CZL
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You are right about wilna ken.
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In Britain, it's the cats that fiddle and the pigs play whistles. Yet another difference!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17th, 2010 08:44 pm |
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I made another trip to Asheville this week. I left Sunday morning just as the eastern sky was beginning to lighten. I left Kingsport, elevation 1300-feet, for Asheville, elevation 2120-feet, via Sam’s Gap, elevation 3760-feet. As I approached Sam’s Gap, I could see the sun hitting the peaks, while I was still in the pre-dawn area. Once I passed over Sam’s Gap, I was in full sun and the radio station from home suddenly turned to static. It is past the peak fall colors, but there was still quite a bit of red and some yellow and orange on the mountains. I should have stopped to take a picture!
Near Asheville is the Eastern Continental Divide – to the east, all the water flows to the Atlantic Ocean; to the west, all the water flows to the Mississippi River. Also near Asheville is the highest peak in the eastern United States, Mount Mitchell, elevation 6684-feet.
I went to Asheville to meet my sister and niece and see the River Arts Districts studio stroll. They have two a year, the second full weekend of June and November. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm. The studios and galleries were in old warehouses and industrial buildings. And there were some nice cafes, too. The brochure says there are 120 artists studios. There was a lot of pottery, ceramics, painting, and fiber arts. There was even some warm and hot glass. In addition to the artists, there were three alpacas that my niece LOVED. The alpaca fur was used in woven scarves and there was also hand-spun alpaca yarn for sale.
I had a lot of fun with my baby sister and her daughter, and also brought home a HUGE rocking chair that my dad wanted me to have. Now if I can just figure out where to put it.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 11:56 am |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 01:58 pm |
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Rebecca
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Our last remaining, geriatric cat took over the chair for now.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 03:39 pm |
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Rona
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Hey, I can send you some wool, you can spend your winter rocking and knitting by the fire and come summer and AGG, I'll have a new jumper to pick up! Geriatric cat can doze lovingly at your feet.
No mention of stained glass? You weren't off doing any homework?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 05:52 pm |
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Rebecca
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Of course, I was checking out the River Arts District for stained glass and I also checked out St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville. It is just ten miles from the church in Fletcher, NC that we are seeing on the bus tour. (I hear that a marvelous speaker is planned for the church in Fletcher!) The one I checked out Sunday in Hendersonville has beautiful windows and one of them is supposed to be by Heaton, Butler, and Baynes.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 05:57 pm |
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Rebecca
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Rona, a jumper is a sweater, right? 'Cause here it is a dress that is worn over a blouse or sweater.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 10:24 pm |
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Rona
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According to my dictionary, a jumper is a "knitted upper garment", from the French jupe (originally meaning a petticoat, which in itself is a small coat). It can also mean a pinafore, which sounds like the jumper you're talking about (assuming pinafore doesn't mean something else with you). A jumper is also a type of horse, but I don't think you could knit one of those; anyway, aren't your horses walkers, not jumpers? A sweater is, it says, one who sweats or a heavy jersey for reducing weight by sweating. Blech. Jersey is a knitted woollen upper garment.
I should be working...
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19th, 2010 12:54 am |
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Rebecca
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Yes, a jumper is a pinafore, although we don't use that word we know that it means jumper. A jersey is something a football player wears with his number and name on it. (Not soccer, football.) A Jersey is a type of cow. I don't know much about horses, but a jumper is also someone who is about to (or already has) jumped off a building, usually hoping to commit suicide.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19th, 2010 01:51 pm |
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Don't forget jumper cables and, when I played soccer, I wore a jersey.
Looking forword to Asheville - thanks for all your hard work, Rebecca and all others involved! - Tod & Elinor
PS: We gonna go see Carl Powell?
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19th, 2010 05:11 pm |
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Rebecca
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I think Carl Powell will be out of town during the conference. We are still working on it, though.
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Another source of Asheville cultural sights and events,
and, to a lesser degree, culinary sites
http://www.rapidrivermagazine.com/
One good thing about this site is that it is has a real world print version that is available as a monthly pdf - free to download in full
This pdf for the October 2010 issue is a good start, as it includes pictures of the Southern Highland Craft Fair, which will be taking place concurrent with the AGG conference -
http://www.rapidrivermagazine.com/rriver_mag/2010/10-RRiver_Oct2010.pdf
much to mull over...
I've already put the link on the AGG website
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18th, 2011 03:16 pm |
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Rebecca
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We almost have the registration form ready for the Asheville conference. Here is what we have planned.
We are working on bringing Brad Walker to teach a three day fusing class before the conference itself starts. If it works out, it will be July 18, 19, 20. He will be teaching (if it works out) flat work that can be used in windows.
We will have some great workshops on July 21 and the morning of the 22.
The conference presentations will start at non on July 22 and run through the evening of July 24.
The stained glass tour will be July 25.
And we plan to take a whitewater rafting trip on July 26.
There MIGHT be a Tiffany exhibit at the Biltmore Estate during the month of July. we are working on discount tickets to Biltmore. It is right in Asheville.
We have the hotel rate for five days before and five days after the conference, but there is another conference right before ours. So it would be a good idea to go ahead and book you rooms as soon as you can. If your plans change, you can always change the hotel reservations later. Here is the website for our reservations:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/AmericanGlassGuild
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18th, 2011 09:53 pm |
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Vic
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I just booked a room. The AGG rate is about $40 a night cheaper then the next lowest price. You can cancel or modify the reservation up to 24 hours before check-in
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22nd, 2011 03:42 pm |
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I have raw alpaca fiber from our farm Rebecca if you want to try spinning let me know.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22nd, 2011 06:47 pm |
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Rebecca
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Alpaca is supposed to be non-allergenic, isn't it?
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