Hi Susan,
Welcome back. I hope you had some grand adventures on your trip. When Elizabeth told me you were out west, it rekindled fond memories of our 5 cross country trips in our pop up camper.

I am thrilled that I finished June's piece. It is really a piece about my dad's life. I keep thinking about all the different paths he took along his life and how all of the paths intersected in different ways. I guess it is my first healing piece. I know there will be many after this summer. My brother spoke at my father's funeral and said, "Dad was a colorful man--he lived life to its fullest measure."
I think that is why there is every color in the rainbow in it and why it is so very vibrant. It is full of energy and happy colors and that is how I think of my Dad. He was a happy man with lots of interests and energy.

I am already working feverishly on July's piece. Yesterday was my birthday and July's piece will be a piece based on birthdays and living life to its fullest. I hope to get it done this week. I just printed out the text of it using extravorganza for the first time. I assumed that the ink would be very heavy because the organza is so sheer. But when I set the printer for text only, there were skipped lines across the printed text. So I reprinted using text and photo setting and it worked better.

Well, I am off to play with the napkins for the base of the July piece.

One question. How do you get friends to be able to view our blog? I think my stepmother might enjoy seeing what we are doing.