New England Weather

As most people know, 9 days ago we had a horrific ice storm. Almost a million people lost power.

In the Monadnock Region, there are still more than 20,000 people without power. So many folks tell me how they are getting through it: wood stoves, cooking on the grill, using generators which are not such a hot commodity that they are being stolen, etc. Check it out at http://www.wmur.com/.

This photo is atop Manning Hill in Winchester, NH where the houses around it had no power until today. Fortunately, I was not directly affected.

To add insult to injury, we had 12 inches of snow in the last twenty four hours. It is still snowing. Another 18" is on its way. Thankfully we are going to Jamaica on Thursday morning!

This was a terrific day to finish my loose ends. I am swapping cards which have some thread painting through the Thread Society elist. Perfect opportunity to test my skills. I really loved this card. I freehanded on the machine the word Peace which is hard to read but it is there!

The process I used was needlefelting yarns both by hand and on the machine. I did my thread painting, added some beads, etc.

Here is the result.

Next: The card to the right is a little quote about taking some time to enjoy the tea, live life now, etc. This is for my special friend in Delaware. And here is another I did using my canvas, old sewing patterns, scraps of painted fabrics, metal wrapping paper and paint.

And so all my gifts are done. Now to pack for our trip! That is of course, in between, snow blower and shoveling time tomorrow. Sure wish I had time to snowshoe!

Fuller Craft Museum

Last Saturday I took my friend Janet to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She is a crochet artist extraordinaire.

The gateway to the actual museum is lovely. Even in the brown mud season of this month!

We both wanted to see the Crocheted Prayer rugs by Xeonibia Bailey. Three exhibits were breathtaking.

This is Janet creating a crochet Mandela to add to the crochet exhibit.

The teapot exhibit was fabulous. My friend, Irene Reed, created two of the teapots in this exhibit.

After we visited the exhibits we shopped the Wearable Art Sale. Such gorgeous and reasonably priced things. It was a very inspiring visit.

Following our museum tour, we ate lunch at the "Not our Usual Joes". Then on to Boston.

Our destination was the Fort Point Arts Center. After riding around South Boston and within 1 mile of the same area for an hour looking for it- yes, we asked three cops and no one knew where it was - we parked the car.

The Children's Museum was very busy. We checked out the recycle shop. No great finds that day. Headed off to Trader Joe's and home. It was a very fun day.