Mt. Shasta from the east… Wait! Is that steam?! No, guess not, it’s just a little cloud. Whew! Just a little volcanic fun. 😀 I got this great shot at a view point on the way up HWY 97 heading for Crater Lake.

Jack found life got too hard this morning & left us for a better place. June 12, 2009

The reception last night was fun and, I think, successful. Quite a lot of people came and there were good comments and lots of interest in my locally collected and hand-made pigments. I had three oils but the rest of my paintings were painted with Trinity County dirt. The painting above sold along with some small prints. The show will hang for a month so who knows what may happen in that time. But I enjoyed my first gallery experience, in any case. My previous sales were though a local restaurant. Sold many there but the ambiance is totally different! 😀
Now, back to my weaving… 🙂

I think this 1940’s swim suit is a cute playsuit and decided to try it *without* making any changes! 😛 But I really don’t think the way the shorts are made that they are going to fit very well so I might, after all, have to make a few small “adjustments”. 😛 Anyway, it’s woven on the 4″ Multi Loom using A textured yarn from my stash: Bernat Calico. 13% acrylic 9% polyester, 64% cotton, & 19% nylon. It wove up nicely and not sheer, which I thought important for that design. I will need to find a warm model when it’s finished. My last young lady graduated from high school and went away to collage but surely someone around here must have a granddaughter eager to earn a little cash for looking pretty! 😀 If I find one you will see her here.

…Experimentation in their art works. (the part I cut off the article) :blush:

We hung the show today! Margaret brought her paintings in at noon but Marie and I spent most of the day arranging and hanging. The official Opening is Saturday evening at the Art Cruise. I’m excited Got a nice write up in the paper, too, as you see above. 🙂 I sure hope I don’t break my arm with all this self back patting! 😀 …. but I do think it looks rather nice! In fact, I have already had an inquiry from a Gentleman who was hanging his own show next door! Very flattering.
The 3 paintings on the right are mine. Marie is hanging two of Margaret’s.

Good thing I brought these in yesterday, The thunder storms we had today and this evening have the rest of them with their pretty pink faces in the mud. :O The hail didn’t do them any good, either. On the other hand all the rain probably saved us from a lot of lightening fires. I’m told Southern Trinity reported 85 or so from yesterday’s storms. I hope some of this rain got down to them.
It’s still sprinkling out there but I haven’t head any rumbling for awhile. It’s gotten cold, tho. From days in the lower 90’s we’re now 52! Chilly!
But Thank you, Mother Nature… we needed the rain. 🙂

Lookee, lookee! Peaches! My baby tree set it’s first crop of peaches! How cool is that?! I don’t know if they’ll ripen at this early age or not, but I’m going to leave them there. The yard is really blooming these warm days. The nights are still coolish but the days have been nearly hot! I have roses, peonys, columbine, the Forget-me-nots are blooming as well as iris, buttercups, the oriental poppies and gobs of others. And it’s so green! We put the garden in the last few days, there’s space to add more as we go but it’s a start.
Oh yes… the birds have flown. Kept the cats in for the last two days but there was no sign of the babies yesterday, & the parents have quit making their encouraging noises, so I let them out this morning. Robin was at the window yesterday yelling “oooout nooowooo!” lol
And Randy has the new shed in place and the dirt from the building site hauled off and the temp woodshed torn down, and we are starting to fill in the mosquito breeding ground… so we are making progress here!
More looms to ship on Tuesday and I am even getting the weaving done for a summer top. I bought the cotton at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.
Hope you are having a warm and Safe holiday! 🙂

There have been three once before. but I’ve never seen four! What busy people these parents have been! :O Just wanted to share our latest family portrait. 😀

The Strawberry Man was in town! He picked me out a special flat of berries, not a bad on in the batch! And he added an extra big handfull to the basket of cherries I also bought! They smell soooooo gooood!
I love strawberry season. There’s no perfume in the world as wonderful as driving home from town with a flat of strawberries in a warm car! Love it.
Unfortunately., the 4 bags of manure I bought today kind of ruined that effect this time! :hehe: But it will make for a better garden this summer. Give and take, huh?! :laugh:

Did you see the finale of Dancing With The Stars? I thought for sure that Giles would win but was quite happy for Shane and Mark. I don’t get to vote since I watch it on my computer the day after, but that’s good, too, because I’d have a hard time deciding! But that’s my “tv” for the season, the only one I watch.
Okay, Dinner time… You can guess what that’s going to be! 😉