cousins

Grayson is on his way back from a weekend in 

California with his cousins.

Posing in the front yard:

Grayson (the BIG one )

with Cece on his back 

and Haiden in the tuxedo (!)

I know they had a GREAT time!

french knots

Last week, my brother and I drove a BIG truck filled to the brim 

with the contents of the last storage unit of my mom's things from Austin to Santa Fe.

They are in my garage.

Two days later (Friday) our son Grayson hopped in the truck 

to accompany my brother to LA to help empty the rest of the things.

On the first leg, I spent many hours stitching these little french knots:

It is a 12 hour trip in a car (!) but took us closer to 14 hours.

We were happy to get home and John decided to take an extra day

to enjoy a little of Santa Fe while he had the chance....

...and recouperate before getting on the road again.

Grayson flies home on Monday.

Happy MOTHERS' Day

This is a wish for all you MOTHERS out there

for a happy day today.

Above is one of my mom's paintings from years ago.

I think it is absolutely beautiful -

filled with forget-me-nots

This is a tribute to my mom (below)

with me (age 2?) sitting with her discussing books.

I have always loved this photo of us.

Thanks Mom, for being who you are and allowing me

 to be who I am... from a very young age.

I bet I was a challenge and I am SURE I gave you grief

from time to time.

As a mom now, I appreciate you even more than ever.

Hope your day is lovely and filled with happy memories.

See you on Saturday morning....

xo

FABRIC SQUARES

These are part of my latest collection of fabric:

"FLY"

"nurture"

"create"

"tea"

They are still unfinished .....sigh...... but I am working on them every, single day.

It has been a BEAR!

click HERE to see the other four designs

lavender

so, last weekend I painted 20 bunches of lavender

They are on metal that my pal, Jodi cut out.

They look so good all together, drying in the sun.

I don't have a photo of the ones with the twine

tied around the stems as if they were real bunches.

.... even better .....

Lavender will be blooming soon around here...

and all summer long.

I can't wait!

Track Star

Last Saturday, Grayson was in a track meet in Albuquerque.

Here he is getting into place:

 preparation:

 taking off:

 sailing over the bar:

a shot from the other side:

this was his first year to do track & field

he did the High Jump (highest 5'6") and the Long Jump
and he ran the 100 mtr and 200 mtr

not bad for a "newbie"

sure was fun to watch him go.....
I'll miss that.....