Yes, it’s true. We had snow flurries off and on today and last night, too. My husband and I were scrambling about covering newly planted flowers with plastic tarps. I am so glad our vegetable garden, which we planted last week an entire month later than usual, is barely up. Perhaps it will survive. We were watching a nature show tonight about penguins and I remarked to my husband that soon they would be living in Payette Lake as well.. climate change for us seems to mean colder and wetter. My least favorite! What’s a girl to do to combat cold weather blues? Work in her studio, that’s what!
I have been very busy the last six weeks finishing: three art commissions commemorating a decade of Seven Devil’s Play-writers conferences. These pieces incorporated a decade of photographs that I printed on specially treated fabric using my Epson Stylus printer with archival quality inks. They turned out quite well and are right now hanging in the Alpine Playhouse for the duration of the 2010 conference where fans and conference attendees are encouraged to sign the back. Here’s what they look like: and yes, I know, I need to learn how to “crop” and use my “RAW” function on my camera. I can’t afford my art photographer anymore so I have to learn all this new stuff! So much new stuff to learn, how can one do it all? That’s a topic for another blog….
Sheila's Quilt
Detail Paula's Quilt
On the upside of all the wet and cold, it has been a great season for mushrooming! Husband Scott thinks I’m trying to poison him when I collect and serve puffballs, but he has come to love finding, drying, and preparing the precious morel mushroom famous in our area. You can find them fresh at gourmet groceries for about $20.00/lb and dried for an astonishing sum by the ounce. Doggie Ethyl enjoys the hunt as well. Here are the two of them back from a hard afternoon of ‘schrooming:
Scott, Ethyl, morels
Evening Couch Time
I could say a WHOLE LOT MORE but I’ll hold off for the next blog!
Marlo said,
June 18, 2010 at 8:35 am
Oh, my gosh! I love morrell mushrooms and my Dad used to hunt for them in Southern IL. But, I’ve never seen such large ones. When is dinner? The quilts are beautiful – you do marvelous work. We, too, have had late snows, and very cold weather w/wind. Now, we are having problems with flooding.
The temps. are more seasonal, and I for one, am delighted. I need sunshine and warm temps to feel good. Looking forward to the next blog.
Nichole said,
June 18, 2010 at 11:16 am
Oh my gosh Thea – I can’t believe how big Ethyl is! I LOVE her!
I am so glad to see you blogging – it has been a while! I can not believe you had snow flurries – that is just crazy – it is really hot and dry here…maybe you can turn into the opposite of a snow bird and stay here for the summer and go back to ID for the winter!
Thank you for posting the pictures – I really enjoy following your blog and what the two of you are up to!
Love you all SO much!
Nichole
Kim said,
June 18, 2010 at 9:27 pm
what the heck??? SNOW??? Oh my gosh – hang in there Thea. I LOVE the quilts. So amazing. I wish I could see them up close. Will they remain in McCall? I also adore the pictures of Scott and Ethyl. It’s love – for sure!