Nature seems to be waking up from a deep sleep. The peepers are making noise in the
swamps. I have heard them twice but do
not go out of a night to hear them but as we drive around we pass swampy areas
and can hear them. Their noise is
pretty, silvery and ear piercing. If
that is a mating call, they are surely loud enough, perhaps even drown out any
response they may be getting.
I looked out our front window to see some fuzzy white spots
in the grass. Went down to look closer
and see that they are possibly small violet type flowers. In spite of the efforts of the fellow who
mowed this week, these fragile and very delicate little flowers have come up
without any input from any human that I can discern. I also noticed that with the warm weather we
have been having, the dandelions are popping up everywhere. They are bright yellow, and in spite of what
they say at quilting, the yellow does not take over but is moderated politely
by the green grass all around it.
This weekend is the big spring luncheon put on by Arizona
Quilters Guild. We did a lot of leg work
trying to find a venue that would accommodate about 1200 persons which is what
they expected would attend. Prescott is
pretty small and not used to having such large numbers attend such an event,
except that the Resort will be able to accommodate large numbers and charge
fees accordingly. At first the AQG
balked at the fees of the Resort, and other venues looked good, but even with reasonable prices for the catering and event
charges, they could not accommodate a large crowd. So the Resort got the nod and the Yavapai
Indians are happy to take the money for the outing. It is sad that the AQG could not get enough
people to hire a bus for transportation from the valley up to Prescott so it
makes one wonder if there will be enough attendees at the luncheon to cover
even a portion of the cost of the Resort.
Only time will tell. With our
guild defecting, and possibly other guilds likewise defecting from the mother
organization, it looks like the demise of AQG.
AQG was started by Mrs. Laurene Sinema many years ago and it seemed like
a good idea but then as time progressed, the board made some unwise decisions
and the guild began its downward slide, culminating with the expulsion of the
President during the 2010-2011 year and the succession of the president elect
who then began to (apparently) embezzle the funds and upon being discovered he
stepped down and the guild was in a shambles.
Lynn Kough stepped up to the plate but it appears sadly to be too little
too late. The idea of the guild being in
existence was a good one, but it could have been a better idea and held more
credence in the quilting world if they had offered juried status for serious
quilters. This would have lent some
credence to the quilting efforts of the serious quilters, and added to their
resume and entry into higher competitions would be a bonus. On the other hand, quilting has been the ‘poor
country cousin’ in the art world and not considered art at all. However, I dare any of the painters and sculptors
to try their hand at quilting – it is more than just stitching two pieces of
fabric together – it calls upon skills that need geometry, accuracy in cutting,
color sense, design understanding and the list goes on.
Even though I am on a mission, I am still connected to the
quilt world but not active in it. I have
a project with me that I was told I could work on after digitizing was over for
the day, but I am so tired at the end of the day that I have done little with
my project – so it just sits there and invites me to participate when time
permits and comforts my soul when I touch the fabric. We are, after all, tactile people.
At the archives (Friday) I discovered that the cradle is
broken. One of the springs needs to be
replaced and Peter said he would replace it on Monday. He has become happy again, even bellicose at
times. I guess this is the way of the
artist in him. I do hope that he remains
‘up’ because when he is ‘down’ life is not good at the archives.
Jeff has brought in the last 6 volumes of Hancock County and
I asked him for the indexes to this particular county. He brought up some of the largest books I
have ever seen in my life and there is no way they are ever going to fit under
the cradle…………..ooooooh that means right page/left page capture and that takes
a lifetime, or so it seems.
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