These cool September mornings are so welcome after the summer heat. It seems my main outside activity was keeping some flowers alive, and dragging the hose around was less than enjoyable. But I did love seeing the new plantings. My favorites were the white sun patience and purple butterfly bush. Some people here had swarms (they estimated 30-40) of hummingbirds on their feeders. I only had two or three hummers, but they seemed quite faithful.
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| Sun Patience |
My other gardening success was finally getting a few small okra pods. The seeds germinated quickly but growth was slow, probably from too much shade. I even moved three plants to a more sunny location and watered faithfully. Finally I have been rewarded with enough pods for lunch occasionally.
My friend Jackie Watkins demonstrated making strip pictures for the September
South Mississippi Art Association meeting. We had fun with this technique using fused batik strips.
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Mississippi LatinX Association sponsored an event at Nuestro Arte Gallery to honor and bring attention to Hispanic artists. Artists were invited to create an artwork inspired by a Latin artist. I chose to make an art quilt using Hector Boldo and his huge face pots as my inspiration.
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| At the exhibit |
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| One of Hector's pots |
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| Purple Flower in Pot, 12 x 24 |
Linda and I had the privilege of teaching another
OLLI class this month, entitled Telling Stories with Quilts and Taking the Mystery Out of Quilt Blocks.
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| Linda explaining a quilt technique to Ann Sylvest |
