Friday Food 06-18-20

Eight years ago this week I was in Kalispell, Montana, taking the last class that Ruth B. McDowell was ever to teach.  It was a great trip and a fantastic class.  I had stopped in Las Vegas to pick up a friend who flew in from Kansas and we stopped three nights along the way to Kalispell.  While we were there we had some great meals, saw wonderful spring flowers, toured Glacier National Park, and, of course, enjoyed our class with Ruth.   Since then Google took over Picasa and erased all my captions, so I'm not sure what the pictures show.  But trusting my memory... 

This was salmon patties with asparagus and other veggies, at a great restaurant that required reservations.  I think it was the best meal of the trip. 

This was one of the lesser meals, the first night in town we ate in our room from our food box - fruit salad, crackers, cheese, and hot tea.   We were tired and it wasn't bad. 

Glorius geraniums. 

Delicate columbine. 

 A glorious blue iris growing in an alley with the trash cans!

Lovely memories make me yearn for the road. 

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Looking back 06-18-20

In June 2009 I took a class in deconstructed screen printing with Rayna Gilman.  What an eye opener that was.  Some of my experiments were dreadful, but I had a couple that turned out very well and I was surprised!  I have only done the technique once since then; I had a specific look in mind and was successful with that.  

This is one of four that I did in class off of the same screen.  There is a lot of paint on the screen so one can just keep moving the screen to a fresh piece of fabric  and squeegy-ing until there isn't enough paint left to print.   This was about the middle run.  To make the impression I used net, plastic scraps, sequin waste, and shredded bark from a crepe myrtle tree.  I like it so much that I fear that if I do something with it I will ruin it!  Someday....

Rayna and I in the classroom.  One thing this brings home is how much I have aged in eleven years.  I was only 70 then, now I am 81.  Still wearing the same hat, scarf, and earrings.

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Wordless Wednesday 06-17-20

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Another KoKo post 06-15-20

Blogger seems to be getting worse and worse.  They keep telling me to try the NEW Blogger because it will be in operation by the end of June.  But I can't figure out how to post on the NEW Blogger, so am still on the old.  Tonight it won't let me post any pictures. Turned it off.  Turned off laptop.  Restarted everything.  No luck.  I will try again.  

Tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 16th from 7pm to 8pm (Pacific Daylight Saving Time), Oceanside Museum of Art is featuring a tour of Charlotte Bird's studio in San Diego.  Charlotte has been creating for a lot of years and does many different techniques, including dyeing, painting, stitching, quilting, etc..  There are several of her pieces in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection as well as in collections all over the country.  Check it out. 

Oceansidemuseumofart.org

12:10am..   Finally am able to post pictures after going off and on twice.  I really need the Geek Squad. . 

KoKo and Froggy are still the best of buddies.  Froggy is very durable and with his regular surgeries he keeps going... and going... ad going! 

This is the OTHER side of KoKo.  He is upside down in my lap (you can see my foot in the top left corner of the image).  Only his back is black, the rest is all tan, now with a little grey. 

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In the neighbrohood 06-14-20

I don't know if this is a "thing" elsewhere, but there are two houses in my neighborhood where the families show movies on the outside of their garage doors.  I posted once before about the showings in the cul de sac across the street from our house.  The other night when we were walking after the sun went down and the temperature dropped below 80F we saw another house on Brian Street with a moving going,  along with a campfire! 

There are three adults sitting in chairs where the driveway meets the street and several children stretched out close to the garage door.  The fire is in a brazier between the adults.  

I can't find the picture I posted previously of the movies in the cul de sac.  What did I label them?  Movies?  Neighbors?  Garage door?  Outdoor movies?  Nope, none of those.  

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