Somewhat of a Blur

The last seven or eight weeks have been somewhat of a blur for me. After my Mom's death on Easter Sunday, there was the flurry of planning a funeral and taking care of all the details of loosing a loved one.

 Shortly after that it was off to Victoria....then to Seattle....back to Victoria.

Then off to Vancouver where I was teaching a Quilt as You Go workshop....what a fabulous group of quilters!!!

Then off to Montreal for Jessica's graduation.

 I'm so proud of my beautiful girl....she received her Masters in Educational Technology

After a whirlwind of activity and spectacular weather.....back to Alberta.

My husband is off on business and sailing for the next ten days or so.....and you know what that means!!!! Time for quilting!!! 

In all honesty, in the midst of all the activity, my heart is heavy with grief.....it comes in waves and abates only to come again. The stillness of my studio is calling.....

A Creative What?????

So...we are sitting on the ferry to Vancouver this morning and I am calmly reading a quilting magazine, like any other good traveling quilter does. The calm part doesn't last long and suddenly I'm in the throws of quilterly excitement as ideas start bouncing around my brain...Ah!!! Yes!!! That's It!!! My husband looks over at me in and says "It sounds like you are having an orgasm!!" I just about fell off my seat laughing....yes, yes, yes I manage to gasp I'm having a "Creative Orgasm"!! Joy just sort of bubbled over after that.......I needed that belly laugh, and a "Creative Ogasm" on top of it. YES! YES! Good thing that happened before we got out of the car....I might just have made a spectacle of myself.

Now, I'm just in the right frame of mind to teach my "Creating Large Working Small" worshop.

Drinking in Vancouver's Beauty did me a world of good as well. 

I'm looking forward to spending the weekend with Vancouver's Modern Quilt Guild....I'll keep you posted.