Chaos and Busy-ness
Prologue Alert: I’ll be lecturing for the Silver City Quilt Guild in Taunton, Mass., on Monday evening, then lecturing for the Maple Leaf quilters in Rutland, VT, on Tuesday and teaching Hawaiian applique on Wednesday. Hope to see some of you there! Now on to the regular blog:
Goodness gracious! First a comment about the weather: no. No. NO NO NO. NO!!!!!!! You see when I went up the driveway yesterday, midday, we were down to a few patches of snow on the north side of the woods (ergo always in the shade). By late afternoon, it looked like this:
The weather forecasters said snow first, then rain. Right…that means the snow gets melted by the rain. So what is THIS that I see out the dining room window this morning? NO!
And yes, in April at least SNOW is a four letter word. It is lovely in November, December, January, February, we tolerate it in March because that’s what it does in Maine. On April 13th? NO! Now, on to quilting.
As my loyal readers will have noticed, I haven’t said much lately. Can you say busy? I have four things going, all kinda big and hugely big (at least for me) going, and they are due just about every two weeks from April 8 to June 1, plus add in teaching in Maine in March, Massachusetts and VT this coming week, North Carolina in mid June, and three guilds in Southern California in early to mid July, and I’m basically flat-out busy from now until July 20th! This is good, as I have precious little on the schedule for next year and the year after, so if your guilds want a quilt teacher, my motto (said with a giggle) remains Have paycheck, will travel! (Does anyone besides me remember the tag line from that 1960s TV show Palladin, Have Gun, Will Travel? Daddy loved it.)
So this is what my studio–which is usually kinda tidy because I can’t function in a mess–currently looks like:
Chaos. Busy. And drat it all, I’m not permitted to tell you about it, at least not yet! But it’s all good stuff, it’s got me working and creating and teaching and all that, but gosh I wish I could share the details.
And (drum roll), Track and Field Season has begun for Eli. The first meet was Thursday at Belfast, and as usual, it was COLD. The breeze comes in off the harbor. The upper 40 degree temps wouldn’t have been bad except for that wind. If I had had a sleeping bag, I would have been sitting in it on the stands! Eli had one race (great last leg, so-so first 3 1/2 laps) but was so cold he couldn’t get going. Did fairly well at javelin despite minimal practice times–the fields have been too sloppy for the discus, shotput and javelin because they’d splash when they land. Sigh. Did well on his triple jump (again without much practice due to field conditions). But he’s psyched, and that’s good! Now I’m off to a full day of quilt guild meetings. Hope to share pics from teaching in Florida and up in Skowhegan, Maine, soon…..
And a PS…WOW. Just looked at my blog sitemeter, and it tells me I’ve had 250,127 visitors from 190 countries over the years! That’s more like total visits not individual visitors, but wow! Thank you all for reading!
April 13th, 2013 at 11:10 am
Busy, busy! But I’ll see you on Tuesday so just keep breathing! Your motto should be ‘have ideas, will travel’! And yes I do remember that show as well as Maverick — I’ve loved James Garner ever since!
April 14th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
Certainly remember that show! Ah..snow, now that really is more than I could handle, but down here in NC we’re having pollen. Everything has a horrible coat of yellow dust and it really causes havoc with the sinus. You should be fine by the time June comes. I can’t say I’d like snow any better. You sure know how to get our curiosity up! Can’t wait to hear all the details on what you’ve been working on. I know it will be fantastic! We’ll be patient and excited to hear the latest in your accomplishments.