:Quilts from the Denver Pow Wow 2008
Posted: March 22, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 1 Comment
Kathy shared…
These quilts are handmade and sold by a native American from
Wahpeton, ND., Patricia Stuen, Earth’s Daughter Originals. She
shared the importance of the Star quilt in native mythology: “The
mythology as well as the traditions of our North American Indian
Tribes shows a reverence for all the heavenly bodies. The Milky Way
is called the ‘Pathway of Departed Souls’. After death it is
believed, by many Indian Americans, that the spirit of the deceased
passes on this pathway to the Southern Star, the abiding place of the
dead. It is thought that to the stars the Great Spirit gave the
power to watch over mortals on earth and to impart to them spiritual
blessings. The Star Quilt is given today as a token of this belief!
Quilts are given at Christenings, graduations, weddings, and for
reasons of friendship at various honoring activities…” hand-out by
Esther B. Horne.
:Surviving the Winter
Posted: March 22, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentKathy shared this website, Surviving the Winter, which explores the evolution of quiltmaking amont two cultures in New Mexico.
This quilt is called Road from Kashmir.
:More quilts…
Posted: March 22, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentQuilts. I’ve continued to immerse myself the Elm Creek Quilters series, finding escape, comfort, delightfull stories and…inspiration. Kathy sent the following:
Thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous quilt blocks and I am happy you have
put them on the blog. They are so You! In color and dance and
meditation!
There is a beautiful book called: Quilts from Heaven: Finding
Parables in the Patchwork of Life by Lucinda Secrest McDowell. It
gave my spirit wings when I had to undergo my first stereotactic
mammography. And I return to the comfort of this book, just like
cozying under a handmade quilt.
When you visited my home, I am not sure I pointed out the quilt
chests. They are Amish made, oak cases, with curved glass to keep
quilts on display and free from dust/etc. I have my grandmother’s
crazy quilt–she was born in 1864 during the Civil War–and an aunt’s
star quilt. Joe comes from a family of quilters. And during my
first year of teaching, I became friends with a fellow teacher who
was Mennonite and kept a quilt going on her frames all year round.
We should make a trip to the Mennonite Quilt Festival in southern
CO! It is held each fall…
:From rags to riches..or Saul Gets Lucky!
Posted: March 21, 2008 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos Leave a commentOne month a three day sweep, including Best Bred-By Exhibitor in the Non-Sporting Group, to become a Champion.
The next month Saul Gets Lucky! That’s what I tell my dogs when they’re leaving for their forever home. Sauley Man, today you Get Lucky! Obviously, his new owners felt the same. Here’s a note I received Tuesday night from Charlene:
I am so excited! I feel like a child at Christmas, and this is Christmas Eve.
Here’s Saul with his new owners, David and Charlene on Wednesday afternoon…
Charlene wrote this last night:
We have had a wonderful day. Saul has been tethered to one of us all day. We took him on 2 walks. He loved it! I was afraid to give him much in the way of table food, but I did give him a little bacon, a little bit of sausage. I was worried it would up set his tummy. He is really so sweet, and I am sure we have very many fun days ahead. I am sure that Dave will want to e-mail you with his take on the day. We are going all ot what we have read and it seems to doing well.
:A couple of clowns
Posted: March 20, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentA Good Thursday Morning to everyone. Lots to catch up on! Lots of fun stuff to put on the blog! Zeke in Katy’s studio. Clothes day. Quilt stuff. Saul leaving with his new owners. And on and on and on. I’m already running behind today, so will get that done in the next three days. In the meantime, enjoy a couple of clowns!
Kathy wonders if she has a future with Ringling Brothers…
And she presented Debby with a new uniform…
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 