Surface Design Association Auction

As a board member of the Surface Design Association (http://www.surfacedesign.org/), I am chairing their first online auction. Hard work, learning a lot but the auction pieces are wonderful.

Here you can see a few of them. The auction opens for bidding on October 1. I will be in touch then!

The coast of Maine

Lobster and more Lobster! Perfect weather! Wonderful fibers! It all came together during our short vacation to coastal Maine.

I taught Art Cloth at the fiber college in Searsport, Maine on Friday, the 5th September. Such a lovely campground. Right on the Penosbscot Bay in Mid Coast. The fog rolls in and out. The oil tankers come and go. (The bench and woods are on the coast at the Searsport Campground.)

But the water is sooooooooo beautiful. Lots of sailboats, fisherman, interesting rocks, birds, etc.

Coastal Maine is always lovely. Here is a photo of Young's Lobster Pound from the harbor at Belfast, Maine. Belfast was an old mill town but is now filled with art galleries and artsy shops, good restaurants, etc. At Youngs', we ate a full Lobster Bake and it was fabulous. While we were there, several thousand pounds of lobster were loaded onto a truck bound for Canada to be processed for the lobster meat and sold off from there.

Coming home, the pancakes at Moody's Diner were terrific.

We stopped in Freeport to see if there any irresistible specials at LL Bean. Wow - that town has boomed in the last 15 years.

I found a winter parka for 30.00!

On to Portland. At the port, the best New England Chowder in America is at Gilbert's. They didn't let us down. We shopped for more lobster at the port, drove to York Harbor for a walk and came home. Hurricane Hanna was kind to us - she came through at night - we had perfect weather and a good time.

Fiber Art College

September promises to be a busy month. Upcoming for fun and fiber interaction will be my teaching at the Fiber Art College in Maine. http://www.fibercollege.org/

Imagine all the wonderful vendors with buttons, yarn, dyes? And learning new skills, enjoying old and new friendships as we look out at the Ocean and eat Lobster!

Yes I am teaching my art cloth techniques, including this monoprinting technique, but I think I will take a rug hooking class, too. Hopefully I will meet you there?

Northeast Kingdom, Vermont

Last week-end I went to the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont with a friend to her summer house. It was in lovely Greensboro, Vermont, the home of Caspian Lake. I dreamt of kayaking and swimming but only did each once as the rain never stopped.

Here is the view from the Lake as we kayaked at 8 am before the rain, under dark skies.

Under the water, it is very possible to see a lot of the glacier rock which is the "cause" of Caspian Lake. The lake is 1.5 miles long and 150 deep in the center. This yellow cottage is known as a camp in New England.

This is one of the two buildings which comprises my friend's summer home in Greensboro, VT. It is on a hill overlooking the lake but within walking distance of the lake. The views are fabulous.

This little shed and the second building of the summer home are also on the hill. See the mountain in the rear?

A relative, who was an architect, designed this home. Such a relaxing place as no phone, no tv!

We just drank wine, ate local cheeses and breads and read a book. What could be better!

Wild flowers

Earlier this week, I had to take a painting to UPS and on the way, the wild flowers caught my eye. Coming back, I stopped three times - and look at this beautiful bouquet of flowers! The lilies close at night and open during the day. This photo was taken at dusk in my dining room.

The fragrance is terrific.

We have had a rain shower or storm almost every day for a month. Lots of flowers, vegetables and wildlife to see.

A rainy June day!

I am doing a lot of knitting: socks, a sweater, another sweater! Last week I won a gift certificate to Not Just Yarn in Brattleboro, VT. Hooray!

These socks are the Regia yarn from Kaffe Fassett. Don't you love the colors?

Fall will be here before we know it. Here is my project to wear this fall:

I love this yarn. It is my favorite Blue Mountain colors and side to side sweater is designed by an artist who works with the Elegant Ewe in Concord, NH. Picky thought he should get the attention just as I clicked!

Typical of an Min Pinscher!

Here is a photo from the knitting directions.

Most of my time, lately, has been working on the first annual Surface Design online auction.

http://www.surfacedesign.org/ is the site to see what it is about. Save the date of October 1 so you can log on to bid and buy.

It has been a while since I posted to my blog. I finally published my website: http://www.terrilipman.com/. Through traffic builder, I spent the day posting it to the search engines.

But spring has finally come to New Hampshire. Kayaking on Forest Lake was delightful. The gardens and homes are terrific. Recently I spent three hours on the Connecticut River. The families of Canadian Geese were a sight to behold. (I longed for my camera!). Soon I will post photos of the kayaking trips!

Another snowy day!

We have had three snow storms in a week! And I live near MA so most of NH has had much more snow than us. We have had 100" of snow plus since December 1. Please, Spring, come soon. This is a 100 year record!

But the contrast of light/dark and brown/green and white is breathtaking. The mountains, especially in the sun's light, are truly alive! The scenery is magnificent. This majesty will be here while the temperature rises, hopefully soon.

Skiing is terrific. Snowshoeing is better. Last week I was on Pinnacle Trail in Fitzwilliam, NH.

The views were fabulous - literally a sight to behold as one could see 100 miles away.