Ahh... Pet Smart we have a problem!!

We've had a medical emergency here at Bogie's house. His most beloved Hedgehog, blew a gasket and his entire inside's were strewn all over the living room this morning. Now, keep in mind Dad reads within inches of this event, and he said he never heard or saw anything!! Anyhow, my evening will be spent on Hedgehog surgery. We have a spare hedgehog, but it doesn't taste near good enough, and he's often ignored!

Well, the insides are on the outside, hmmm... surgery might be required.??

"I promise Mom, I didn't do it, but it sure was a great idea!"

This is the "fall back" Hedgehog, but doesn't have near enough dog koodies on it.

Can't Wait!

PEOPLE - LOOK WHAT'S COMING!!!

You can pre-order on Amazon!! I think it's out in October!!! YUMMY!!

A Real Art Show

I was accepted by the "paint people" they are up for most anything and can't wait to see what a "textile" person might do!! I'm going to be in an art show just like real artists!! whoo hoo!! Got to go sew!!

I have Baby Pics!!!

I have 11 pics of the twins!!! Whoo Hoo!! I would post them but they (the pics) are very grainy and not easy to see! So, you will have to wait another 3 weeks for pics from my camera!! Unless Mom & Dad are able to send pics from somewhere!! Mom is back to her usual small self, flat as a board stomach, she doesn't look like she had twins 1 month ago!! I'm so glad I'm doing my diet thing, and won't be gigantic next to the skinny new Mom!! These babies are adorable, and Casey is definitely the father!!! Proud parents is also obvious!!! I can't wait to see them!!

Bye Beijing Olympics, you did a great job. I hope closing ceremonies are as grand as the opening ones!! I'm sure just as high tech!!

Things

We have such sad relationship news in our family. Two of our very favorite people are choosing different paths. It breaks our hearts and stuns us too. We have no favorites when it comes to these two, both are entirely special and have our love and support!!!!

I sewed yesterday, but not on the state fair quilt. I've had to ponder my waves part of the quilt, I think I'm finished pondering and the solution is to add more waves! So, off I go to sew!

But before I plug in the beast, I've been asked to be in an artists exhibition using vintage windows any way we want!! I have to talk to the organizer, cause my info is second hand, see if those paint people are ready for textiles yet??? But, if she says yes, I think I have some awesome ideas!! This event happens in October, same as the State Fair, and I'll be gone most of Sept, so I guess I need to get cracken!! Plus I'm doing a craft bazaar with my sister in November, and we have Gamecock football mixed in there too, plus my Halloween party, eeeeeks, got to go people!!

Let me just say --Great move Obama!!!

State Fair Quilt

Well, I sewed my amber waves on my quilt. I'm thinking they are too far apart, (about 2 inches) they maybe need to be 1/2 inch apart otherwise they waves will get lost when I couch the "peace bird" over it. None of this will really show up in pics yet. I did my waves in red, how brave of me.

oh no, Ken has a hearing he can't wear his Chevy Chase boots to work, plus he has to wear long pants and a tie!!!

maybe 4th time's a charm!

Here's my hiker channelling Chevy Chase in European Vacation (Oktoberfest). He's breaking in his hiking boots, getting ready for Glacierfest!! He's walking around downtown like this in 90+ degrees weather!! I'm wearing mine today but in the privacy of my own home!!

These are a sampling of my dirt collection! I've got dirt or sand or salt from all over the world. Martha did this years ago, and I picked it up about 6 years ago. I still have to put my Italy and Paris dirt in bottles. The labels are Martha's, beautiful.!!

Our heron is back. We saw him Sunday, yesterday I saw him cleaning himself and this morning he was on our boat. I was so afraid somebody had hurt him. He's lived in our cove for at least 10 years!!

URG

What the *&$#@ is wrong with blogger?? This will be my 4th try to post pictures!

Channelling Chevy

I know you all have heard of European Vacation when Chevy Chase was at Octoberfest, well we here in SC do Glacierfest. Ken is

Olympics

Whoooo Shawn Johnson!! You go girl!!

USA is proud of you and all your teammates!!!

What a great Olympics for you!!

Olympics

Yeah Woman's Gymnastics!

Gold for: Nastia Liukin

Silver for: Shawn Johnson

Bronze for the 12 year old girl from China, isn't she lucking she most probably has 2 more Olympics she can participate in and win different medals!!

Hooray Ladies!!! Our girls were also very gracious and well behaved!!

Congrats!!

State Fair Quilt

Well, with some tweaking, ironing, this my be the first draft for my State Fair Quilt. I'm going to work on it after the gym today. The flag part is an interpretation of a Jasper Johns painting. Then I'm going to quilt in the strips area wavey lines in red. Then on top of all that I plan to couch in black(not very boldly) the "peace bird" from a Picasso painting. Going to call it "Amber Waves of Peace" Hopefully, it will all work, we'll see.

Still no Heron !! Hope he's ok!

Bald Eagle

We saw a Bald Eagle last night!!! We have several up here on the lake, but I haven't seen one in about a year. Larry & Ruth have one that lives close to their cove, they see him quite often. Speaking of birds, I haven't heard our Heron or seen him in about two weeks!! I hope he's ok. We see him at least one a day, and here him alot.
Speaking of no shows - no baby pics of the twins yet!!!! They are going to be in college before I see pics!!! I guess Mom & Dad have their hands full! When I get there, I'll take tons of pics, don't you worry!!

