OK-So Mercury's in Retrograde right? Today another shipment of supplies are lost-this time its Dick Blick for the quilt show. The First time it was for my Washington trip-=UPS guaranteed me on Friday-but oh well- that doesnt mean anything to them-I asked for them to pay for the supplies I had to rebuy once I got there for my Sunday classes and Monday classes and they just laughed. Anyways-I had a beautiful day when I arrived in Seattle. Kristin;'s house is so cute-its upstairs in an old house and she's settled in very well-I wrote Claim Abundance on her wall-that gives me ideas for my studio too!! She is very happy and getting so many friends and activities its hard to find her at times
We had a really nice dinner in historic Ballard where there was the most amazing shops-We had GREAT Mexican food at La Carta-totally worth the wait
She was so nice to let me stay with her-then Sunday it was off to Lacey where I taught two classes at a neato store called Art and Soul-=the students were great! Susie Tracy the owner was so wonderful too! Then to Kathy Petersens in Olympia where her husband Jim prepared a beautiful Salmon dinner paired with champagne, chardonnay and a lovely dessert wine-man have I got the life or whaT!! The next day was paste Papers and Watercolor techniques for their guild. The results are awesome-check out the flickr site photos! Linda O'Neill came from the island and Sequim-it was so great to see her
that night was Aikido night back in Seattle-My daughter is now an orange belt! Man do they throw each other around alot!I am amazed by the power and grace-It was really interesting to watch her sensei move-like caligraphy come alive
We went to the Honey Hole for Dinner-another outstanding meal-Im still trying to recover from all that food. We woke up and made a day of it in Seattle-the weather was great-we hit the Japanese garden first after breakfast at the Hi Top cafe-an old house thats been retrofitted for food. It may be jsut me but it seems like Seattle has a million really cool shops and cafes-I cant wait to return and explore
Then to the Historic Wooden Boat Shop where they restore classic old boats-Kristin volunteers there-of course they love her and shes making many friends there too
Kristin had arranged a potluck for that evening we made a huge Kristin everything but the sink salad and Kris made LOVELY bread-Oh her friends are all incredible and fun and they made me laugh so much even though I wasnt feeling too well. It was a perfect night in Kris's treehouse!
Then on to Art Fiber Fest at Port Townsend-about a 2 hour drive and ferry-pics on the flickr. Poor Robins bags were lost and we got a late start-see Mercury again-I taught 2 days and then took a Traci Bautista class. The first day was Flip Book of dark and Light-again I met incredible people who went with the book program although i wasnt too clear on the structure! I met Kristi Steiner and her sister Jan and they invited me to Italy! to teach! Im thinking this will be in May 2009-but I'll keep you posted!! Yay for me! I am incredibly lucky and thank my stars for all I get to see and do in this crazy life. There was a wind storm that day ( Mercury) but we didnt have to go off the island thank god- the next day I taught Calligraphic Cavalcade-another group of lovely people I met there-so much fun!! Teesha and Tracy have that magic about them that they create these wonderful spaces for everyone to create and we love them for this! They Might be coming to Santa Barbara with this event-oh I HOPE so!! So Its back to Seattle-Kris is surely tired of seeing me again-but promises to visit for Thanksgiving-YES!! We went to Julias on Broadway for breakfast and there was a farmers market nearby -whew-Then i flew home!!-Thank you Kris and everyone who put me up or put up with me!
Im tired reviewing this!!
So Tonight is Yoga and a reading at Open Bookstore-Im getting into this groove of doing lovely things for myself -I like it!Theres alot to do but I deserve this
Now its on to Quilt then maybe a break from traveling for a while.
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