I can’t believe it has been a month since my last blog post. We have had a lot of things going on, but none seemed particularly blog-worthy or picture-worthy at the time. But anyway, here’s the news from Wolf Creek.
In early July, we went over to Seattle for family birthdays (Rick’s on July 6, his sister’s on July 10). Rick’s daughter and son-in-law came up from Medford, so we had a nice long visit with them and Rick’s mom and sister. Here’s a shot from dinner at his mom’s retirement home:
Towards the end of July we were guests at a paella dinner by the Twisp River. Our friends had bid on the dinner at a charity auction last winter. It was a beautiful evening which was actually a lull between thunder and lightning storms (complete with downpours and even hail), so we lucked out:
On July 23rd, the featured-artist exhibit at the Winthrop Gallery came down and I spent a fair amount of time moving things around, rearranging the gift shop area, and bringing some of my work down to the Confluence Gallery.
Meanwhile I have kept moving new weaving projects forward. I finished off the plaited twill scarves down at the weaving guild room and finally removed that warp setup from the loom. One of the other women in the guild is going to use my loom for a 12-harness project, then I will figure out what to do on it next. At home, I set up another warp for the polychrome summer & winter series, this time in shades of blue:
On Kingston, I set up another warp for three of the collapse-weave scarves, which I just finished weaving yesterday, but they still need to be washed and finished.
The past week and a half has been taken up with the 17th annual Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. There were 5 main concerts between July 27 and August 4, and my Dad came over from Anacortes for the whole festival. He “camped” in our front yard in his RV:
Last Thursday, my brother and sister-in-law came over from Camano Island for the last 2 concerts. We had a great 3 days together:
family dinner at Twisp River Pub
Dad & Andy hanging out on the porch
At the Thursday concert, we re-connected with old friends from Seattle (they were actually one of Rick’s very earliest woodworking clients, so we are talking 30 years ago or so). They have a cabin up Cub Creek in the Rendezvous. Well, it turns out they also know my sister-in-law Patti from a long time ago (Harriet taught and mentored one of Patti’s daughters), and Harriet was the officiant at Andy & Patti’s wedding (she was a Superior Court judge in Seattle, now retired). So on Saturday before the concert we had a wonderful picnic dinner together:
We will definitely all be doing this again next year!
Early August now. We have diggers and plumbers coming to complete the hookup of the water and sewer lines to the shop building. The water and sewer had been run over to that building at the time the house was built, but not connected. We also had them move one of the frost-free hydrants from under the breezeway to a spot behind the shop building, and dug a long trench so we can get another frost-free line out to where we plan to put the vegetable garden. This made it an interesting experience to get in and out of my studio for a few days (I had to walk a plank).
long trench to the garden area
where it all comes together
Also on the home front, Rick finished up the new vanity for our main floor bathroom. He used straight-grain fir and we are both pleased both with the new look, and the much improved storage space:
He is feeling great and back to work in the shop. First up were 3 sets of bedside tables, two of them in cherry with ebony handles (one was an order, the other he did on “spec” to put out in the galleries) – the third set he did in afromosia for us! They are gorgeous:
This is the same wood he used to make the beautiful front door for our house in Seattle (no longer our house, we sold it in 2006 to move here to the Methow Valley).
And finally, the kitties have been doing great and really seem to enjoy having company as much as we do! Juno is into everything, including this basket:
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