Weddings and Fabric Books

We have done our first load of wash with our $30 machine.  We tested it on the deck of the cabin and except for a minor leak, it works.  We handled this little problem by putting a cookie sheet under one corner when we installed it in the cabin.  It is big enough to do about one sheet but it saves us from driving 30 minutes each way to get to the laundromat.  So, with clean clothes in suitcases we headed to Moab, Utah, for the wedding of Rollie's youngest daughter.  It was a beautiful time of year to drive through the Rocky Mountains.  The weather was quite a contrast to what is happening in Colorado as I'm writing this post!

The wedding took place at Red Cliffs Lodge located on the Colorado River just east of Moab.  Our cabin was right on the river and happened to look out on a rapid that knocked me out of my kayak a few years ago.  Laurie was given away by her son, Brandon, our oldest grandson and soon-to-be-a-father himself.  

Laurie and Brian's wedding took place on a beautiful deck overlooking a bend in the river. 

 

The all female drumming band was a great hit.  This looked something I could do do get some exercise.

We traveled to Moab with Robyn, Rollie's oldest daughter.  We managed to get in some shopping (hey! it was so hot that I didn't have anything to wear) and enjoyed the wine tasting at the winery at the lodge.

 

It was great to see family again and of course, we stopped overnight in Fort Collins to visit the fascinating household of the Noon family, formerly of Arcata.  They host two graduate students, one from India and another from Bulgaria.  Back at home in the cabin, I pack for another trip to San Diego and make a book for the NORBAG book exchange featuring fabric books. I painted the canvas pages with acrylics, printed photos on fabric, created some wirework decorations and used vintage clothespins, hankies and keys from the Junk Jaunt.  The pages and images were all sewn using my Polish 1950's sewing machine, purchased for $10 at the local Palmer high school auction.  This machine is the counterpart of the Communist East German Trabant.  It just goes and goes and you only oil it underneath the bobbin.  It does the job!