Summer camp for book artists

I was fortunate to be accepted into Paper and Book Intensive last month in Saugatuck Michigan.  The experience was overwhelming and incredible!  Here are a few photos of the Ox Bow School of Art where we stayed and worked.

New Inn 

Old Inn build in 1870's

I stayed in the New Inn on the second floor.  14 rooms, 2 women per room, 2 bathrooms! We were lucky that we had heat! The Old Inn did not.  

Ox Bow is on a peninsula and surrounded by water.

So peaceful!

Lilac's were in bloom and smelled divine!

Lots of smaller outbuildings and cabins scattered about

All different and eclectic

Up the hill, through the snowbells to class every morning

To the Printing Building

Native and non natives in my yard

In no particular order thanks to blogger, a few plants from my yard.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow bush.  The flowers start out purple and fade over a couple of days

This was a gift from the gods this morning.  I rolled the trash out and this lovely flower was sitting in the driveway.
Thank you for the lovely gift!

This is a native plant.  Soapwart. 

More soapwart and newly planted beach daisy

milkweed 

Mighty hunter and defender of the household, Max

Umbrella plants, ferns and nativish other groundcover

Miss Natawny.  She has lightened up in the last couple of weeks.

Native magnolia.  Between magnolia blossoms and confederate jasmine, the back yard is devine!

In love with natives

I've been trying to add native plants to my yard over the last several years.  They take less water and the bees and butterflies like them.  Here are photos from a recent trip to De Funiak Springs.  These are of a native plant garden at their charming library on the lake.  In a later post, I'll show some of the natives from my yard.

Honeysuckle 

Native azaleas

Native azalea

Possibly rain lily.  We saw hundreds by the side of the road on our recent trip. Stunning!

Grand and glorious weekend

We spent last weekend with our son and his lovely wife.  Totally grand and glorious.

Vero Beach stop during a yarn crawl with a group of wonderful women

Sip and Knit shop stop with lovely daughter in law

My son has a way cool way to film bees coming and going.  He is so clever!

Grand bebees

This little one belongs to Scott and Ashley.  Wonderful Baby! Spitting image of his daddy!

Moon at sunset on the way home.

This week's various

The neverending Mrs. Weasley scarf almost done

Spring has sprung

Lovely books made by the TeaBAG book artistis

Closest we could get to pie on pi day

Hanging out with dogs

I supported Canine Companion's charity this weekend by participating in a dog walk!  I don't have a dog.  I wish I had a dog.  This was fun and a lovely cool day for this sort of thing.

We walked around this lovely pond

Dogs of every shape, size and flavor

Walker's stretched out around the lake

Walking companions Carolyn and her cute dog

Sue and her very nice dog

Sampler finish! 

Bad Blogger!!!
Blogger is not cooperating with the rest of the photos I wanted to this post.

This week's various

Wabi Sabi

Lovely flowers from DH still pretty

Did you know Monday, March 2nd, is Dr. Seuss' Birthday!  Cat in the Hat said so!

Reading Proclamation from my favorite High School Principle (Now school superintendent)

Got to spend time with this little one on Tuesday.  Once he got started he ate two huge chicken tenders
and the flounder was good too!

He is a tiny tiger!