close up

these are the earrings that my folks gave our new family member ...aren't they lovely? she is too!!

it is gone now but...

My sister has a wine tasting and artist reception on the 1st tuesday of each month at her coffee shop...this was my Mom and my sister with my art in the background....now she has wonderful photos you should go see....the link to her shop is in the "link list"

My new job!!!

A tour of my new office ( which is the best job ever!!!) this is the operatory where I work.....spent a lot of time today trying to set up a bluetooth head set so I can talk to my computer ......wireless!!!!.....what a great boss
this is "he" Dr. Colin Smith in Lake Oswego...503-635-3653 (in case you are looking for an excellent dentist )...and Gina....the best assistant!!!
And Wendy....she has the best phone answering skills....which is an art when it RINGS ALL DAY.....and she knows every thing...and all the patients are "her favorites" ...that is a good thing ...it is easy to get caught up in the negative aspects of people sometimes......so ...it is all good!!!
I forgot to take a picture of the other hygienist....who is a joy ...it is a pleasure to work with un- selfish folks....!!

New Home

We have a new home...during the week we live in a motor home in a park. It is OK I'm bringing my Featherweight up today to really make it "my home"...this is the Kitchen..... we had fun buying some red appliances...
and the "dining room"......it comes complete with 2 TVs !!! goodness....there is a radio ...yes to NPR.....

Thanks...and now advent

We had a big crowd of assorted friends and family with a lamb roast and a turkey...the 4 tables took up the entire length of our main floor....what a great evening!!!

And now it is the first Sunday in Advent...a time to restart and be aware....I think I have reordered ...and can get back to more regular blogging....I will post about the new home and the reception at the coffee shop/art gallery next week.... 

home comings and good news

the marine was home for the long weekend....here he is hugging his brother Jordan and seated nest to his sweetie, Nicole...it was good to have him home and he had just found out that he will be posted to a unit that is NOT deployable.....hurray....he is not so happy.....young men.......
 

presentation is everything

For thanks that she is our family my Mom and Dad commisioned a beautiful cloissonne necklace and earrings and presented them to Karen. We are so grateful to have her in our family. 

NOT a still life...and yes I am alive

So busy...but in a good way...I think...this is the pile of quilts that I took to my sister's coffee shop yesterday ...my Mother and I have a joint show for the rest of the year...if you are in the vicinity please go visit....the shop is a lovely place to hanh out and admire our art...here is the web-site for the wheres and whens....also I meant to add a blurb about my Father's web-site that my son built ......my Dad is offering a photographic service for artists and we would like some feed back from artists (any kind will do ) as to the web-site design and services offered.....the link to the site is in my link column on the side....and we are off to set up our new home away etc......it is a behemoth...i'll take pictures and post soon....

 

Nice art to see

I met a wonderful new friend today and she paints! These are lovely painting go check out Shirley's web site and see for yourself.

gloriousness in my world

 

fusing

I played around today with a soldering iron and some sheer fabrics. I layered them and sewed a kind of a grid...and a pattern of stitching in each square....then used the soldering iron to burn out some areas. This is going to be used for a year long visual study of Psalm 62.... 

cute books

I met this author recently and enjoyed hearing about the books she writes. I am going to order the first two in the series and will let you know...but I thought the author herself was just a delight so how could you go wrong! her web site is here

Lucas and Scooter

We were at a family gathering a few weeks ago at my brother-in-laws house....this is his dog....scooter....this is scooter's bed.......this is the youngest grandson in the family...Lucas...this is not Lucas' house ...or bed....

 

life

remember this??? this is my niece last year in may....I made her wedding dress and she was BEAUTIFUL ...if I do say so myself...well now she looks like .......
this.....this is "ella" due december 22....she is even more beautiful now...my job will be the curtains for the nursery...... 

 

new quilt...and job...ect.

the nutcracker quilt is finished...it is 41" X 41" I had a wonderful time creating this piece... and the new job is great...incase anyone is still reading...it has been a long time since the last post...this quilt has really taken a lot of my time..and I have been cleaning up the landscape in preparation for the end of the growing season....

sunset at the oregon coast

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postcards

not yet bound but I know how I will do so