The Sidewalk Painting Festival at Crystal Bay, Nv.

The first picture below is of Sunday Morning. You can see the washed out sidewalk paintings on the asphalt. You see the rain came the afternoon before at about 5:00 PM. It was a real gully washer. Some "paintings" where completely gone and some were only faded. They have two days to finish their pastel drawings, and some were finished the day before. These people got to do it all over again. Most of the artists were in good spirits and trudged forward on Sunday. Below are some of the results. Don't ask how we did ......

What Is It ?

I belong to a woodworking club online and it's called "LumberJocks". This club has over 10,000 members world wide. I started a little game there called "What is it ?". This is the latest entry into this game at #17. I'm known as one of the "class clowns" there and sometimes it's hard to be taken seriously. I have a link to this posting so you can see what I mean. Their guesses are quite comical. I am known as "odie" there.

lint = http://lumberjocks.com/topics/9014

Now why don't you try and guess what this is below.

NO CHEATING !
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HOW DID YOU DO ?

This is a drying rack for my box halves after spaying them with lacquer. The design makes it very easy to get the box half on the rack leaving plenty of room between the uprights for my hand.

Here are four boxes in this set up.

Northstar At Tahoe

These are the cobblestone canyons that is the resort at Northstar. Northstar is competing with Squaw Valley for the most prestigious destination ski resort at Lake Tahoe. I've seen both and Northstar wins!

This first photo has our booth in the middle. You can tell by the quilt rack, that is Sue's, to the right of the booth.
This is a different walkway on the backside of the buildings behind our booth.

This is one of the walkways around the skating rink where most of the show is.

Another canyon ...

More of the show in the rink.

Another view of the skating rink.

Another Day Of Realizing What I Have

After you live somewhere for thirty years, you forget what you have. Here is a collection of photos of the arts and crafts show and the surrounding views. This weekend (6/26-6/28) we are at Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe), California. We live in Truckee, which is only 10 miles away. I worked for 30 years for the telephone company and 23 of those years at Lake Tahoe and Truckee. It was not unusual to be 20 feet up a pole working and looking at these same views. I have been so blessed to live here and experience all of this ... even the winters. You see, I did have an outside job.

Here is our booth about 30 minutes before opening. Later the right side was removed.

This is a view down the isle towards the lake.

This is the little greenbelt area across from our booth.

Visiting other booths along the walk.

This is the other end of our isle.

More views down the walk.

This is the promoter's booth. She sells jewelry she makes.

Another view of more booths.

I took these next pictures standing 100 feet from our booth.

Yes, this is beautiful Lake Tahoe.

I am taking these from the North Shore looking mainly south.

As you can see, this is a very large lake.

An Answer To An Often Asked Question

Hello There ... Here is an attempt to answer a question I'm often asked. When I answer their question, they are very surprised by my answer. Here is a little video that answers how I open a box after I have glued it completely closed.

My Shop During ARTour

This is what my shop looks like during ARTour. Artour is a local event where the public is given maps to artists studios, one weekend, in order to watch the artist create. I set up my mini lathe behind a plexi-glass shield to protect the visitors. They watch me turn small bowls and wooden pens.

Can you see that "street sign" in the background ? It always gets a good chuckle.

Sue's Quilts On Display

Here are Sue's quilts as you would see them upon entering our booth. On the left are the baby quilts, and on the right are the decorative quilts. Her quilts are also displayed around the top edges of the booth.

Our First Arts and Crafts Show of the Year

This is our typical set up. Our first show was in Kings Beach, California on Memorial Day Weekend. Kings Beach is on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Normally this is held in Truckee, but the crowds have been way down there. The Promoter decided to move it this year. The crowds were there, but now we have to convince them that the economy is OK.

We are asked quite often, "Why don't you come to our town to do a show". With that I always give my standard answer, "I don't need to ... you're here". It's great being able to be in a show in a tourist resort.

And again for the Quilter

And to the sewing machine the three layers of the quilt go for quilting. In the middle here Sue is stitching in the "ditch". She is following the pattern in the fabrics. The blue around the border will get a random swirl pattern. This will become a small decorative hanging quilt complete with a hanging sleeve in the top back.

Let's Hear it for the Quilter

Hello on a beautiful Monday evening. Above is a quilt in progress. If you look closely, you will see the special safety pins Sue uses to hold the three layers in place. The three layers are the “pieced” top, the batting in the middle, and the back. This quilt is a small decorative hanging quilt.