The Sheep and Wool festival was a lot of fun this year. I always think that I am not going to do it another year; but once surrounded by fiber and the the people that so enjoy it, it would be silly not to be part of it. I had the incredible pleasure of meeting [...]
 There is nothing more beautiful to me than a tree or bush, loaded with lush red berries. Today Nan and her son Ethan and I went to a local orchard to pick cherries. I had 2 pails tied around my waist with a rope and in no time at all we both had our pails [...]
Summer has arrived and with it the threat of flooding once again. Our small trout stream was out of its banks after a wild night of thunderstorms. It always amazes me that such destruction can happen so fast in these valleys. We fortunately only lost part of the driveway but I have an eye to [...]
Not in that order.... Susan's house blessing window transperancySpring like flowers made with paperJoanne's sewn cap and pincushionsHere are the friends partBarb's newest creationsfood was great, Joanne's Naan bread and my ginger sconesIndian bread called Naan, baked by Joanne.  This months 2nd Monday gathering was at my house. There was some lovely show and tell; ie [...]
Susan's shop near Columbus, Wi. was a drool worthy spring outing,for a couple of my fiber buds and I; well worth the 2 hour drive. A nondescript pole shed in the country, jam packed with enough color, fiber and books to keep us occupied for a quite a few hours. We only left to go [...]
Just what we needed, a good blast of color and the inspiration we always come away with when we visit Susan Johnson at her Avalanche Looms shop and weaving studio. It was a large and boisterous group; I know that I missed talking to quite a few people. I mostly walked around from one eye [...]
Dichroic glass beautiful, magical, unpredictable and a little addictive. While taking a break from weaving I thought that I would go back to my stained glass beginnings and make some fused glass jewelry for the gallery. Should be a good time of the year for some jewelry sales. And since I actually sold a couple [...]
Carole Austin; fellow weaver and I are guest artists along with Nick Smolen, a blacksmith, this month at VIVA Gallery. Our opening reception was this past Thursday; what has become their monthly first Thursday gathering of VIVA members and local art patrons. The food and wine was a lovely addition to what to turned out [...]
This last weekend Carole and I shared a booth at the Driftless Area Art Fair. It was a beautiful fall weekend full of art, music and friends. Once we got set up we were relieved to finally be done with the frantic preparations that seem to consume the weeks before a fair. Once again I [...]
