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Archive for February 8th, 2009

A Good Saturday

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

I had a great day today. I made more progress on getting every thing reorganized down in my office and studio. It is not quite finished, but I had to fit in some fun time, too. We had some nice sunshine today so we enjoyed a long walk with my favorite four legged companion. I love her ears and nose!!

maggie2_09

After lunch, I got out my vintage Japanese textiles and started arranging possible color combinations for a collage for the Fiber Art for a Cause Reverse Auction.

I ususally do reds, yellows and golds, but I really want to do something a little different this time. Here is a palette based on turquoisy fabrics:

turquoisetextiles

This is turquoise with a little more orange:

turquoiseandorangetextiles

Here is a set based on blue as the anchor color.

bluetextiles

And finally, oranges and browns.

orangeandbrowntextiles

I am really leaning towards the turquoise with lots of orange. I like to select large and small prints for variety.

Tonight, we had a dinner with friends from church. I was responsible for the salad. I really did not want to go to the store. I had some nice baby greens on hand.

babygreens

I candied some walnuts in balsamic vinegar, brown sugar and olive oil.

candiedwalnuts

Granny Smith apples, sliced and splashed with lemon juice.

grannysmithapples

Add some Gorgonzola cheese and you have a yummy salad.

delicioussalad

I am really enjoying all the comments on my anniversary blog. Keep them coming. I will select two winners on Monday.