Today I have been sitting here wondering what you type... So much to say, so little brain power to put it all together! Do I mention more quilty aspirations? Comment on today's environmental condition? Stir up a more personal note of family or friends? And then I look outside and feel the warm sun's rays beckoning me to the park with my daughter... How can a blog be so complicated, it IS after all just writing! To satisfy all areas of my mystified Saturday morning mind, I'll dabble in all of them!
Yesterday I was thrilled to learn that one the most prominent ladies in the hand applique world of quilting will be teaching at my LQS this September - Elly Sienkiewicz. She is the one responsible for bringing back the Baltimore Quilts style of applique (elaborate pictures of flowers, vases, baskets, and other still-life objects). I am hoping to take a class with her and mark another famous quilter off my list! Elly will make it 5 in total so far... Not bad for a small town girl over 2 years!
And a bit on the environment. Now, seriously, what on earth are people thinking? We are so far away from all the disasters we can currently list, in a geographical sense that is, but what about in action? It seems that the global corporate world decimates anything individual do-gooders try to make right. What does a compost in my back yard and a recycle bin at the curb do for the "garbage island" in the middle of the pacific? What does turning off my lights, walking more instead of driving, or planting a tree do for the oil currently gushing into the Gulf of Mexico? Well nothing, really, at least on the grandest scale. But, in our small actions our neighbours notice, our community notices, and somehow it will trickle UP and someday unfold a bigger difference other than making our tomatoes tasty and leaving fewer bags at the curb headed for the dump. All this to say, continue to do your part, even though it seems like such a disconnect from the bigger picture.
Last night we spent a wonderful evening with our neighbours. Goodness was the wine ever good, and somehow my glass never seemed to be empty. I thought for sure I was drinking it a sip at a time, but the line on the glass never changed! Good conversation, good wine, laughter, and fellowship seem to make the time fly by so easily! When I first looked at the clock it was 10:22pm, then somehow the numbers flew right to 12:45am! How one EARTH did that happen? Isn't it superb when we can enjoy the company of others and time stands still right in t hose moments? Here's looking forward to more time stopping visits (hopefully they don't go as far as earth shattering too!)!
Today I and longing to get to a project of some kind, but it just doesn't seem like this will come to any sort of fruition. I think the park is calling, much louder now (and the Starbucks on the way)...
2 comments:
I am trying to remember if I took an applique class from Elly. I remember sitting next to her at a dinner. Now that I think about it, the applique class was from another national teacher by the name of Nancy ?. I have forgotten her last name. She had to drop out of teaching for a while and I don't know if she ever went back. Learn all you can from Elly. Her applique is exquisite.
Is that Nancy Zieman? I am not familiar with her (I don't think). I am so excited about the class, I can't wait to get going! Until then I will have to settle for my "other" projects!
Post a Comment