Monday, October 17, 2011

Kitty and Hearts Afghan Through the Window

Here is a good shot of the afghan that my daughter crocheted for me. It is on a quilt rack inside my living room. The rack is  in front of a window that looks out on a foggy day in  the Santa Cruz Mountains.


Friday, October 14, 2011

October 14, 2011 Dolly and the Kitty-Afghan

October 14, 2011....Dolly went to Kitty-Heaven last April. Her brother, Lama, and I miss her a lot.

Here she is checking out the gorgeous kitty-heart afghan that my daughter crocheted for me.

The Afghan was laying over a chair so I could get a good picture, but it's now displayed over a beautiful quilt rack that my favorite cousin made for me.


Monday, October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011...Learning to throw pottery on a wheel has been a great, but extremely challenging and frustrating joy in my life over the past couple of years.

I take a class once a week and also completed a week of intensive study through  Santa Cruz Adult Education, with an instructor that is a master potter and a well-known professor in the area.

Here is a group of freshly thrown bowls and vases. They have not been fired yet: