Ike and X-fest

Went to Dayton to work at X-fest, a 12-hour hard rock concert held at the Dayton fairgorunds. About 20, 000 people had to be evacuated in the afternoon when the remnants of Ike hit the fiargrounds at 80 mph. Of course, by that time,many were loaded and not too happy that they had to leave. Not pretty. Wire fell on the fair grandstand and started a fire.
Sorry the pictures are blurry, but i couldn't brace against the wind -- it was wicked!

One of the stage backdrops ripped to shreds.

See that silver place, just left of center. It's a car. This guy was so lucky -- he had just got in the car to move it when the tree fell on him, but he was unhurt.

TJay hoped I would come home early, since i was done working by 7:30. Yeah, like I wanted to follow that crap all the way back to Cleveland on a four hour drive. No thanks! I went back the the Marriott and holed up till morning.

They have awesome beds to hunker down in during storms. :)

RIP Snowball

Snowball came to the Cleveland Zoo when I was in high school and he was 11 months old. He was the second oldest polar bear in captivity in the US. I'll miss him.

Catching up...way up!

TJay, Joe and I had a great day-trip on the CVNRA towpath trail.

A heron that DIDN'T fly off when I turned on my camera! I have lots of lovely pics of feet and tail feathers...

I knew she was going to cross the boardwalk -- just couldn't catch her in the middle.

More hind feet and tails...

Me and Joe

Quilted Table is ta-doneQ

TJay finished the table this morning and it was all set up in the living room. It is truly a work of art!

Makes the rest of the furniture look bad...I may have to quilt the couch!

Over 4oo pieces, just in the top.

In other news , I finally set up a design wall using 2 inch pink insulation foamboard, 4 foot x 8 foot. Duct tape hinges and stapled on an old flannel sheet. There's enough sheet behind it to add another 4 feet of wall.

Crammed it in front of the china hutch...

And slapped a WIP up on it!

QuiltArt Fractured Challenge 2008

WooHoo!
Todays mail brought me a package, 4 pieces of Art from Tomme Fent, who organized the QA Fractured Challenge. I got pieces from Betsy True (UL), Joan Potter (UR), Elaine Stone-Arthur (LL), and Judy Whitehead (LR). I just love everyone's work. I especially like the woven fabric strips that Betsy used for her background.
Now what to do next? I'm thinking of add more to the bottom, maybe a mixed fabric background with a stem and leaves...

All lovely!!

Here's what I sent in -- I hope people are happy with mine too!