Welcome to August.
I want to begin by sharing a photo of my brother-in-law, Leon, and niece, Christina, taken in mid-July. Leon normally picks me up from the airport when I fly into Minneapolis for the quilt retreat. I spend the night at his house, and he drives me to Amanda Jean's house the next morning. It didn't work out for me to stay with him this year, but he and Christina came to my hotel with Chinese take-out. The weather was perfect--no bugs or humidity--so we sat outside and ate our dinner together. It was a lovely evening, and I forgot to post this picture with the quilt retreat post.
Continuing on with the summer, we go back in time to July. As soon as I returned home from Minnesota/Wisconsin, we had the grandkids at our house for five days, 8:30 to about 5:30, or whenever Aaron got off work, because Christa was in Kansas City doing a residency as part of her master's program.
It has continued to be hot here. From 9:30 to 1:30, Ella and Gabe were at a summer program, Young Engineers for Ella and Robotics for Gabe. Charlotte and I went to Starbucks a couple of times. We always put the order in her name just so we can see how the barista decides to spell it. We have quite a collection of variations.
Traditionally this has been the week for Wiens Art Camp, but since Ella and Gabe were gone a large part of the day, we just did a few projects as they felt like it.
Charlotte experimented with resin and made some really cute thumb tacks that look like popsicles.
Gabe and Ella worked with clay--both polymer and the softer Model Magic.
We ended the week with dollar Slushies from 7-11.
On Saturday morning, Mark and I left for a road trip to Oregon. Our first stop was in Salem, to deliver the Tattoo quilt (which will get its own separate post) to our niece, Rose. She works at a great coffee shop called the Governor's Cup (very near the capitol building).
We spent some time catching up. And she got me hooked on a new drink to me, an iced lavender oatmilk latte. Yum.
The next day, we had a walking tour of Willamette University. Rose graduated from Willamette last year and her partner, CJ, currently attends.
Beautiful flowers.
Lunch at Bo and Vine was great.
Our time together was short but so good.
The next morning we left for Portland, where we stayed with like-a-granddaughter, Stacie. So I'll just admit right here that I fell in love with her house, her neighborhood, and of course I have always loved Portland, so I just didn't want to leave. She lives in what was her grandparents' house. Her grandfather now lives with her parents, and she is redoing the house bit by bit. That girl is a DIY ninja.
We stayed in this room.
We had a great lunch at Jake's Famous Crawfish.
We went to Skyline Burgers and then watched the Olympics in the patio, obviously in style.
I'm pretty sure it's a big hit...
It was lovely inside, all knotty pine.
Will it stay that way? Highly unlikely. I'll keep you posted.
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Charlotte M.
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August 6, 2021 at 6:30 AM
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Anne / Springleaf Studios
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August 8, 2021 at 2:09 PM
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August 18, 2021 at 5:46 PM
Goodness you are so busy this summer. I too have seen some pretty weird spellings of Charlotte, and since I lived in NC, you would think they would know how to spell it. Loved all your pictures.
Wow have you ever been out and about. So nice that you have been able to see so many people this summer. We're headed to the mountains soon for a week with Justin's 2 bothers and their wives. Really looking forward to it. Thought of you today as I'm purging in my studio. Too hard to deal with fabric so I'm purging in all other areas. Would love to redo the entire studio with new storage. Probably wishful thinking on my part but still fun to daydream about a better set-up.
Two of my teenage relatives posted Reels to their IG feeds about their summer. I think you have them beat, and this only a week's worth of fun! I love the places you visited, ate and took in the views from, and I really love that caboose overnight place! (I need to get the info from you!). We are so tired of being home and cooped up between covid and ankle, so reading your blog today is like going on a trip. I'm an armchair traveler now! Great post, Cindy. So fun to see what you've been doing.
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