I have had some thoughts while I spend some time alone here in Mendocino. This morning I woke up very early thinking about an all-white (or maybe it was cream) fabric. It was the texture that drew me in, something soft and comforting. I announced to my cats that I was going back to sleep [...]
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Being Alone
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Memories, Nature, Places, Ruminating on August 14, 2010 | 15 Comments »
The Getty Museum
Posted in Art, Family, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Seasons on August 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Jeanette’s baby was due a week ago today on the 26th of July, so on Saturday Jeanette generously offered to take me to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. I have wanted to go there ever since it opened a number of years ago. I had been to the original site, what they term “The [...]
Waiting…….
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Fabric, Family, Memories, Places, Quilts, Seasons on July 28, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Waiting for a baby to arrive can be a unique time. I have been in Southern California for a week now with my youngest daughter waiting for the birth of her first baby. She continues to work at home and will periodically go into the office as well. We have had a special time going [...]
Cupcakes, Campfires, and Good-byes
Posted in Memories, Nature, Places, Seasons, Slow Living on July 19, 2010 | 12 Comments »
The grandkids left early this morning. We made some wild and crazy cupcakes before they departed. And had a campfire and supper on the beach on a chilly and foggy evening. We reminisced about the time and the days that we had spent together. And then decided that it truly is the little things in [...]
Time with family
Posted in Memories, Nature, Places, Seasons on July 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
We have had our grandchildren visiting us since the fourth of July. We spent a week in Portland and nearly sweltered in the heat and the mosquito infestation, but before we headed to Mendocino we picked raspberries on Sauvie Island on one of the hottest days of their visit. As we were shopping for cold [...]
Why We Sew
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Decorative, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Literature, Memories, Places, Quilts, Seasons, Slow Living on June 24, 2010 | 35 Comments »
“When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She put her middle finger, encased in a pitted silver thimble, at the end of the needle and pushed for me. This finger, with the thimble, is a little engine, she said. It makes the needle [...]
Summer Solstice
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Seasons, Slow Living on June 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I always think of my mother on this day for the last three years. She passed away here in our home on this very day, the day with the most light, the longest day of the year. It was almost as if she had ordained it because she loved sunshine and long days dreading the [...]
Projects for a New Grandson
Posted in Decorative, Fabric, Interior Design, Memories, Places, Quilts, Slow Living, fabric/collage/applique on June 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I returned from Southern California to Portland at midnight Sunday. It is still raining here, but this morning on my walk I found a door that hit me with a jolt of color, so I went back to take a photo so I could share the joy of it. Now that I am home, I [...]
Sharing Some Joy
Posted in Cats, Fabric, Memories, Nature, Places, Quilts, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on June 8, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Joy is best and most often found in simple and familial things……. a new grandchild on the way, a beautiful rose in the garden, a collection of fabrics waiting to become, a much-loved cat, a view of nature and finding solace there. I really welcome comments if you have the time and inclination, but I [...]
Blossoming
Posted in Inspiration, Memories, Nature, Places, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on May 22, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Yesterday before lunch I saw that the sun was shining (briefly is the key), and decided to go cut some of my roses. The wind, rain, and hail have really been whipping them around just as they were all starting to blossom. I had to save a few and bring them inside. In this bouquet [...]
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