Posts made in December, 2008
Scouting East Village in DesMoines
First day of the trip, the big event was making a pineapple, peanut, marshmallow salad for bonobo chimpanzees at this place, but that’s a long story for another day. Second day was filled largely with exploring Des Moines historic East Village. Not that we were looking for it. My SIL got the family to meet at Boomers, a diner that supposely Obama once ate at, and then following a trail of...
Read MoreIowa sunset
Lots of ice on the trees as we drove north yesterday. I got a little car sick in the back seat looking backwards to take this photo of the sun setting across icy fields.
Read MoreBelated Season’s Greeting
Hoping everyone has been having a happy and peaceful holiday season. We’ve driven and shared two family Christmas’s so far, packing and leaving for a third this morning. (this one also also has a mix of some Hanukkah folks. Looks like we’ll be driving into a wintery mix — what nice term for ice and sleet! Good thing about driving so much is it’s giving my foot a...
Read MoreWhat is humor?
What is humor? I been thinking about this question since I was asked to juror the show for SAQA called “Sense of Humor” (see last post for more details.) I’m not going look in some dictionary and give you the definition, I don’t even know what a real definition is — I just have my own personal definition: humor is thinking outside of the box. And here’s...
Read MoreCall for entries: A Sense of Humor
I’ve been asked to be juror for a exhibition called Sense of Humor, sponsored by SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) that will be shown in a gallery space at the International Quilt Festival in Houston next October and will published in one of SAQA’s handsome catalogs. The postmark deadline is January 30, 2009. You may submit up to 3 entries measuring H=26″-60″ and...
Read MoreWelcome to my art adventure blog!
I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
