Can’t lie to you, it’s been a terrible month since my sweetheart Suzie Q Poodle died. But I’ve been trying to keep very busy and I do have a few accomplishments to show for it. The best and biggest is not from me. It’s the electric backup system for our home’s radiant floor heating system. Now, if Roger is sick or just not inclined to go out in inclement weather to build a fire we still stay warm. Our electric bill, though, is sure to climb percipitously.
twined willow bark
First I’ll backtrack a bit and let you know that I went to a basketry retreat at Seabeck on the Kitsap peninsula in January. Took a couple basketry workshops and reconnected with NW Basketry Guild members I’d hung with last July in Tacoma.
Audrey turns 8
Stayed with friends in Brier on the way back so I could celebrate granddaughter Audrey’s eighth birthday. Just a day trip to LaConner but Roger and I loved spending time with her.
All winter I’ve been working on my first “rep weave” project– placemats. I was able to finish them in February. Plan to use the same weave to make a rug–hopefully this year.
knotless netting
I showed some of the San Juan textile group how to use waxed linen to make knotless netting around a rock or solid object last month. Next week I am leading a group of SJC Textile Guilders to Bellingham to see a stunning display of basketry at the Whatcom Museum. So on Feb 7th my friend Laura and I took a reconnaisance trip to check it out. Beautiful day coming home on Chuckanut Drive.
Nan at Afterglow Vista
My friend Nan came up to visit me (and console me about poor Suzie). We got hit by a late winter snowstorm that dumped eight inches in a few short hours. The next day I went out to check out the animal prints in the snow. Mostly deer, but others were quite mysterious.
not deer, but what?
Accomplishment #??? We did our taxes. Get $47 back. Wheee!
Done deal. I’m an art collector!
And then, out of the blue, I did a most compulsive thing. I bought art! A friend who is moving off island sold me a Jack Gunter original. I could not pass it up but I believe my extra-budgetary expenditures are depleted for the year–and it’s only March!
Rose’s Quilt
So Roger helped me put up my new painting and we balanced the look of the room by hanging the quilt my cousin Rose made for me a few years back. They both look great.
Two weeks until Spring. I’m working on a basket project and waiting impatiently to get out into the garden. Have planted some flower and vegetable seeds in the propogation house. I need to keep very busy.
Thornbush Report 