Very chilled!

Once again in my corner of the World where the temperature outside is around 10 degrees F right now (it goes up to 24 during the day). Yes we have snow on the lawn. No complaint so far because the sunshine is still with us bright and clear. Sunrises and Sunsets have the most amazing alpenglows.

So another Halloween done. We had only three children showing at our house (2 princesses wearing ski jackets and snow pants under their pink taffeta dresses and 1 monster). Understandable with those type of temperatures.

Anyway I want to go back in time a little bit. Just at the beginning of September when my friends Bunny and Mimi came for a visit. We ended up in Homer and the Sandhill cranes were about to take their long flight to Japan. We stayed in a little house with the most outstanding view of Kachamak Bay. We had a field of Raspberries to our left and a bit further a flock of Sandhill Cranes getting fat on whatever was on that field. I have been wanting to add these pictures for quite a while to the blog. It was another fantastic time.

We got to the Salty Dog for a local beer on the Spit.

Fun, fun and more fun. Thank you girls to come to visit me.

With One Voice

Blaines is a art supply shop in Anchorage that involves the community to paint a mural every year. This year is pretty fun and I spotted this namaste poser... I like it.

But now to go the subject of this post:
I have made a little quilt for the exhibit organized by Lynn Krawczyk a mixed media artist with a big heart. She is behind the "Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit". This year's theme is "With One Voice". I do have a link to the right of the blog entries if you are interested to know more about it. What came to me right away was the idea of the unsung heroes in each communities that volunteer and work like little elves in the background. The ones that will do what needs to be done without being asked. Three of my friends in Eagle River are part of those and I thought it would be nice to honor them in this little quilt. Anyway after cogitating a bit about what I was going to do to illustrate my thoughts I decided to use a piece I had painted few years back on canvas. I also had made a stamp with birds/angels and had played with them in small format fabric piece. I have made a couple of quilts with them already (this one is called "Nature in Flight")and wanted to use three of them on that project. So I cut the canvas to the required 12 inches size than added the three angels/birds. I quilted the little piece then embellished it with few beads and it is done. Here it is I had to make a little blurb about it:

"Terry, Della, Diana"

In my little community of Eagle River, Alaska, three women have shown up every time someone was needed. They are the first one to volunteer when others are running away They find ways to make things happen. They have made hundreds of quilts for homeless children, hats for cancer patients, shawls, blankets... No matter how busy and challenging their lives are they are looking after the well being of family, friends and others. They are an inspiration to me an every one that knows them. They are part of thousands of unsung heroes around the world symbolized by "One Voice" that travels through the human spirit toward hope and a brighter future.

Other than that Bears are really active around the neighborhood. Black bears and brown... A bit scary to take Gaia outside those days. Our little walks are pretty short.

On the balcony today I had two blue Jays and a Magpie. They were talking to each other in a pretty exited way. Then one was being curious. I love their colors.