I’ve always wanted to see a koala and I got several chances to do so in Australia. They are so adorable! They sleep about 20 hours each day, so of course, all the ones we saw were doing just that. However, we got to get super close to them at the Sydney Zoo. We weren’t…
I recently went on the vacation of a lifetime, to Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand! My favorite thing was the scenery in Hawaii and New Zealand. Here’s just a sample. The beach in Kona, Hawaii (on the big island.) The turquoise water, white waves, and black lava rocks created a wonderful contrast! Much of New Zealand…
“Sale price: $128.75 (or trade for organizing a computer desktop exactly how I would do it.)” Pricing is just one of the creative examples in this fiber art exhibit.
Don’t you enjoy finding little unique aspects of the places where you travel? If so, you’ll definitely want to visit the REAL, original Mast General Store the next time you’re in the vicinity of Boone, NC. Although there are lots of retail shops called “Mast General Store” in the area, they can’t begin to compare…
One third personal, one third class stuff, and one third quilts: that’s about the ratio of my luggage contents when I travel to teach. Since I want the quilts to arrive with a minimum of wrinkles, so I’ve developed a way to let each one pad the crease of another. I start with the one…
FIERCE describes the students in Ellen Lindner’s recent “Design Your Own Nature Quilt” class. They worked outside their comfort zones and had amazing results!
Continuing with a glimpse at the “Dressing Downton” exhibit, this is one of Sybil’s maternity dresses. (The last of the “everyday” outfits.) Now, for some more gowns. In this case, those worn by Lady Cora and Lady Rose at her presentation to the court. Here’s Lady Cora’s, which features vintage beading on the bodice and…
Are you a Downton Abbey fan? I am, big time! So, I was very excited to see “Dressing Downton,” an exhibit of many of the outfits worn on the show. It’s currently on display at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, FL, which is a show-stopping setting in its own right. It was originally the…
While in Asheville, NC, my husband and I attended “Winter Lights” at the North Carolina Arboretum. It was spectacular! Even from the parking lot, we were mesmerized by the beautiful light-wrapped trees. Tons of them. And when I say these trees were wrapped, I mean they were REALLY wrapped! Can you even imagine how many…
Our favorite thing in New Orleans was a visit to Laura Plantation, about 1 hour west of the city. Our tour guide was EXCELLENT! She made the distinction between a Creole plantation and a French one, saying that this land was a plantation before it was part of the United States. That is, before the…