Big Fish

Just finished the book - and no I have not seen the movie.  It is a very quick read.  Interesting book.  It is basically a son remembering the tall tales and the myths told about his father.  I do believe that you never really know your parents.  You see a view of them but cannot easily glimpse their hopes and dreams that they had.

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0140282777

Christmas Eve

A grey day - typical for this area this time of year.  Getting ready to start some of the prep for tomorrows dinner.  I dug out the old Christmas records - yes records.  I still have a turntable and one of my favorite Christmas albums is only on vinyl.

Thought I would share some of the Christmas type pictures from our December trip to the Henry Ford Museum.  We try to go over year to see the tree and train.  This years theme was Lego's as you can see by the train setting.

Morning Ice

Woke up this morning to icy rain.  Had to go out in my robe and catch some of the drops on the tree.  I know I should have taken my tri-pod but it was bad enough that I was out in my boots and robe - who wanted to find more equipment.

Yes I Can Be There Early on a Sunday Morning

I know I am capable of getting up early - I got up before 4:30 am when I was part of the masters women's rowing group.  But I do admit than on Sunday mornings I love to make coffee then start the morning reading the local paper (which does not take long), and then spend the rest of the morning immersed in the New York Times.  Last night I hedged when I heard my cousin Barbara was in Michigan for a meeting and was meeting the family for breakfast.  I surprised everyone by showing up but I can leave before I read the paper - it just means I spend the afternoon reading.

Discovering Encaustic

Took a workshop today at the BBAC on encaustic collage taught by Leslie Sobel.  It was a wonderful workshop.  She provided all the materials but I did bring a couple things to potentially incorporate.  I used a picture of my grandparents and used other papers and colored wax on a small collage.

You can see a link to Leslie's web site at http://lesliesobel.com

Looks Impossible...

It looks impossible - but we are all doing it - weaving two sided cloth.  Just finished day 2 of the three day Robyn Spady Workshop - There Are Two Sided to Every Cloth.  It is the first "round robin" workshop that I have been in.  Tiring but fun.
To see a gallery of photos from the workshop see http://gallery.me.com/susanlolli#100108

Orchids at the Museum

Last night I attended a fund raiser at the Henry Ford Museum for MCWT - Michigan Council for Women in Technology.  I had the winning bid for an orchid arrangement and a gift certificate at a nearby florist.  This afternoon I spent some time taking pictures of the arrangement.

Ten Years

I think you never get over missing your mother. It is ten years today that my mom died. We had our differences - as I think all daughters and mothers do. But as I get older I think I am becoming more like her. I thought I would post a picture of her but it turns out I have none on my computer. She died before I moved to digital photos. I will need to learn how to scan and add them here.

Fall Colors

Great colors outside and the sun is shining today. Picture of the new tree in my front yard. I love the vibrant red.

Attempt #2

Already working better than my previous method though still need to learn how to do things.

This try - adding the picture I had entered yesterday from my Costick gallery visit. This picture is the woven piece that I had done that was a color gamp. It is titled "The Mad Hatters Tea Party". The basket that is on it is done by Judy Boesky.

Trying the Blogging again without iWeb

While I had no issues doing my first attempt at my website using iWeb - I was not happy with the blog piece of it. So trying to see how to tie the google blog site into my iWeb site.