Tea for Tuesday was iced tea...sweet tea...

I delivered Miss Rosie to the Barking Box...not that she needed a haircut or anything...LOL. She loves going to the groomers...she sort of thinks of it as a a "doggie playroom". There was a rather large Basset Hound ...with a muzzle on him...getting his pedicure and she thought he wanted to play. Poor Rosie goes through life looking through rose colored glasses. He was definitely not amused with his situation and his beauty treatment. I then arrived early at the studio and thank the Lord the air conditioning was on and not the heat....the room was cool in the morning but I do better in a cool studio than working in sauna conditions.

I had a small ham sandwich ....thank you Erin for the delicious leftovers. As I went back to work my friend Marcia came in and asked me to consider making a quilt for the next Hat Off Fund raiser. "Into the looking Glass" is theme and I am already cooking my idea on the back burner ...I want to create a work dedicated to Howard and his legacy gift of The Works for our hometown. Who would have guessed our hometown would have a Smithsonian associate museum in our town??? We have been blessed and I have until September 2012 to complete my focus donation. I am thinking photo transfer with silk and linen in a painterly approach....but it is early in the design game.

After work I went to pick up my precious pup...and as you can see she does look like a different dog. Our radio has been playing public announcement about the increased presence of the dog ticks/deer ticks that carry the Lyme disease so I had asked the groomer to "take her down to her summer coat". As you can see she is sporting a new do...and not really as happy with me when she went in to the shop this morning, I think she is cute. We both took a nap when we arrived home...to sleep through the afternoon storms...tonight is going to be a bumpy ride!

I am learning about heirloom vegetables from Brent and Josh on the Fabulous Beekman Boys. Now they are working together on an heirloom recipe cookbook. True heirlooms in your families...for now and future generations with Josh having 51% of the power of control of their collaborated direction. I still need to order some Beekman Soap ...natural olive oil soaps to keep the Boys surviving. "Make a sale"...where have I heard this comment before??? They are now cooperating with local artisans for hand knit scarves, a line of heritage recipes, soaps a,d several sauces for homemade ice creams. Every week the boys seem to be discovering ways to expand their income from their beloved farm. I learn from them even if Brent has control issues.

I continued to cut papers for the Arbor Day experience for the children and the weather men are predicting a sunny day!!!! Finally. Thank you Taylor for sharing your scraps from graduate school classes...these are truly lovely papers you have given us to work with. I am really excited about these type of outside activities and I have requested a tent space ...with me living with Lupus I need to remember how to protect my skin from a long exposure ...it can trigger a relapse and I will come out of remission...or my state of remission. It is a daily balancing act. On May 7 I think Julian Lennon....John's son and musician has become the spokesman for Lupus awareness of Lupus. He lost a dear friend Lucy... he had grown up with when she died at the young age of 46. Lucy was the subject of the drawing that inspired his father John Lennon to write the classic Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". With Julian he is working hard to elevate the Global Profile of Lupus. There are more than five million people living with Lupus and their families around the world.

Well it is time to get back to my work...wow I am always saying YES...but this is a legacy for my man Howard. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart