Scratched Travels First Week

Travelling and teaching

Before I left

I spied the osprey nesting on the causeway

and often saw

an eagle flying close by

I arrived in Ottawa

where the lovely Doreen and Marie picked me up

and showed me Ottawa's beautiful tulip gardens.

We drove through Smiths Falls

where we could not resist a stop for silk threads and tops.

That evening my slide show and talk

was done from my ipad for the very first time

...only one or two glitches!

Then Bethany, and Peta and I had dinner.

Oh, I forgot to stitch the incident of the suitcase that wouldn't open

.....Thank you Linda for saving the day!

So much activity in the next few days

Two days of sharing my approach to design.

My hosts were the adorable puppy Liesl,

handsome ginger cat Rupert and shy Small Cat.

There were of course humans in the house too!

Thank you so much for your hospitality Peta and Gauvin.

I so enjoyed my time with you.
Every morning cormorants streamed past as they left
their roost for feeding spots among the islands.
There was a trip with Bethany to see up close the wind turbines of Wolf Island.
Then a special day's outing with Hilary and Patrick to the Thousand Islands.

 I have to mention the delicious morel mushrooms

that Gauvin prepared on my last evening there.

Bur before I left some of us spent two days

making beautiful discharged marks on fabric.

It was such a fun week with inspiring people.

Bethany who runs Fibreworks is simply the best.

She is an organizer extraordinaire

and a great supporter of all textile arts.

Before Bethany could get rid of me

she generously drove me and Hilary

to Peterborough

where we saw Dorothy Caldwell's show

'Silent Ice/Deep Patience'

Such a thrill for me

Everyone should go!

So many treasures fitted into a week.