all...a great week..so far!!!
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Today Is NOT Saturday!
" Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change." Ingrid Bengis
This has been a crazy day...it has felt like Saturday all day long!! So tomorrow, I will have two Saturdays this week! Yesterday, we played poker at our friends' house...drove through a terrible storm to get there, but had a great time as usual once we were there. And I came out OK....I didn't win, I didn't lose! I broke even! Then we drove home in light rain and a little fog.
This morning we woke up to no power...our electricity was off...which meant no heat, no hot coffee, no lights......and probably worst of all...no running water! One of the perils of living in the country...we are on a well and when the power is off we have no pump running. Then when the power did come on, we discovered that sometime in the night or early morning the refrigerator had died....permanently! So we crammed everything into our little auxilary fridge and freezer, putting some items on the stair well up to the attic (the temperature is low enough that it is pretty darn chilly out there!) Then took off to Loew's to get a new fridge...which will be delivered on Sunday.
We then made an executive decision to not have our "after the rodeo" dinner at our house..the power had been just too unpredictable and no refrigerator...so we are going to still do all the cooking and haul it all up to Marti's house to go there after the rodeo...great way to celebrate her birthday by having her host the party!!
Therefore, instead of spending the afternoon playing with my monoprinting, I have been cooking and getting everything ready to take to Fort Worth tomorrow.
My studioQ meeting isn't until Monday so I hope to get a chance on Sunday to practice what I hope to show the gals. In the meantime, while getting everything out of the dead fridge, I had set my gelatin block out and had forgotten to put it away....about five hours later...I discovered it was beginning to get a little soggy and melty. I now have it back in a fridge, hopefully it will stiffen back up by the time I want to use it. I think to use it for monoprinting may be a short session of no more than an hour or so! We shall see!!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Some Accomplishments....Finally!!
"Know that every human being must cross a very narrow bridge. What is most important is not to be overcome by fear." Rebbe Nachman of Bratslav, 1772-1810
This quote comes from book I just finished. "Day After Night" by Anita Diamant. After reading several mediocre books (except for Alice Hoffman's) it was really good to read a very moving book. It takes place in a dentention camp in Palestine in 1945...based on true events. The book revolves around four young women in particular but many others also as they try to overcome their horrible experiences in Europe and trying to get to live in Israel. I highly recommend it for all!!
Usually the host of the meeting does a demonstration of some kind...I am going to do some monoprinting on a gelatin block! It is an activity out of the August/September "Quilting Arts" magazine. I made my gelatin block today....pretty cool! I am going to practice printing on Friday and will post some pictures so you can see what it looks like.
Busy week coming up....Tomorrow we go to play poker with our poker pals; Saturday, Andrea is coming over and we are going to go to the Fort Worth Stock Show Rodeo..it is a matinee showing, then everyone is coming back here for dinner and to celebrate Marti's birthday which is next Monday.
And the weather is due for a change....it has been nice..in the 60's, but tomorrow it is supposed to be rainy and get cold. We usually have some bad weather during the stock sho time. Saturday it is supposed to be sunny but cold..high in low 40s! That may not seem cold to some, but it is to us!!
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