Wonderful week

This last week has been very full of interesting weather, locations, and art. I started with the first of 2 days all about wood block printing at this wonderful place DIY Lounge at Collage Where last Saturday we were shown how to carve our own wood blocks by this fabulous teacher...

Nicole Cipriano

and this is Nicole and the owner of this marvelous place Jen Neitzel


this is the first block I started carving ...it is absorbing work





then I went up to Seattle with my husband on a job site ( he worked I played ) and I visited great fiber and book shops and generally lazed around....OH ....and carved some more....Thursday I came back to Portland and spent the night with my SIL Amy and we went to the Portland Art Museum ...the special exhibit is "the Dancers" Degas Forain and Luatrec ....great show .....then....yesterday ....back to print class to see what these carvings can do....6 hours just flies by as different papers inks, and paints are explored here are some of the prints I got with these blocks ....




and prints







and a crew from the OPB show called "Oregon Art Beat"
was there filming for the first few hours that was interesting ....and I might see myself on TV in the fall....HUM....anyway I had a great time and can recommend the store and the instruction as excellent...go see

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Moments in life

Last Thursday on the first day of spring our youngest son married his love.... We did not get to attend the wedding but we get to have the pictures and we will celebrate with them when we can. ...We are so proud of Conrad and couldn't be more pleased with this wonderful women whose name is now Alison Henkel. Conrad flew into Ohio last Tuesday very early in the morning order to surprise Alison and propose....and she said yes.....everybody knew this was going to happen except Alison....Conrad never even considered the fact that the ring actually has to fit on a finger and ....low....it fit perfectly....the brides mother works at city hall...the mayor married them...co-workers surprised them with a cake and reception what could be more special than that.....we were with them in spirit and only wish happiness and joy for THE REST OF THEIR LIVES....Conrad has had to fly back to Camp Pendleton and Alison will finish school...(she graduates from Kent State on May 11th) and then ...finally get to join him......you know time seems like it goes so slow when you are away from the one you love......

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yesterday

I take my FIL to church when we are in town....yesterday when I arrived at the nursing home he was feeding the birds that live in the lobby...he saves bits of food for them from his meals and is very careful not to give them "too much sugar" he always wears these hats that I made for him...he lost one ...I made him a new one then he found the old one....now he wears both....

then when I got home I found my nephew Nate digging a hole in the pasture....the nanny goat had delivered two babies while we were at church and being a first time Mom just didn't have together enough to get them going...so they both died...and Nate was kind enough to dig the hole to bury them....then she delivered the third...very tiny baby....took her all day to decide she was her Mom...and the baby is very weak and small...but Oh so cute... hope she makes it


here she is still a little wet and wobbly



Nate made biscuits for dinner....they were very flaky....he didn't want me to take his picture 'cause he wasn't wearing a shirt.....

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