I'm on my new Dell Laptop

It's great, but I have to move all my stuff from one computer to another now. Lots of tedious work!! I just discovered the Tokyo International Quilt Festival. That is a wish if I ever knew one!! I will go for sure one day!! Their talent is unbelievable!!! Speaking of unbelievable, the Olympics opening ceremonies, was also another jaw opener!!! The technology along with majesty was awesome!!! Not enough adjectives to describe it all!! Ok my peeeps, I'm going to unload one computer and fill up another!!

Going Hi Tech!!

I got a new laptop!! Well, it will be here Thursday. I bought a new Dell at Best Buy with their back to school sales and no sales tax weekend. Got a goooood deal!! But it has to be shipped from a warehouse, and they are all of stock at the stores!! The "computer shoppers" had their own line and you had to follow the blue line on the carpet at the store to get to that line, then you had to sign up to wait for a sales clerk, highly busy!!! Anyhow, I got one, now I can download pics and blogs while we are in Glacier and Calif next month!! Just like the big kids!!
It has been soooo hot here and going to be again this whole week, everybody is hunkered down and staying cool indoors!! My meds have been totally whacky and my blood pressure has been doing weird stuff probably because of the meds. Anyhow, going to gym today and grocery shopping - that's it!!
Our sweet Lili is in Charleston getting their apt set up to go back to school. She's a sophomore?!!! Plus Austin starts back TOMORROW and he's going in the 5th grade, where has time flown!!!????
Ok, got to go to Gym!!

Artist Block

I guess you can't read this, this is the best bumber sticker in a long time --- I haven't been the same since that house fell on my sister!! What a hoot!! Just kidding Julie and Suzie!!

I have had the worst creative block. Couldn't get anything to excite me, until now!! I've changed my quilt idea for the state fair 2000 times. The fair is going to come and go if I don't watch out!! So, whatcha think of "Amber Waves of Peace"???? Cool, I think, see below


My inspiration, Jasper Johns, then use applique to build a Picasso styled dove over the flag,

My start!!

They Are Here!!!

Welcome Casandra & Connor!!!

Babies, Mommy & Daddy are all ok!! Cassy (sp?) 4lb 7 oz 18 inches, Connor 5lb 11 oz, 18 inches, she came out fussing and kicking and he is more subdued, like his Dad!!! Both have lots of dark hair. I'll share pics when I get them!! Micheline had protein in her urine and the levels were too high on Thursday, so off they all went to Sacramento and now they are here!! Everybody will be home in a couple days! Congratulations, Mom & Dad and Grandparents!! and Aunts and Uncles and everybody!!

103!

Our temp today is supposed to be 103 degrees, that's not including the horrible humid heat index. Living inside today!! That is after walking, a pedicure, and a car wash!!! Cleaning out the frig for dinner!! Somebody told me last night that I looked like I had lost weight, she was serious too!!! Hallelujah!!! I downloaded a book onto my i-pod, (a mystery about the painting of the Last Supper!) so off I go on my 3 miles on the off days from the gym!! I changed my mind (again) for my submission to the state fair. I have a sketch of it. I'll have to share with you later!! I finished my pictures of Israel. I have about 1/2 to journal still, but it's all done but the writing!! Only 122 pages!!! It's going to have to be split into 2 volumes weight toooo heavy as it is!! Oh, I e-mailed Kaffe Fassett's family restaurant Nepethene in Big Sur (where the horrible fire was/is). I had seen them on CNN saying they were going to stay and try to save the restaurant and shops, mainly because it's a huge attraction to the area, a huge contribution to the arts and they have generations invested in the business and area. They e-mailed me back, said they had made it and thanks for my concern!! How nice to return my e-mail in the midst of all that turmoil and chaos!!! So everybody, if you're in the Big Sur area, eat and shop at Nepethene!! They need your help!!

5 o'clock somewhere!!

At 5"00 p.m., well actually 4:30 the line-up starts, where's Daddy?? When is Daddy coming home, where's Daddy??

Poor Bogie, doesn't like asparagus!! He ate everything, moved the asparagus and ate around it!!

Ok people, what is this thing?? It's labeled as a Chinese Wedding Basket, but all that I found about those there are made of reeds tightly woven or wood. This one is brass, but not shiny, very dull. It does have oriental characters engraved in it!! So what is this??

Corny People!

This was our sunset last night!! It was a gorgeous night here on Lake Murray!! Jean cooked for Ruth and I (and the spouses) in return for helping her with her antique booth Friday!! We told her for those kind of wages, we'd help anytime. We did have a 30 minute conversation on the different ways to eat corn on the cob. Some eat like a typewriter, some eat round and round, some like me eat it very sporadically and leaving lots of goody still on the cob!! We cracked ourselves up with all this!!

This is my sweet little man, he's not moving this morning, ran his heart out last night and ate a pound of goose doo. He loves the stuff, now he has a very sour tummy!! Maybe he needs a beeno!! Poor guy!! I do have his Halloween costume thought out. It came to me in the middle of the night 2 nights ago. Picture this embroidered on a themed sewn outfit:

"a child's drawing of the Jacks game" + a bird = Jack Sparrow!!

He'll have a pirate hat with dreadlocks of course, and he already has a pirate collar!! He'll be the talk of the party. Of course, he never wins, because Pet Smart (where the parade and party are held) always picks animals that wear their costumes!! Who wants a store bought costume?? Yuk!! Bogie does usually win the crowd favorite though!! 2005 - Desperate House Dog, 2006 - Bogie's Anatomy (had a dr theme!!) and he wore a scrub!! 2007 - he didn't feel like participating!! 2008-Jack Sparrow!!