New York City

Life is a garden,
not a road
we enter and exit
through the same gate
wandering,
where we go matters less
than what we notice
- Bokonon

We went to New York City last week - plenty of things to notice there!  This is a quilt that was part of an exhibit at the American Crafts Museum.  It's called a Hummingbird Quilt. 

They had lots of antique quilts on display, inluding this "crazy quilt."

Here's a close-up of the stitching.  Beautiful.











The best part of the trip was getting to spend time with my friends.  Patty and I took a trip downtown to see the new Frank Gehry building.  Here's Patty in the lobby.  We couldn't take pictures of the lobby, but we could take pictures of each other in the lobby!

See her coat and scarf?  It was rainy and cold, but we had a good time anyway!

I went to see the Richard Serra drawings retrospective at the Met.  They wouldn't allow photos, but I sketched some things.  I really want to get back into painting this summer.  I have lots of ideas bubbling up in my imagination.  I'm going to have to let go of some of my other activities, though, and I'm trying to prioritize things right now.  It's hard, cause I'm interested in so many things and there's just not enough time.  How do you decide what to concentrate on?  I'd like to know.

I had a little mishap, clumsy me, and accidentally fell and ended up with a hairline fracture at the base of the little finger of my right hand.  I'm in a splint and it really helps, but I have a new appreciation for everything I do with that hand.

We had the BEST dessert one day at lunch at a fantastic place called Rouge Tomate.  I'm going to figure out how to do it and I'll post.  If you're in NYC, be sure to go there:  10 East 60th Street at Park and 60th.  Fantastic.

Here are a few more photos:

view from Estee Lauder's office - 40th floor of GM bldg



Contempory Quilt









Contemporary quilt closeup



Witch at Amer. Folk Art Museum