Studio Pics

I took some photos of my studio and decided I liked them enough I would put them here. I have two of my workspace and one of the view from my second floor studio. The inside photos have all the color, not that the winter scene outside the window isn't beautiful but there are about 3 dominant colors. The blue sky, the pure white snow and the blond grasses of the field. Anyway, in summer it might be just opposite. This is a sunny day - if it was a gray day there would be one color!

Here is a look at my little corner of the Landmark Center Holiday Bazaar. I'm calling it a success, but there were some very slow hours this year. This was my second year at the show, this holiday bazaar is in it's 31st year. The 'kats' made people smile (nice!) I took the bus every morning and every evening except Saturday evening. Thursday and Friday are long days, from 9 am to 8 pm (9 am for artists, 10 for the public). Riding the bus, figuring it all out was my personal challenge - and I am patting myself on the back for managing it!!

OK, I got a little more control in the workshop - these kats are corraled!

Three in a row - Louise, I think that's Poppy next (30 kats - hard to keep the names straight) and Chocolate.

Kats Taking Over Workshop

Kats are taking over my workspace, I've got to get this under control. Kathy of Kathy's Kats has been battling an ever increasing number of kats that are multiplying without bounds. They are having too much fun and I am being driven out of my workspace. "Something's got to give"

the owner of the workspace reported Sunday. More on this later in the week.

Off to the Gallery

These 'kats' are on their way to the gallery -- don't they look excited??

Left to right, from the back to the front there's Smitty, Marie, Nina, Kat-man-du, Howie and Clementine. . .

Steppin' Out

Every year since '06 my daughter and I take this walk in September. If she doesn't have the day

off she takes a vacation day! We are serious, this is our day. This year we were 4000 strong - all

ages, women, men and children steppin' out in pink.

Bear Tracks on the path and Mt. Redoubt

Whoa - we didn't meet this big guy I'm happy to say but on the path up

the mountain we would get a whiff of a very musky smell - bears were

there just not in our path.

Mt. Redoubt from the air. On the way back to Anchorage we flew over

the mountains, you can see the lava dome on the photo.

Alaska and Mt. Tanalian

We hiked to the top! At least 4 miles, mostly up the hill, over rocks where you held onto alder

branches so you didn't fall backward. I kept asking - we're almost there, right? Alex rolled her eyes - she's much too used to this. . . We did finally get to the top - mission accomplished! There were blueberries and long distance scenery viewing, making it all worth the trip. As for the trip down, challenging! Much harder than going up and way harder on the trails!

Alaska - Lake Clark and Port Alsworth

The first afternoon, we hike to Lower and Upper Tanalian Falls. Lots of water over these

rocks -- again I have to remark on the water, amazing, clear and beautiful blue.

More Alaska

The glaciers seen from the airplane as we flew to Lake Clark National Park.

If the light was right you would see a sky blue, the color of the ice of the glacier.

Lake Clark from the air, notice the gravel runway. Port Alsworth is a village with

two runways, the only way to get there is to take a small airplane over the mountains or

through the pass. No touch ups on these photos - this water is, the glaciers are that color.

Amazing!

Alaska

The waters of the Kenai Fjords. How can water be this color? What a magical place this big country of Alaska is. Grand, spectacular, awesome and still so wild. I pledge that whatever I can do I will to keep Alaska wild.

Inspiration in the Garden

Riverweave Scarves

Linen/Silk

Chenille

Linen/Silk

Linen/Silk

new project

A new weaving project, an 8-harness hounds tooth

warp and weft both pearl cotton (black) and unmercerized

cotton (lavender). It started out as 18" on the loom and

has drawn in to about 16". Next one I do will be wider.

more home things

A weaving hung on the door of the sauna. The weaving is made of cotton and native prairie grasses.

Stray Kats

Oh look,  stray cats in the tree and on the porch. . .
Look for more 'kats' on my etsy site riverweave.etsy.com or
come to VIVA Gallery on Main St. in Viroqua, WI

My 'swamp buggy' orchid in bloom.   I would call it 'dancing girls', look close, you can see their faces.

A walk in the woods as the earth is awakening from the long winter -- have a look at what I see as I 

wonder the paths.  We intentionally burned in these woods about three weeks ago and through

that blackened earth new green is sprouting.  The woods are renewed by fire.  We burn only certain areas

and not the whole of our woods, giving wildlife a chance to glean and build their nests and homes.  

earth hour

 Earth Hour in Chicago

The finished project.    

Warp is hand-spun wool, this was not an easy project, the

warp, as might be imagined, pulled apart too many times.

LaVonne, Rex, Sonny, Claude

  Grandma and the lunch ladies.  A farm picnic lunch in their

'everyday' dresses', the headcoverings worn. I wish I could hear

the conversation.  My grandma and the woman standing in the

background have the same belt buckles, their dresses are

likely homemade.  She made most of her clothes.

I remember Sunday afternoons when we would visit the farm, my mother and 

she would get the Sears catalog out and look at the pages of fabric.