Hello,
We are starting to see fall color here in central New York. I sure enjoy walking through fallen leaves. The sound of the shifting and crushing of leaves as one passes through them is one of my favorite sounds of fall.
It has been a busy week for me with two days spent dying with Liz. I have lots of fabric to was out today.
Liz is doing clean up in this shot.
I had a Finger Lakes Fiber Artist meeting this week. It is always so good to talk and share with my fellow artists. Noel had a great piece to share with us. There is lots of movement here.
Joan shared too. She hand dyed all the fabrics in this piece.
Bev also shared her work with us. 
There was also a Pixies zoom meeting that I enjoyed.
Progress Report: Tattered This work is 26″ X 40″. It is made up of cut aways from Granite and Silver with lots of hand beading added for interest.
Lap # 19 This work was formerly know as Circling Thoughts, but I do not think it is strong enough to be and art quilt. It was a good exercise none the less.
Lap # 20 I just had fun putting this piece together. I really like using my alerted fabrics together.
Day Dreaming I am in the process of building up the face and arm for this project. I will start the assembly this week.
Scrap work I am putting in about an hour a day assembling scraps together so I can make 2.5″ strips to add to the centers for my Roman Strip squares. they will be used in my next bed quilt. This step always takes a long time, but I sure like the review of fabric projects that it offers me. Sue Ellen also gave me a box full of strips and unused blocks. I am mixing then into this project so there is lots of variety here.
Handwork I started this project on our trip to visit family. I am building in more color now.
Daily Process This project sort of got pushed to the side so I could finish up bindings and such this week. It is good to get back into the habit.
Childhood Memories- Summer 1966
Summer after graduation was a busy one. There were lots of water related activities, including scuba diving, canoeing, and swimming. Dad teased me by saying I needed gills to assure my safety. The gang did lots of things together, but like everything else this too was changing. Cecile and Mike still did things with Margaret, Jim and me. But Susy spent most of her time with her family, and Bobby had flunked out of college so he went off to work. We played lots of Putt-Putt, with the winner seeming to change with every game. One day I went regular golfing with Jim Freshwater. That was one sport that did not work at all for me. My swing was way off and I kept sending divots into the air. My score was very high and by the end of the third hole Jim had become disgusted with me. He said I could walk the rest of the course with him if I promised to never golf again. And I never have.
In late July I went to orientation at Ball State. It was three days of tests and meetings with other freshmen and a councilors. The group I was in was full of folks who were all living off campus so there was lots of talk about parking and public transportation. There was a big jump in population on campus and I was glad I was not living in the dorms as there were three and four folks in rooms designed for two. The tour of the campus was not to new to me but that too turned out to be informative. We had our photos take for our student ID’s that we picked up in the fall when we returned to campus. The special mixers in the evenings were fun and I felt excited bout the new adventure a head. I did meet a lot of people but I did not make any connections with folks that I even remember seeing again on campus.
The next big summer event was the Band Trip to Detroit. We went to Greenfield Village, where Margaret and I had fun exploring together and got peppermint sticks at the general store. There was also a cigar store Indian out front that we both liked. In the afternoon the band group went to the Ford museum. That turned out to be a bit of a rush as we had to hurry to get ready for the concert in the evening. We again went to a practice session with the Detroit Orchestia on Sat morning. In the afternoon the band went to see “Dr Zhivago” in a special movie theater with a big curved movie screen. The sound was great and I enjoyed the movie a lot. On the bus ride home I felt a little sad knowing this was my last adventure with a group that had given me friends and real identity throughout high school.
Be safe
Carol