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Earth and Turquoise, the poem

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Some time back, I posted my most recent wall piece, Earth and Turquoise. It is based on a poem by N. Scott Momaday. Today, Jen told me that she had found her tape and transcribed the poem on her blog! Click here to go read it on Jen’s blog. Oh my goodness…..what words, what imagery! And I’m thrilled that I made corn stalks on it, and then in the poem—unbeknownst to me at the time—he talks about planting corn! So would it be too corny (pun NOT intended) beyond words for me to try to contact Mr. Momaday and share a picture of my quilt with him?????

To see the original posts on Earth and Turquoise, click on the link in the side bar (on the right of the screen) for the January Archives and scroll to January 25 and 29. Just to remind you, though I added the picture at the top. In deference to not being arrested, I removed the stripey feather, which a friend found in the woods and is apparently a hawk feather, and therefore not legal to possess. Sigh.

Number one son wrestles…..

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Sometimes I look at Joshua, now 12, and wonder how the heck he got so big so fast! He’s the one in red standing in the doorway wearing ear protection. Last Saturday was about his 5th wrestling meet—he began wrestling in early to mid-February, and he totally loves it. Must be in the blood, as his dad was a Varsity team wrestler back in the day (waaayyyyy back, like in the early 60s).

This weekend, he won two matches (both exhibition alas, and not “team” points matches) with pins! That’s one more pin than he’s managed in any meet, and he almost got a third pin until he made a dumb error and got pinned instead. My new camera is GREAT…has a 12x optical zoom, so got this shot from the stands! I still need to figure out how to get automatic sport shots though…several of my pics were blurred because of fast action!

Advice on buying a digital camera

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Some of you may recall I recently asked for help in buying a new digital camera. Well, I’ve done it and I’m thrilled to say I love my Panasonic DMC-FZ30. It is as close to a digital SLR (dSLR) as you can get without being one, and at about half the cost (or less!). In doing the research for which camera to buy, I found several websites that were invaluable. Thinking they might help some of you, here you go:

Steve’s Digicams reviews digital cameras, with useful side-by-side comparisons and lots of techical details (including explanations of what the heck a histogram is, and other new and arcane terminology. He keeps a current list of the “best” digicams here.

Megapixel.net also has fantastic information, reviews, price comparison guides, and more. The articles section explains what to look for in digital cameras, general interest, “peripherals” (the extra doo-dads) and photography tips.

The New York Times also has a good Technology Review section, with many articles by David Pogue. Look in the Product Reviews section for a number of high tech gizmos, including cameras.

The good news is that I finished our taxes today (YEAH!), and (ahem….) got the “Christmas 2005” newsletter envelopes addressed, stamped, stuffed and mailed! Maybe that means I can finally blog about the fun stuff from the past weekend: Joshua’s wrestling meet, Eli’s 8th birthday, the beading class for the Spiny Beaded Bracelet at The Beadin’ Path in Freeport (also the home of LL Bean), and even (gasp!) get some SEWING and QUILTING done!

And eventually I’ll do some test shots comparing the old 3.2 MP Kodak “point and shoot” and my new whiz-bang-I-love-it 8 MP Panasonic and upload them. Oh yeah…and when Changing Perspectives opens on-line (a new show curated by Michelle Verbeeck in conjunction with Annie Copeland’s Fiber Arts Connection of Southern California) in about 2 weeks, I’ll upload pics and info on my latest piece, Looking Inward.

The Godspeed, 1

Thursday, March 9th, 2006


In 1607, three ships set said from England for the colonies in the new world. One of those ships was the Godspeed. They landed in Virginia where the passengers founded the Jamestown Settlement. Next year, the settlement will celebrate its 400th anniversary. The state of Virginia selected these three ships for its State Quarter design!

As part of those celebrations, the historical association commissioned a new replica of the Godspeed, and Rockport Marine (in the town/harbor next door…I drive past every morning when I go to Curves) won the contract to build the replica ship. On Tuesday, they moved the ship out of the building, and today they moved it from where it was built to where they need to launch it, maybe 1/4 mile around the curve of road to the boat ramp into the harbor. As luck would have it, I went to Curves late, and got out just as they were movoing the ship down the street!!!!!! My guardian angels *knew* I wanted to see this “Grin!” These pictures show the progress of the ship as it moves from the roadway out of Rockport Marine, onto “downtown” Rockport (all five buildings of it), across the bridge, down the entry to the Marina park, to where it will stay while the mast is put in place. The ship will launch in about 9 days.

To learn more about Jamestown, check out these links: Virtual Jamestown, the History of Jamestown, and a site geared to kids called History is Fun.

The Godspeed, 2

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

The phone and utility workers were there in cherry-picker trucks to hoist the utility lines out of the way (first photo, on left). The first set of power lines, at the top of the hill in the first photo in the post above, were tied up…the high stern end of the boat barely cleared! The other lines, the guys literally held up with their hands so the boat could roll underneath (look at the guys in the stern in the second photo). It was fun to see all the folks out with their cameras. Best of all, the History Channel was there filming! Little ol’ Rockport Harbor’s gonna be on TV!

At the end of the small bridge over the creek that flows into Rockport Harbor, there is a rampway / road down to the Marina. Getting that big ship down that narrow roadway might have been the trickiest thing they did today! The next post has the final photos of getting the ship down, plus some really cool shots of the tackle and the masts (which were “garaged” in the parking area, presumably for installation this coming week).