After another short flight, a very, very long custos line at midnight with six flights all arriving at once, we’ve arrived in Christchurch New Zealand. And…
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is set on the highest point in Montmartre. As I visited it on the last day of our…
They were rehearsing when we visited the Opera so we only had a quick moment to view the auditorium and see the Chagal glass in the…
Spring of 2015 was one of the most amazing times of my life. My daughter Avia and I traveled in Paris and Greece. I managed to…
Long days on airplanes, too tired to concentrate on a book, time to play with my sketchbook. All of these were manipulated through the Maku Hanga…
Travel Tips for Quilt Teachers from Lyric Montgomery Kinard.…
On a recent trip to Victoria, B.C. I had the privilege of spending an afternoon in the Royal British Columbia Museum. I spent most of my…
color in the rain wall to wall windows with rocking chairs in the Seattle airport best seafood chowder I’ve ever had in Victoria, B.C.(mussels, clams, salmon, prawns,…
The Association of Parisian Grocers.At least when the building was constructed, who knows who is there now? This is a gorgeous door and set from the…
How many years does it take for a patina to be created then worn away? This building was somewhere on the way to the Musee’ du…
Paris sweets tend to focus their variety on pastries, the cake like specialty cookies that I can’t remember the name of (confiseries – I had to…
It’s really, really, really big in there. (And much, much more crowded these days.) Every nook along the apse (the aisles on either side of the…
One of the subjects I studied in college was architecture. It took a while to dredge up the names of the parts of a cathedral, but no…
To be in a place, a building, people have inhabited for decades or centuries….It makes you think.How do they keep the building from falling down (or the Wisteria…
Please see the previous post if you missed the introduction to this amazing shop in Paris. Deyrolle is a cabinet of curiosities full of wonder and…
My daughter and extremely competent tour guide, Avia, had already been abroad in Morocco and Paris for a few weeks before I arrived. When one of her…
Next stop on our Blue Bike Tour of Versailles was the Petit Trianon. First a residence of Madame de Pompadour, a mistress who apparently had some serious…
I had been advised that a bike tour of Paris should definitely go on the “must do” list but to be honest, once I saw the…
On a bright and beautiful day Avia and I escaped the city, hopped a train and explored Versailles. According to Versailles’ official website: “The Château de…
The Orangerie used to house Orange trees for the nobility, now it houses Monet’s Water Lillies. And other Impressionist art. Sorry, not a fan of Picasso,…
It is such magic to find yourself in another country, another continent, another culture. Paris is timeless and ancient but new to me. I met my…
I’m flying away this summer. A week in Paris and a week in Greece with an amazing young woman who just happened to grow up in…
snowbird utah, on top of the world.…
One of my daughters found out about Little Wild Horse Canyonand suggested that we try it out. I love it when they get all grown up…
Had waaaaay too much fun taking stop action photo bursts (and a few slow motion videos as well) with my iPhone. Leaping is always more fun…
Welcome to the moon, otherwise know as Goblin Valley State Park. We’ve all decided it’s our favorite Southern Utah Park. Well, OK. It’s one of our…
Located in Moab, Utah near Arches National Park, Linn Ottinger’s Rock Shop is a fascinating, fun, and funky place to spend an hour or two. The…
Pictures almost never do this landscape justice. They can capture a little bit of the vastness and beauty of this landscape but I don’t have the…
I thought I’d be posting pictures during our recent family trip. If anyone has experience posting to WordPress blogs via an iPad let me know. Because…
There are some landscapes that make my heart sing. I drink them in like life giving water. I take photographs hoping to save some of…
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For Your Inspiration: La Connor and the Seattle Watershed
November 30, 2012Recently I was lucky enough to be teaching in the Seattle area and had a little bit of free time to explore the area. Might I…
I was in Iowa last week at the amazingly fabulous Eastern Iowa Heirloom Quilters’ show. Before the festivities started I spent half a day in the…
I’ve been traveling most of the past two weeks and have two more days to go. All fun. All good. Lots of time on airplanes and…
working my way through Riven Phoenix’s DVD drawing lessons “The Structure of Man” And playing with my new Japanese Brush Pen. Doodles on an airplane. Las…
I’ve been wanting to visit New York City for a while now. I’ve had the opportunity but never felt like dragging the kids along for the…