muchnesses

melbourne.

what a trip.

need i say that there was a glitch

in ottawa/toronto?

then an almost miss in LA,

after being the last one on the plane,

and 15 hours 50 minutes

and australia was here.

quantas didn't give me a snack all night,

but i'm not about to faint away!

trace willan's exhibition

and her friendship and naomi stevenson's 

helped.

a very very strong piece

 we did some errands in melbourne

ate tapas

 at naked for satan

 and still the luggage travelled.

to sydney

to melbourne

and finally to felicity's

where i was nurtured by a famous parsonage

 and some notes

 in the most friendly boy's room ever.

 the trip to the grampians was hot. 

HOT. 

we had weather in the 90's.

 three plus hours in a car

with the lovely anne newton

 arrival at #32

my home for 6 nights.

 first there was a 2 day class

sharing of skills...

 returnees and newbies and new skills, too

 mixing it up

 a ring of shifu

 words and mitsumata and walnut

 stitching on inked pages

 samples.

there were 15 students in each class.

did i say it was hot?

 new learning.

 shifu appears.

 first viewing of the classes works.

a hot hot HOT wind blew mightily.

eventually rain came after more teasing of heat.

a dad and his five kids 

traveled through each morning.

 raining.

 my cabin kitchen where

i made much tea.

 then the four day class came along

and anne, well anne drove me everywhere.

thank you so much my friend.

see her wee leather weights?

(and more to come...)