Today I worked at the Tompkins County Quilt Guild Quilt Show. I'm always amazed by what people do. They're extraordinary. There are "run of the mill" quilts that do require much talent. I have no patience for them so they seem all the more impressive to me. There are art quilts that knock my socks off. They're beautiful and amazing and astonishing. I've looked for photos and can't find any that show this year's show. Boo. I assure you, however, that it was beautiful.
It's inspiring to go to these places and see things that you've always wanted to try but haven't managed to do. It makes me want to be less afraid of what might happen when I do make the attempt...that's what it makes me _want_ to do. We'll see tomorrow what it actually makes me do.
Working at the quilt show was interesting. I got to see lots of stuff I wouldn't otherwise have seen...honestly, it was exhausting. After about five hours today I was ready to go. But I stayed and maybe made a few people happy. That's always a nice thing to have happen.
Here's my big bonus, though--
I have a little car. It's a Mazda Miata. The top converts into no top at all. It's often referred to as a "convertible".
At the show we had a rocking chair. It was too big to fit in the car.
We put the top down on my car and I drove it to BoPeep's house. I dropped it off on her porch. (I also made a heart out of the beechnuts that had scattered in her yard.)
But how cool is it to have a car that appears to be nonsensical when it turns out to have possibilities limited only by width and top heaviness.
I could probably transport a smallish rocket, if I wanted.
Cool.
Posted by dotty at October 2, 2005 11:41 PM